Changeset 7196

Timestamp:

Nov 30, 2008, 1:15:43 AM (10 years ago)

Author:

charles

Message:

annotate the ut_pex message to (1) take partial seeds into account, and (2) tell not to send periodic pex messages when there are no added or dropped peers.

File:

• trunk/doc/extended-messaging.txt (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/doc/extended-messaging.txt

@@ -29 +29 @@
 dictionary.  If the uTorrent peer has pex disabled, this key
 will not be present.  Exchanges messages should be sent approximately
-once every minute.  The payload of a peer exchange message is a
+once every minute when peers have been added or dropped.
+
+If peers have not been added or dropped, uTorrent does not send
+the periodic PEX message.  If uTorrent 1.8.1 recieves an "empty"
+pex message from Transmission 1.40, it appears to interpret this
+as an invalid message and disconnect from Transmission.
+
+The payload of a peer exchange message is a
 bencoded dictionary with the following keys:
 
@@ -41 +48 @@
         according to libtorrent's ut_pex.c:
         0x01 - peer supports encryption
-        0x02 - peer is a seed
+        0x02 - peer is a seed or a partial seed
 
     dropped