[iPAQ] problems with smbfs on the iPAQ

Has anyone tried using smbfs on the iPAQ?

I tried to mount a windows shared drive and I get the following
error, (this is all with v0.16):

        smbfs: mount_data version 1919251317 is not supported

the code causing the error condition is in fs/smbfs/inode.c:

        smb_read_super(struct super_block *sb, void *raw_data, int silent)
        {
                struct smb_mount_data *oldmnt;
                /* snip of irrelevant code */

                oldmnt = (struct smb_mount_data *) raw_data;
                /* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <------ unportable?? */

                ver = oldmnt->version;
                if (ver != SMB_MOUNT_OLDVERSION && cpu_to_be32(ver) != SMB_MOUNT_ASCII)
                        goto out_wrong_data;
                       /* this goto succeeds and prints the error message */
                /* ... */
        }

the relevant definitions come from include/linux/smb_mount.h:

        #define SMB_MOUNT_ASCII 0x76657273
        struct smb_mount_data {
                int version;
                __kernel_uid_t mounted_uid; /* Who may umount() this filesystem? */
                __kernel_uid_t uid;
                __kernel_gid_t gid;
                __kernel_mode_t file_mode;
                __kernel_mode_t dir_mode;
        };

Isn't that casting of raw_data to a structure an instance of
unportable code? What would be the right way to fix this?

Any help is appreciated as always,

-Carl

PS. Yes, I know the Right Way to fix this is to install Linux in place
of Windows and just use NFS. :)
Received on Fri Oct 6 11:17:02 2000