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Date:      Wed, 09 Apr 2014 13:29:51 +1000
From:      Kubilay Kocak <koobs.freebsd@gmail.com>
To:        Paul Mather <pmather@vt.edu>,  Chris Nehren <cnehren+freebsd-stable@pobox.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Note for those pulling in new ZFS feature flags
Message-ID:  <5344BEAF.1030206@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4C688889-96C0-4B8C-82E7-ACC3FB729FAB@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
References:  <20140407135421.GA16385@behemoth> <CAFHbX1%2BCerhdfo-VB4dj_JZAkp79b_KD7T0TCxFWTLGFsu-Mpw@mail.gmail.com> <20140407145511.GA16747@behemoth> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404071656540.9102@mail.fig.ol.no> <20140407153040.GA17668@behemoth> <4C688889-96C0-4B8C-82E7-ACC3FB729FAB@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>

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On 8/04/2014 3:01 AM, Paul Mather wrote:
> On Apr 7, 2014, at 11:30 AM, Chris Nehren <cnehren+freebsd-stable@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 17:05:32 +0200, Trond Endrestøl wrote:
>>> See:
>>>
>>> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/stable/10/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c?view=markup#l4992
>>>
>>> Consider this a lesson learned. Yes, I too was bitten by this once, 
>>> but never again. ;-) Luckily, I recovered using a snapshot image.
>>
>> That's funny, because I *specifically* noted the absence of that
>> message when I upgraded my pool and spent about 5 minutes
>> wondering if it was needed or not.  Either way, I think I'll opt
>> to doing the bootcode thing every time as well.
> 
> Oddly enough, I was bitten by this recently, too, and had the same 
> thing happen.  I upgraded a pool and was struck by the fact that I 
> *wasn't* urged to update the boot code and so, after pondering "maybe 
> this means I don't have to" decided not to.  Of course, the system 
> wouldn't boot and I had to rescue it via a memstick.
> 
> I prefer the unconditional warning. :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Paul.
> 
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Makes me wonder:

What might the issues be with upgrading the bootcode for users post-upgrade?



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