commit 3537f7801dbf6f72e641e7fe1430db755ee5b920 Author: Matt Traudt sirmatt@ksu.edu Date: Thu Nov 16 09:21:12 2017 -0500

Add notes about OS support for our scheduler types --- changes/ticket24254 | 3 +++ doc/tor.1.txt | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changes/ticket24254 b/changes/ticket24254 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..80dd74125 --- /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 f05246433..f627659f5 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