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authorAlexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org>2003-03-27 15:27:19 +0000
committerAlexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org>2003-03-27 15:27:19 +0000
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Add new framework for smb.conf(5). Please read README before trying to compile.
I will commit more meta-information updates during week-end. (This used to be commit 8d684dffab6a90b3d612a1aa2b2c457a2bc2e6ac)
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+<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
+ <term><anchor id="BLOCKSIZE"/>block size (S)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This parameter controls the behavior of <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> when reporting disk free
+ sizes. By default, this reports a disk block size of 1024 bytes.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Changing this parameter may have some effect on the
+ efficiency of client writes, this is not yet confirmed. This
+ parameter was added to allow advanced administrators to change
+ it (usually to a higher value) and test the effect it has on
+ client write performance without re-compiling the code. As this
+ is an experimental option it may be removed in a future release.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Changing this option does not change the disk free reporting
+ size, just the block size unit reported to the client.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </samba:parameter>