So I managed to build an updated kernel on openSUSE 13.2 after applying Mark's patch [1] that is referenced in the Debian bug mentioned in comment#1. I'm not able to use zypper and YaST2 just fine. # snapper list Type | # | Pre # | Date | User | Cleanup | Description | Userdata -------+---+-------+--------------------------+------+---------+-------------+--------- single | 0 | | | root | | current | pre | 1 | | Sun Dec 13 13:49:18 2015 | root | number | yast disk | post | 2 | 1 | Sun Dec 13 13:50:42 2015 | root | number | | pre | 3 | | Sun Dec 13 13:56:02 2015 | root | number | zypp(zypper) | important=no post | 4 | 3 | Sun Dec 13 13:56:09 2015 | root | number | | important=no # uname -r 3.16.7-29-desktop [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/4739211/