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

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 05:43:13PM +0000, simo wrote:
> > Actually I disagree. I think Christoph is correct. These
> > are two independent protocols and should be in two different
> > modules.
> 
> They are independent the same way NFS v4 is independent from NFS v3 and
> v2. Independent but related, and most importantly, one is the fallback
> of the other.

Just FYI: although nfs2/3 and nfs4 are in the same kernel module they
actually are different file_system_types, and there is no automatic
fallback in the kernel.  Given how little is actually shared between
nfs v2/3 and 4 it might have been a better idea to make it a totally
separate module.