Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:39:31 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, Gary Corcoran <gcorcoran@rcn.com>, Ivan Voras <ivoras@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Should we simply disallow ZFS on FreeBSD/i386? Message-ID: <478166B3.5040901@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <47814EAB.70405@FreeBSD.org> References: <fll63b$j1c$1@ger.gmane.org> <20080104163352.GA42835@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <9bbcef730801040958t36e48c9fjd0fbfabd49b08b97@mail.gmail.com> <200801061051.26817.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> <9bbcef730801060458k4bc9f2d6uc3f097d70e087b68@mail.gmail.com> <4780D289.7020509@FreeBSD.org> <flqmbo$eac$1@ger.gmane.org> <4780E546.9050303@FreeBSD.org> <9bbcef730801060651y489f1f9bw269d0968407dd8fb@mail.gmail.com> <4780EF09.4090908@FreeBSD.org> <flr0ie$euj$1@ger.gmane.org> <47810BE3.4080601@FreeBSD.org> <4781227B.5020800@rcn.com> <47814EAB.70405@FreeBSD.org>
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Hi, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Gary Corcoran wrote: > > I believe that 95% of hardware today that realistically is capable of I do not think so. > running ZFS is also capable of running 64bit code, so that potential ZFS All new hardware since Intel started supporting 64 bits on their Pentiums is. > limitations of already dying i386. And we are as a project are better Let's see it much more practical. Are all features and all ports all the time supported on all platforms? I do not think so. So, just make it a requirement for ZFS to run only on 64 bit upward. It is not that FreeBSD does not have some kind o file system for older machines. Erich
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