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SubjectRe: >2GB files with x86
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> So the latest kernels seem to allow >2GB files in ext2 on alpha,
> but how about x86 ?

At the moment the VFS layer passes file offsets and sizes
with variables of types: int, off_t, and long (somewhat
inconsistently).

At x86 that means limiting to 32-bit SIGNED values. Tough.

There is work in progress to alter that.

> Stefan

/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@tele.fi>

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