[zfs-code] ZFS and deduplication?

BJ Quinn
Fri, 22 May 2009 16:16:02 -0000

> When you ''pkg image-update'' it will update everything
consistently so
> the kernel is updated as well as all the matching commands and libraries.

> Unlike Linux the OpenSolaris kernel isn''t separate but is part of
the
> same source base as libc and many of the core commands. The builds in
> the /dev repository carefully lined up collection of all the source
> bases (consolidations) to form a build.

Got it.  So this means that if I wait for deduplication to show up in the OS dev
repository, then I can install 2009.06 and the run pkg image-update.  This would
update me to build 125 (or whatever) with deduplication, although I''d
have to wait for 2010.02 (or whatever) to have that functionality in a
"non-dev" version.

> There is on OpenSolaris equivalent to grabbing just the kernel source
> for Linux.

I assume you mean "no" OpenSolaris equivalent.

Thanks for the explanation!