Nicola Zilio

@Igor, I totally get that . Then, perhaps, there is even a simpler and quicker solution: getting a new WiFi dongle. From what I see from https://www.armbian.com/compatible/?_search=wifi, the AC 8811au and AC 8812BU should be supported. Is that still the case? Which chip would you recommend getting, keeping future compatibility in mind?

@Igor that's fair. So the same, i.e. lack of support for the drivers, applies to more recent kernels too? If so, could you maybe have tips on how to integrate them myself? Thank you very much!

@Igor, sorry to bother again about this, I am confused as to whether the drivers are actually included in the latest kernels or not? I checked your PR but it says that it says it's closed with unmerged commits https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/7012. Thanks a lot again!

Good to know. Would the Ubuntu version also matter for this? You tried with Noble, I am on Jammy.

Just a quick update. Updating the kernel to the latest version (v6.12.17) causes ZFS to break. Trying to install zfs-dkms v 2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1 fails with this version of the kernel Unpacking zfs-dkms (2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1) ... Setting up zfs-dkms (2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1) ... Loading new zfs-2.2.6 DKMS files... It is likely that 6.12.16-current-meson64 belongs to a chroot's host Building for 6.12.17-current-meson64 Building initial module for 6.12.17-current-meson64 Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.12.17-current-meson64 (aarch64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/zfs/2.2.6/build/make.log for more information. dpkg: error processing package zfs-dkms (--configure): installed zfs-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10 Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.140ubuntu13.4) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.12.17-current-meson64 update-initramfs: Armbian: Converting to u-boot format: /boot/uInitrd-6.12.17-current-meson64 Image Name: uInitrd Created: Tue Mar 4 22:12:09 2025 Image Type: AArch64 Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) Data Size: 27871025 Bytes = 27217.80 KiB = 26.58 MiB Load Address: 00000000 Entry Point: 00000000 v2.2.7 can be built but it is still incompatible with the most recent version of zfsutils-linux available. Reverting back to kernel v6.6.63 solves all of these problems. @Igor is there any way to know whether ZFS is supported with a specific kernel version, before installing it?

I would also be interested in, maybe official :), support for this board. What would the procedure be for that?

From what I can see, they are (?) root@odroid:/# apt-cache policy zfsutils-linux zfsutils-linux: Installed: 2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1 Candidate: 2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1 Version table: *** 2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1 500 500 http://apt.armbian.com jammy/jammy-utils arm64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.2.5-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1 500 500 http://apt.armbian.com jammy/jammy-utils arm64 Packages 2.2.4-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1 500 500 http://apt.armbian.com jammy/jammy-utils arm64 Packages 2.1.5-1ubuntu6~22.04.4 500 500 http://ports.ubuntu.com jammy-security/main arm64 Packages 500 http://ports.ubuntu.com jammy-updates/main arm64 Packages 2.1.2-1ubuntu3 500 500 http://ports.ubuntu.com jammy/main arm64 Packages root@odroid:/# apt-cache policy zfs-dkms zfs-dkms: Installed: 2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1 Candidate: 2.2.7-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1 Version table: 2.2.7-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1 500 500 http://apt.armbian.com jammy/jammy-utils arm64 Packages 500 http://apt.armbian.com jammy/jammy-utils all Packages *** 2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1 500 500 http://apt.armbian.com jammy/jammy-utils arm64 Packages 500 http://apt.armbian.com jammy/jammy-utils all Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.2.5-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1 500 500 http://apt.armbian.com jammy/jammy-utils arm64 Packages 500 http://apt.armbian.com jammy/jammy-utils all Packages 2.2.4-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1 500 500 http://apt.armbian.com jammy/jammy-utils arm64 Packages 500 http://apt.armbian.com jammy/jammy-utils all Packages 2.1.5-1ubuntu6~22.04.4 500 500 http://ports.ubuntu.com jammy-security/universe arm64 Packages 500 http://ports.ubuntu.com jammy-updates/universe arm64 Packages 2.1.2-1ubuntu3 500 500 http://ports.ubuntu.com jammy/universe arm64 Packages I managed to resolve the issue by specifying the version to use, in this case 2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1

@Igor, I'm sorry to bother about this again, but after an additional upgrade, things have gotten even more complicated. When I try to enable ZFS support I get the following error Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done zfs-dkms is already the newest version (2.2.7-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1). Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: zfsutils-linux : Breaks: zfs-dkms (> 2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1...) It seems that zfsutils-linux and zfs-dkms are incompatible.

Ok, once again, I found a solution, though I don't understand why the following needs to be done: I uninstalled ZFS support via armbian-config I installed again ZFS support via armbian-config I force-installed the relevant package apt install --reinstall linux-headers-current-meson64

@Igor, I have now upgraded to kernel 6.6.63 and in the process ZFS support was removed. The compilation process even stated that it would do that because some module was missing. I don't really understand why it would do that. Here's the link for the output of armbianmonitor -u, https://paste.next.armbian.com/axogecixoy. Thanks in advance.

Hi @Igor, Thank you for following up on this! In the end, coincidentally I think, I managed to get it to work. I saw that a new armbian package was available via apt. I installed it, and because it included kernel 6.6.61-current-meson64, I saw that when this was being built, one of the steps was to write the headers for ZFS. I restarted my board, and now ZFS works.

Dear all, I am trying to install ZFS on my ODROID N2+ without success. I am sure this question has been asked before, but I don't think the answers I found are still relevant, unfortunately. Linux odroid 6.6.47-current-meson64 #3 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 19 04:04:32 UTC 2024 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux BOARD=odroidn2 BOARD_NAME="Odroid N2" BOARDFAMILY=meson-g12b BUILD_REPOSITORY_URL=https://github.com/armbian/build BUILD_REPOSITORY_COMMIT=89476e86f LINUXFAMILY=meson64 ARCH=arm64 BOOT_SOC= IMAGE_TYPE=stable BOARD_TYPE=conf INITRD_ARCH=arm64 KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=Image KERNEL_TARGET=current,edge KERNEL_TEST_TARGET=current FORCE_BOOTSCRIPT_UPDATE=yes FORCE_UBOOT_UPDATE= OVERLAYDIR="/boot/dtb/amlogic/overlay" VENDOR="Armbian" VENDORDOCS="https://docs.armbian.com" VENDORURL="https://www.armbian.com" VENDORSUPPORT="https://forum.armbian.com" VENDORBUGS="https://www.armbian.com/bugs" BOOTSCRIPT_FORCE_UPDATE="yes" BOOTSCRIPT_DST="boot.cmd" VERSION=24.8.4 REVISION=24.8.4 BRANCH=current Using armbian-config, I installed the kernel headers, and also the full firmware for good measure. After restarting the board, I run `apt install zfs-dkms zfsutils-linux`, but I get Preparing to unpack .../zfsutils-linux_2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1_arm64.deb ... Unpacking zfsutils-linux (2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1) ... Selecting previously unselected package zfs-dkms. Preparing to unpack .../zfs-dkms_2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1_all.deb ... Unpacking zfs-dkms (2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1) ... Setting up zfsutils-linux (2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1) ... modprobe: FATAL: Module zfs not found in directory /lib/modules/6.6.47-current-meson64 Trying to create a pool raises this error zpool create wdred_zpool raidz2 x y z The ZFS modules cannot be auto-loaded. Try running 'modprobe zfs' as root to manually load them. modprobe zfs modprobe: FATAL: Module zfs not found in directory /lib/modules/6.6.47-current-meson64 Any ideas? Thank you in advance.

Yes, it does seem to be challenging. I'm happy to wait for a fix :).

Ok, so that means that, for now, I could simple hold that one package back (apt-mark hold linux-dtb-current-rockchip64 and/or linux-image-current-rockchip64) and in theory I should be good?

Flashing https://armbian.hosthatch.com/archive/odroidm1/archive/Armbian_23.11.2_Odroidm1_jammy_current_6.1.68.img.xz did solve the issue. However, running apt update && apt upgrade reintroduced the problem. Therefore, it would appear that some updated packages breaks compatibility with these WiFi dongles.