[XrdEc] Update README file.

xrootd · Nov 23, 2021 · dbcb6df · dbcb6df
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@@ -28,3 +28,14 @@ If xrdec.cosc=true, the client will send an opaque query to commit the file on s
 
    ?xrdec.objid=00000001&xrdec.close=true&xrdec.size=4096&xrdec.cksum=adler32:cbec9df1
 
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+Alternatively, the default EC plagin can be loaded using a client side plug-in config file (e.g. /etc/xrootd/client.plugins.d/xrdec.conf):
+
+  url = root://*
+  lib = XrdEcDefault
+  enable = true
+  nbdta = 4
+  nbprt = 2
+  chsz = 1048576
+
+In this case the default EC plug-in will obtain a placement group for a file using locate request (and no additional metadata files will be created).