OpenZFS port updated

[Mel Pilgrim]

On 2020-04-17 13:31, Kyle Evans wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 3:14 PM Mel Pilgrim
> <list_freebsd at 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?