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On 2013-08-26 10:11 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 09:16:44 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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>>> You can get ZFS on Linux with relative ease, you just have to build it |
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>>> yourself. Distros feel they can't redistribute that code. |
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>> I know you can do this as a module - but is there an overlay or patch |
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>> to get it built directly into the kernel? I'd love to use ZFS on my |
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>> gentoo server, but I disable modules on servers for security reasons. |
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> You can do it. You have to unmask the kernel_builtin USE flag to stop zfs |
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> bringing in zfs_kmod, then unpack the sources and run the script to |
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> install them into the kernel tree. |
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Very interesting, thanks... nice to know it can be done, but I wouldn't |
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be uncomfortable doing that myself... |
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Would be nice if there was a kernel overlay for this... |
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