Update README file for cifs.ko

Remove references to two obsolete /proc/fs/cifs parameters
and update for a few minor SMB3 features.

Signed-off-by: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/README b/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/README
index a9da515..99ce3d2 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/README
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/README
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ Information Foundation.  CIFS and now SMB3 has now become a defacto
 standard for interoperating between Macs and Windows and major NAS appliances.
 
 Please see
+  MS-SMB2 (for detailed SMB2/SMB3/SMB3.1.1 protocol specification)
   http://protocolfreedom.org/ and
   http://samba.org/samba/PFIF/
 for more details.
 
 
 For questions or bug reports please contact:
-    sfrench@samba.org (sfrench@us.ibm.com) 
+    smfrench@gmail.com
 
 See the project page at: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/LinuxCIFS_utils
 
@@ -37,15 +38,15 @@ Installation instructions:
 =========================
 If you have built the CIFS vfs as module (successfully) simply
 type "make modules_install" (or if you prefer, manually copy the file to
-the modules directory e.g. /lib/modules/2.4.10-4GB/kernel/fs/cifs/cifs.o).
+the modules directory e.g. /lib/modules/2.4.10-4GB/kernel/fs/cifs/cifs.ko).
 
 If you have built the CIFS vfs into the kernel itself, follow the instructions
 for your distribution on how to install a new kernel (usually you
 would simply type "make install").
 
-If you do not have the utility mount.cifs (in the Samba 3.0 source tree and on 
-the CIFS VFS web site) copy it to the same directory in which mount.smbfs and 
-similar files reside (usually /sbin).  Although the helper software is not  
+If you do not have the utility mount.cifs (in the Samba 4.x source tree and on
+the CIFS VFS web site) copy it to the same directory in which mount helpers
+reside (usually /sbin).  Although the helper software is not
 required, mount.cifs is recommended.  Most distros include a "cifs-utils"
 package that includes this utility so it is recommended to install this.
 
@@ -118,10 +119,13 @@ this can become unwieldy when potential mount targets include many
 or  unpredictable UNC names.
 
 Samba Considerations 
-==================== 
-To get the maximum benefit from the CIFS VFS, we recommend using a server that 
-supports the SNIA CIFS Unix Extensions standard (e.g.  Samba 2.2.5 or later or 
-Samba 3.0) but the CIFS vfs works fine with a wide variety of CIFS servers.  
+====================
+Most current servers support SMB2.1 and SMB3 which are more secure,
+but there are useful protocol extensions for the older less secure CIFS
+dialect, so to get the maximum benefit if mounting using the older dialect
+(CIFS/SMB1), we recommend using a server that supports the SNIA CIFS
+Unix Extensions standard (e.g. almost any  version of Samba ie version
+2.2.5 or later) but the CIFS vfs works fine with a wide variety of CIFS servers.
 Note that uid, gid and file permissions will display default values if you do 
 not have a server that supports the Unix extensions for CIFS (such as Samba 
 2.2.5 or later).  To enable the Unix CIFS Extensions in the Samba server, add 
@@ -603,11 +607,6 @@ Stats			Lists summary resource usage information as well as per
 			in the kernel configuration.
 
 Configuration pseudo-files:
-PacketSigningEnabled	If set to one, cifs packet signing is enabled
-			and will be used if the server requires 
-			it.  If set to two, cifs packet signing is
-			required even if the server considers packet
-			signing optional. (default 1)
 SecurityFlags		Flags which control security negotiation and
 			also packet signing. Authentication (may/must)
 			flags (e.g. for NTLM and/or NTLMv2) may be combined with
@@ -666,8 +665,6 @@ traceSMB		If set to one, debug information is logged to the
 LookupCacheEnable	If set to one, inode information is kept cached
 			for one second improving performance of lookups
 			(default 1)
-OplockEnabled		If set to one, safe distributed caching enabled.
-			(default 1)
 LinuxExtensionsEnabled	If set to one then the client will attempt to
 			use the CIFS "UNIX" extensions which are optional
 			protocol enhancements that allow CIFS servers