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Add notes about OS support for our scheduler types

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Matt Traudt 2017-11-16 09:21:12 -05:00 committed by Nick Mathewson
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o Documentation:
Add notes in man page regarding OS support for the various scheduler types.
Closes ticket 24254.

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**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.
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**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.
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**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