From c9c4708fdf63d26e3fdfc65bba9e82e654cae285 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Suresh Jayaraman Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:52:01 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] cifs: update README about the kernel module parameters Reported-by: Alexander Swen Cc: Jeff Layton Signed-off-by: Suresh Jayaraman Signed-off-by: Steve French --- fs/cifs/README | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/cifs/README b/fs/cifs/README index c5c2c5e5f0f2..95b37a1d58f2 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/README +++ b/fs/cifs/README @@ -745,4 +745,18 @@ installed and something like the following lines should be added to the create cifs.spnego * * /usr/local/sbin/cifs.upcall %k create dns_resolver * * /usr/local/sbin/cifs.upcall %k +CIFS kernel module parameters +============================= +These module parameters can be specified or modified either during the time of +module loading or during the runtime by using the interface + /proc/module/cifs/parameters/ + +i.e. echo "value" > /proc/module/cifs/parameters/ + +1. echo_retries - The number of echo attempts before giving up and + reconnecting to the server. The default is 5. The value 0 + means never reconnect. + +2. enable_oplocks - Enable or disable oplocks. Oplocks are enabled by default. + [Y/y/1]. To disable use any of [N/n/0].