2 # Main page of 'My::Project::smbfs'
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19 package project::smbfs::Index;
20 require 5.6.0; # at least 'use warnings;' but we need some 5.6.0+ modules anyway
21 our $VERSION=do { my @r=(q$Revision$=~/\d+/g); sprintf "%d.".("%03d"x$#r),@r; };
31 "name"=>"smbfs patch",
32 "platform"=>"unixuser",
35 "download"=>"smbfs-2.1.132-blocksize.diff",
36 "summary"=>'Linux kernel smbfs acceleration patch',
38 "maintenance"=>"ready",
39 "language"=>"C patch",
40 "description"=><<"HERE",
41 <p>Accelerate twice the copying transfer rate for client GNU/Linux from SMB
42 server share (Microsoft Windows).</p>
52 <p>Simple patch to increase virtual block size of SMB filesytem in Linux
53 kernel. It improved tranfer rate of <code>cp</code> command almost
54 by a factor of <strong>2</strong> (approx. 700KB -> 1300KB or something
55 like about it) in the local conditions. Now <code>cp</code> should be as fast
56 as <code>cat</code> redirected across networked filesystems.</p>
57 <p>Unfortunately the blocksize causes different (4 times smaller) sizes
58 reported by <code>du</code> command as it measures it in <i>blocks</i>
59 and not in <i>kilobytes</i> as some people think.</p>