Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC 0/3] Convert XFS inode hashes to radix trees | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 04 Oct 2006 19:59:15 +0200 |
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David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com> writes: > > And yes, 64 bit systems are cheap, cheap, cheap so IMO this > functionality is really irrelevant moving forward. If it had come > along a couple of years ago then it would be different, but I think > mainstream technology is finally catching up with XFS so it's not a > critical issue anymore... ;)
One issue is that people often still run a lot of 32bit userland even with 64bit kernels. The compat layer will just truncate the inodes I think. But so far I haven't heard of anybody complaining on x86-64.
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