KSMBD Finally Reaches 'Stable' State in Release Candidate for Linux Kernel 6.6 - Slashdot

KSMBD is Samsung 's in-kernel server for the SMB protocol (for sharing files/folders/printers over a network) Ksmbd claims significant performance improvements on a wide range of benchmarks.

It's been developed with the assistance of the Samba team, which itself documents how to use it.

The new implementation can be licensed under GPLv2, while Samba is GPLv3 .

That time has come, and KSMBD is planned for Linux kernel 6.6 .: But why is KSMBD important? First off, it promises considerable performance gains and better support for modern features such as Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA)... KSMBD also adds enhanced security, considerably better performance for both single and multi-thread read/write, better stability, and higher compatibility. In the end, hopefully, this KSMBD will also mean easier share setups in Linux without having to jump through the same hoops one must with the traditional Samba setup..