zfsonlinux/zfs — Issue #544: Replacing UNAVAIL devices
Author: rlaager
Created: 2012-01-28 04:03:40+00:00
State: open

As discussed here:
http://groups.google.com/a/zfsonlinux.org/group/zfs-discuss/browse_thread/thread/c515f1d9e244b31a

It should be possible to replace a missing device without hacks such as creating fake device files.