Author: sfrench Date: 2007-07-26 21:19:39 +0000 (Thu, 26 Jul 2007) New Revision: 1134
WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba-web&rev=1134 Log: Update link to new cifs version (1.50). Modified: trunk/Linux_CIFS_client.html Changeset: Modified: trunk/Linux_CIFS_client.html =================================================================== --- trunk/Linux_CIFS_client.html 2007-07-26 21:11:19 UTC (rev 1133) +++ trunk/Linux_CIFS_client.html 2007-07-26 21:19:39 UTC (rev 1134) @@ -14,14 +14,11 @@ <P><BR><BR> </P> <P>LATEST UPDATES – cifs user's guide documentation is now -available on samba.org. cifs vfs version 1.48 is accepted into -mainline kernel (2.6.21) which includes spectacularly better write -performance for some common small sequential write workloads. cifs -1.49 includes support for ipv6 and also much better mkdir performance -to Samba 3.0.25 (which leverages the newest CIFS POSIX protocol -extensions). A backported version of cifs 1.48 which builds on old -kernel versions is also available. cifs vfs 1.49 is current in the -cifs-2.6.git tree.</P> +available on samba.org. cifs vfs version 1.50 is accepted into +mainline kernel (2.6.23-rc1) and includes improved POSIX delete +as well as bug fixes (e.g. for NTLMv2 signing). +A backported version of cifs 1.50 which builds on old +kernel versions is also available.</P> <TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=2> <TR> <TD COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR="#eeeeee"> @@ -83,9 +80,7 @@ the other features being planned for future releases. The CIFS VFS has been tested with Linux 2.4.14 and later as well as regular testing on Linux 2.6 (and has been in the kernel source - starting with Linux kernel 2.5.42. The CIFS client is no longer - considered "expiremental" in Linux versions after 2.6.7 - (cifs version 1.19) or later. Testing has been done on various + starting with Linux kernel 2.5.42. Testing has been done on various hardware architectures including x86 and even big endian zSeries hardware. The cifs and smbfs file systems can coexist on the same system and do not conflict. <BR> @@ -94,8 +89,8 @@ compile on 2.4 kernels, not just older 2.6. kernel versions). To download replacement files for the fs/cifs directory which includes a relatively recent version of the cifs vfs which has - been backported to build on various earlier kernels click <A HREF="http://pserver.samba.org/samba/ftp/cifs-cvs/cifs-1.48a.tar.gz";>cifs - 1.48a for 2.6 kernels</A> (released April 4th, 2007).</P> + been backported to build on various earlier kernels (2.6.14 or later) click <A HREF="http://pserver.samba.org/samba/ftp/cifs-cvs/cifs-1.50.tar.gz";>cifs + 1.50 for 2.6 kernels</A> (released July 25th, 2007).</P> <P>CIFS VFS is licensed under the <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html";>GNU General Public License</A> version 2 or later. </P> </TD> @@ -111,4 +106,4 @@ <P><BR><BR> </P> </BODY> -</HTML> \ No newline at end of file +</HTML>
