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-.TH TCP 7 2012-03-20 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH TCP 7 2012-04-23 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
tcp \- TCP protocol
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B TCP_MAXSEG
.\" Present in Linux 1.0
The maximum segment size for outgoing TCP packets.
-If this option is set before connection establishment, it also
+In Linux 2.2 and earlier, and in Linux 2.6.28 and later,
+if this option is set before connection establishment, it also
changes the MSS value announced to the other end in the initial packet.
Values greater than the (eventual) interface MTU have no effect.
TCP will also impose