[linux-cifs-client] Re: Questions about CIFS

[Steven French]

I have backported from 2.6 cifs vfs (version 1.28, current) all but six 
files to 2.4 and put them in the linux-cifs-client project in samba svn 
(branches/linux-2.4/fs/cifs I think is the dir).  I couldn't check them in 
the cvs equivalent for some reason (maybe cvs write access to samba.org is 
finally shut down or for projects like mine tha finally migrated to svn - 
don't know)

It compiles until file.c - which requires some minor (hopefully obvious to 
you) changes.   And readdir.c has to be added to fs/cifs/Makefile

The files that have not been merged:
cifsfs.c (seems ok as is)
connect.c (seems ok)
dir.c (probably ok)
link.c (probably ok)
inode.c (not sure)
file.c needs minor changes.

If you take a look - please let me know feedback on this 2.4 port - I 
don't boot 2.4 much these days - not sure I still have more than one 
working 2.4 booting system.

Note that although it does not compile fs/cifs/file.c most or all of the 
rest should be ok - so your porting job should not be too bad.

Steve French
Senior Software Engineer
Linux Technology Center - IBM Austin
phone: 512-838-2294
email: sfrench at-sign us dot ibm dot com
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