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Line 8 emphatically not a tutorial or an introd
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Line 8 emphatically not a tutorial or an introd
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Many things are marked with \todo because they need a better |
Many things are marked with \todo because they need a better |
explanation, and some have question marks |
explanation, and some have question marks |
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This HOWTO describes the most recent state of branches, and does not |
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attempt to describe formal releases. This is a clue; if you are using |
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NetBSD 9 and ZFS, you should update along the branch. |
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# Status of ZFS in NetBSD |
# Status of ZFS in NetBSD |
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## NetBSD 8 |
## NetBSD 8 |
Line 22 update to NetBSD 9.
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Line 26 update to NetBSD 9.
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NetBSD-9 has ZFS that is considered to work well. There have been |
NetBSD-9 has ZFS that is considered to work well. There have been |
fixes since 9.0_RELEASE. As always, people running NetBSD 9 are |
fixes since 9.0_RELEASE. As always, people running NetBSD 9 are |
likely best served by the most recent version of the netbsd-9 stable |
likely best served by the most recent version of the netbsd-9 stable |
branch. As of 2021-02, ZFS in the NetBSD 9.1 release is very close to |
branch. As of 2021-03, ZFS in the NetBSD 9.1 release is very close to |
netbsd-9. |
netbsd-9, except that the mkdir fix is newly in netbsd-9. |
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There is a crash with mkdir over NFS with maproot. See http://gnats.netbsd.org/55042 |
There was a crash with mkdir over NFS with maproot, resolved in March |
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2021 in 9 and current. See http://gnats.netbsd.org/55042 |
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There is a credible rumor, but apparently no PR, that rm spuriously |
There is a workaround where removing a file will commit the ZIL |
commits the ZIL, which hurts performance. |
(normally this would not be done), to avoid crashes due to vnode |
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reclaims. \todo Link to PR. |
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There has been a report of an occasional panic somewhere in |
There has been a report of an occasional panic somewhere in |
zfs_putpages. |
zfs_putpages. |
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## NetBSD-current |
## NetBSD-current |
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NetBSD-current (as of 2021-02) has similar ZFS code to 9. |
NetBSD-current (as of 2021-03) has similar ZFS code to 9. |
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There is initial support for [[ZFS root|wiki/RootOnZFS]], via booting from |
There is initial support for [[ZFS root|wiki/RootOnZFS]], via booting |
ffs and pivoting. |
from ffs and pivoting. |
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## NetBSD/xen special issues |
## NetBSD/xen special issues |
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