Nicolas Williams wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 07:34:03AM -0700, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>
>>> If it can't detect ZFS on a disk then I don't think it is useful for
>>> OpenSolaris given that the root filesystem disk will be a ZFS disk.
>>> Not showing that ZFS is on a disk on Solaris/OpenSolaris system is
>>> actually dangerous as it could lead the user to assume the disk was
>>> empty.
>>>
>>>
>> Ah, I didn't see that it doesn't support ZFS. That's a critical failing
>> IMO, and cause for derail. So, I'm derailing it now. A way to get this
>> back on fast track would be to include support for detection of ZFS volumes.
>>
>
> I think that was too quick :) The i-team might well agree to patch
> disktype to use libfstyp as a source of information... I've asked for
> that, now let's give them a chance to tell us if they're willing to do
> that :)
>
Please go back and reread my last statement. If they use libfstyp, then
yes, I'll rescind the derailment. (Or if they figure out another way
to support ZFS.) Without ZFS support, the derailment stands, and I'll
actually vote to deny this case if it comes up for a vote as currently
specified.
- Garrett
