Matt,

I asked users who want ZFSOnLinux upstream to support additional
architectures to assist me in porting it. I CCed gentoo-dev@ because
many people in the Gentoo community that had already offered to help
with other things.

The only immediate effect that this will have on Gentoo is `env
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~* sys-fs/zfs` will work on additional architectures. If
users request that Gentoo support ZFS on their platforms, then we will
be in a position to consider that.

Yours truly,
Richard Yao

On 02/05/2013 03:58 PM, Matt Turner wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Richard Yao <ryao@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> Dear Everyone,
>>
>> Does anyone have root access to Linux systems on any of the following
>> architectures that is willing to help ZFS development?
>>
>> Alpha
>> HPPA
>> IA-64
>> MIPS/MIPS64
>> PPC/PPC64
>> SH
>> SPARC/SPARC64
>>
>> I want to port ZFSOnLinux to all Gentoo Linux architectures this year.
>> The above architectures either are not currently supported or have not
>> been tested in a while. Most of them will require patching isa_defs.h,
>> which I am in a position to do. I am not distributing the patches
>> because I don't know if ZFS will build on those platforms.
>>
>> People willing (and able) to help should email me with their
>> architecture and distribution. Gentoo Linux is preferred, but not
>> required. No knowledge of programming is required. I will provide you
>> with instructions on how to build and test ZFS on your architecture.
>>
>> Yours truly,
>> Richard Yao
>>
> 
> I talked to ryao on IRC, but didn't seem to get my point across:
> 
> (Almost?) no one runs Gentoo on any of these architectures for
> anything other than the novelty. There is zero point in maintaining
> ZFS on them, and it only stands to add load to the arch teams.
> 
> These architectures operate on a
> we-only-keyword-things-necessary-or-users-ask-for policy. I don't
> think ZFS falls into either of these cases.
>