On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Steve Meuse wrote:
> >Now, as for Linux specifically, one element of ICMP that very few
> >protocol stacks I have directly studied (and Iplease note I have yet
> >to delve into Linux kernel code -- I'm sure many here have) pay
> >any attention to is ICMP source quench messages. Perhaps by making
> >use of this feature we can distinguish between congestion and
> >packet loss? ICMP Source Quench could be used to go immediately
> >to a slow start, while packet loss could perhaps follow the more
> >traditional linear back off?
>
> I may be wrong, but I believe that one can choose between linear and
> exponential backoff by twiddling a bit somewhere under /proc. Is this true?
> Anyone, anyone, Bhuler?
/proc/sys/net/ax25/<interface name>/backoff_type
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