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| -rw-r--r-- | desktop/options.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/desktop/options.c b/desktop/options.c index b7b0d74a9..e2ee7f231 100644 --- a/desktop/options.c +++ b/desktop/options.c @@ -141,9 +141,13 @@ unsigned int option_min_reflow_period = 25; /* time in cs */ /** Maximum simultaneous active fetchers */ int option_max_fetchers = 24; /** Maximum simultaneous active fetchers per host. - * (<=option_max_fetchers else it makes no sense + * (<=option_max_fetchers else it makes no sense) + * Note that rfc2616 section 8.1.4 says that there should be no more than + * two keepalive connections per host. None of the main browsers follow this + * as it slows page fetches down considerably. + * See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423377#c4 */ -int option_max_fetchers_per_host = 2; +int option_max_fetchers_per_host = 5; /** Maximum number of inactive fetchers cached. * The total number of handles netsurf will therefore have open * is this plus option_max_fetchers. |