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Date:      Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:56:00 +0100
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: How to add zfs support to FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <20130219015600.68050fb2.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <5122A3BA.2000907@a1poweruser.com>
References:  <51229B47.4070605@a1poweruser.com> <5122A3BA.2000907@a1poweruser.com>

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On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:57:14 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote:
> Fbsd8 wrote:
> > The handbook does not cover how to add zfs support.
> > 
> > How is it done?
> 
> 
> Let me reword. If zfs is in the base system why does it not show up
> when I look for it this way?
> 
> if config -x $( sysctl -n kern.bootfile ) | grep -q 
> '^[[:space:]]*options[[:space:]]\{1,\}ZFS\>'; then
>    echo "yes zfs is in the kernel"
> fi

Without the ability to check this, I strongly assume that
if you enable ZFS as described in the Handbook, the module
/boot/kernel/zfs.ko (part of the default system) will be
loaded. That's why it won't show up in a sysctl query
aimed at the _kernel_ itself -- because it isn't in the
kernel.

Also, "sysctl -n kern.bootfile" will return the actual
kernel file, /boot/kernel/kernel, which is a binary. If
the exact config list (from the kernel _configuration_
file) is not plain-text part of that file, grep will not
find the text you're grepping for.



-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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