[CentOS] ZFS magic (was: Backup Redux)

Sat Dec 10 00:38:54 UTC 2011
Ross Walker <rswwalker at gmail.com>

On Dec 9, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Ross Walker <rswwalker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>> All I would ask now is that someone comment on ZFS implementation on
>>> Linux/CentOS.
>> 
>> Fuse-ZFS still is at the enthusiast level.
>> 
>> I don't know about the other "straight" ports, last I heard they were having issues making the VFS layer map properly so it's fully compatible with the user-land utilities.
>> 
> 
> I thought the real issue is that the GPL-licensed kernel restricts
> inclusion of code under less-restricted licenses.

Restricted from distributing with GPL kernel, but definitely OK as a add-on third party loadable module. Just load it from a separate repo and nothing is violated.

-Ross