Re: disabling nagle

From: Mark Mielke (mark@mark.mielke.cc)
Date: Tue Feb 04 2003 - 14:52:04 EST

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On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 11:39:16AM -0800, Fiona Sou-Yee Wong wrote:
> I have kernel version 2.4.18 and I was looking for a patch to have the
> option to disable NAGLE's algorithm.
> Is there a patch available for kernels 2.4 and greater and if not, what
> other options do I have?

Don't patch the kernel for something like this.

Use setsockopt(TCP_NODELAY) on the TCP/IP socket file descriptors of
your choice.

Read "man tcp".

mark

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