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On 02/06/2013 02:12 AM, Sergei Trofimovich wrote: |
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> On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:25:56 -0500 |
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> Richard Yao <ryao@g.o> wrote: |
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>> I want to port ZFSOnLinux to all Gentoo Linux architectures this year. |
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>> The above architectures either are not currently supported or have not |
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>> been tested in a while. Most of them will require patching isa_defs.h, |
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>> which I am in a position to do. I am not distributing the patches |
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>> because I don't know if ZFS will build on those platforms. |
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> Try to use crossdev to make sure it builds. Usermode linux |
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> seems to have been ported at least to ppc and ia64. |
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Unfortunately, I cannot run the ZFS Regression Test Suite on cross |
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compiled binaries. Also, ZFS' build system requires a built kernel |
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against which it does numerous autotools checks. It is more desirable to |
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run them against a kernel known to actually work rather than something I |
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built without testing it. |
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> You might like to start from there in order to not to ruin |
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> poor boxes. |
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I am asking people to test production-quality code, so the systems |
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should be fine. Afterward, anyone on Gentoo that wants to remove the |
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files can run `emerge -C sys-kernel/spl sys-fs/zfs-kmod sys-fs/zfs`. |
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People on non-gentoo systems that want to remove the files can do that |
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manually. I will provide them with the information needed to do that |
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should they want to do it. So far, only people using Gentoo have |
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volunteered to test. |