Re: [PATCH, RFC] default to inode64 on 64-bit systems

[Michael Weissenbacher <mw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi!
> Making inode64 the default on 64 bit systems seems like a good idea to
> me.  But would it not be advisable to have a mount option that forces
> the old behaviour, just in case?  Something like "broken32bituserspace"
> (or maybe "inode32").
> 
I think such a mount option would be a must. There is lots of 32-bit Software 
that cannot cope with 64-bit inodes. Unfortunately there are closed-source 
32-bit apps (which can be run on 64 bit systems) where nothing can be done for 
64-bit inode compatiblity in the short term. Had this problem very recently 
with the Zmanda Enterprise Backup Software, which forced me to remove the 
inode64 option.

regards,
Michael