Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 15 Jul 2001 12:46:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 15 Jul 2001 12:46:08 -0400 Received: from router-100M.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.17]:28435 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 15 Jul 2001 12:45:47 -0400 Subject: Re: Stability of ReiserFS onj Kernel 2.4.x (sp. 2.4.[56]{-ac*} To: reiser@namesys.com (Hans Reiser) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 17:46:37 +0100 (BST) Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), volodya@mindspring.com, ajschrotenboer@lycosmail.com (Adam Schrotenboer), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (lkml) In-Reply-To: <3B51C864.C98B61DE@namesys.com> from "Hans Reiser" at Jul 15, 2001 08:44:20 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Ext2 handles files larger than 2Gb, and can handle up to about 1Tb per volume > > which is the block layer fs size limit. > > > The limits for reiserfs and ext2 for kernels 2.4.x are the same (and they are 2Tb not 1Tb). The > limits are not in the individual filesystems. We need to have Linux go to 64 bit blocknumbers in Its 1 terabyte - there are some unclean sign bit abuses > 2.5.x, I am seeing a lot of customer demand for it. (Or we could use scalable integers, which would > be better.) We definitely need larger than 1Tb on 2.5.x. No argument there. I believe Ben had some prototype code for that. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/