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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
index 4c4a5c39cb..d557efb6a8 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
@@ -659,7 +659,8 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
<tag><c>{buffer, Size}</c></tag>
<item>
<p>The size of the user-level software buffer used by
- the driver. Not to be confused with options <c>sndbuf</c>
+ the driver.
+ Not to be confused with options <c>sndbuf</c>
and <c>recbuf</c>, which correspond to the
Kernel socket buffers. It is recommended
to have <c>val(buffer) &gt;= max(val(sndbuf),val(recbuf))</c> to
@@ -670,6 +671,9 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
usually become larger, you are encouraged to use
<seealso marker="#getopts/2"><c>getopts/2</c></seealso>
to analyze the behavior of your operating system.</p>
+ <p>Note that this is also the maximum amount of data that can be
+ received from a single recv call. If you are using higher than
+ normal MTU consider setting buffer higher.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>{delay_send, Boolean}</c></tag>
<item>