notes on low priority of detail file reading

diff --git a/raddb/sites-available/detail b/raddb/sites-available/detail
index 135dcd1b703e9136ab3b92e8b104d7e6177365a8..e0d72bd034291e888d180fbe25915552e7e398e1 100644 (file)
--- a/raddb/sites-available/detail
+++ b/raddb/sites-available/detail
@@ -47,7 +47,17 @@ virtual_server detail {
                #  soon as it gets a response to that entry, the
                #  listener reads a second entry.
                #
-               #  
+               #  Packets from the detail listener are low priority,
+               #  so they are procesed only when there is nothing
+               #  else to do.  i.e. if the server receives many
+               #  Access-Request or Accounting-Request packets from
+               #  the network, they will be processed *before* any
+               #  packets from the detail file.
+               #
+               #  This behavior ensures that the detail file is read
+               #  as fast as possible.  At the same time, it ensures
+               #  that the detail file does not affect higher
+               #  priority packets from the network.
                #
 
                #