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Re: xfs on non x86

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Subject: Re: xfs on non x86
From: Thomas Graichen <news-innominate.list.sgi.xfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 28 Jul 2000 23:53:08 GMT
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Thomas Graichen <graichen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> just out of couriosity - is the xfs port to linux done with non x86
> platforms in mind or does it even run on any other platform than
> x86? - does it already work on the ia64?

> i assume in general it should not be a big problem - because xfs
> should be endianindependent (x86 is little - sgi mips big) and
> 64bit safe (irix 6 is 64bit) - but did anyone try to compile
> or even run it on linux alpha, ppc sparc or something else?

> if not - how much work do you expect it to be to get it going?

oh looks like someone else asked the same question - so it counts
as answered now :-)

t

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