Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 12:25:06 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'Kenneth Culver' <culverk@wam.umd.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: samba 2.0.5a Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105C18@site2s1>
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Here is the link to the posting on comp.protocols.smb (via deja.com) http://x42.deja.com/[ST_rn=ap]/getdoc.xp?AN=514864455&CONTEXT=936288582.5980 16044&hitnum=12 (This is a feeble attempt to copy and paste it here.) >Subject: Re: Samba 2.0.5 on FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE - very very slow >writing to Samba from win98 >Date: 1999/08/19 >Author: Jeremy Allison <jeremy@netcom.com> > >nathan_kinsman@my-deja.com writes: > >>In article <7ped62$fls$1@urmel.fs.kiosk-online.de>, >> "Kai Leibrandt" <kailee@earthling.net> wrote: >>I have noticed the same problem with FreeBSD 3.2 and Samba 2.0.5. >>Downgrading to 2.0.3 seems to have fixed the problem. Not sure what is >>causing it, I spent a few hours trying different configurations. > >I do and have notified one of the FreeBSD team. > >The problem is we switched to using recv() with the MSG_WAITALL >flag instead of read(). This makes Samba faster on most systems. > >On FreeBSD it causes a massive slowdown and I don't know why. > >To fix it, change the definition of MSG_WAITALL to be zero in > lib/util_sock.c and recompile 2.0.5a. > >I'm hoping someone from FreeBSD will get back to me with some explaination. > >Regards, > >Jeremy Allison, >Samba Team. > -----Original Message----- > From: Kenneth Culver [SMTP:culverk@wam.umd.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:59 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: samba 2.0.5a > > So what exactly was the fix to this version of samba to allow faster > transfers? > > Kenneth Culver > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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