From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-fx0-f49.google.com ([209.85.161.49]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1OFJIn-0003xW-DS for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 21 May 2010 03:53:38 +0000 Received: by fxm15 with SMTP id 15so509332fxm.36 for ; Thu, 20 May 2010 20:53:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: 2GB file size limit? From: Artem Bityutskiy To: David Lambert In-Reply-To: <4BEE1582.40706@lambsys.com> References: <4BEE1582.40706@lambsys.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 06:53:30 +0300 Message-Id: <1274414010.8881.26.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: "linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org" Reply-To: dedekind1@gmail.com List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 22:31 -0500, David Lambert wrote: > Is there any way to increase the file size limit on UBIFS beyond > 2Gbytes? We never tested this, but should not be. AFAIR, UBIFS theoretical limitation should be something like 16TB, but I tried tested the maximum file size. > I have tried enabling the kernel ‘Support for large block > devices and files’ under ‘Enable the block layer’, but the 2G limit > persists. UBIFS has nothing to do with block devices. This is a very specialized FS for bare flashes: http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/doc/ubifs.html#L_rednote So that option has no effect for UBIFS. -- Best Regards, Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)