Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:55:58 +0200 From: "Niels S. Eliasen" <nse@delfi-konsult.com> To: grehan@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS .. on PowerPC ? Message-ID: <C8A0B40E-DC0A-42DE-8436-C09776E0309E@delfi-konsult.com> In-Reply-To: <48D2F238.7070102@freebsd.org> References: <B4645B39-9D9D-49C5-8F69-55704CD2F6AA@delfi-konsult.com> <60ACBA3B-927C-4F2C-8680-A6B40B81E06C@mac.com> <48D2F238.7070102@freebsd.org>
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Hi Peter, Marcel Den 19/09/2008 kl. 02.28 skrev Peter Grehan: > Hi Marcel, > >> ZFS requires 64-bit atomic operations, which >> PowerPC doesn't have. So, we can't build the >> ZFS kernel module. That's probably why you >> get the error... > > Pjd has a workaround for non-LP64 systems in > > cddl/compat/opensolaris/kern/opensolaris_atomic.c > > .. that funnel all 64-bit atomic ops through a single mutex. Not > particularly efficient but it should still work. Unless I'm missing > some other code paths here. > > later, > > Peter. Sounds like a good thing .... Is this possible to do for a non-progamming guy.... in other (layman's) words ... is there a howto for this ? kind regards nse "Ach, crivens, what a wee snotter....." Quote from "The Wee Free Men" by Terry Pratchett
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