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    SubjectRe: 64-bit block sizes on 32-bit systems
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    Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> writes:

    > On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 10:47:13AM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote:
    > > What do you mean by problems 5 years down the road? The real issue is that
    > > this 32-bit block count limit affects composite devices like MD RAID and
    > > LVM today, not just individual disks. There have been several postings
    > > I have seen with people having a problem _today_ with a 2TB limit on
    > > devices.
    >
    > people who can afford 2TB of disc can afford to buy a 64-bit processor.

    Currently that doesn't solve the problem as block_nr is held in an int.
    And as gcc compiles an int to a 32bit number on a 64bit processor, the
    problem still isn't solved.

    That at least we need to address.

    Eric
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