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Date:      Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:02:18 +0100
From:      CerebrosuS <CerebrosuS@gmx.net>
To:        Daniel Ebdrup Jensen <debdrup@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Project information - SMBv2+
Message-ID:  <43C8B023-8DDF-4BA1-B9ED-483CB45B8E58@gmx.net>
In-Reply-To: <20201230225624.atsnf6u5mmtcu5sw@nerd-thinkpad.local>
References:  <20201230225624.atsnf6u5mmtcu5sw@nerd-thinkpad.local>

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My experience with the fuse smbnetnfs is about a week old on FreeBSD 12.2.

> Am 30.12.2020 um 23:56 schrieb Daniel Ebdrup Jensen <debdrup@freebsd.org>:=

>=20
> =EF=BB=BFOn Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 10:16:44PM +0100, Miroslav Lachman wrote:=

>>> On 30/12/2020 20:24, CerebrosuS wrote:
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> Am 30.12.20 um 20:05 schrieb Miroslav Lachman:
>>>> On 30/12/2020 18:57, CerebrosuS wrote:
>>>>> Hello at all,
>>>>>=20
>>>>> the community and developer at FreeBSD seem to know, that SMBv1 for
>>>>> clients is nearly over and that the included mount_smbfs doesn't suppo=
rt
>>>>> newer versions. So good, so far...
>>>>>=20
>>>>> So I can find multiple information about the situation, but no clear
>>>>> path on how FreeBSD community and developer will go on to solve this
>>>>> missing function. (Just got the information on:
>>>>> https://wiki.freebsd.org/MateuszPiotrowski/AccessingSmbSharesWithSamba=
Client)
>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>> This is what I am asking:
>>>>> - Is there a project existing for solving this problem (with whatever
>>>>> target)?
>>>>> - What is the way to go in future? Extend mount_smbfs or support the
>>>>> fuse-smbnetfs part to be stable and fast like mount_smbfs (buggy and
>>>>> laggy here)?
>>>>> - Who is mainly working on it, if a project already exist?
>>>>>=20
>>>>> I'am just interested, cause of not finding such information clearly. I=
s
>>>>> there maybe a general project management list / team to see what
>>>>> projects are going on in whatever state?
>>>>>=20
>>>>> I am a hobby developer mainly coming from chemical engineering side,
>>>>> having some time to help. I've already written some cross platform
>>>>> software but never related to network or on os-level. So I am motivate=
d
>>>>> to invest some time in getting stuff into FreeBSD, but for me, there i=
s
>>>>> a lack on information (see above).
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Thank you in advance for information and help.
>>>>=20
>>>> I was involved in the thread linked by Gleb. AFAIK nothing changed from=

>>>> that time. I tried something from ports but it has more problems (share=
s
>>>> cannot be mounted on boot like mount_smbfs does).
>>>> If somebody has time and skills to try to bring SMBv2 or v3 to FreeBSD
>>>> then Apple or Solaris sources is good start. The both were using the
>>>> same mount_smbfs (v1) as FreeBSD so one can check their sources and see=

>>>> how they evolve to v2 / v3.
>>>=20
>>> They are both using exactly the same source code as a starting point and=

>>> extend it (or rewrite it) to SMBv2?
>>=20
>> They are based on the ported code. Apple Mac OS X and Solaris have differ=
ent kernel so they needed modified port of the same code as was in FreeBSD b=
ack in the days (there is the same copyright header). Apple sources or Solar=
is sources cannot be used directly on FreeBSD but some skilled developer can=
 look in to those sources to see their evolution. But as was already noted v=
2 and v3 are very different from v1. It will be hard to port but not impossi=
ble.
>> Current solutions in ports (fusefs) are almost useless in server environm=
ent.
>>=20
>> Miroslav Lachman
>>=20
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>=20
> Hi folks,
>=20
> Assuming that the reasons for not using fuse in a server environment are r=
elated primarily to performance and that the implementation that was in base=
 used to be quite out-of-date, has this at all been reevalulated since a new=
 version was merged? [1]
>=20
> Yours,
> Daniel Ebdrup Jensen
>=20
> [1]: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/350665




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