Re: XFS on x86_64 Linux Question

[Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007, Andi Kleen wrote:

> Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > Had a quick question, if I re-provision a host with an Intel Core Duo
> > CPU with x86_64 Linux; I create a software raid array and use the XFS
> > filesystem-- all in 64bit space...
> >
> > If I boot a recovery image such as Knoppix, it will not be able to
> > work on the filesystem correct?  I would need a 64bit live CD?
> There used to be a XFS bug that 32bit journals couldn't
> be replayed on 64bit and vice versa. This means you couldn't mount
> a dirty file system on the other architecture. But this bug has been
> long fixed and mounting clean file systems always worked.
>
> -Andi
Thanks for the prompt reply!  I have more confidence in trying x86_64 now 
:)
Justin.