Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Aug 2000 16:32:30 +0300 | From | Matti Aarnio <> | Subject | Re: 2GIG-file |
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On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 06:58:11AM -0400, Mike Black wrote: > I investigated trying the LFS patches on 2.2.16 but am leery about doing it: > > >From http://www.scyld.com/software/lfs-5.html#glibc-mmap > Quote: > These LFS modifications are specific to the Linux 2.2.x kernels. The current > development kernels (2.3.42 when this was written) contain a subset of the > LFS functionality provided here and somewhat different interfaces for that > functionality. Also, continuing development on the 2.3.x kernel tree will > likely cause collisions with the syscall numbers selected for these > modifications. The result of all this is that the provided glibc will not > function correctly for applications using 64 bit intefaces on the 2.3.x > kernels or the 2.4.x kernels when they come out. > End Quote
I would suggest you look for RedHat 6.2 Enterprise Edition.
> Do I see a future chicken-and-egg problem here? If I do LFS now am I going > to get screwed when 2.4 comes out? > I need large file support fairly soon... > ________________________________________ > Michael D. Black Principal Engineer > mblack@csihq.com 321-676-2923,x203 > http://www.csihq.com Computer Science Innovations > http://www.csihq.com/~mike My home page > FAX 321-676-2355 > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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