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==== Latest kernel compatible with ZFS ====

Newer kernels might not be supported by ZFS yet. If you are running a kernel which is not officially supported by ~~zfs~~, the module will refuse to evaluate and show an error.

Newer kernels might not be supported by ZFS yet. If you are running a kernel which is not officially supported by ZFS, the module will refuse to evaluate and show an error. With that being said, NixOS does support a number of kernel versions that are compatible with ZFS, and while it is important to understand these details on compatibility, they should not be taken as a deterrent from using ZFS on NixOS.

You can pin to a newer kernel version explicitly, but note that this version may be dropped by upstream and in nixpkgs prior to zfs supporting the next version. See [[Linux kernel]] for more information.<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">

You can pin to a newer kernel version explicitly, but note that this version may be dropped by upstream and in <code>nixpkgs</code> prior to zfs supporting the next version. See [[Linux kernel]] for more information, including which kernel versions <code>nixpkgs</code> provides.

{

boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;

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in

{

# Note this might jump back and ~~worth~~ as ~~kernel get~~ added or removed.

# Note this might jump back and forth as kernels are added or removed.

boot.kernelPackages = latestKernelPackage;

}

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 ==== Latest kernel compatible with ZFS ====
-Newer kernels might not be supported by ZFS yet. If you are running a kernel which is not officially supported by zfs, the module will refuse to evaluate and show an error.
+Newer kernels might not be supported by ZFS yet. If you are running a kernel which is not officially supported by ZFS, the module will refuse to evaluate and show an error. With that being said, NixOS does support a number of kernel versions that are compatible with ZFS, and while it is important to understand these details on compatibility, they should not be taken as a deterrent from using ZFS on NixOS.
-You can pin to a newer kernel version explicitly, but note that this version may be dropped by upstream and in nixpkgs prior to zfs supporting the next version. See [[Linux kernel]] for more information.<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
+You can pin to a newer kernel version explicitly, but note that this version may be dropped by upstream and in <code>nixpkgs</code> prior to zfs supporting the next version. See [[Linux kernel]] for more information, including which kernel versions <code>nixpkgs</code> provides.
+<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
 {
    boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
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 in
 {
-   # Note this might jump back and worth as kernel get added or removed.
+   # Note this might jump back and forth as kernels are added or removed.
    boot.kernelPackages = latestKernelPackage;
 }