[SOLVED] ZFS - Kernel

theking2 · 2014-05-23 08:45:27

Hi!

From close-reading the ZFS wiki I understand that I will not be able to do a kernel update when I've installed and use ZFS. Is this assumption right?

Last edited by theking2 (2014-06-07 09:27:24)

graysky · 2014-05-23 09:00:05

No, you just need to rebuild the modules and utils against the new version... Or use demz's repo. See the arch wiki.

qinohe · 2014-05-23 09:01:58

Warning: The ZFS and SPL kernel modules are tied to a specific kernel version. It would not be possible to apply any kernel updates until updated packages are uploaded to AUR or the demz-repo-core repository.

I think it says: If there is a kernel update, you have to wait with that, until the git repo is updated, before you can update your kernel.
They https://github.com/demizer/archzfs are fully up to date btw.

ukhippo · 2014-05-23 09:44:13

I've found demizer very good at updating the packages and his repositories. Usually the delay is just a few hours from release of the new kernel. The worst delay was a few days, and that was due to the new kernel being built with gcc 2.9 but gcc 2.9 remaining in [testing] for those few days. Once gcc 2.9 moved out of testing, everything was again updated within hours.

mrshannon · 2014-06-06 13:31:16

As others have said you can update your kernel. You just have to wait a little while (usually no more than 1-2 days). You can use the demz-repo-core or as I do the AUR packages. If you use the AUR packages you will need to build them in a chroot (Building In A Clean Chroot) as you can't upgrade your kernel until you have the packages and you can't compile the packages without the new kernel. Building in a chroot gets around this problem.

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theking2 · 2014-06-07 09:16:47

Thanks y'all for the reasuring words. I have a replaced my dm/lvm setup by a ZFS a month or so ago and think this was a good decision. I decide to go with the demizer package, hoping that this will be maitained well in the future¨.

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