[ECOS] "Fix" for atHTTP and HTTP socket requirements with mozilla POSTS

[Tad <ecos_removethispart@ds3switch.com>]

<Reposted to get correct thread>

"Fix" for hanging atHTTP client requests on out-of-sockets.

Background:
It's somewhat known that atHTTP will "pause" for several minutes when 
running out of sockets.  One reason this can happen is that mozilla 
opens a new TCP connection for each POST or chunked-transfer(I think) 
GET, which requires a new socket for each.  The remnant sockets 
eventually (300sec default) are shutdown by atHTTP and then enter TCP 
TIME_WAIT state which is 2xMSL or something like another 2-4 minutes -- 
but that's a long time.  BTW, this assumes you don't hit the bug where 
accept() hangs when out of sockets.  See solution in a couple days for 
that.

"Solution:"
Mozilla (on XP) appears to get smart after opening about 10 TCP 
connections, and starts FIN,ACK ing them to shut them down so atHTTP 
doesn't have to sit in TIME_WAIT or atHTTP timeout on the old connections.

So, setting CYGPKG_NET_MAXSOCKETS to something > 10x # of users + a 
couple for sockets other eCos apps have open will allow "unlimited" 
mozilla (XP) client requests without any timeouts.



-- 
Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos
and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss