Not sure if ZFS will be my root FS ever.
2 or 3 is good option.
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2012/5/25 Fabio Erculiani <lx...@sabayon.org>:
> Hi all,
> I am now ready to collect some feedback on ZFS support in Sabayon.
> The Linux port of ZFS is released under CDDL, which apparently [1]
> conflicts with the Linux Kernel license in some legalese way.
> However, many people think that the issue is the same with
> nvidia/fglrx, even though Oracle is known for its "let's sue
> everybody" attitude.
>
> When I started looking at ZFS, I realized I had several ways of
> including ZFS in Sabayon:
> 1) as kernel module, shipped with sys-kernel/linux-{sabayon,server}
> 2) as part of genkernel initramfs + external package
> 3) just as external package (no ability to use it as root fs)
>
> Last night I had a look at 1) and started to embed spl and splat
> modules (from sys-kernel/spl) into the kernel tree. The procedure is
> quite complex because spl build system sucks the hell out of me, but I
> eventually made it.
> Unfortunately, embedding the zfs modules into the kernel tree, even if
> built as external objects, is considered "not-so-legal" by some.
> On the other hand, I do think that option 3) would be the safest,
> although I'm not sure it is completely, 100% legal.
>
> Moreover, option 1) adds yet another maintenance burden we could avoid
> with option 3); I don't think people are going to use ZFS as their
> root filesystem anyway.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> [1] http://zfsonlinux.org/faq.html#WhatAboutTheLicensingIssue
> --
> Fabio Erculiani
>
