Hello

On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 00:44, Markus TЖrnqvist wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I was thinking about some potential problems.
> 
> Actually, Nikita and I had a discussion about the issues with
> cross-architecture compatibility. It would apparently not be easy to
> do, because block size equals page size in Reiser4.
> 
yes, now moving a hard drive with reiser4 between systems with different
page size is impossible. 

> Is this common with other file systems?

no

>  I didn't get to ask that
> question so to get an answer :)
> 
> Just when stuff like FireWire and USB hard drives are getting popular
> and no-one should buy a PC laptop, this may become an issue for
> PPC Linux users...
> 
> Then, the issues with small and large keys. Is there any need for two
> sizes? Isn't it hazardous that some peoples' systems may cease to
> function because of that? It seems larger keys are far superior...
> 

Both large and small keys should be supported such that user does not
have to care of compile option
It was made compile option because there was a desire to try it as fast
as possible.

> Any performance issues, anything?
> 
> Thanks!

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