From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264635AbUF1JaV (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 05:30:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264893AbUF1JaV (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 05:30:21 -0400 Received: from dvmwest.gt.owl.de ([62.52.24.140]:10976 "EHLO dvmwest.gt.owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264635AbUF1JaO (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 05:30:14 -0400 Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 11:30:13 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: Goldwyn Rodrigues Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Breaking ext2 file size limit of 2TB Message-ID: <20040628093013.GR20632@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: Goldwyn Rodrigues , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1088406721.9804291cgoldwyn_r@myrealbox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="1reTD/IpU+i0LMng" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1088406721.9804291cgoldwyn_r@myrealbox.com> X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.4.18 X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --1reTD/IpU+i0LMng Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2004-06-28 12:42:01 +0530, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote in message <1088406721.9804291cgoldwyn_r@myrealbox.com>: > > With an unpatched version you would not be able to create a file > >> greater than 2TB at all and considers that all files are below 2TB. > > Sounds like an incompatible extension, so you need to mark it as one:) >=20 > I am working on the COMPAT fields now. Most probably, I will be able to g= ive Read only access. I have to study more on this. Just check if there's any code path that could clear your high-bits of the block counter. MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=FCrger" | im Internet! | im Ira= k! ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TC= PA)); --1reTD/IpU+i0LMng Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA3+UkHb1edYOZ4bsRAmcoAJ4m0hLWonTNVzluB4IPd9DQtoOPhwCdGWHu ms5cDJm3K6ab6OUYXM/gWSA= =6y8x -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1reTD/IpU+i0LMng--