Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Tom H <tomh0665@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Safeguarding strategies against SSD data loss
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 03:45:16
Message-Id: CAOdo=SzgCBDyRradDCuUoPcpkOjMGe5US=rN8AWQcPtdqe8qOg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Safeguarding strategies against SSD data loss by Pandu Poluan
1 On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote:
2 >
3 > ZoL (ZFS on Linux) nowadays is implemented using DKMS instead of FUSE, thus
4 > running in kernelspace, and (relatively) easier to put into an initramfs.
5 >
6 > Updating is a beeyotch on binary-based distros as it requires a recompile.
7 > Not a big deal for us Gentooers :-)
8
9 dkms works perfectly well on binary distros; it's a Dell/RH creation.
10 It runs "make ..." to build a kernel module and then installs it.