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+# Datadog-specific kernel configs kept in a separate fragment to avoid
+# merge conflicts with upstream.
+
+# Network block device support
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=y
+
+# MD (RAID) and device-mapper support
+CONFIG_MD=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM_BUILTIN=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=y
+
+# Btrfs filesystem support
+CONFIG_BTRFS_FS=y
+
+# F2FS filesystem support
+CONFIG_F2FS_FS=y