Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:27:46 +0200 (CEST) | From | Marco Colombo <> | Subject | Re: Stability of ReiserFS onj Kernel 2.4.x (sp. 2.4.[56]{-ac*} |
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On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > Ext2 handles files larger than 2Gb, and can handle up to about 1Tb per volume > > > which is the block layer fs size limit. > > > > > The limits for reiserfs and ext2 for kernels 2.4.x are the same (and they are 2Tb not 1Tb). The > > limits are not in the individual filesystems. We need to have Linux go to 64 bit blocknumbers in > > Its 1 terabyte - there are some unclean sign bit abuses
Is this true also on 64-bits archs (Alpha, UltraSparc)? I guess limits listed in Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt assume 32 bits.
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