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| author | Matt Traudt <sirmatt@ksu.edu> | 2017-11-16 09:21:12 -0500 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2017-11-17 09:25:01 -0500 |
| commit | 3537f7801dbf6f72e641e7fe1430db755ee5b920 (patch) | |
| tree | 287fdf2beaf0f81c459d03b7afb2624b5ff06752 /doc | |
| parent | 85778dc92d652e4781812659590099ae9232e175 (diff) | |
| download | tor-3537f7801dbf6f72e641e7fe1430db755ee5b920.tar.gz tor-3537f7801dbf6f72e641e7fe1430db755ee5b920.zip | |
Add notes about OS support for our scheduler types
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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index f052464332..f627659f55 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -801,14 +801,16 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS + **KIST**: Kernel Informed Socket Transport. Tor will use the kernel tcp information stack per-socket to make an informed decision on if it should - send or not the data. (Only available on Linux) + send or not the data. As implemented, KIST will only work on Linux kernel + version 2.6.39 or higher. + **KISTLite**: Same as KIST but without kernel support which means that tor will use all the same mecanics as KIST but without the TCP information the - kernel can provide. + kernel can provide. KISTLite will work on all kernels and operating + systems. + **Vanilla**: The scheduler that tor has always used that is do as much as - possible or AMAP. + possible or AMAP. Vanilla will work on all kernels and operating systems. [[KISTSchedRunInterval]] **KISTSchedRunInterval** __NUM__ **msec**:: If KIST or KISTLite is used in Schedulers option, this control at which |