Re: Deprecating smbfs(5) and removing it before FreeBSD 14

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.fbsd@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