Re: Network buffer hang was Re: [PATCH] 2.6 workaround forAthlon/Opteron prefetch errata

[David S. Miller]

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:46:24 -0700
Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I was using kernel 2.4.21 or so, and had tcp buffers turned up
> quite high.

You seal your own fate by setting this too high.  It's meant
to keep TCP from commiting too much system memory to itself.
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