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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	2025-12-30 11:30 +0100
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 at 21:42, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> wrote:
>
> As we do not really want to diverge from upstream I will see with them
> how we could improve the user experience here, either making it more
> clear that when PNFS_BLOCK is enabled as module, the blocklayoutdriver
> needs to be enabled, making the service only start as you suggested if
> the blocklayoutdriver is loaded and the rpc file present, clearer
> documentation or something else.

Interestingly nfs.systemd(7) suggests nfs-blkmap.service needs to be
enabled when required, so maybe it should be shipped disabled instead?

Kind regards,
Andrei

Thread

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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