> -----Original Message----- > From: Aurélien Aptel <aaptel@xxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2018 2:43 PM > To: Tom Talpey <ttalpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Ronnie Sahlberg > <lsahlber@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux-cifs <linux-cifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: RE: [PATCH] cifs: add IOCTL for QUERY_INFO passthrough to userspace > ... > As for cifs vs smb, unfortunately "cifs" is used *everywhere* in the > cifs-utils package. The name, the utilities name, the man pages, > configure options, etc. It's time. I don’t think the name should get one more new use. "CIFS" is literally 1995 terminology. The name change for the kmod is already in place. Aliases can be used to solve shell script compatibility. Configure options, likewise. Tom.
