Kernel 6.8.1 with btrfs fscrypt

I posted about 52 patches available to implement fscrypt in btrfs:

https://bkhome.org/news/202403/linux-kernel-btrfs-supports-fscrypt.html

I have compiled the 6.8.1 kernel with btrfs builtin (not as a module) and those 52 patches applied. The kernel also has both overlay and aufs builtin.

For anyone who wants them, those patches are in a tarball, available here (inside build-kernel.tar.gz):

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/source/kernel/6.8.x/6.8.1-20240316/

Here is how I applied the patches:

if [ -f 3rd-party/filesystem/btrfs-fscrypt.tar.gz ];then
 echo "btrfs fscrypt patch..."
 cp -a -f 3rd-party/filesystem/btrfs-fscrypt.tar.gz temp1/
 cd temp1
 tar -xf btrfs-fscrypt.tar.gz
 cd ..
 cd linux-${KERNVER}
 Psorted="$(find ../temp1/btrfs-fscrypt -type f -name '*.patch' | sort -n | tr '\n' ' ')"
 for aP in ${Psorted}
 do
  patch -p1 < ${aP}
 done
 cd ..
 rm -f temp1/btrfs-fscrypt.tar.gz
 rm -rf temp1/btrfs-fscrypt
fi

...excessive "cd" operations, but it works.

The kernel was compiled in EasyOS Kirkstone-series version 5.7 and the PET is here:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/packages/pet/pet_packages-kirkstone/

...there is no broadcom-sta module for it, as it failed to compile.

Note, it you are running EasyOS, there is a bit more involved than just installing the PET. The PET is used in WoofQ when building EasyOS. Developers can, however, open up the PET and extract 'vmlinuz' and the modules, then manually change to use that kernel (it is at /boot/vmlinuz).    

Tags: quirky