Re: [linux-cifs-client] Re: SMB2 file system - should it be a distinct module

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Simo,

> I guess DFS referrals can work cross protocol, so if you are redirected
> from a longhorn server to a windoes 2000 or a samba server you want to
> be able to follow the DFS referral and not return an error.
> To do that you need to have either 1 module that support both protocols
> or a way from one module to call the other. Just separating the 2
> without any glue will not work (or you will have to add some userspace
> upcall hack to make it work).

Long term I agree that CIFS and SMB2 should be in the same .ko
But NTLM 0.12 still works for Vista and DFS referrals.
Breaking out SMB2 initially means that it will not clutter
the working cifs.ko code.  Remember that an SMB2 client fs is
mostly research at this point, and not engineering.



cheers, jerry
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