Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 02 Nov 2001 15:30:49 +0300 | From | Hans Reiser <> | Subject | Re: where the filesystem size limitation coms from? |
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zmwillow wrote:
>Hi: >That is say: in 2.4.x, the max filesystem size of ext2 is 32T, and i >want know >what is the reiserfs(and others) max size ? and where the limitation >comes from(VFS layer)? >Maybe you can give some clue . >And the max file size now biger than 2G(is 16T), how reiserfs implement it? >Thanx a lot! >zmwillow > >Best regard > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > block numbers are a 32 bit int is the problem. sectors are also kept as a 32 bit int, but that is a layer below reiserfs. block numbers become 64 bit in reiser4, but not sure when rest of linux goes to 64 bit block numbers
Hans
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