config BR2_PACKAGE_CIFS_UTILS bool "cifs-utils" # uses fork() depends on BR2_USE_MMU help The in-kernel CIFS filesystem is generally the preferred method for mounting SMB/CIFS shares on Linux. The in-kernel CIFS filesystem relies on a set of user-space tools. That package of tools is called cifs-utils. Although not really part of Samba proper, these tools were originally part of the Samba package. For several reasons, shipping these tools as part of Samba was problematic and it was deemed better to split them off into their own package. http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/LinuxCIFS_utils