From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:48:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.suse.de (mx1.suse.de [195.135.220.2]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id l3SGlvfB010655 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:47:58 -0700 Subject: Re: XFS on x86_64 Linux Question References: From: Andi Kleen Date: 28 Apr 2007 19:32:11 +0200 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: Justin Piszcz Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com, linux-raid@linux-kernel.vger.kernel.org Justin Piszcz 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