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| author | Josh Blum <josh@joshknows.com> | 2010-11-23 09:57:33 -0800 |
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| committer | Josh Blum <josh@joshknows.com> | 2010-11-23 09:57:33 -0800 |
| commit | d35b7327710f08f96f2cfb93bcc28f14515ea9bb (patch) | |
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diff --git a/host/docs/transport.rst b/host/docs/transport.rst index 432db4bb5..2f730f8e4 100644 --- a/host/docs/transport.rst +++ b/host/docs/transport.rst @@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ The following parameters can be used to alter the transport's default behavior: as the asynchronous send implementation is currently disabled. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Flow control parameters +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +The host-based flow control expects periodic update packets from the device. +These update packets inform the host of the last packet consumed by the device, +which allows the host to determine throttling conditions for the transmission of packets. +The following mechanisms affect the transmission of periodic update packets: + +* **ups_per_fifo:** The number of update packets for each FIFO's worth of bytes sent into the device +* **ups_per_sec:** The number of update packets per second + +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Resize socket buffers ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It may be useful increase the size of the socket buffers to |