[Linux-cachefs] Using FS-Cache as a caching proxy server for Samba

[David Howells]

Morten Halkjær <mortenhalkjaer at gmail.com> wrote:

> The cachefiles + NFSv4 is working quite well, however, when the Windows
> machines connects to the Samba share the linux kernel fails badly. Is this
> possible with FS-Cache and if it is possible can anyone provide my with a
> working set of configuration files?

You're using a Linux box as gateway to forward CIFS requests to NFS?  I don't
think there's any particular reason that shouldn't work, even with FS-Cache
turned on on the box's NFS client - barring bugs of course.

David