Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:40:23 -0700 From: Mel Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> To: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Ryan Moeller <freqlabs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OpenZFS port updated Message-ID: <8abb14b2-7426-559d-af7e-c339fa130515@bluerosetech.com> In-Reply-To: <CACNAnaF3qAy3_kk_%2BDE5T4shDG97=ZD%2BGb-cokBYJQ3fyn7p6w@mail.gmail.com> References: <A61E33DF-96D0-449D-8665-9089599F0583@FreeBSD.org> <ec813ec5-1d6a-c679-bca5-f21b516ad47e@bluerosetech.com> <CACNAnaF3qAy3_kk_%2BDE5T4shDG97=ZD%2BGb-cokBYJQ3fyn7p6w@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2020-04-17 13:31, Kyle Evans wrote: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 3:14 PM Mel Pilgrim > <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> wrote: >> >> On 2020-04-17 11:35, Ryan Moeller wrote: >>> The FreeBSD platform support in OpenZFS does not yet include all >>> features present in FreeBSD’s ZFS. Some notable changes/missing >>> features include: >> [...] >>> * pre-mountroot zpool.cache loading (for automatic pool imports) >>> >>> To the last point, this mainly effects the case where / is on ZFS and >>> /boot is not or is on a different pool. OpenZFS cannot handle this >>> case yet, but work is in progress to cover that use case. Booting >>> directly from ZFS does work. >> >> To be clear, this means OpenZFS currently does not support / on >> GELI-encrypted disks, correct? > > If you have a legacy setup with a bootpool, that is correct. Since > 12.0+ the bootpool is almost completely redundant except for some odd > setup that I can never remember. For legacy setups, the bootpool > can/should be merged into your root pool if it's feasible. Yes, these are the "legacy" configuration with a small, unecrypted pool containing /boot and the keys to attach the encrypted root pool. Could the case you're thinking of be avoiding manual entry of a password at boot?
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