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From: Sascha Hauer <sha@pengutronix.de>
To: Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz@sigma-chemnitz.de>
Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/13] tftp: implement 'windowsize' (RFC 7440) support
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 11:52:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220809095257.GQ31528@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <lyiln1zryn.fsf@ensc-pc.intern.sigma-chemnitz.de>

On Tue, Aug 09, 2022 at 11:28:16AM +0200, Enrico Scholz wrote:
> Sascha Hauer <sha@pengutronix.de> writes:
> 
> >> +config FS_TFTP_MAX_WINDOW_SIZE
> >> +	int
> >> +	prompt "maximum tftp window size (RFC 7440)"
> >> +	depends on FS_TFTP
> >> +	default 128
> >> +	range 1 128
> >> +	help
> >> +	  The maximum allowed tftp "windowsize" (RFC 7440).  Higher
> >> +	  value increase speed of the tftp download with the cost of
> >> +	  memory (1432 bytes per slot).
> >> +
> >> +	  Requires tftp "windowsize" (RFC 7440) support on server side
> >> +	  to have an effect.
> >
> > Can we agree on some sane default here and drop this from Kconfig?
> 
> I think, it is difficult to find a sane default.  Processors like iMX8
> can deal with large window sizes, but low end ones like iMX6ULL can not
> handle data fast enough and require smaller sizes (around max 30).
> 
> Workloads like writing to slow memory (cp /mnt/tftp/... /dev/nand) might
> require smaller sizes too.  Or networks with high drop rates.
> 
> That's why, I think it should be possible to configure it in some
> _defconfig.

It's exposed to global.tftp.windowsize and with this you can store a
good value on the device and you can provide different defaults for different
boards in their default environments during compile time. It's much more
flexible than Kconfig.

Sascha

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-09  9:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-07-18 12:22 [PATCH 00/13] add "windowsize" (RFC 7440) support for tftp Enrico Scholz
2022-07-18 12:22 ` [PATCH 01/13] progress: add close_progress() to display some statistics Enrico Scholz
2022-07-18 12:22 ` [PATCH 02/13] libfile:copy_file: show statistics in verbose mode Enrico Scholz
2022-07-18 12:22 ` [PATCH 03/13] tftp: minor refactoring of RRQ/WRQ packet generation code Enrico Scholz
2022-07-18 12:22 ` [PATCH 04/13] tftp: replace hardcoded blksize by global constant Enrico Scholz
2022-07-18 12:22 ` [PATCH 05/13] tftp: record whether tftp file is opened for lookup operation only Enrico Scholz
2022-07-18 12:22 ` [PATCH 06/13] tftp: reduce block size on lookup requests Enrico Scholz
2022-07-18 12:22 ` [PATCH 07/13] tftp: refactor data processing Enrico Scholz
2022-07-18 12:22 ` [PATCH 08/13] tftp: detect out-of-memory situations Enrico Scholz
2022-07-18 12:22 ` [PATCH 09/13] tftp: implement 'windowsize' (RFC 7440) support Enrico Scholz
2022-07-31 11:36   ` [PATCH v2 " Enrico Scholz
2022-08-09  8:49     ` Sascha Hauer
2022-08-09  9:28       ` Enrico Scholz
2022-08-09  9:52         ` Sascha Hauer [this message]
2022-07-18 12:22 ` [PATCH 10/13] tftp: do not use 'priv->block' for RRQ Enrico Scholz
2022-07-18 12:22 ` [PATCH 11/13] tftp: reorder tftp packets Enrico Scholz
2022-08-09  8:58   ` Sascha Hauer
2022-07-18 12:22 ` [PATCH 12/13] tftp: allow to change tftp port Enrico Scholz
2022-08-09  8:12   ` Sascha Hauer
2022-07-18 12:22 ` [PATCH 13/13] tftp: add sanity check for OACK response Enrico Scholz
2022-07-31 11:36   ` [PATCH v2 " Enrico Scholz
2022-08-09  9:02 ` [PATCH 00/13] add "windowsize" (RFC 7440) support for tftp Sascha Hauer
2022-08-09  9:35   ` Enrico Scholz

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