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Improve the distribution detection by moving the tests for distribution specific files first. The Ubuntu and Debian checks are left for last because they are the least likely to be unique. This is particularly true in the case of Debian since so many distributions are based on Debian. Since this is currently only used to identify the correct packaging method for this system the result in many instances is simply cosmetic. Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
The Solaris Porting Layer (SPL) is a Linux kernel module which provides many of the Solaris kernel APIs. This shim layer makes it possible to run Solaris kernel code in the Linux kernel with relatively minimal modification. This can be particularly useful when you want to track upstream Solaris development closely and don’t want the overhead of maintaining a large patch which converts Solaris primitives to Linux primitives.
To build packages for your distribution:
$ ./configure
$ make pkg
Full documentation for building, configuring, and using the SPL can be found at: http://zfsonlinux.org