ryao 5 days ago

There is a trick for this:

  * Step 1: Make friends with a ZFS developer.
  * Step 2: Guilt him into writing patches to add support as soon as a new kernel is released.
  * Step 3: Enjoy
Adding support for a new kernel release to ZFS is usually only a few hours of work. I have done it in the past more than a dozen times.
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gf000 4 days ago

I use NixOS, and it simply updates to the latest kernel that supports zfs, with a single, declerative option.

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blibble 5 days ago

for Debian that's not exactly a problem

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  • oarsinsync 5 days ago

    Unless you’re using Debian backports, and they backport a new kernel a week before the zfs backport package update happens.

    Happened to me more than once. I ended up manually changing the kernel version limitations the second time just to get me back online, but I don’t recall if that ended up hurting me in the long run or not.

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