Re: Large Frame Proposal

In message <CAOdDvNp8kreZ-LEyOe2TipGjNofzYvecupz-9RD4Z7FPSF8d9w@mail.gmail.com>, Patrick McManus 
writes:

>On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 11:42 PM, Roberto Peon <grmocg@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Allowing a large frame-size setting for any stream implies a loss of
>> reactivity for all other streams within that connection, so long as the
>> stream with the larger framesize is used.

Only if the allowance for larger frames is being exploited by the sender.

Nobody forces the sender to send packets any larger than it wants to.

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Received on Wednesday, 9 July 2014 12:16:58 UTC