ino64

[Warner Losh]

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 6:40 AM, tech-lists <tech-lists at zyxst.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> When upgrading an old-ish 12-current (r317212), as per:
>
> 20170523:
>>         The "ino64" 64-bit inode project has been committed, which extends
>>         a number of types to 64 bits.  In order to upgrade, carefully
>> follow
>>         the full procedure documented below under the heading "To rebuild
>>         everything and install it on the current system."  Specifically, a
>>         reboot is required after installing the new kernel before
>> installing
>>         world.
>>
>
> is there anything more specific I need to do as well, like rebuild all
> installed ports?
>

While the compat stuff generally works, there are edge cases where it will
fail when you have a mixed environment. You're best bet is to reinstall all
ports. If you do just a few, you'll hit the edge cases.


> The system runs ZFS. It is *not* root-on-ZFS though. Is there anything
> more I need to consider for this?
>

No, the change is agnostic to that.


> The system also runs bhyve. Are there any special considerations I need to
> bear in mind for the guest VMs?
>

No, unless they too are upgrade across the barrier.

Warner