Bug 710488 – sys-fs/zfs-kmod-0.8.3: Linux 5.4 is the latest supported version

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX

[Description vowstar 2020-02-22 14:35:55 UTC]

After update linux kernel, the sys-fs/zfs-kmod-0.8.3 installed failed with message

 * ERROR: sys-fs/zfs-kmod-0.8.3::gentoo failed (setup phase):
 *   Linux 5.4 is the latest supported version


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. upgrade kernel to 5.5.5
2. install sys-fs/zfs-kmod-0.8.3
3. failed (setup phase):
Actual Results:  
 * ERROR: sys-fs/zfs-kmod-0.8.3::gentoo failed (setup phase):
 *   Linux 5.4 is the latest supported version

Expected Results:  
Install successful

[Comment 1 Georgy Yakovlev 2020-02-22 21:46:23 UTC]

but 5.4 is the latest supported version by this version of zfs.
stay on 5.4 kernel if you use zfs, it's LTS kernel.

[Comment 2 Georgy Yakovlev 2020-02-22 21:55:09 UTC]

Just to clarify, I realized my previous message is a bit short.

This is by design, zfs-0.8.3 does not support linux-5.5, nothing I can do here.
Next release of zfs probably will support newer kernels.

you can mask 5.5 kernels so they don't get automatically installed by portage

add to package.mask
>=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.5
>=sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-5-5

and you'll be getting updates to 5.4 kernel only. after new version of is released you can retry it with newer kernels.

[Comment 3 vowstar 2020-02-23 06:02:08 UTC]

(In reply to Georgy Yakovlev from comment #2)
> Just to clarify, I realized my previous message is a bit short.
> 
> This is by design, zfs-0.8.3 does not support linux-5.5, nothing I can do
> here.
> Next release of zfs probably will support newer kernels.
> 
> you can mask 5.5 kernels so they don't get automatically installed by portage
> 
> add to package.mask
> >=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.5
> >=sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-5-5
> 
> and you'll be getting updates to 5.4 kernel only. after new version of is
> released you can retry it with newer kernels.

Thank you