protocol docs

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

diff --git a/PROTOCOL b/PROTOCOL
index cb31035d637a7e11cc02ab75fd5938b36a4c03d4..4c813b9dac9c072d8020e1ea78061c6ef97b05de 100644 (file)
--- a/PROTOCOL
+++ b/PROTOCOL
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ Client form parameters (multipart/form-data):
                        token
                        target_requests_outstanding
                        http_timeout
-                       max_batch_down
-                       max_batch_up
+                       max_batch_down          } not supplied
+                       max_batch_up            }  by older clients
  d              data (SLIP format, with SLIP_ESC and `-' swapped)
 
 

diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index 6bf171210353a0d22c6db116bad3ec196d0121b0..f900673389eaeff4b429f1341cf723418bc17419 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ value is obtained, it is (silently) reduced to the limit value.
 ``max_batch_down``
   Size limit for response payloads.
 
-  On client, incoming response bodies are limited to this plus
-  a fixed constant metadata overhead of 10000 bytes.
+  On client, incoming response bodies are limited to this (plus
+  a fixed constant metadata overhead).
   Server uses minimum of client's and server's configured values
   (old servers just use server's value).
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ value is obtained, it is (silently) reduced to the limit value.
   with ``LIMIT`` applied.
 
   On server, only ``LIMIT`` is relevant, and must be at least the
-  client's configured value (checked). xxx put in metadata
+  client's configured value (checked).
 
   [``4000`` (bytes); ``LIMIT``: ``262144``]