On Tue, 24 May 2011 15:03:53 -0400 Jeff Layton <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...to account for the changes in the async write patchset. > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]> > --- > mount.cifs.8 | 4 ++-- > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/mount.cifs.8 b/mount.cifs.8 > index ddecb2a..1299725 100644 > --- a/mount.cifs.8 > +++ b/mount.cifs.8 > @@ -394,9 +394,9 @@ rsize=\fIarg\fR > default network read size (usually 16K)\&. The client currently can not use > rsize larger than CIFSMaxBufSize\&. CIFSMaxBufSize defaults to 16K and may be > changed (from 8K to the maximum kmalloc size allowed by your kernel) at > module install time for cifs\&.ko\&. Setting CIFSMaxBufSize to a very large > value will cause cifs to use more memory and may reduce performance in some > cases\&. To use rsize greater than 127K (the original cifs protocol maximum) > also requires that the server support a new Unix Capability flag (for very > large read) which some newer servers (e\&.g\&. Samba 3\&.0\&.26 or later) > do\&. rsize can be set from a minimum of 2048 to a maximum of 130048 (127K or > CIFSMaxBufSize, whichever is smaller) > .RE > .PP > -wsize=\fIarg\fR > +wsize=\fIbytes\fR > .RS 4 > -default network write size (default 57344) maximum wsize currently allowed > by CIFS is 57344 (fourteen 4096 byte pages) > +Maximum amount of data that the kernel will send in a write request in > bytes. Prior to kernel 2\&.6\&.40, the default and maximum was 57344 (14 * > 4096 pages). As of 2\&.6\&.40, the default is 1M, and the maximum allowed is > 16M. Note that this value is just a starting point. The client and server may > negotiate this size downward according to the server's capabilities. > .RE > .PP > fsc Slightly revised version committed... -- Jeff Layton <[email protected]> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
