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authorRuss Cox <rsc@swtch.com>2009-05-25 00:30:17 -0700
committerRuss Cox <rsc@swtch.com>2009-05-25 00:30:17 -0700
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libventi: protocol support for blocks larger than 64k
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@@ -441,6 +441,21 @@ message ends a session. There is no
upon receiving the
.BR VtTgoodbye
message, the server terminates up the connection.
+.PP
+Version
+.B 04
+of the Venti protocol is similar to version
+.B 02
+(described above)
+but has two changes to accomodates larger payloads.
+First, it replaces the leading 2-byte packet size with
+a 4-byte size.
+Second, the
+.I count
+in the
+.B VtTread
+packet may be either 2 or 4 bytes;
+the total packet length distinguishes the two cases.
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR venti (1),
.IR venti (3),