On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 08:49:12PM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 08:26:25AM +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote: > > Laurent Bigonville wrote... > > > > > VDO (which includes kvdo and vdo) is software that provides inline > > > block-level deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning > > > capabilities for primary storage. > > > > As part of an evualation of VDO, I created packages for both the kernel > > and the userland. Unfortunately, the tests showed VDO, while being > > functional, is not a suitable solution for the very specific > > requirements here. > > > > Therefore I will *not* take up this package, my task list is quite full > > already, and not being a user of the packages one maintains is a bad > > start. If however someone out there has a VDO setup in everyday usage > > and wants to benefit from VDO being in Debian, drop me a line. Perhaps > > we can find a way to get this done. You dont't have to be a DD, but > > should have a knowledge and experience with Linux, especially in the > > LVM/VDO area. > > For cross-reference there is a request to enable CONFIG_DM_VDO in the > kernel in #1076457.
FWIW, we merged the change in src:linux for the next 6.10.y based upload. So if anybody is intersted to package the required tools as well now that would go as a surplus without need of a OOT module. https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/commit/2a552cdd2e6a79f96188cbb163a945e27a98f974 Regards, Salvatore
