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SubjectRe: O_LARGEFILE
Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au>:
> On Solaris when I open a device file for a >2G hard drive without O_LARGEFILE
> then I can only read the first 2G of data. On Linux 2.4.0-test5 (and all
> other versions I have tested) and Glibc 2.1.3 (and all other libc versions I
> have tested) I can open /dev/hda without O_LARGEFILE and read as much data as
> there is.
> Does this constitute a bug in Linux? Is it planned to be fixed?
>
> I know this seems a bit picky, but it would be easier to develop software
> that is portable to other versions of Unix if this sort of thing just worked.

Ummm ... I don't see it as a bug, but a feature. This is the same action
that occurs on most systems that natively support >2G files. The O_LARGEFILE
is a no-op, since it works the same either way. (Cray UNICOS/SGI/and I believe
the IBM SP series).

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