On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 3:52 PM John Hixson <jhix...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 03:27:54PM +0200, Miroslav Lachman wrote: > > On 16/06/2022 15:56, Rick Macklem wrote: > > > Miroslav Lachman <000.f...@quip.cz> wrote: > > > > On 24/01/2022 16:13, Rick Macklem wrote: > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > > So, I think Mark and Yuri are correct and looking at up to date > > > > > Illumos sources is the next step. > > > > > (As I mentioned, porting the Apple sources is beyond what I am > > > > > willing to attempt.) > > > > > > > > > > rick > > > > > > > > Hello Rick, > > > > I would like to ask you I there is some progress with porting newer > > > > SMBFS / CIFS version to FreeBSD? Did you find Illumos sources as a > > > > possibility where to start porting? > > > Yes. I have the stuff off Illumos-gate, which I think is pretty up-to-date > > > and I agree that it should be easier than the Apple stuff to port into > > > FreeBSD. I don't think it is "straightforward" as someone involved > > > with Illumos said, due to the big differences in VFS/locking, but... > > > > > > Having said the above, I have not done much yet. I've been cleaning up > > > NFS stuff, although I am nearly done with that now. > > > I do plan on starting to work on it soon, but have no idea if/when I > > > will have something that might be useful for others. > > > > I'm glad to hear that. > > > > > > We have more and more problems with current state of mount_smbfs. I > > > > would be really glad if "somebody" can do the heroic work of > > > > implementing SMBv2 in FreeBSD. > > > > Maybe it's time to start some fundraising for sponsoring this work? > > > Well, funding isn't an issue for me (I'm just a retired guy who does this > > > stuff as a hobby). However, if there is someone else who is capable of > > > doing it if they are funded, I have no problem with that. > > > I could either help them, or simply stick with working on NFS and leave > > > SMBv23 to them. > > > > > > Sorry, but I cannot report real progress on this as yet, rick > > > > No need to sorry. I really appreciate your endless work on NFS and that you > > still have kind of interest to try porting SMBv2/3. > > Unfortunately I don't know anybody else trying to do this tremendous work. > > > > I am working on a from scratch implementation of smbfs. I do not have > any kind of time estimate since it is in my spare time. I chose this > route after spending considerable time looking at Apple and Solaris > implementations and wanting something without all of the legacy 1.0 > crap. I do have a very minimal working FUSE version at this point, but > there is much to do, and even more to abide by the various > specifications. > > I just thought I'd share in case anyone is interested. > > - John
I am indeed interested. smbfs is an important feature to have. Let me know if you need help with the fuse parts. -Alan
