Re: [Linux-ia64] __ia64_syscall ?

[Martin Wilck <Martin.Wilck@fujitsu-siemens.com>]

Hi Jes,

> __ia64_syscall is obsolete. The reiserfs-tools package should use the
> syscall() interface instead. What they doing is also wrong on the ia32
> though it happens to work.

Thanks for the quick response.

> That said please be aware that I do not think reiserfs has been ported
> to 64 bit architectures yet. That and the number of severe problem
> reports that keeps coming in about it, I'd strongly recommend you stay
> far away from it and try a better file system.

ReiserFS works on SuSE/IA64. Andreas Schwab told me so (I wouldn't believe
it either), I tried it here (not extensively, though) and so far I have
had no problems. It appears that ReiserFS "simply" needs a few additional patches
the SuSE kernels include.

I am currently trying to find out what these patches are.

> If you want a journaled
> file system, I recommend you take a look at XFS or EXT3. I know that
> Martin Petersen got XFS going on the Alpha so it should work fine on
> the ia64 as well.

It seems that SGI is now providing XFS patches against recent kernels.
Might be worth a try now ... so far I've refused to use their CVS kernel
tree.

Thanks again,
Martin

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