[OpenAFS] defaults for winclients

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:01:58 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Rodney M Dyer wrote:

> The current available client OpenAFS 1.3.6400 has two known issues.  The
> Freelance option works for most sites, except where your site name is
> "uncc".

Actually I think it's sites where root.afs is (or isn't) some particular
volume number. Sites other than uncc had the same problem.

> Is has been recently found in testing that the crypt option is
> problematic on machines where you have P4 hyperthreading enabled.  So from
> what I gather, unless your site is "uncc" and you are running on a
> hyperthreaded processor with hyperthreading turned on, you should be ok
> with these OpenAFS options.

If not having kids but seeing stuff on TV has taught me anything, it's
that anything "Hyper" is bad. Even the Hypersparc wasn't that great.