Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 Jul 2000 14:48:58 -0600 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: 2GIG-file |
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I stand corrected. Looks like smbfs in 2.2.X uses a long long * (loff_t) so this should work.
:-)
Jeff
"Jeff V. Merkey" wrote: > > Alan Cox wrote: > > > > > Dear Al, Linus, and Alan -- 2GB liit is probably something to look at > > > expanding in the future to support these huge SQL server database files. > > > > Indeed. Thats why there are 2.2 patches and 2.4test already zapped it. I think > > the limit is now about 1Tb for a file and hit due to block layer limits > > But not for everything. The 2.2.X VFS is limited to 2GB (since the fs > drivers were coded this way). I treat the off_t field as an unsigned > long so I'm at 4GB. 2.4.X does support big files, but this guy was > asking about "commercial" linux distributions he could get his hands on, > and most folks are still on 2.2.X. Some of the FS drivers treat this > field as a signed long in 2.2.X. > > I've known about the LargeFS patches for some time, but do they, for > example, let someone using ncpfs read and write a 4GB file on a NetWare > server? No, they don't because the read() and write() functions are > limited to 2GB in 2.2.X. This support is for EXT% variants and isn't > global across all the fs's. He has to get the data to the system > somehow, and it's a good bet he will be using a network to do it. Which > client can support copying of a 3.4GB file on Linux in the question-- > SMBFS since it's an NT server -- I don't think so? Since the VFS is > limited to 2GB, I guess he can install large FS support, then stare at > the system and wonder how to get the file onto it. > > :-) > > Jeff
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