From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3119FC06511 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2019 17:44:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 101EC21721 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2019 17:44:02 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=paulo.ac header.i=@paulo.ac header.b="DRZWdgho" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727379AbfGARoB (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Jul 2019 13:44:01 -0400 Received: from mx.paulo.ac ([212.47.230.6]:53182 "EHLO mx.paulo.ac" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727130AbfGARoB (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Jul 2019 13:44:01 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 583 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 01 Jul 2019 13:43:59 EDT From: Paulo Alcantara DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=paulo.ac; s=dkim; t=1562002455; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=LNEJnCkdtdvcie7bCJV/gCuExcx0qKL98nUFotNhX30=; b=DRZWdghoR5tWtzItznR7KWxRBHHsaHSTcIUSbGUzj/uMgxYIQ2tKwCWPFNReH+kLt5K/OL x6BYOfSZI9rdmxMFf6DkdVUNueBGJsZU32X+fWiMihVjINWci73IQAClhk+6L0jnkTIQLv ujEHFHYqThDUJBTfSEFQtZo51z92EpkCA0qUt1xq5DEcolZmaYGPMxEuZGRAUvIteXPQXg rtyx537O8zYOLs4iwt7rS0uB4Cy0c/XoiI0FsCjzzxXaUEi4LJ/Vv6UFOkeErSELZnjiOz WZLHO4P//SSOyvcmBXO+8iOXZKTYoiDyTjdIGe1OuVSdiRW7pKJlVMklH2oxpw== To: Steve French , Jean Delvare Cc: Lucas De Marchi , Harald Hoyer , linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, Pavel Shilovsky , CIFS Subject: Re: multiple softdeps In-Reply-To: References: <0bfb6f60-0042-f6be-24ed-7803b6ac759c@redhat.com> <20190628162517.GA24484@ldmartin-desk1> <20190629113018.22c9c95c@endymion> Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 14:33:36 -0300 Message-ID: <87v9wl8xsf.fsf@paulo.ac> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=paulo.ac; s=dkim; t=1562002455; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=LNEJnCkdtdvcie7bCJV/gCuExcx0qKL98nUFotNhX30=; b=Vz/y2SmID+SbZj1fgLJ906xihpinlLeMb3YENUvBMXoDZsl+JBqyiyeZb/fhUxRJgT8p+t DjTxi6h43MR7ROgzO8DNBE8qKJClgYya3mBSU7iQmvpcmY6wSogA6DNH1snb3iBRHuMcsx TBiCvg3KryELAQ8P3wSOtr2em85CPRhNUNWgfY5SKVv83TrwZYLMibOWKNn2Ly6gWVDovC hAQN1wKowrKOsJ/CiWpzbAvcgrP1ziUv5gPTOfBSNwUwCZmt24cMNq/YYBfBsbVC49l94r JjOezaez0KNSnazkzUFnkJzyt2BtajbNTxfduMincjewqfKUDS+Xwf3w/wB+sQ== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=paulo.ac; t=1562002455; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=DBT9ZKj+F9s3vZzil7tCOOx1V+wyg5a+IqJdGHgpFYFPG9bh5xQLkXOmVqZ2oltH402VCs b6RdWg824/2euzUMLELN1vAzQRYzGMOCq99hGhUSjOuTaKrVcZ1KcK/daYmsuKBGaD3CN9 zRhn1B/9A2izPntW3jGINauPFxc2/xV9HVvmvclFaobfB+gaSr/AMCGko2cu6o/vQje8lu agRkPdPQeOxuLuoCLXdwUa/yMy3m5bTBO4G7lSDkhhWV6CHD07CN2AwkRnhkk7k8N3zhLv rQ9k9mXGOWD4sz0nxokeLPS4BZyPuqpafLj1DL4tnn2f6NcvYUCEZ+QspWWQdQ== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.paulo.ac; auth=pass smtp.auth=paulo smtp.mailfrom=paulo@paulo.ac Authentication-Results: mx.paulo.ac; auth=pass smtp.auth=paulo smtp.mailfrom=paulo@paulo.ac Sender: owner-linux-modules@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Steve French writes: >> Or we could decide that cifs in initrd is not supported? > > Paulo had been experimenting with booting from cifs.ko (over SMB3.11 > mounts to Samba). > > Presumably since SMB3/SMB3.11 family of protocols is the most common > network file system across a pretty broad variety of operating systems > it is easier to imagine it being extended for special cases like > booting the OS (it is already very feature rich compared to most > network/cluster file system protocols and has exhaustive detailed > documentation). > > My gut reaction is that if cifs.ko (SMB3.11 mounts) don't work with > initrd ... we need to fix that even if it means minor protocol > extensions, but Paulo might have more data. I was able to boot a Leap 15 system from cifs.ko with changes in [1], so IMHO, it would probably make sense to support cifs in initrd as well -- though I haven't tested it myself. Thanks, Paulo [1] https://git.paulo.ac/linux.git/commit/?h=smb-boot --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEERoXdH1qkUp3jTzChVeljQjyMrg0FAl0aQ/AACgkQVeljQjyM rg13sg//QJfH9J6LGeWWJJft2D5zUZI0wfy6KAedi58tSNxUBbQHnASdL7R7WGGx E2ulj7i0TOHylOl7MIDdKPaN7tqfckQvlIVEp6HFcuI9S7+cPC1Z/PxxGJrMZ4uS YLgiC0s+dO2il99C4uZQuPU2wD6LR4C7kr17HIqJNtAMYnguZtFoovviGeX+k40U pytGy2haQcsAy546KU43nGx1/Xv1mIaZ1vhSs8EZ2qfx/Fm5fBfj4SeuhC5sjUqt FuZomJ5jisyrhHb8ovGO8rPUMkHaW8k5LuTF8lAzD3ihg2jo33EXpaGvs+Jfl+qT DoR0c/J4QL7NzMXft652dWP0V7w9UcIUUjGH5VUAbs0TRNoEowKCCO22rtWkiKxi J5Pv8ML55s82NNX7RrWCH6vmwZdK7bYNjHbqG6NrS6ADwTf3IdxpYi2Ns6wK8dmT ER3Myy27KUjQPi864gbV4E8xy8iQzn0aSp+P2eI0MzayFW+T+Iki87ze0+tUbehG pOMXbh2cTWbx0CBi0Mvf5QpZc+Vxe6+S9IJgR3Eas0gCA2Ndt5K2hbAwul49jAF8 NSNliUKtPDB23x0lRwUlSe7Js/vgCmdGF19SNPIDzrnGCTmSKXON7CkYj71UjZH7 OOETNgBBbDWKsGNtp4JPpge/V/6gmex5eH+Mk20JLD6U55ASzic= =bw5E -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--