<samba:parameter name="kernel oplocks"
                 context="G"
                 xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
<listitem>
	<para>For UNIXes that support kernel based <link linkend="OPLOCKS">
	<parameter moreinfo="none">oplocks</parameter></link>
	(currently only IRIX and the Linux 2.4 kernel), this parameter 
	allows the use of them to be turned on or off.</para>

	<para>Kernel oplocks support allows Samba <parameter moreinfo="none">oplocks
	</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 
	a <emphasis>very</emphasis> cool feature :-).</para>

	<para>This parameter defaults to <constant>on</constant>, but is translated
	to a no-op on systems that no not have the necessary kernel support.
	You should never need to touch this parameter.</para>

	<para>See also the <link linkend="OPLOCKS"><parameter moreinfo="none">oplocks</parameter>
	</link> and <link linkend="LEVEL2OPLOCKS"><parameter moreinfo="none">level2 oplocks
	</parameter></link> parameters.</para>
		
	<para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">kernel oplocks = yes</command></para>
</listitem>
</samba:parameter>
