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tcp_ecn is an integer not a boolean
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There was some confusion at LCA as to why the sysctl tcp_ecn took one
of three values when it was documented as a Boolean.  This patch fixes
the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Peter Chubb <peter.chubb@nicta.com.au>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Peter Chubb authored and David S. Miller committed Feb 2, 2011
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Expand Up @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ tcp_cookie_size - INTEGER
tcp_dsack - BOOLEAN
Allows TCP to send "duplicate" SACKs.

tcp_ecn - BOOLEAN
tcp_ecn - INTEGER
Enable Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in TCP. ECN is only
used when both ends of the TCP flow support it. It is useful to
avoid losses due to congestion (when the bottleneck router supports
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