Subject: Re: negative ppsratecheck(9)
To: None <thorpej@zembu.com>
From: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/03/2000 02:28:45
> > pps = 0 would mean "no packet is allowed in 1 second period",
> > which is totally opposite from "disable rate limitation".
> > so I picked negative number.
>
>Err, that seems wrong. "no packet is allowed in 1 second period"
>is essentially "no packets allowed". So, it seems as if 0 is a
>better way to say "pps rate limiting disabled".
sorry if my commit message confused you.
negative number means, "rate limitation disabled" = "no limit enforced"
= "as many packets as possible".
itojun