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SubjectRe: 2GIG-file
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>>>>> " " == Jeff V Merkey <jmerkey@timpanogas.com> writes:

> Alan Cox wrote:
>>
>>
>> The VFS is not limited to 2Gig with the patches, some file
>> systems may be due to internal limits (eg NFSv2).

> This was my whole point. After swimming in linux fs code for
> two years, I've noticed that some of the FS drivers don't
> support files over 2GB due to legacy VFS issues. NWFS is at
> 256 Terabytes per file on 2.4.

FYI: NFSv2 is not a legacy issue. It's the protocol itself that has a
32-bit limit. v3 is the first LFS-compatible revision of the NFS
protocol.

Cheers,
Trond

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