[zfs-code] Compacted ZFS in ARM port

2009-06-24 Thread Orvar Korvar
I dont like an incompatibility. In my POW, compatibility is essential. I would prefer to loose some functions in ARM version of ZFS, instead of loosing entire compatibility -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

[zfs-code] Compacted ZFS in ARM port

2009-06-18 Thread Darren J Moffat
Richard Elling wrote: > I think this reveals a more interesting challenge. If the on-disk format > changes when we add features, and feature additions are represented > by incrementing the version, then we might create a reason to fork. > Perhaps we should look at having an implemented features li

[zfs-code] Compacted ZFS in ARM port

2009-06-17 Thread Richard Elling
I think this reveals a more interesting challenge. If the on-disk format changes when we add features, and feature additions are represented by incrementing the version, then we might create a reason to fork. Perhaps we should look at having an implemented features list instead? For example, if CZ

[zfs-code] Compacted ZFS in ARM port

2009-06-17 Thread Darren J Moffat
I notice from the release notes that ZFS has been changed in an incompatible way. This concerns me deeply and I hope that the ARM porting team can be convinced to reverse this change to ensure that the ZFS in the ARM port is fully on disk compatible with the SPARC, Intel, etc ports of ZFS on O