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

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 09:21:29AM -0400, simo wrote:
> Separate modules would mean the user have to know which protocol to
> choose each time. And this make little sense.

Of course it makes a lot of sense.  We don't have anyfs.ko either
because some ubuntu users are too braindead to know what's on their
disk.

> You really want to auto-negotiate which protocol to use, because you
> could have at the same time a connection to a Vista/Longhorn (SMB2)
> machine and one to a Windows 2000 server (plain SMB) in the same domain
> using the same credentials.

So what?