On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Miguel Medalha <miguelmedalha at 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