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The existing mechanisms for determining what code is running in the kernel do not always correctly report the git hash. The versions reported there do not reflect changes made since `configure` was run (i.e. incremental builds do not update the version) and they are misleading if git tags are not set up properly. This applies to `modinfo zfs`, `dmesg`, and `/sys/module/zfs/version`. There are complicated requirements on how the existing version is generated. Therefore we are leaving that alone, and adding a new mechanism to record and retrieve the git hash: `cat /proc/sys/kernel/spl/gitrev` The gitrev is re-generated at compile time, when running `make` (including for incremental builds). The value is the output of `git describe` (or "unknown" if not in a git repo or there are uncommitted changes). We're also removing /proc/sys/kernel/spl/version, which was never very useful. Reviewed by: Pavel Zakharov <pavel.zakharov@delphix.com> Reviewed by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov> Reviewed by: Tim Chase <tim@chase2k.com> Signed-off-by: Matthew Ahrens <mahrens@delphix.com> Closes #7931 Closes #7965
ZFS on Linux is an advanced file system and volume manager which was originally developed for Solaris and is now maintained by the OpenZFS community.
Official Resources
Installation
Full documentation for installing ZoL on your favorite Linux distribution can be found at our site.
Contribute & Develop
We have a separate document with contribution guidelines.
Release
ZFS on Linux is released under a CDDL license.
For more details see the NOTICE, LICENSE and COPYRIGHT files; UCRL-CODE-235197
Supported Kernels
- The
METAfile contains the officially recognized supported kernel versions.