On 10/5/07, Gerrit Renker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [DCCP]: Support for the exchange of NN options in established state
>
> This patch introduces a variant of feature negotiation which differs from
> feature negotiation during connection setup in the following aspects.
>  * It is a restricted variant - only NN options can be exchanged;
>  * NN options are activated directly after validating them. The rationale is
>    that a peer must accept every valid NN value (RFC 4340, 6.3.2), hence it
>    will either accept the value and send a ConfirmR, or it will send an
>    empty Confirm (which will reset the connection according to FN rules).
>  * An Ack is scheduled directly after activation to accelerate communicating
>    the update to the peer.
>
> The facility of exchanging NN options is currently only needed by CCID2's Ack 
> Ratio
> (RFC 4341, 6.1.2). Although the code will in principle work for any NN 
> option, this
> fact has been the reason for limiting the current use to Ack Ratio.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Acked-by: Ian McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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