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From Jeremy Allison we have the
sad news of the passing of Steve French. He was the maintainer of the
kernel’s SMB filesystem code for many years, having only dropped that
role due to health issues in the last week. “I’ve known Steve for
over 20 years. He was a legend in the community, and a really good
friend. He will be greatly missed. Farewell Steve.” He will indeed be missed.