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charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.16; envelope-from=morgan.arnold@proton.me; helo=mail-4316.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:07:24 -0400 X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -5.17 X-Spam-Score: -5.17 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: BB6017D7F0 X-Migadu-Scanner: mx10.migadu.com X-TUID: XU30a20MR4vG I asked around on the IRC channel a while ago about the status of ZFS suppo= rt on Guix, and it was suggested that I ask here. I am aware of efforts mad= e in the past to bring some rudimentary ZFS support to Guix (namely, https:= //issues.guix.gnu.org/45692, which appears to be quite dead), but was wonde= ring if any new efforts have been considered. This is something which I wou= ld be very open to contributing to, as the lack of ZFS support is currently= the only thing preventing me from using Guix as my main distro. It looks l= ike there has is some general interest for better ZFS support on Guix, as e= videnced by, say, https://issues.guix.gnu.org/73035. Based on the response to 45692, I would also like to know if there is oppos= ition to adding support for Guix, be it for philosophical or legal reasons.= Assuming that no such opposition exists, 45692 seems to provide a very sub= stantial chunk of the work which needs to be done for supporting ZFS on Gui= x, in particular automatic loading of the ZFS kernel module and automatic m= ounting of datasets. Ultimately, I would love to see support for `/' on ZFS= , but based on discussions around 45692, it seems like this would be quite = a bit more effort, although I must admit that I don't really understand why= , other than that it involves modifying the behaviour of Shepherd earlier i= n the boot process. Other than examining the patches which were submitted for 45692, I assume t= hat it would be worth looking more closely at how other filesystems are man= aged on Guix, although the treatment of ZFS probably necessarily differs, i= f just for the loading of the kernel module. As for `/' on ZFS, would a dee= p dive into the documentation for Shepherd be valuable in terms of understa= nding how to load the ZFS kernel module as early as possible? Alternatively= , are there other modules in Guix that are sometimes loaded early (maybe GP= U drivers? I know that they are loaded early sometimes) which might be wort= h examining to understand how to go about it? Thanks, Morgan