Software Patch Application

It is common to distribute changes to official release versions for many reasons in the form of patches. Often individual modules are redistributed for substitution in the released version. Sometimes only a few lines of code are provided for the owner to edit into the module. Distributing the entire module library is typically left for the step of "official release" distribution.

Instructions are normally included to guide the owner thru the patch process. Patching is followed by recompilation and redeployment of the executable module. It is a good practice to compile the original distribution to validate the proper inclusion of features and compilation settings in config.h prior to applying the first patch.

Patches Attached Here

JNOS2.0f-rra-bb.zip is two patches to the 2.0f release by Maiko. It is compatible with the 2.0f2 patch as well.
- The first patch changes the method of storage used to preserve former measured results for packet round trip time and is useful for improving data transfer performance when various remote stations open TCP links repeatedly.
- The second patch changes the time-to-wait formula as and optional feature. The normal formula uses MDEV variable as a "smoothed" deviation, the modified formula uses MDEV as a "high-water-mark" of experience. The new formula reacts faster to slow connections. It performs exceptionally at the authors site, and is offered to the community for evaluation.