On 03/02/2012 16:50, Ewan MacMahon wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sam Skipsey [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: 03 February 2012 16:24
>>
>> Ahh, good, I was confused then; I'd assumed that the LLNL guys had
>> actually managed to resolve the real issue (of licensing). If they've not,
>> then there's no way it could possibly kill btrfs.
> > From the FAQ:
> http://zfsonlinux.org/faq.html#WhatAboutTheLicensingIssue
>
> "The ZFS code can be modified to build as a CDDL licensed kernel
> module which is not distributed as part of the Linux kernel. This
> makes a Native ZFS on Linux implementation possible if you are
> willing to download and build it yourself."
>
Yes, exactly! that's the way of doing in Ubuntu:
https://launchpad.net/~zfs-native/+archive/stable
rpms are also available.zfsonlinux.org was created to serve Luster and
got zfs kernel-module as the by-product.
-Santanu
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