--bwlimit doesn't work for daemon mode

[uwe at ohse.de]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 11:19:54AM -0800, Wayne Davison wrote:
 
> First, thanks for the patch -- they are always appreciated!  However,
> your patch is identical to the one suggested in this message:
> 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync@lists.samba.org/msg11850.html

i only searched bugzilla. Oh well.


> The conversation then went on to mention that --bwlimit has never really
> been a daemon option, and only coincidentally set a default bandwidth-
> limit value for a daemon (in older versions).  However, that value could
> be exceeded by the client (which is what your patch re-enables).

that behaviour is quite convenient, it allows to set a default which
doesn't saturate the net, but still allows a client to get something
fast if really needed. 


> Though
> the cited mailing-list thread doesn't mention it, the code in CVS now
> has a better --bwlimit option for the daemon that makes this value an
> enforced upper-limit on transfers from the daemon.  (Nothing tries to
> limit transfers into a daemon other than the a user-specified --bwlimit
> option.)

I'd like to have soft (default) and hard limits for that. Would you
accept a patch for that? Not that i expect to do that in january...

Regards, Uwe