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authorStefano Sabatini <stefasab@gmail.com>2012-07-18 16:56:11 +0200
committerStefano Sabatini <stefasab@gmail.com>2012-07-19 22:31:41 +0200
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doc/protocols: add a note regarding the circular RX UDP buffer
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@@ -556,6 +556,11 @@ udp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}[?@var{options}]
@var{options} contains a list of &-separated options of the form @var{key}=@var{val}.
+In case threading is enabled on the system, a circular buffer is used
+to store the incoming data, which allows to reduce loss of data due to
+UDP socket buffer overruns. The @var{fifo_size} and
+@var{overrun_nonfatal} options are related to this buffer.
+
The list of supported options follows.
@table @option