Cifs and nfs in kernel

#1

Hello

It seems that in krnel, there are no cifs nor nfs. Nothing under kernel/fs and lsmod does not show them.
Could help me to add these modules ? At least cifs.
Thank you

#2

Hi!

Which kernel are you using?
The latest armbian images https://www.armbian.com/radxa-cubie-a5e/ use the 6.14.0-rc1 version. It appears they were built with some modules for cifs and nfs as can be seen in the kernel .config file in the boot directory:

CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_V2=y
CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL=y
CONFIG_NFS_V4=y
CONFIG_NFS_SWAP=y
CONFIG_NFS_V4_1=y
CONFIG_NFS_V4_2=y

CONFIG_CIFS=m
CONFIG_CIFS_STATS2 is not set
CONFIG_CIFS_ALLOW_INSECURE_LEGACY=y
CONFIG_CIFS_UPCALL is not set
CONFIG_CIFS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_CIFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL is not set
CONFIG_CIFS_SWN_UPCALL is not set
CONFIG_CIFS_COMPRESSION is not set
CONFIG_SMB_SERVER is not set
CONFIG_SMBFS=m

I haven’t tested cifs or nfs in my Cubie A5E, though.

Is this useful for you or do you need help recompiling the kernel? Maybe you are running one of the images provided by radxa, which use kernel versions 5.10 and 5.15

#3

Hi
ok. I’ll try this new armbian image.
I was using this one a527_cubie_a5e_bullseye_beta_20250303_raw_disk image from https://linux-sunxi.org/Radxa_Cubie_A5.
But i am waiting for an image or a solution to boot on the SSD, or at least a way to mount rootfs / on ssd during the boot like on the Orange pi 4a.

Thank you

#4

Hope it’s useful for you.
Keep in mind that as of today, the armbian image doesn’t have any display output, as far as I know, please correct me if I am mistaken. You are limited to using the serial console through pins 8 and 10, or ssh.

I haven’t connected any M.2 SSD, does it work? are you able to access its filesystem and the files within?