Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Aug 1997 03:26:13 -0400 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: large file support? (fwd) |
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From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 09:31:56 +0100 (BST)
> Indeed, but what about things such as inode numbers etc.?
Who says you need 64bit inode numbers for a large file system. Nothing stops a 64bit fs with multi-terabyte files having 8bit inodes.
Size of individual files themselves is only one dimension of real large file system support.
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