Re: Running ZFS base vs ports

From: Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie_at_catflap.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:17:48 UTC 
Martin <iio7@protonmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Since the issue of ZFS spinning [1] up disks has been solved in ZFS 2.4.1 and I really want that ASAP, I discovered ZFS in ports which is 2.4.1.
>
> I cannot see that the documentation mentions anything about ZFS being in ports too, why, or how to use that over base, if one wants to do that?

I've never used the ports version of ZFS, but if you are comfortable upgrading the OS, upgrade to FreeBSD-15-STABLE which got 2.4.1 about
a week ago.

Cheers, Jamie