loop-aes prior to 3.7h will not compile on 4.6.z kernels due to kernel changes as announced in [1]: " loop-AES changes since previous release: - Worked around block layer interface changes on 4.6 kernels. " My initial tests show that loop-aes-3.7h compiles and system boots and work properly with it. [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org/msg19113.html Reproducible: Always Actual Results: loop-aes-3.7f failes to compile. loop-aes-3.7h compiles and system boots and work properly. doron-laptop ~ # emerge --info Portage 2.2.28 (python 3.4.3-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-multilib, gcc-4.9.3, glibc-2.22-r4, 4.6.0-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.6.0-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-5600U_CPU_@_2.60GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 12003520 total, 7764132 free KiB Swap: 25165820 total, 25165820 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Thu, 19 May 2016 00:45:01 +0000 sh bash 4.3_p42-r1 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.25.1 p1.1) 2.25.1 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p42-r1::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0-r3::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.20.2::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.10-r1::gentoo, 3.4.3-r1::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.3.1-r1::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 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It could be very annoying for users who need loop-aes to mount and boot. @kernel team: Does this block the stabilization of 4.6?
Added. Loop-aes never actually blocked kernel.