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doc/protocols: add a note regarding the circular RX UDP buffer

Stefano Sabatini authored on 2012/07/18 23:56:11
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@@ -556,6 +556,11 @@ udp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}[?@var{options}]
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 @var{options} contains a list of &-separated options of the form @var{key}=@var{val}.
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+In case threading is enabled on the system, a circular buffer is used
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+to store the incoming data, which allows to reduce loss of data due to
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+UDP socket buffer overruns. The @var{fifo_size} and
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+@var{overrun_nonfatal} options are related to this buffer.
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 The list of supported options follows.
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 @table @option