Bug#1009106: Now missing kernel module blocklayoutdriver

From	Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#1009106: Now missing kernel module blocklayoutdriver
Date	2026-01-15 09:10 +0100
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 at 18:07, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> wrote:
>
> I asked upstream (see the forwarded reference), and as the blocklayout
> is deprecated and only that one needs blkmapd, the approach will
> acutally be to wait that
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/20260114145435.826165-1-smayhew@redhat.com/
> lands, and then we will not ship blkmapd anymore.
>
> I could in theory already now pass --disable=nfsv41, which only
> purpose is to enable blkmapd, but I think it is not urgent that we
> should not wait to have this landed and get blkmapd away.
>
> It will be a good target to get it away for the forky release and we
> have enough exposure until then to see if there is actually someone
> complaining about the lost blkmapd.

Sounds good to me, FWIW.

Kind regards,
Andrei

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Bug#1009106: Now missing kernel module blocklayoutdriver Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2025-12-29 12:00 +0100
  Bug#1009106: Now missing kernel module blocklayoutdriver Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2025-12-29 22:10 +0100
    Bug#1009106: Now missing kernel module blocklayoutdriver Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2025-12-30 11:30 +0100
      Bug#1009106: Now missing kernel module blocklayoutdriver Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2026-01-14 18:10 +0100
        Bug#1009106: Now missing kernel module blocklayoutdriver Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2026-01-15 09:10 +0100

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