From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
To: zmwillow <zmwillow@xteamlinux.com.cn>
Cc: linux-kernel-mail-list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"Vladimir V. Saveliev" <monstr@namesys.com>
Subject: Re: where the filesystem size limitation coms from?
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 15:30:49 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BE291F9.5050802@namesys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3BE2B5F2.1040009@xteamlinux.com.cn>
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
>
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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
prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-02 12:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-02 15:04 where the filesystem size limitation coms from? zmwillow
2001-11-02 11:57 ` Alan Cox
2001-11-02 12:30 ` Hans Reiser [this message]
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