BCacheFS is being disabled in the openSUSE kernels 6.17+

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Thread information [Search the all archive] From: Jiri Slaby <jslaby-AT-suse.cz> To: oS-fctry <factory-AT-lists.opensuse.org>, "kernel-AT-lists.opensuse.org" <kernel-AT-lists.opensuse.org> Subject: BCacheFS is being disabled in the openSUSE kernels 6.17+ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:16:00 +0200 Message-ID: <9032de2a-03a7-4f9e-9c8a-8bd81c5d1fc5@suse.cz> Hi! Given BCacheFS is "externally maintained" since 6.17 [1], we are disabling the filesystem in 6.17 too [2]. Therefore, everyone using it should follow the BCacheFS' upstream advises [3] how to install/use it. Anyone interested might also possibly prepare a KMP [4] for themselves (and others). This means there are no new BCacheFS commits in the Linux tree and we won't be maintaining (backporting downstream patches) in openSUSE (as usually we do not). The current 6.16.* is NOT affected. Neither is Slowroll (for now). Once the BCacheFS maintainer behaves and the code is maintained upstream again, we will re-enable... (As IMO, it is a useful feature.) [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/... [2] https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248109 [4] https://bcachefs.org/GettingStarted/ (I think I saw a better link somewhere, but cannot find it ATM) [4] https://en.opensuse.org/Kernel_Module_Packages thanks, -- js suse labs