From: Matt Traudt Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 14:21:12 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Add notes about OS support for our scheduler types X-Git-Tag: tor-0.3.2.5-alpha~13^2~2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3537f7801dbf6f72e641e7fe1430db755ee5b920;p=thirdparty%2Ftor.git Add notes about OS support for our scheduler types --- diff --git a/changes/ticket24254 b/changes/ticket24254 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..80dd74125f --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/ticket24254 @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ + o Documentation: + Add notes in man page regarding OS support for the various scheduler types. + Closes ticket 24254. 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