[elrepo] zfs module

[Farkas Levente]

On 01/05/2013 05:21 PM, Nux! wrote:
> On 26.04.2011 13:14, Dag Wieers wrote:
>> On Fri, 22 Apr 2011, Farkas Levente wrote:
>>
>>> On 04/19/2011 05:15 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
>>>
>>>> Suppose, we find no issue with the license and decide to provide the
>>>> packages, we would like to have someone build/maintain them. Levente,
>>>> are you willing to take on this job?
>>>
>>> unfortunately in the next couple of weeks i don't have too much time
>>> (deadlines, rhel-6.1 rebuild and still has a few proprietary kmods which
>>> can't be compiled or not running properly on el6). and my vacation to
>>> bali already shifted by 2 weeks:-(
>>>
>>> on the other hand we use different type of kmods we use one common
>>> kmodtool for both el5/6 and for all kmods this's just a little modified
>>> version of the original kmodtool in redhat-rpm-config (which can be
>>> installed on both system) and in this was the automated buildsys can
>>> build for el5 and el6 from the same source and spec for all arch which
>>> is a imho cleaner, more easier to maintain. what's more this's the only
>>> way to make automated daily build for our testers without human
>>> interaction (since when i have to do something manually i used to made
>>> mistakes:-().
>>
>> To conclude this thread. The project itself has no reasons for not
>> providing the zfs kmod module, other than lacking someone who has an
>> interest in maintaining this driver.
>>
>> The license is deemed fine, the quality of the driver is unknown, but
>> that's why we have a testing repository anyway.
>>
>> So unless someone stands up to maintain this driver (usually someone with
>> a vested interest in having zfs support) and willing to work with the
>> ELRepo project and its standards, there will not be a zfs kmod module.
>>
>> If you read this and you feel up to the task, feel free to contact us
>> again :-)
> 
> For those interested in running ZFS on EL6 via kmods, I snatched and
> updated the kmods in PUIAS. Testing so far has been _minimal_ (beware,
> Selinux needs to be in permissive mode or disabled altogether).
> If any of the venerable elrepo devs care to have a look at the specs and
> decide they're orthodox enough, I can try to keep these packages up to
> date.
> http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/zfs/

it'd be nice to review and include in elrepo...

-- 
  Levente                               "Si vis pacem para bellum!"