Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3

Linus Torvalds
2006-06-09T20:46:59Z

On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
>
> When is the Linux syscall interface enough? When should we just bump it
> and cut out all the compatibility interfaces?
>
> No, we don't; we let people configure certain obsolete bits out (a.out
> support etc), but we keep it in the tree despite the indirection cost to
> maintain multiple interfaces etc.

Right. WE ADD NEW SYSTEM CALLS. WE DO NOT EXTEND THE OLD ONES IN WAYS THAT
MIGHT BREAK OLD USERS.

Your point was exactly what?

Btw, where did that 2TB limit number come from? Afaik, it should be 16TB
for a 4kB filesystem, no?

Linus