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Brian Behlendorf 5fbb2c1c4e Test configs for md, dm, and ramdisk style block devices
For the sake of completeness we need to validate everything works
well not just on IDE or SCSI drives.  But we need to verify a
zpool configured on top of the Linux virtual block devices.
These scripts simply that testing process, and have shown that
while everything is good on top of a ram disk.  Right now the
code base panics the kernel when layered on top of either an
md or dm style device.  For the moment don't do that.
2009-10-26 10:41:06 -07:00
cmd Merge commit 'refs/top-bases/zfs-branch' into zfs-branch 2009-10-23 12:24:39 -07:00
config Update zpool-configs to be udev aware. 2009-10-21 11:38:51 -07:00
doc Refresh zfs-branch 2008-12-05 09:46:11 -08:00
lib Merge commit 'refs/top-bases/zfs-branch' into zfs-branch 2009-10-14 15:57:10 -07:00
module Merge commit 'refs/top-bases/zfs-branch' into zfs-branch 2009-08-18 14:18:36 -07:00
scripts Test configs for md, dm, and ramdisk style block devices 2009-10-26 10:41:06 -07:00
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DISCLAIMER Initial Linux ZFS GIT Repo 2008-11-20 12:01:55 -08:00
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META Tag zfs-0.4.5. 2009-08-04 14:56:40 -07:00
Makefile.am Install zfs_config, zfs_unconfig, symbols in to correct location. 2009-07-01 12:51:06 -07:00
OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE Add CDDL license file 2008-12-01 14:49:34 -08:00
README Refresh README 2009-01-20 16:16:57 -08:00
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ZFS.RELEASE Rebase master to b121 2009-08-18 11:43:27 -07:00
autogen.sh Core target arch support for conditional compilation of SUBDIRs 2009-06-08 16:07:43 -07:00
configure.ac Additional set of build system tweaks for libefi library. 2009-10-09 16:37:32 -07:00
zfs-modules.spec.in Remove usage of the __id_u macro for portability. 2009-10-05 13:01:01 -07:00
zfs.spec.in Update build system for libblkid integration 2009-10-15 16:25:18 -07:00
zfs_unconfig.h Distro friendly build system / packaging improvements. 2009-07-01 10:53:05 -07:00

README

============================ ZFS KERNEL BUILD ============================

1) Build the SPL (Solaris Porting Layer) module which is designed to
   provide many Solaris APIs in the Linux kernel which are needed
   by ZFS.  To build the SPL:

        tar -xzf spl-x.y.z.tgz
        cd spl-x.y.z
        ./configure --with-linux=<kernel src>
        make
        make check <as root>

2) Build ZFS, this port is based on build specified by the ZFS.RELEASE
   file.  You will need to have both the kernel and SPL source available.
   To build ZFS for use as a Linux kernel module.

        tar -xzf zfs-x.y.z.tgz
        cd zfs-x.y.z
        ./configure --with-linux=<kernel src> \
                    --with-spl=<spl src>
        make
        make check <as root>

============================ ZPIOS TEST SUITE ============================

3) Provided is an in-kernel test application called zpios which can be
   used to simulate a parallel IO load.  It may be used as a stress 
   or performance test for your configuration.  To simplify testing
   scripts provided in the scripts/ directory which provide a few
   pre-built zpool configurations and zpios test cases.  By default
   'make check' as root will run a simple test against several small
   loopback devices created in /tmp/.

       cd scripts
       ./zfs.sh					# Load the ZFS/SPL modules
       ./zpios.sh -c lo-raid0.sh -t tiny -v 	# Tiny zpios loopback test
       ./zfs.sh -u				# Unload the ZFS/SPL modules

Enjoy,
Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>