From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261646AbUL3JJw (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Dec 2004 04:09:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261596AbUL3JIj (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Dec 2004 04:08:39 -0500 Received: from www.pcextreme.nl ([213.189.21.112]:9896 "HELO mail.pcextreme.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261581AbUL3I5Y (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Dec 2004 03:57:24 -0500 X-Antivirus-PCextreme-Mail-From: iwan.sanders@tuxproject.info via mail.pcextreme.nl X-Antivirus-PCextreme: 1.22-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(212.26.213.3):SA:0(-4.9/5.0):. Processed in 1.478693 secs Process 6648) Message-ID: <41D3C2EA.2020206@tuxproject.info> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:57:14 +0100 From: Iwan Sanders User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Krieser CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What kernel versions will allow files larger than 4 GB?] References: <20041230011239.F24D310E984@suse9.kkrieser.homelinux.org> In-Reply-To: <20041230011239.F24D310E984@suse9.kkrieser.homelinux.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Kevin Krieser wrote: Hi Kevin, thanks for replying! >There was support for large files back in the 2.2 days. > > 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. > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel- >>owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Iwan Sanders >>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?] >> >>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 >> >> >> >>- >>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >>the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >>More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >> >> > > > >