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The Solaris Porting Layer, SPL, is a Linux kernel module which provides a
compatibility layer used by the [ZFS on Linux](http://zfsonlinux.org) project.

# Installation

The latest version of the SPL is maintained as part of this repository.
Only when building ZFS version 0.7.x or earlier must an external SPL release
be used.  These releases can be found at:

  * Version 0.7.x: https://github.com/zfsonlinux/spl/tree/spl-0.7-release  
  * Version 0.6.5.x: https://github.com/zfsonlinux/spl/tree/spl-0.6.5-release  

# Release

The SPL is released under a GPLv2 license.  
For more details see the NOTICE and THIRDPARTYLICENSE files; `UCRL-CODE-235197`
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93ce2b4c BB	1	The Solaris Porting Layer, SPL, is a Linux kernel module which provides a
	2	compatibility layer used by the [ZFS on Linux](http://zfsonlinux.org) project.
	3
	4	# Installation
	5
	6	The latest version of the SPL is maintained as part of this repository.
	7	Only when building ZFS version 0.7.x or earlier must an external SPL release
	8	be used. These releases can be found at:
	9
	10	* Version 0.7.x: https://github.com/zfsonlinux/spl/tree/spl-0.7-release
	11	* Version 0.6.5.x: https://github.com/zfsonlinux/spl/tree/spl-0.6.5-release
	12
	13	# Release
	14
	15	The SPL is released under a GPLv2 license.
	16	For more details see the NOTICE and THIRDPARTYLICENSE files; `UCRL-CODE-235197`