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From: Anton Altaparmakov <aia21-KWPb1pKIrIJaa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org>
To: "Lars Müller" <lmuelle-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Jeremy Allison <jra-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	samba-technical-w/Ol4Ecudpl8XjKLYN78aQ@public.gmane.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	PWF Linux <pwf-linux-IE+S/cj2AuA2EctHIo1CcQ@public.gmane.org>,
	Steve French <sfrench-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: CIFS  kernel module bug
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 20:53:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6A5AB13C-F313-4BF2-A402-F41AB53493F0@cam.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111001150730.GJ5170-jzW0CqpAA0Me6aEkudXLsA@public.gmane.org>

Hi Lars,

On 1 Oct 2011, at 16:07, Lars Müller wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 09:48:12AM +0100, Anton Altaparmakov wrote:
>> 
>> On 1 Oct 2011, at 01:34, J.P. King wrote:
>>> Anton will be asleep, so I'll attempt to answer this one.
>>> 
>>>> What server code is the OES CIFS server running ? I thought Novell CIFS
>>>> services were all Samba based.
>>> 
>>> We have been told by the people upstairs who run the server that it isn't.
>> 
>> It is not Samba based.  Like Apple, Novell have written their own since Samba decided to go GPLv3…
> 
> (Potential) FUD alert. ;)

It wasn't deliberate!  It was just a guess as until recently I also though that OES just used Samba so when I two weeks ago found out that it didn't I just assumed that Novell must have written it recently and then drew the parallel to Apple and just assumed that it was an analogous case…

> This Novell CIFS server existed before Novell bought SUSE.  And the
> decission to go with it instead of Samba had nothing to do with the move
> of Samba from GPL v2 to v3.

I stand corrected.  Thanks for the clarification!  From your signature I guess you would know a lot better than most.  (-:

Best regards,

	Anton

> Lars
> -- 
> Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ]
> Samba Team
> SUSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany

-- 
Anton Altaparmakov <aia21 at cam.ac.uk> (replace at with @)
Unix Support, Computing Service, University of Cambridge, CB2 3QH, UK
Linux NTFS maintainer, http://www.linux-ntfs.org/

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cam.ac.uk>
To: "Lars Müller" <lmuelle@suse.de>
Cc: Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>,
	linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, samba-technical@lists.samba.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	PWF Linux <pwf-linux@ucs.cam.ac.uk>,
	Steve French <sfrench@samba.org>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@samba.org>
Subject: Re: CIFS  kernel module bug
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 20:53:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6A5AB13C-F313-4BF2-A402-F41AB53493F0@cam.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111001150730.GJ5170@giles.fritz.box>

Hi Lars,

On 1 Oct 2011, at 16:07, Lars Müller wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 09:48:12AM +0100, Anton Altaparmakov wrote:
>> 
>> On 1 Oct 2011, at 01:34, J.P. King wrote:
>>> Anton will be asleep, so I'll attempt to answer this one.
>>> 
>>>> What server code is the OES CIFS server running ? I thought Novell CIFS
>>>> services were all Samba based.
>>> 
>>> We have been told by the people upstairs who run the server that it isn't.
>> 
>> It is not Samba based.  Like Apple, Novell have written their own since Samba decided to go GPLv3…
> 
> (Potential) FUD alert. ;)

It wasn't deliberate!  It was just a guess as until recently I also though that OES just used Samba so when I two weeks ago found out that it didn't I just assumed that Novell must have written it recently and then drew the parallel to Apple and just assumed that it was an analogous case…

> This Novell CIFS server existed before Novell bought SUSE.  And the
> decission to go with it instead of Samba had nothing to do with the move
> of Samba from GPL v2 to v3.

I stand corrected.  Thanks for the clarification!  From your signature I guess you would know a lot better than most.  (-:

Best regards,

	Anton

> Lars
> -- 
> Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ]
> Samba Team
> SUSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany

-- 
Anton Altaparmakov <aia21 at cam.ac.uk> (replace at with @)
Unix Support, Computing Service, University of Cambridge, CB2 3QH, UK
Linux NTFS maintainer, http://www.linux-ntfs.org/


  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-10-01 19:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-30 13:58 CIFS kernel module bug Anton Altaparmakov
2011-09-30 13:58 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2011-09-30 18:04 ` Jeff Layton
     [not found]   ` <20110930140409.51c1a94c-9yPaYZwiELC+kQycOl6kW4xkIHaj4LzF@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-30 18:30     ` Steve French
2011-09-30 18:30       ` Steve French
2011-09-30 21:30     ` Anton Altaparmakov
2011-09-30 21:30       ` Anton Altaparmakov
2011-09-30 23:47       ` Jeremy Allison
2011-09-30 23:47         ` Jeremy Allison
2011-10-01  0:34         ` J.P. King
2011-10-01  0:34           ` J.P. King
     [not found]           ` <alpine.LSU.2.00.1110010122210.15683-rNEEB5iaIwQgWVoWv9+vLtDNj2e20MGE@public.gmane.org>
2011-10-01  8:48             ` Anton Altaparmakov
2011-10-01  8:48               ` Anton Altaparmakov
     [not found]               ` <6704F264-5437-4948-8C1B-FE3F5CE59C24-KWPb1pKIrIJaa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org>
2011-10-01 15:07                 ` Lars Müller
2011-10-01 15:07                   ` Lars Müller
     [not found]                   ` <20111001150730.GJ5170-jzW0CqpAA0Me6aEkudXLsA@public.gmane.org>
2011-10-01 19:53                     ` Anton Altaparmakov [this message]
2011-10-01 19:53                       ` Anton Altaparmakov
     [not found]                       ` <6A5AB13C-F313-4BF2-A402-F41AB53493F0-KWPb1pKIrIJaa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org>
2011-10-01 20:22                         ` Jim McDonough
2011-10-01 20:22                           ` Jim McDonough
2011-10-01 23:14                           ` Steve French
2011-10-01 23:14                             ` Steve French
     [not found]                           ` <CAFneQcc8D7ho-Yfr2X0DxaLLX11iMU=wSgCw9daKoViZCMk6dA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-10-02 20:16                             ` Anton Altaparmakov
2011-10-02 20:16                               ` Anton Altaparmakov
2011-10-03  2:44                               ` Jeremy Allison
2011-10-03  2:44                                 ` Jeremy Allison
     [not found]                               ` <65C75335-2A74-4B00-989A-212BAC06A646-KWPb1pKIrIJaa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org>
2011-10-03 16:56                                 ` Lars Müller
2011-10-03 16:56                                   ` Lars Müller
     [not found]       ` <E35BF115-B84D-4DB2-BDDC-E356052282F2-KWPb1pKIrIJaa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-30 22:20         ` Steve French
2011-09-30 22:20           ` Steve French
2011-10-03 11:17         ` Jeff Layton
2011-10-03 11:17           ` Jeff Layton

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