Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932398AbVLPT5p (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:57:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932392AbVLPT5o (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:57:44 -0500 Received: from pat.uio.no ([129.240.130.16]:2791 "EHLO pat.uio.no") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932388AbVLPT5o (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:57:44 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] Fix problems on multi-TB filesystem and file From: Trond Myklebust To: Coywolf Qi Hunt Cc: Takashi Sato , viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <2cd57c900512161139n7d738415q@mail.gmail.com> References: <000201c60242$318eff70$4168010a@bsd.tnes.nec.co.jp> <2cd57c900512161139n7d738415q@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:57:28 -0500 Message-Id: <1134763048.18635.3.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-UiO-Spam-info: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-3.79, required 12, autolearn=disabled, AWL 1.02, FORGED_RCVD_HELO 0.05, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL 0.14, UIO_MAIL_IS_INTERNAL -5.00) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 709 Lines: 20 On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 03:39 +0800, Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote: > That CONFIG_LBD is disabled means the kernel is not capable to attach > a large block device, whether through network or locally attached. So > in order to use a large network filesystem, simply enable LBD instead. > Don't bother to bring unnecessary overheads. It may surprise you to learn that not all network filesystems are block based. NFS has no truck with CONFIG_LBD at all. Cheers, Trond - 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/