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<description>
<para>For UNIXes that support kernel based <smbconfoption name="oplocks"/>
- (currently only IRIX and the Linux 2.4 kernel), this parameter
- allows the use of them to be turned on or off. However, this disables
- Level II oplocks for clients as the Linux and IRIX kernels do not
- support them properly.</para>
+ (currently only Linux), this parameter allows the use of them to be
+ turned on or off. However, this disables Level II oplocks for clients as
+ the Linux kernel does not support them properly.</para>
<para>Kernel oplocks support allows Samba <parameter moreinfo="none">oplocks
- </parameter> to be broken whenever a local UNIX process or NFS operation
+ </parameter> to be broken whenever a local UNIX process or NFS operation
accesses a file that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> has oplocked. This allows complete
- data consistency between SMB/CIFS, NFS and local file access (and is
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> has oplocked. This allows complete
+ data consistency between SMB/CIFS, NFS and local file access (and is
a <emphasis>very</emphasis> cool feature :-).</para>
<para>If you do not need this interaction, you should disable the
- parameter on Linux and IRIX to get Level II oplocks and the associated
+ parameter on Linux to get Level II oplocks and the associated
performance benefit.</para>
<para>This parameter defaults to <constant>no</constant> and is translated