From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 09:56:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD0581065676 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:56:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kometen@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F70C8FC13 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:56:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kometen@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so3226554fgb.35 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:56:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=CJ+f1870681UZ/eVaD+PW6Nu59LNw3/3FCjyz87qAuk=; b=eezo8OxMGhmZWujrhqtASIp07Qr9WrginJAC8OT0ljBPrw11cJoJgOPbi3l+WPhsKi S3wem3a0Kt+0As74VSp1Pza1vYRLDFd7QSBZNqYfkC8lCK5r6WVIJN3CT3tf6XeH9nkd cqeLMAy+Tij0MAE6bQS43iq3FpMdlDjXtTFzc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=IvH0eauBa452IrVX4pGPD/1ELOweDO+AY3RrllktTK5p8QqI+eqkr9+eHcG2tHWEai lIJoF/7kFbaNMVRx7+bRrh3i6K57JQe9vyiRs7HFHyUE8kksYvq3q8YTV/JYJgxasdF+ K9HUsSGWsLJV5vXuy84wpW15ViJ+MFhQXqGpc= Received: by 10.86.100.19 with SMTP id x19mr3663812fgb.61.1213350979966; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:56:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.79.5 with HTTP; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:56:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:56:19 +0200 From: "Claus Guttesen" To: "Jeremy Chadwick" In-Reply-To: <20080613093225.GA45459@eos.sc1.parodius.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080613093225.GA45459@eos.sc1.parodius.com> Cc: Timothy Wilson , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS version 8 on stable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:56:21 -0000 >> So either I want to downgrade the zpool, or upgrade zfs on FreeBSD. >> Does anyone know if I'll be able to import zfs v8, or am I wasting my >> time? I'd prefer to follow -stable, but if I must follow -current, >> then golly goshkins, I'll have no choice! > > I don't know what the current migration status is of ZFS on FreeBSD to a > newer version. I don't think -CURRENT/HEAD has a newer ZFS either, so I > think you're out of luck with regards to an "easy" migration. > > If I was in your shoes, I would not downgrade the pool -- I would simply > stop using ZFS and use a filesystem that is fully compatible between OS > X and FreeBSD. *cue someone chiming in with the usual "ZFS is > experimental on FreeBSD, blah blah blah" rhetoric* :-) I tried to create a zfs-pool on Solaris and was unable to import it to FreeBSD. So there are still some issues in relation to OS-platform-migrations. But other than that is this not a somewhat pessimistic approach not to try things out? :-) Many years ago (os x 10.0 or 10.1 I think) I tried to create an UFS-volume on os x but this was not recognized by FreeBSD (ver. 4.x). What other fs-type will work between os x and FreeBSD? FAT comes to my mind. -- regards Claus When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shakespeare