CIFS support for ICS? - HTC Rezound

Does anybody know how to get CIFS working on ICS on the Rezound?
This GB kernel appears to be the only one that supports CIFS.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506892&highlight=cifs
I detailed my method below:
1. Go to Terminal Emulator and type "su", then "cifs enable"
2. Install Busybox 1.18.2
3. Copy cifs.ko and slow-work.ko modules into a folder called "cifs" on the SD card (these can be put anywhere, I just prefer the SD card because its fast and easy)
4. Install CIFS Manager
5. In CIFS Manager settings, check "Loads cifs module" and "Load via Insmod" checkboxes
6. In CIFS Manager settings, type "/sdcard/cifs/slow-work.ko:/sdcard/cifs/cifs.ko" into the the "Path to cifs.ko[:<modpath>]*" field.
7. In CIFS Manager, create a new share and enter the fields- example with computer IP address of 192.168.1.100 with network share called "share" and computer username and password "user" and "password" respectively.:
Share Path:
192.168.1.100/share
Mount Point:
/mnt/sdcard/convert
Username:
user
Password:
password
8. Save Share and restart phone
9. In CIFS Manager, click on a share to mount it
10. Profit!
In any case, you'll note that the modules I used above were for Froyo. I was able to get them to work on the Droid Charge with a Gingerbread ROM.
I tried those Froyo modules to no avail (expected failure.)
I then download md4.ko and cifs.ko ICS modules for some other device to no avail.
I was curious if anybody might have any clues.
CIFS is the sickness!
*EDIT*
I presume that my attempts are in vein until we get kernel that supports CIFS. I suppose we may have to wait until the OTA. That is just my guess.

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xdadevnube said:
Does anybody know how to get CIFS working on ICS on the Rezound?
This GB kernel appears to be the only one that supports CIFS.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506892&highlight=cifs
I detailed my method below:
1. Go to Terminal Emulator and type "su", then "cifs enable"
2. Install Busybox 1.18.2
3. Copy cifs.ko and slow-work.ko modules into a folder called "cifs" on the SD card (these can be put anywhere, I just prefer the SD card because its fast and easy)
4. Install CIFS Manager
5. In CIFS Manager settings, check "Loads cifs module" and "Load via Insmod" checkboxes
6. In CIFS Manager settings, type "/sdcard/cifs/slow-work.ko:/sdcard/cifs/cifs.ko" into the the "Path to cifs.ko[:<modpath>]*" field.
7. In CIFS Manager, create a new share and enter the fields- example with computer IP address of 192.168.1.100 with network share called "share" and computer username and password "user" and "password" respectively.:
Share Path:
192.168.1.100/share
Mount Point:
/mnt/sdcard/convert
Username:
user
Password:
password
8. Save Share and restart phone
9. In CIFS Manager, click on a share to mount it
10. Profit!
In any case, you'll note that the modules I used above were for Froyo. I was able to get them to work on the Droid Charge with a Gingerbread ROM.
I tried those Froyo modules to no avail (expected failure.)
I then download md4.ko and cifs.ko ICS modules for some other device to no avail.
I was curious if anybody might have any clues.
CIFS is the sickness!
*EDIT*
I presume that my attempts are in vein until we get kernel that supports CIFS. I suppose we may have to wait until the OTA. That is just my guess.
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My question is why you would want a persistent CIFS share mounted on your phone. Most of the file managers have the ability to access CIFS/Samba shares. Really the first time you're out of range of that share(ie away from your wireless) you'd have to remount when you came back in range anyway. Sounds like way too much work for little gain.

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CIFS can be useful for a number of reasons. For instance, some media apps cannot browse the network, but they will be able to find media if it is mounted as a folder in the filesystem.
Unfortunately, the CIFS module must be compatible with the kernel. My guess is the kernel source for ICS would be required before a module for the Rezound can be compiled. That said, you may have some luck if you can find another phone with the same hardware that does have a compiled ICS CIFS module. It may work, but it also may not.

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What does this offer over noop?

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fix-this! said:
What does this offer over noop?
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has nothing to do with NOOP, which is an io scheduler. CIFS refers to network fileshares, and the module referred to in the OP lets Android mount a shared folder on the network to the local filesystem on your phone, so apps without cifs/smb support can see it.
In other words, a random share on your network could be mounted to a path on your phone such as /sdcard/networkmusic

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Yeah, I'm spoiled by using CIFS on my Charge. I can stream any movies, music, docs etc when I'm on Wifi. It is nice for watching DVDs or HD content, as well as streaming lossless CD rips. It sure beats DLNA. It is nice to have everything on tap, very fast, organized, and easy.
Generally, I've had luck on kernels that explicitly state that they have CIFS support. Even with the extra modules I downloaded, I think the kernel has to support it.
We had working CIFS on some of the custom Charge kernels that were based on leaks. I think that few devs do kernel development. I don't want to annoy them, but perhaps I'll politely suggest looking at CIFS support in the future.