Kernel Oplocks

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Mon Nov 19 05:19:02 GMT 2001


On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Andre Klocke wrote:

> Hallo.
>
> We want to use the switch "kernel oplocks = yes". It only works with
> linux-2.4.x. Do i have to configure somthing in the Kernel to suppotr
> this feature, or is it supported automatically????

It is supported in the kernel automatically via fcntl() calls.
However, you will need to run ./configure and compile Samba
on a system with a 2.4 kernel.





jerry
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