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| author |   Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com> | 2010-08-13 19:59:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com> | 2010-08-13 19:59:15 -0400 |
| commit | 7d72e6fa56c4100b9669efe0044f77ed9eb785a1 (patch) | |
| tree | 5e90bf4969809a1ab20b97432b85be20ccfaa1f4 /fs/cifs/README | |
| parent | arch/tile: extend syscall ABI to set r1 on return as well. (diff) | |
| parent | Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/fs/cifs/README b/fs/cifs/README index a7081eeeb85d..7099a526f775 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/README +++ b/fs/cifs/README @@ -301,6 +301,16 @@ A partial list of the supported mount options follows: gid Set the default gid for inodes (similar to above). file_mode If CIFS Unix extensions are not supported by the server this overrides the default mode for file inodes. + fsc Enable local disk caching using FS-Cache (off by default). This + option could be useful to improve performance on a slow link, + heavily loaded server and/or network where reading from the + disk is faster than reading from the server (over the network). + This could also impact scalability positively as the + number of calls to the server are reduced. However, local + caching is not suitable for all workloads for e.g. read-once + type workloads. So, you need to consider carefully your + workload/scenario before using this option. Currently, local + disk caching is functional for CIFS files opened as read-only. dir_mode If CIFS Unix extensions are not supported by the server this overrides the default mode for directory inodes. port attempt to contact the server on this tcp port, before |