STABLE14-windows-notes-20050605

updates for 1.3.84

(cherry picked from commit 01845badd5da293cb360fb54fc25d25558a150d4)

diff --git a/doc/txt/winnotes/afs-changes-since-1.2.txt b/doc/txt/winnotes/afs-changes-since-1.2.txt
index 197df431dcec43345fdff639eacacfe83b40b5c8..1f0a8d6cc1bef29539259738e7ead6b81d630f85 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/txt/winnotes/afs-changes-since-1.2.txt
+++ b/doc/txt/winnotes/afs-changes-since-1.2.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Since 1.3.83:
+
+ * Changes to the algorithms used to wake threads when they are
+   put to sleep because of conflicts over buffer operations.
+
 Since 1.3.82:
  * The OpenAFS integrated logon obtains Kerberos 5 tickets as part of 
    the process of producing AFS tokens.  The tokens are stored within

diff --git a/doc/txt/winnotes/afs-install-notes.txt b/doc/txt/winnotes/afs-install-notes.txt
index c08d201f40ee24471f88796c21b459a6ca41cebd..c6e7eaa9bbc2652f6caf6e9cd5388f805925148f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/txt/winnotes/afs-install-notes.txt
+++ b/doc/txt/winnotes/afs-install-notes.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-OpenAFS for Windows 1.3.8300 Installation Notes
+OpenAFS for Windows 1.3.8400 Installation Notes
 ---------------------------------------------
 
 The OpenAFS for Windows product was very poorly maintained throughout the 

diff --git a/doc/txt/winnotes/afs-issues.txt b/doc/txt/winnotes/afs-issues.txt
index 0aa44264b82a38ecbc09384d378b539c36c147c5..5ced9d945e07f4ca9b4f6a44a92447afd5ba7e72 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/txt/winnotes/afs-issues.txt
+++ b/doc/txt/winnotes/afs-issues.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This file is a rough list of known issues with the 1.3.81 release of OpenAFS
+This file is a rough list of known issues with the 1.3.84 release of OpenAFS
 on Windows.  This list is not complete.  There are probably other issues 
 which can be found in the RT database or on the mailing list.
 
@@ -18,25 +18,6 @@ in smb_Listener() thread.
   (iii) the list of hack adapters is incomplete (VMWare, MS TV/Video, ...)
   (iv)  incompatible with Windows 2000 and earlier
 
-(4) Performance of the AFS Client Service code simply sucks.  The average 
-read, write, and delete times for AFS are more than ten times slower than 
-the equivalent Windows File Share operations.  The Window File Share operations 
-are not all that fast.  It has been claimed that the Windows AFS functions are
-one hundred times slower than the equivalent operations on Linux.  I would not 
-be at all surprised.  The best we can do without rewriting AFS as a IFS would
-be to match the Windows File Share performance.  I believe the threading model
-is imposing significant delays in the movement of data from between the SMB 
-and RX protocol operations. There was also an issue with large numbers of 
-page faults which have since been fixed.
-
-Things are not quite this bad anymore.  We are 10% slower than OpenAFS on
-Linux but we could still be doing quite a bit faster if we were using an
-IFS.
-
-(7) File termination differences between Win9x and nt/w2k/xp (Jim Peterson)
-
-(8) How to silence "Explorer" when the mapped drive is not available?
-
 (9) Convert to IFS!!!!!!
 
 (10) Kerberos 5 integration:
@@ -76,11 +57,6 @@ IFS.
 
      [Actually, an end user should not be able to modify the submount list]
 
-(15) Drive mappings are lost on WinXP after return from Standby.  (This could
-     be because the AFS Client Service fails OR because the RX protocol is
-     temporarily unable to access the Cell due to network restore timing
-     issues.)
-
 (16) No support for Unicode CIFS/SMB data structures.  OEM Code Pages prevent
      the use of interoperable file names; force the use of paths no longer 
      than 256 characters; force share names to be no longer than 13 
@@ -129,6 +105,7 @@ IFS.
      or by the new AFS Client Service Administration tool when executed 
      by an authorized user.
 
+(27) No support for byte range locking.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 List of unfunded projects:
@@ -173,6 +150,8 @@ List of unfunded projects:
   11. Large File support (> 2GB) in SMB/CIFS client
   12. Integrate KFW installation into the NSIS and MSI installers
   13. Add support for byte range locking to AFS (requires changes to the servers)
+  13a.  Simulate support for byte range locking at the client; use full locks 
+        on the server.
   14. Unicode enable the SMB/CIFS server.  OEM Code Pages: 
       1. prevent the use of interoperable file names
       2. force the use of paths no longer than 256 characters
@@ -201,4 +180,3 @@ List of unfunded projects:
   22. Add support for storing Windows ACLs on files
   23. Remove submount creation as a side effect of drive creation
   24. Finish conversion from string.h to strsafe.h for VS.NET 2005
-