Matt, I asked users who want ZFSOnLinux upstream to support additional architectures to assist me in porting it. I CCed gentoo-dev@ because many people in the Gentoo community that had already offered to help with other things.
The only immediate effect that this will have on Gentoo is `env ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~* sys-fs/zfs` will work on additional architectures. If users request that Gentoo support ZFS on their platforms, then we will be in a position to consider that. Yours truly, Richard Yao On 02/05/2013 03:58 PM, Matt Turner wrote: > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Richard Yao <r...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> Dear Everyone, >> >> Does anyone have root access to Linux systems on any of the following >> architectures that is willing to help ZFS development? >> >> Alpha >> HPPA >> IA-64 >> MIPS/MIPS64 >> PPC/PPC64 >> SH >> SPARC/SPARC64 >> >> I want to port ZFSOnLinux to all Gentoo Linux architectures this year. >> The above architectures either are not currently supported or have not >> been tested in a while. Most of them will require patching isa_defs.h, >> which I am in a position to do. I am not distributing the patches >> because I don't know if ZFS will build on those platforms. >> >> People willing (and able) to help should email me with their >> architecture and distribution. Gentoo Linux is preferred, but not >> required. No knowledge of programming is required. I will provide you >> with instructions on how to build and test ZFS on your architecture. >> >> Yours truly, >> Richard Yao >> > > I talked to ryao on IRC, but didn't seem to get my point across: > > (Almost?) no one runs Gentoo on any of these architectures for > anything other than the novelty. There is zero point in maintaining > ZFS on them, and it only stands to add load to the arch teams. > > These architectures operate on a > we-only-keyword-things-necessary-or-users-ask-for policy. I don't > think ZFS falls into either of these cases. >
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