What kernel versions will allow files larger than 4 GB?]

What kernel versions will allow files larger than 4 GB?]

[Iwan Sanders]

Hi people I'm trying to figure this out but can't seem to find any info.

So could someone help me with this question: What kernel versions will 
allow files larger than 4 GB? What filesystems?

ps I am new to the linux kernel development is there a specification of 
the various kernel versions?

Greets,

Iwan Sanders

Re: What kernel versions will allow files larger than 4 GB?]

[Michelle Konzack]

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Am 2004-12-30 00:45:10, schrieb Iwan Sanders:
> Hi people I'm trying to figure this out but can't seem to find any info.
> 
> So could someone help me with this question: What kernel versions will 
> allow files larger than 4 GB? What filesystems?

I am using "Debian GNU/Linux" and the install kernel is the 2.4.18.

Not ext2 but ext3 will handel files up to my Raid-5 Size (8 x 400 GByte)

> Greets,
> 
> Iwan Sanders

Greetings
Michelle

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Re: What kernel versions will allow files larger than 4 GB?]

[Iwan Sanders]

Kevin Krieser wrote:

Hi Kevin, thanks for replying!

>There was support for large files back in the 2.2 days.
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>
Do you happen to know how large the maximum file size was then? Are 
there some kernel specifications I can look into,
also for the more recent kernels?

>And ext2 and 3 have supported it for quite some time.
>  
>
I thought that the maximum file size a file system can handle is 
independent of the maximum file size the kernel can handle?

>The big issues after kernel support was GLIBC support.  And even with GLIBC
>support, the application needs to be compiled with explicit large file
>support.  Main reason it isn't the default is to avoid bugs.  Just think of
>applications that use read/seek/write, etc.  If they just used int for
>offsets, etc, they would break on large files, which is why extra calls were
>made to support large files.
>  
>
Going to look into the GLIBC support, thank you. Is there a list or 
something that shows the maximum file sizes for the recent kernels?

>As for filesystems, ext2, ext3, reiserfs, nfs, smbfs (though you have to
>enable a special option for it on mounting), xfs, jfs, just to name a few.
>
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>>Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 5:45 PM
>>To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>>Subject: What kernel versions will allow files larger than 4 GB?]
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>>Hi people I'm trying to figure this out but can't seem to find any info.
>>
>>So could someone help me with this question: What kernel versions will
>>allow files larger than 4 GB? What filesystems?
>>
>>ps I am new to the linux kernel development is there a specification of
>>the various kernel versions?
>>
>>Greets,
>>
>>Iwan Sanders
>>
>>
>>
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