Re: linux-2.0.2{7,8} smbfs & ncpfs hangs

Michael Boettger (root@eleet.iddc.via.at)
Tue, 4 Feb 1997 14:41:17 +0100 (MET)


On Mon, 3 Feb 1997, Jochen Karrer wrote:

> Hi,
> When I'm using kernel 2.0.27 or 2.0.28 all processes
> using an smbmounted filesystem will lock forever
> in smb_lock_kernel() in linux/fs/smbfs/proc.c
> We have an OS/2 2.1 server.
> When I'm using 2.0.26 everything works fine.
> So I integrated the smbfs-tree from 2.0.26 into
> the 2.0.28 kernel source tree and it worked.
> Has anybody made similar experiences ?
>
> CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
> # CONFIG_SMB_WIN95 is not set
>

I am haveing the same problem but with NCPFS (v2.0.8), the original
v2.0.28 kernel locks all connections to the novellserver, after submitting
the v2.0.27 sources all works ok (at least for the last 12 days).

thnx
Michael