On 6.4.2011 17:27, Warren Young wrote: > On 4/5/2011 11:24 AM, Brandon Ooi wrote: >> Afaik 32-bit binaries do run on the 64-bit build and compat libraries >> exist for most everything. You should evaluate if you really *really* >> need 32-bit. > Yes, thanks for assuming I don't know what I was talking about when I > wrote that we had a hard requirement for 32-bit in this application. > > Since you seem to care, we're stuck with 32-bit for this particular > server because it needs to use an uncommon PCI card that does have Linux > drivers but they only work with 32-bit kernels. The driver will rebuild > against a 64-bit kernel, but it oopses it when you try to use it. The > card is a legacy design, so no one has bothered to do debug this, and > likely no one ever will. > > And before you ask, no, there is no direct replacement for this PCI card > that does support 64-bit kernels. The path forward is to use an > entirely different technology, which is great, but using it requires > changing physical infrastructure ($$$) that the server plugs into. > > Legacy is hard. Next time someone tells you they can't use the latest > and greatest for some reason, you might take them at their word. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hi, Just a shot in the dark....but can't you have a x86_64 NFS server export a fs larger then 16TB and mount that on your x86 machine for use with your application? Bgrds, FOG