* Re: What kernel versions will allow files larger than 4 GB?]
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@ 2004-12-30 8:57 ` Iwan Sanders
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From: Iwan Sanders @ 2004-12-30 8:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kevin Krieser; +Cc: linux-kernel
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.
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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.
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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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>>-----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?]
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>>Hi people I'm trying to figure this out but can't seem to find any info.
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>>So could someone help me with this question: What kernel versions will
>>allow files larger than 4 GB? What filesystems?
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>>ps I am new to the linux kernel development is there a specification of
>>the various kernel versions?
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>>Greets,
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>>Iwan Sanders
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