files > 2GB

[Khimenko Victor]

In <200001241643.QAA11066 en websters.k-par.co.uk> Chris Farey (chris en k-par.co.uk) wrote:

>>All three. VFS does not support them so you can not have files > 2GiB on
>>32bit proccessor with ANY filesystem though.

> Are there any plans to implement 64-bit file sizes in VFS? What are
> the problems - is it anything more than making a few fields 64-bit
> quantities instead of 32-bit ones, and implementing a couple of new
> system calls?

And LOTS of testing :-) Of course just this. Reiser proposed to support files
> 2GiB in 2.3.x with upcoming version of ReiserFS for 2.3.x ... When (and if)
it'll be ready to actual use is not clear though. Of course you'll need updated
version of glibc 2.1.x as well (BTW what should happen with "old" system calls
when they are used for big files?)...



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