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On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 14:02:29 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> > Aren't new features only applied to newly created pools and datasets? |
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> > If /boot was compatible with GRUB it should still be. At least that's |
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> > how I read the einfo messages zfs spits out. |
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> That is correct. I want to know when I can enable the new features. |
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> Of course, it would also be nice to know which features must be |
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> disabled when creating a new boot pool. |
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> It is just frustrating that as far as I can tell, there is no |
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> documentation about what features grub supports. It wouldn't be hard |
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> for them to just say "here are the zpool features known to work in |
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> grub version foo." The best I've found is the Arch wiki, which has |
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> the disclaimer that it is probably out of date and to check the man |
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> pages, but of course the man pages don't actually say anything. |
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All I could find was this: |
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http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/tree/grub-core/fs/zfs/zfs.c#n276 |
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For a program with so much documentation, GRUB seems sorely lacking in |
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this respect. It makes me glad I decided to keep /boot off my zpools. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Is that "woof" feed me; "woof" walk me; "woof" there's a burglar? What?? |
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