> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if there is planning to build XFS on other architectures
> then IA32.
> Things like cobalt-mips, IA64, PPC come to mind.
>
> Would it be hard to do and is there something planned in this direction?
> --Seth
> (not really here)
Internally a mips port has been done, so has ia64 - we need to get those
merged back into the tree. However, the major hold up at the moment is that
the user space code still uses a lot of the kernel header files, this
connection is getting broken and should make building user space on other
platforms easier.
Apart from having a vested interest in the ia64 and mips ports, the other
reason they got tried was both give you ways of using an existing user
space port - the ia32 one or the irix one.
So I would say have a go at a kernel port, provided you have a way of moving a
partition from an ia32 box to the target box. Hopefully user space will get
less painful once the link between the kernel and it is broken.
Internally we do not have the bandwidth to attempt all the platforms, but we
would accept patches....
Steve
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