Big Sur: zfs kext not auto-loaded
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 6:52 pm
I (sacrificed a chicken,) upgraded my zfs-bearing iMac to Big Sur, and installed 2.0.0-rc6 onto it.
It seems to all be working, except for one thing: the zfs.kext doesn't auto-load on boot. I need to (kmutil load ...) it manually and then import my pools.
The very same 2.0.0-rc6 works just fine on a MacBook sitting next to it, so it's not a generic problem. The only difference I can think of is that the (working) MacBook was natively installed to Big Sur (it's brand spanking new), while the iMac with problems has a long, storied history of OS upgrades.
Any ideas? I've already tried to induce kmutil to rebuild its caches (it says it did), with no improvement. MacOS 11.3, zfs 2.0.0-rc6.
Cheers
-- perry
It seems to all be working, except for one thing: the zfs.kext doesn't auto-load on boot. I need to (kmutil load ...) it manually and then import my pools.
The very same 2.0.0-rc6 works just fine on a MacBook sitting next to it, so it's not a generic problem. The only difference I can think of is that the (working) MacBook was natively installed to Big Sur (it's brand spanking new), while the iMac with problems has a long, storied history of OS upgrades.
Any ideas? I've already tried to induce kmutil to rebuild its caches (it says it did), with no improvement. MacOS 11.3, zfs 2.0.0-rc6.
Cheers
-- perry