Re: RPI CM3+ - ZFS boot possible?

On Wed, Sep 20, 2023, at 11:18, Patrick M. Hausen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> can these modules boot from ZFS? I would probably be able to create a 
> ZFS based setup
> by installing the regular image, copying the entire root UFS to the 
> swap area and booting
> into that.
>
> Memories ... that used to be how you created mirrored setups for 
> commercial Unices
> like e.g. Sinix/Pyramid. ;-)
>
> From that temporary system running in the ~ 2 GB swap partition I could create a
> ZFS installation in the remaining ~ 27 GB of the onboard MMC storage.
>
> But what - if at all - do I need to change in the EFI partition to make 
> the system boot
> from ZFS?

We’re punting on this over in the illumos-arm project, but if someone has this working I’d love to know!