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diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/Portability.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/Portability.sgml index 39ed37585f..61a694e130 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/Portability.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/Portability.sgml @@ -180,42 +180,9 @@ Corrective Action: Delete the entry after the word loopback <title>Sequential Read Ahead</title> <!-- From an email by William Jojo <jojowil@hvcc.edu> --> <para> -Disabling Sequential Read Ahead using <userinput>vmtune -r 0</userinput> improves +Disabling Sequential Read Ahead using "vmtune -r 0" improves samba performance significally. </para> </sect2> </sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>Solaris</title> - -<para>Some people have been experiencing problems with F_SETLKW64/fcntl -when running samba on solaris. The built in file locking mechanism was -not scalable. Performance would degrade to the point where processes would -get into loops of trying to lock a file. It woul try a lock, then fail, -then try again. The lock attempt was failing before the grant was -occurring. So the visible manifestation of this would be a handful of -processes stealing all of the CPU, and when they were trussed they would -be stuck if F_SETLKW64 loops. -</para> - -<para> -Sun released patches for Solaris 2.6, 8, and 9. The patch for Solaris 7 -has not been released yet. -</para> - -<para> -The patch revision for 2.6 is 105181-34 -for 8 is 108528-19 -and for 9 is 112233-04 -</para> - -<para> -After the install of these patches it is recommended to reconfigure -and rebuild samba. -</para> - -<para>Thanks to Joe Meslovich for reporting</para> -</sect1> - </chapter> |