Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 20 Nov 2000 21:42:16 +0200 | From | Matti Aarnio <> | Subject | Re: Bug in large files ext2 in 2.4.0-test11 ? |
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On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 02:16:41PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > > > Do programs compiled against a glibc with LFS (2.4.x kernel) support, and > > > using that LFS support, work on kernel 2.2.x machines? > > > > Yes. Even glibc (2.2) compiled against kernel without LFS support has LFS > > interface. Of course limited to 2GB files only. > > On some platforms... > > E.g. I can already access > 2gig files on my ultrasparc :)
And I can do so on Alpha, which has forever had 64-bit file sizes also at the kernel side.
All glibc since 2.1 have user-visible interfaces of 64-bit file-sizes, but the glibc/kernel interface depends on what kernel headers have been used when compiling glibc.
Just for comparison, RedHat delivers glibc compiled with 2.3.nn/2.4.0 headers -> newer interfaces are supported.
> Ben > / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ > ` bcollins@debian.org -- bcollins@openldap.org -- bcollins@linux.com '
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