Re: [PATCH] mount.cifs: remove support for "complex" usernames from mount.cifs

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On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:10:38 -0500
Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 6:54 AM, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > In commit 569cfcb3a, we added a warning of the removal for support for
> > username= options in the form of DOMAIN/username%password. This patch
> > removes that support as promised prior to the 5.9 release.
> 
> 
> That makes the code so much cleaner. :)  Next up for 6.0, removing NFS syntax.
> 

It does. That said, I'm not opposed to dropping this patch if
someone can outline a compelling use-case for this syntax. I don't see
how this makes anything easier vs. using discrete mount options, but
I'm willing to reconsider it if there is such a case.

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx>
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