Merge branch 'collectd-4.10' into collectd-5.0

[collectd.git] / src / collectd.conf.pod

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index de3e516..1b0c2fd 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ The B<curl_xml plugin> uses B<libcurl> (L<http://curl.haxx.se/>) and B<libxml2>
  </Plugin>
 
 In the B<Plugin> block, there may be one or more B<URL> blocks, each defining a
-URL to be fetched via HTTP (using libcurl). Within each B<URL> block there are
+URL to be fetched using libcurl. Within each B<URL> block there are
 options which specify the connection parameters, for example authentication
 information, and one or more B<XPath> blocks.
 
@@ -2786,7 +2786,18 @@ operating systems.
 =item B<MaxPacketSize> I<1024-65535>
 
 Set the maximum size for datagrams received over the network. Packets larger
-than this will be truncated. Defaults to 1452E<nbsp>bytes.
+than this will be truncated. Defaults to 1452E<nbsp>bytes, which is the maximum
+payload size that can be transmitted in one Ethernet frame using IPv6E<nbsp>/
+UDP.
+
+On the server side, this limit should be set to the largest value used on
+I<any> client. Likewise, the value on the client must not be larger than the
+value on the server, or data will be lost.
+
+B<Compatibility:> Versions prior to I<versionE<nbsp>4.8> used a fixed sized
+buffer of 1024E<nbsp>bytes. Versions I<4.8>, I<4.9> and I<4.10> used a default
+value of 1024E<nbsp>bytes to avoid problems when sending data to an older
+server.
 
 =item B<Forward> I<true|false>