ZFS 2.3.0 released with ZFS raidz expansion

Re:ZFS 2.3.0 released with ZFS raidz expansion by pimeys on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @07:27AM (#42696422)

And you can't follow the latest kernel before the ZFS module supports it.

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Re:ZFS 2.3.0 released with ZFS raidz expansion by BSDobelix on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @07:55AM (#42696613)

Try CachyOS https://cachyos.org/ , you can even swap from an existing Arch installation:

https://wiki-dev.cachyos.org/sk/cachyos_repositories/how_to_...

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Re:ZFS 2.3.0 released with ZFS raidz expansion by blibble on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @07:42AM (#42696523)

for Debian that's not exactly a problem

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Re:ZFS 2.3.0 released with ZFS raidz expansion by oarsinsync on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @08:12AM (#42696740)

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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Re:ZFS 2.3.0 released with ZFS raidz expansion by ryao on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @05:13PM (#42704659)

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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Re:ZFS 2.3.0 released with ZFS raidz expansion by gf000 on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @04:04AM (#42708891)

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

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