Questions about the status of XFS

[Robert Hofner <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Are there any news regarding the availability (and functionality) of XFS
on Compaq Alpha machines ?
The release caveats states that  "specifying O_SYNC on open will not
have the desired effect.". Does XFS ignores other synchronous operation
? Is O_SYNC only ignored or also discard (so that the kernel doesn't
know about the existence of this flag at all ?).

Thanks in advance,

Robert