Bug#1009106: Now missing kernel module blocklayoutdriver

[Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>]

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