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Date:      Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:01:51 +0100
From:      Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Danny Carroll <fbsd@dannysplace.net>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: ZFS Drive change best practice.
Message-ID:  <20081122230151.GB2016@garage.freebsd.pl>
In-Reply-To: <49249169.9010406@dannysplace.net>
References:  <49240A80.5010106@dannysplace.net> <20081119125138.GA86942@icarus.home.lan> <20081119211227.GA2553@garage.freebsd.pl> <49249169.9010406@dannysplace.net>

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On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 08:21:29AM +1000, Danny Carroll wrote:
> Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> > After some more tests I'll commit changes that make ZFS to always depend
> > on metadata only.
> >=20
>=20
> So I guess that means in the future, you could power down a system,
> re-arrange the disk positions and when you powered back up ZFS would
> just work?

Yes. I committed needed changes earlier today.

> Could I also ask what the usual lead time is for ZFS changes to go from
> current -> stable?  I'm just curious.

There is no fixed time, it all depends on much testing will it receive
and how many bugs will be there plus when *at() syscalls will be MFCed.

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheel.pl
pjd@FreeBSD.org                           http://www.FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer                         Am I Evil? Yes, I Am!

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