Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
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>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?478166B3.5040901>