Add rtnetlink init_rcvwnd to set the TCP initial receive window in RHEL6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Please add rtnetlink init_rcvwnd to set the TCP initial receive window encompassed in upstream kernel commit 31d12926e37291970dd4f6e9940df3897766a81d to RHEL6. This will allow hosts to be able to begin TCP connections with larger initial windows and thus reduce total connection time.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.2 - 6.3

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