Re: Backported cifs module

Re: Backported cifs module

[Jeff Layton]

On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 23:46:02 +0200
JM <johnmiller-06ZeP6ie+xM@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Hi, 
> sorry to disturb you directly, Steve French told me that you have
> backported the cifs module to older kernels.
> According to him, the latest release should fix some reading
> slowness that I have experienced.
> I am available if you need some testers too. 
> 
> JM
> 
> PS: I am using
> opensuse with their 2.6.37.6 kernel.

(cc'ing Steve and linux-cifs ml...)

The only commit I know of that would affect read performance is
2b6c26a0. A quick look at 2.6.37.y tree shows that it doesn't have that
patch.

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

Re: Backported cifs module

[Suresh Jayaraman]

On 06/08/2011 06:21 PM, Jeff Layton wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 23:46:02 +0200
> JM <johnmiller-06ZeP6ie+xM@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi, 
>> sorry to disturb you directly, Steve French told me that you have
>> backported the cifs module to older kernels.
>> According to him, the latest release should fix some reading
>> slowness that I have experienced.
>> I am available if you need some testers too. 
>>
>> JM
>>
>> PS: I am using
>> opensuse with their 2.6.37.6 kernel.

Have you create a bug report against openSUSE-11.4 (I guess)? If yes,
could please add me in Cc? If not, can you create a bug report and
include me in Cc, I'll take a look at it.

Thanks,

> (cc'ing Steve and linux-cifs ml...)
> 
> The only commit I know of that would affect read performance is
> 2b6c26a0. A quick look at 2.6.37.y tree shows that it doesn't have that
> patch.
> 


-- 
Suresh Jayaraman