5 Dec
2009
5 Dec
'09
6:46 p.m.
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Miguel Medalha miguelmedalha@sapo.pt wrote:
And, as of CentOS 5.4, xfs is now enabled in the kernel, so no need for any external kernel module. But yes, this is available for x86_64 only
... a decision that many people have trouble at understanding!
I asked Eric Sandeen of RH about the 64-bit only support. Here is what he said:
"xfs is targeted for big filesystems; 32-bit can't go over 16T anyway" "plus there's that 4k stack issue which can be a problem in some configurations"
Akemi