From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   Anssi Saari  wrote:   
   > Geoff Clare  writes:   
   >   
   >> A major exception to that is ZFS: native and very dependable in   
   >> FreeBSD (and works great as the root filesystem), but a horribly   
   >> fragile dkms mess in Linux.   
   >   
   > How is ZFS fragile and messy in Linux, please? I only run it on my two   
   > file servers, but no issues in the last decade or so. Haven't bothered   
   > with it as root FS though.   
      
   It is an "out of kernel" blob of code.  So any kernel change /could/   
   break it (and the kernel developers won't help fix the breakage because   
   it is "out of kernel" code.   
      
   So fragile -- yes, any kernel upgrade could cause ZFS to not compile so   
   you'd have no ZFS until you download the updated ZFS compatible with   
   the new kernel.   
      
   Mess -- maybe a bit of over statement there.  It's no more a mess than   
   any other "out of kernel" driver that has to be patched to keep up with   
   internal kernel changes.   
      
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