Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-xfs); Wed, 10 Aug 2005 06:25:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx2.suse.de (ns2.suse.de [195.135.220.15]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id j7ADPiH9003182 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 06:25:45 -0700 Received: from Relay2.suse.de (mail2.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56EED1D573; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:23:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from verdi.suse.de (verdi.suse.de [10.11.0.38]) by Relay2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49DC616CA7; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:23:33 +0200 (CEST) To: Ethan Benson Cc: linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: XFS and AMD64 References: <20050808025536.GA2029@plato.local.lan> From: Andi Kleen Date: 10 Aug 2005 15:23:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20050808025536.GA2029@plato.local.lan> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 5768 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: linux-xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com X-original-sender: ak@suse.de Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-xfs Status: O Content-Length: 522 Lines: 14 Ethan Benson writes: > > Since I need utmost i386 binary compatibility I would most likely need > to run a 32 bit user-space with a 64 bit kernel. The Debian AMD64 > pages claim this type of setup will work but certain configurations do > not, one example they state is XFS. There is a problem when a unclean log from the 32bit kernel is replayed on the 64bit kernel (or the other way round). Just make sure you always have clean unmounts when you switch between 32bit and 64bit kernels. -Andi