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* i_ino 4 billion file limitation
@ 2007-01-22  2:20 Jeffrey V. Merkey
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From: Jeffrey V. Merkey @ 2007-01-22  2:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
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I am now pushing up against the i_ino (unsigned long) file limitation 
when I use virtual inode numbers in DSFS.  This field needs to be increased
to 64 bit to allow more than 4 billion unique inode numbers.   I am 
running out of inode address space with the current architecture.

Jeff

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