rpi4 / will zfs work?

[Vincent Milum Jr]

Just run "zpool import" after reboot, if you don't have it set to
auto-import. It works. I'm using it for a few different things right now. I
have a pool running over a year on a Pi3b+ and now I have a pool running on
the Pinebook Pro.

On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 4:57 PM tech-lists <tech-lists at zyxst.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 05, 2020 at 11:52:42AM +0100, tech-lists wrote:
> >On Sat, Sep 05, 2020 at 12:41:52AM +0100, tech-lists wrote:
> >
> >>should it work?
> >
> >it's there now, after building and booting GENERIC, just need to test:
> >
> >freebsd at rpi4:~ % kldstat
> >Id Refs Address                Size Name
> >  1   27 0xffff000000000000  117d148 kernel
> >  2    1 0xffff000070400000   40f000 zfs.ko
> >  3    1 0xffff00007080f000    26000 cryptodev.ko
> >  4    1 0xffff000070835000    24000 uhid.ko
> >  5    1 0xffff000070859000    26000 ums.ko
> >  6    1 0xffff00007087f000    22000 pflog.ko
> >  7    1 0xffff0000708a1000    5a000 pf.ko
> >  8    1 0xffff0000708fb000    22000 mac_ntpd.ko
>
> Although it seems to work, the pool isn't saved on reboot :(
>
> 1. zpool create data /dev/da0p2
> 2. zfs create data/stuff
> 3. zfs set compression=lz4 data/stuff
> 4. zfs set mountpoint=/home/stuff data/stuff
> 5. zfs list (to make sure it's all as it should be)
> 6. sync && reboot
> 7. zpool status (no pools defined or available)
>
> should zfs work with arm64? with u-boot?
>
> thanks
> --
> J.
>