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int_19h on July 6, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bcachefs may be headed out of the kernel

People who need encryption mostly want full-disk encryption, so why not an encrypted volume with btrfs on top?

commandersaki on July 6, 2025 [–]

btrfs does volumes, it should also do volume encryption, why have an unnecessary layer inbetween?

int_19h on July 7, 2025 | [–]

I'm not saying it wouldn't be nice to have, but given that the workaround is there, it doesn't sound like something that should contribute to btrfs being a "suitable replacement for 90% of cases".

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