From nobody Fri Nov 29 00:55:09 2024 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Xzvq61R5vz5fXM8 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:55:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dclarke@blastwave.org) Received: from mail.oetec.com (mail.oetec.com [108.160.241.186]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature ECDSA (P-256) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mail.oetec.com", Issuer "E6" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Xzvq56Zncz4G9Z; Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:55:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dclarke@blastwave.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from [172.16.35.3] (pool-99-253-118-250.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.253.118.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.oetec.com (8.17.1/8.17.1) with ESMTPSA id 4AT0t9uR041837 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128 verify=NOT); Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:55:11 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from dclarke@blastwave.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=blastwave.org; s=default; t=1732841711; bh=cJ0btU00+c0NMU76aqS8my8jqsjoeZgb3BZ0HQ4ysGQ=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:In-Reply-To; b=PmSTi4USFV4kiIuswPpew6HGxM1uHL9QTZCzi7F3oOPWgLZfeGqG8E0shqsv+Uw/3 CJtaSzx1twJc0D8f7/VuGneHJIInDZFTT99jdH6h0oNex2rVhbZMMOkAewt8ZmYpZl umrwRRwlEmtEqto80T/ips5XROPLJ5Do9O+cFQLIaT7eIY7LVxu59YTpB7rbS13vhj 6BwwRgyD1uvcsKS8Cu6T63woMulLvxXJ2TirG2yKERx5O0GPKrHNm5Wf8B+bPI8v++ Z4O77x516tvWYWgooDepXj6YCR23obvj8RAsjm00X0Da5iHKWGLPfR4H3/8wRWcTX6 1Ld1X7WRDJY4g== Message-ID: <54808a60-a25c-4a26-915f-1ca69387db2a@blastwave.org> Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:55:09 -0500 List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: zpools no longer exist after boot Content-Language: en-CA To: Alan Somers Cc: Current FreeBSD References: <5798b0db-bc73-476a-908a-dd1f071bfe43@blastwave.org> <22187e59-b6e9-4f2e-ba9b-f43944d1a37b@blastwave.org> <722a3644-3af6-4ff9-b1ee-022c32872001@blastwave.org> From: Dennis Clarke Organization: GENUNIX In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-oetec-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-oetec-MailScanner-ID: 4AT0t9uR041837 X-oetec-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-oetec-MailScanner-From: dclarke@blastwave.org X-Spam-Status: No X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:812, ipnet:108.160.240.0/20, country:CA] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Xzvq56Zncz4G9Z X-Spamd-Bar: ---- On 11/28/24 10:55, Alan Somers wrote: > On Thu, Nov 28, 2024, 9:47 AM Dennis Clarke wrote: > >> On 11/28/24 09:52, Alan Somers wrote: >>> On Thu, Nov 28, 2024, 8:45 AM Dennis Clarke >> wrote: >>> >> ... >>> >>> For "zpool import", the "-c" argument instructs zfs which cachefile to >>> search for importable pools. "-O", on the other hand, specifies how the >>> cachefile property should be set after the pool is imported. >>> >> >> I have to wonder what value there is in NOT having the cachefile >> property set in a zpool ? Certainly given that the zpool RC script >> really wants to check in a few places and then use those cache files. >> >> -- >> -- >> Dennis Clarke >> RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC >> UNIX and Linux spoken >> > > Usually the default value for cachefile is sufficient. In fact, the only > time I've ever needed to set cachefile has been when I DON'T want the pool > to import at boot. I wonder if there was some other reason, since resolved, > why your pools didn't import the first time. And subsequently they didn't > import because you set the cachefile to a non default value? > I am at a loss. Really. Getting the iSCSI stuff working was a real treat and this just makes things even more strange. I really do not know. -- -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken