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From: Erik Slagter <erik@slagter.name>
To: "Myklebust, Trond" <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>,
	linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: NFS client large rsize/wsize (tcp?) problems
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:21:37 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50E488C1.6040901@slagter.name> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FA345DA4F4AE44899BD2B03EEEC2FA91198300A@SACEXCMBX04-PRD.hq.netapp.com>

On 02-01-13 19:47, Myklebust, Trond wrote:

> You probably have a NIC that doesn't support scatter-gather.

I am not 100% sure, but as it's a satellite set-top-box, with very basic
ethernet connectivity, I'd say you're right on the spot.

Is there a way to workaround that?

>> As a temporary workaround (for "dumb users" that don't know what a mount
>> option is, yes it's awful!) I'd like to modify the kernel of the clients
>> to negotiate a smaller buffer size, 32k would probably suffice. I've had
>> a few shots but have not been successful yet, can you give me a pointer
>> please?

> man nfsmount.conf

Thanks for the hint, I didn't know that! Unfortunately I can't use it,
because the mount command on the stb is a "busybox" version, so it's
very basic, and doesn't check this file (checked it using strace...)

  reply	other threads:[~2013-01-02 19:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-30 12:53 NFS client large rsize/wsize (tcp?) problems Erik Slagter
2013-01-02 18:21 ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-01-02 18:37   ` Erik Slagter
2013-01-02 18:47     ` Myklebust, Trond
2013-01-02 19:21       ` Erik Slagter [this message]
2013-01-02 21:43         ` J. Bruce Fields

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