From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CE451381F3 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 11:33:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1D5CD21C09A; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 11:32:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-f176.google.com (mail-vc0-f176.google.com [209.85.220.176]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0DB3AE0F65 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 11:32:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f176.google.com with SMTP id ha11so1963852vcb.35 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 04:32:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=aUv3hEnPm3GJ1Djay7mRvQGYj9W+J6D8VbA+a55kuB8=; b=PiLYeVwwqLXNMH/yRyfirvOzzdaoweNS3YVjrZd2p5mYKJjQCbxxuZAyhgLG69yhI7 l7URZUZPTroUIDamEYPP2JYzV7fP13uC+57tmNGuHhoGUYm3PamlAuTrZy8p8kLqHo6y VYAIYMdn8v3R/j6aNT9U2nPk4Ii8ESFxQxDEQR02O0Lj4FdjPH/fHt2U0ZHWBqZkYorC HOwiSgFTCKatJ6u3Qq2qbFS1ddVT/OCqpZ/2Byjp6gjKATlnApvdKtxXpfFdu1Ma8gaH dlPzOJMXe6ajc2VrTrLR+btuN+ZhpJ39ZO41oCiUBBThzwLoahrfgKxPuKnb5hlSRVKf A/vA== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.199.5 with SMTP id eq5mr12759975vcb.16.1377948768194; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 04:32:48 -0700 (PDT) Sender: alon.barlev@gmail.com Received: by 10.58.255.193 with HTTP; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 04:32:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5221D36C.6020705@libertytrek.org> References: <439435.46090.bm@smtp104.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <5220AD8D.5080306@gmail.com> <5220AFD3.6060402@libertytrek.org> <201308302116.50428.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <5221cdd7.S2w25gmdoevBzP/Z%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> <5221D36C.6020705@libertytrek.org> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 14:32:48 +0300 X-Google-Sender-Auth: aOEc7qXdnGRnOED2Kn5oPWolJQk Message-ID: Subject: Re: Integrated ZFS for Gentoo - WAS Re: [gentoo-user] Optional /usr merge in Gentoo From: Alon Bar-Lev To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: dabd4d54-8411-4b50-83fa-3fb6fb63bdf9 X-Archives-Hash: 7ed9677ef1076d12e1ef4b0ab8541dfc On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > > On 2013-08-31 7:04 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote: >> >> Everything is dynamic, you would however put a lot of effort into the linux >> kernel to get to that state...e.g. automated major device numbering. > > > ??? I've been running my servers without modules since... I started running servers. > > Servers are not like desktops - constantly changing devices. They - in most cases - *are* static, and most people *want* them that way. > > Regardless, please do *not* distract this thread with arguments about it. If you don't want or see the benefit, fine, just ignore this thread. > I do not understand this thread. If this is not mainline, and it is not trivial gentoo kernels maintainer patch, and you must have this as static, you can just put the patch within /etc/portage/patches/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources/, so it will patch your kernel every time you emerge new one. Regards, Alon