On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:12:55 +0100, Lars Bjørndal wrote: > This have been mentioned earlier, I know. But do any one know what's the > status of this issue? > > I tried to download the latest cifs module from git.kernel.org, but the > download is aborted every time by an EOF error. > > The latest Fedora kernel which is working, is 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5. > > How can I upgrade to FC6 and still use cifs shares? > > Thanks! > > Lars The patch for the cifs bug has been submitted to the kernel group. See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211672 However, it will take a while before the fix is incorporated into Fedora. In the meantime, you would need to apply the patch yourself to use FC6 (or kernel 2.6.18 or later). I am running FC6 that way. Akemi
