Bug#1009106: Now missing kernel module blocklayoutdriver
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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