[MPTCP] Re: [mptcp-dev] mptcp code in kernel 5.8

[Christoph Paasch <cpaasch at apple.com>]

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Hello Yoshi,

On 10/08/20 - 01:44, yoshi nishida wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It's really great to see mptcp codes in main stream.  So, I've tried
> to use it with kernel 5.8 in ubuntu20.10.
> However, as far as I've checked, the mptcp in the kernel seems to be
> different from the one in the repo.

The repo, you mean the repo of multipath-tcp.org kernel? Yes, they are
entirely different. The MPTCP implementation in upstream Linux (5.6+) is a
complete rewrite.

> I am not sure how to set scheduler
> or path manager with this.

It is currently not possible to select different schedulers on the upstream
implementation.

For path-management there is an ip-mptcp interface that allows you to add
subflows and addresses: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/ip-mptcp.8.html


Christoph

> Does anyone know about the differences?
> Sorry if I overlooked something.
> 
> Thanks,
> --
> Yoshi

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