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

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 10:36:53AM -0400, simo wrote:
> I guess DFS referrals can work cross protocol, so if you are redirected
> from a longhorn server to a windoes 2000 or a samba server you want to
> be able to follow the DFS referral and not return an error.
> To do that you need to have either 1 module that support both protocols
> or a way from one module to call the other. Just separating the 2
> without any glue will not work (or you will have to add some userspace
> upcall hack to make it work).

You can easily redirect from one filesystem to another through
->follow_link, and you can mount new filesystems instances from there.

Can we please stop the bullshitting now?  And can you please get a realname
before playing smart ass on filesystem developers lists?
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