This tar file contains patches that implement the NFS modifications
described in:

T. Faber, "Optimizing Throughput in a Workstation-Based Network File
	System over a High Bandwidth Local Area Network," SIGOPS Operating
	Systems Review, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 29-40, ACM (January 1998),

To install them, untar the file in the kernel source directory, and
then apply the patch in atom_nfs.patch.  The commands for this should
look something like:

% cd /usr/src/sys
% tar xf ~/atomnfs.tar
% patch < atom_nfs.patch

Compile the kernel, install it and reboot.

To use the asynchronous kernel, you need to set the following kernel
variables, using a debugger, or by editing the source code:

tvf_asynch - set to 1
tvf_asynch_address - set to the IP address of the nfs server

on the server nfs_synch must be 0

All the patches and source in this distribution are covered by the
following:

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