[Pkg-samba-maint] Can't do more than one cifs mount

[Peter Besenbruch]

> On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 02:20:55PM -1000, Peter Besenbruch wrote:
> > I agree with others on this list; the switchover to cifs for all Samba
> > mounts is premature.

On Wednesday 23 January 2008 01:18:37 Steve Langasek wrote:

> This bug is reproducible for me with 2.6.22 and these exact mount options.
> Unfortunately the machine I was able to reproduce it on is across the ocean
> from me at the moment, so I have to wait a bit before I can confirm whether
> it's reproducible with other mount options; I'm pretty sure it's not when
> using a normal authenticated mount.

Thank you for looking into it. I had the problem with a second machine, also 
running a Debian testing kernel. Both machines used Intel Celeron processors 
and Intel chipsets. I also tried "upgrading" to Samba 3.0.28-2 on a third, 
Athlon based machine running the K7 version of the Testing kernel. The 
problem occurred there too. Just another data point for you.

I would point out that the machine "across the ocean" has several functions 
hosed, if you reproduced the bug remotely. You will not be able to shut it 
down, or reboot it in an orderly fashion. Also, forget about most ACPI 
functions.

> It's also not reproducible for me on a system running 2.6.24rc5, so all the
> more reason to not treat it as a blocker for the smbfs->cifs switch since
> it's /already/ been fixed by kernel upstream.

No, I wouldn't treat it as a blocker, but there must be thousands of folks 
like me who run simple, home-based setups that don't need authentication. 
Yes, I can downgrade to Debian's Etch's version, but frankly it is a royal 
pain. There is no loss of functionality by keeping a real SMBFS around a 
little longer, until the 2.6.24 kernel hits testing. Even waiting until 
2.6.24 hits Sid would be helpful.

Remember, Debian Testing is the branch that upgrades more cautiously than Sid. 
People use it for daily, critical work. Bugs like this are major, and really 
shouldn't be there. If I were running Sid, I would expect stuff like this; it 
comes with the territory.

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