Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:40:56 -0800 From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: smbfs Message-ID: <20100118204056.GD1336@michelle.cdnetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <20100118194524.GN18141@alchemy.franken.de> References: <0334FB50-D299-4723-A36A-0228EC062D34@ameri.ca> <20100110162033.GA79724@alchemy.franken.de> <20100118000641.GD1132@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20100118194524.GN18141@alchemy.franken.de>
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On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 08:45:24PM +0100, Marius Strobl wrote: > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 04:06:41PM -0800, Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 05:20:33PM +0100, Marius Strobl wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 08:49:30AM -0500, brad dreisbach wrote: > > > > what is the status of smbfs support in the sparc64 port? > > > > > > AFAICT it's still unchanged from last Februrary: > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-sparc64/2009-February/006189.html > > > It still would be interesting to know how far the kernel part > > > actually gets these days on sparc64. > > > > > > > >From my very limited testing, it seems to work. Since smbfs related > > libraries and kernel module are not installed by default you may > > have to use attached patch and rebuild all or manually > > build/install required files. > > > > Marius, since other strict alignment architectures like ia64 or > > powerpc enabled smbfs, I guess it's ok to enable smbfs on sparc64. > > What's your opinion? > > > > The attached patch also fixes an endian bug of smbutil(1). > > The patch looks good but I'd really would prefer someone to > actually test it on sparc64 before enabling it as no other > architecture supported by FreeBSD is LP64 big-endian and one > can create bugs that are hidden on any other combination. > I did test with/without authentication and can successfully copy sys directory to/from Windows box over smbfs. Of course that test may not exercise all possible code path but it seems we can request more wider testing for smbfs on sparc64.home | help
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