Author: deryck Date: 2005-04-28 15:21:49 +0000 (Thu, 28 Apr 2005) New Revision: 651
WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba-web&rev=651 Log: Adding news item announcing Linux CIFS client 1.34. deryck Added: trunk/news/announcements/cifs_client_1.34.html Changeset: Added: trunk/news/announcements/cifs_client_1.34.html =================================================================== --- trunk/news/announcements/cifs_client_1.34.html 2005-04-28 02:17:26 UTC (rev 650) +++ trunk/news/announcements/cifs_client_1.34.html 2005-04-28 15:21:49 UTC (rev 651) @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ + <h3><a name="linux_cifs_client_1.34">Improved Linux CIFS Client 1.34 Released</a></h3> + + <div class="article"> + <p>The 1.34 version of the CIFS client has been released. This version i + includes many improvements:</p> + + <ul> + <li>NT 4 servers are now better supported.</li> + <li>A umount.cifs user mount helper has been added.</li> + <li>The cifs client can now optionally handle some of the reserved + characters (such as colon) in filenames.</li> + <li>A key client file caching bug was fixed.</li> + <li>Stability under stress is much improved.</li> + <li>Memory allocations by the client have been significantly reduced in + the receive path, greatly improving (in some cases ten fold) + performance under stress scenarios such as dbench.</li> + </ul> + + <p>See the changelog fs/cifs/CHANGES and fs/cifs/README for additional + details.</p> + + <p>Download instructions, including replacement cifs files for a few + common kernels, can be found at the + <a href="http://linux-cifs.samba.org/">project page</a>.</p> + + <p>This version has been submitted for inclusion in future Linux + mainline kernels. </p> + </div> + +