Re: multiple softdeps

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Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> 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

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