diff -Nur man-pages-6.02/man7/tcp.7 new/man7/tcp.7 --- man-pages-6.02/man7/tcp.7 2022-12-22 20:25:12.000000000 +0100 +++ new/man7/tcp.7 2022-12-28 00:46:39.396907119 +0100 @@ -491,9 +491,31 @@ normal SYN retransmission timeout will be resent with CWR and ECE cleared. .TP -.IR tcp_fack " (Boolean; default: enabled; since Linux 2.2)" +.IR tcp_fack " (integer; default: see below; since Linux 2.2)" .\" Since Linux 2.1.92 Enable TCP Forward Acknowledgement support. + +Prior to Linux 4.11, this option was enabled by default. +In Linux 4.11, it was disabled by default in favor of RACK (see +tcp_recovery). +In Linux 4.15 it was deprecated entirely and its value is ignored. +.TP +.IR tcp_recovery " (integer; default: 0x1; since Linux 4.4)" +Enable various experimental loss recovery features. + +This field is a bitmap to enable various loss recovery features. +.RS +.IP 0x1 +enables the RACK loss detection for fast detection of lost +retransmissions and tail drops. It also subsumes and disables +RFC6675 recovery for SACK connections. (Since Linux 4.4) +.IP 0x2 +makes RACK's reordering window static (min_rtt/4). (Since +Linux 4.15) +.IP 0x4 +disables RACK's DUPACK threshold heuristic (Since Linux +4.18). +.RE .TP .IR tcp_fin_timeout " (integer; default: 60; since Linux 2.2)" .\" Since Linux 2.1.53