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@@ -586,6 +586,21 @@ tcp_min_tso_segs - INTEGER
if available window is too small.
Default: 2
+tcp_pacing_ss_ratio - INTEGER
+ sk->sk_pacing_rate is set by TCP stack using a ratio applied
+ to current rate. (current_rate = cwnd * mss / srtt)
+ If TCP is in slow start, tcp_pacing_ss_ratio is applied
+ to let TCP probe for bigger speeds, assuming cwnd can be
+ doubled every other RTT.
+ Default: 200
+
+tcp_pacing_ca_ratio - INTEGER
+ sk->sk_pacing_rate is set by TCP stack using a ratio applied
+ to current rate. (current_rate = cwnd * mss / srtt)
+ If TCP is in congestion avoidance phase, tcp_pacing_ca_ratio
+ is applied to conservatively probe for bigger throughput.
+ Default: 120
+
tcp_tso_win_divisor - INTEGER
This allows control over what percentage of the congestion window
can be consumed by a single TSO frame.
@@ -1181,6 +1196,16 @@ tag - INTEGER
Allows you to write a number, which can be used as required.
Default value is 0.
+xfrm4_gc_thresh - INTEGER
+ The threshold at which we will start garbage collecting for IPv4
+ destination cache entries. At twice this value the system will
+ refuse new allocations.
+
+igmp_link_local_mcast_reports - BOOLEAN
+ Enable IGMP reports for link local multicast groups in the
+ 224.0.0.X range.
+ Default TRUE
+
Alexey Kuznetsov.
kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru
@@ -1215,14 +1240,20 @@ flowlabel_consistency - BOOLEAN
FALSE: disabled
Default: TRUE
-auto_flowlabels - BOOLEAN
- Automatically generate flow labels based based on a flow hash
- of the packet. This allows intermediate devices, such as routers,
- to idenfify packet flows for mechanisms like Equal Cost Multipath
+auto_flowlabels - INTEGER
+ Automatically generate flow labels based on a flow hash of the
+ packet. This allows intermediate devices, such as routers, to
+ identify packet flows for mechanisms like Equal Cost Multipath
Routing (see RFC 6438).
- TRUE: enabled
- FALSE: disabled
- Default: false
+ 0: automatic flow labels are completely disabled
+ 1: automatic flow labels are enabled by default, they can be
+ disabled on a per socket basis using the IPV6_AUTOFLOWLABEL
+ socket option
+ 2: automatic flow labels are allowed, they may be enabled on a
+ per socket basis using the IPV6_AUTOFLOWLABEL socket option
+ 3: automatic flow labels are enabled and enforced, they cannot
+ be disabled by the socket option
+ Default: 1
flowlabel_state_ranges - BOOLEAN
Split the flow label number space into two ranges. 0-0x7FFFF is
@@ -1340,6 +1371,14 @@ accept_ra_from_local - BOOLEAN
disabled if accept_ra_from_local is disabled
on a specific interface.
+accept_ra_min_hop_limit - INTEGER
+ Minimum hop limit Information in Router Advertisement.
+
+ Hop limit Information in Router Advertisement less than this
+ variable shall be ignored.
+
+ Default: 1
+
accept_ra_pinfo - BOOLEAN
Learn Prefix Information in Router Advertisement.
@@ -1435,6 +1474,11 @@ mtu - INTEGER
Default Maximum Transfer Unit
Default: 1280 (IPv6 required minimum)
+ip_nonlocal_bind - BOOLEAN
+ If set, allows processes to bind() to non-local IPv6 addresses,
+ which can be quite useful - but may break some applications.
+ Default: 0
+
router_probe_interval - INTEGER
Minimum interval (in seconds) between Router Probing described
in RFC4191.
@@ -1455,6 +1499,13 @@ router_solicitations - INTEGER
routers are present.
Default: 3
+use_oif_addrs_only - BOOLEAN
+ When enabled, the candidate source addresses for destinations
+ routed via this interface are restricted to the set of addresses
+ configured on this interface (vis. RFC 6724, section 4).
+
+ Default: false
+
use_tempaddr - INTEGER
Preference for Privacy Extensions (RFC3041).
<= 0 : disable Privacy Extensions
@@ -1591,6 +1642,11 @@ ratelimit - INTEGER
otherwise the minimal space between responses in milliseconds.
Default: 1000
+xfrm6_gc_thresh - INTEGER
+ The threshold at which we will start garbage collecting for IPv6
+ destination cache entries. At twice this value the system will
+ refuse new allocations.
+
IPv6 Update by:
Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi>