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Diffstat (limited to 'nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix')
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix | 7 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix index f4c42b1622064..19292bd1ef716 100644 --- a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix +++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix @@ -80,11 +80,8 @@ in description = '' Name of directory from which to import ZFS devices. - Usually /dev works. However, ZFS import may fail if a device node is renamed. - It should therefore use stable device names, such as from /dev/disk/by-id. - - The default remains /dev for 15.09, due to backwards compatibility concerns. - It will change to /dev/disk/by-id in the next NixOS release. + This should be a path under /dev containing stable names for all devices needed, as + import may fail if device nodes are renamed concurrently with a device failing. ''; }; |