Re: + deprecate-smbfs-in-favour-of-cifs.patch added to -mm tree

From: John Kelly
Date: Fri May 12 2006 - 12:30:26 EST


On Fri, 12 May 2006 12:24:40 -0400 (EDT), Steven Rostedt
<rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> >Sorry for falling in late but we can't do that.
>> >Win 98 (95 too?) shared can not be mounted with CIFS, it requires SMBFS.

>> W98? He's dead, Jim.

>huh, my wife has a laptop that she still uses that has w98 on it. And I do
>use smbfs to sometimes communicate with it.

Users who need vintage features can use vintage kernels. They haven't
been pulled off the market.


>Why upgrade when you don't have to?

Why drag around old worn out baggage in new kernels?


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