Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2GIG-file | From | Trond Myklebust <> | Date | 01 Aug 2000 03:32:09 +0200 |
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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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