
29 Sep
2011
29 Sep
'11
2:53 p.m.
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 08:30:13 -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
On 09/29/2011 07:46 AM, Jiri Denemark wrote:
PING messages can be sent by both client and server and sending them can be independently disabled on both sides. ADVERTISE is sent because a server may never get any PING messages from a client which was configured not to send them. But the server still wants to know that the client supports this feature and thus the server can send PING messages. Also there is a keepalive timeout between ADVERTISE and PING, which can be different on both sides so server may decide to send PING earlier than the client.
So, if I understand correctly, there are two flows: ...
Yes, you got it right. Jirka