ZFS version 8 on stable?

[Dillon Kass]

There's nothing you can do right now except for wait. By default the zfs 
implementation on osx will create a zfs version 6 zpool (to retain 
compat with the read-only kext that ships with 10.5) but once you've 
upgraded you can't go back.

There is a newer version of zfs for freebsd but it hasn't been commited 
yet. See http://kerneltrap.org/FreeBSD/BSDCan_2008_ZFS_Internals

Your only option is to wait until this is committed or patches are 
offered at least.
pjd is the man so it shouldn't be too long :-)


Timothy Wilson wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I know -stable is supposed to be, well, stable, but I seem to be in a
> bit of a pickle.
>
> I'm trying to import my zfs file system from a Macintosh machine. It
> was created at version 8. Being new to zfs, I did not realise that
> FreeBSD would be running at a lower version; I thought zfs was zfs! Of
> course, trying to import my zpool fails, complaining that the version
> is too new.
>
> freebsd# zpool import bigstore
> cannot import 'bigstore': pool is formatted using a newer ZFS version
>
> So either I want to downgrade the zpool, or upgrade zfs on FreeBSD.
> Does anyone know if I'll be able to import zfs v8, or am I wasting my
> time? I'd prefer to follow -stable, but if I must follow -current,
> then golly goshkins, I'll have no choice!
>
> Kind regards,
> Timothy.
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