[Samba] cifs module and nocase option

[Jerome Tournier]

Hello all,
I have a question about the cifs module. I need to mount cifs mounts
from Linux clients to a Samba 3.0.22 fileshare. I then use the cifs
module to mount the share. My problem is that i need path and
filenames to be case insensitive from the client part. Solutions i
found are:
1) use 'unix extensions = no' in smb.conf
2) execute 'echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled' in the cifs client

Both solutions are not perfect for me as i lost unix extensions. Only
case insentitivity is required for me.
I then found the 'nocase' option in cifs kernel module ('Request case
insensitive path name matching' as said in the README), but it does
not look to work: i have the same problems as reported here:
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4614

Is there a way to have case insensitivity for cifs client ?
Is there another solution ?
btw, do someone know how long smbfs will be present in the kernel ?

Thanks !

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Jérôme