Re: 2.4 and 2G File Limit?

From: Albert D. Cahalan (acahalan@cs.uml.edu)
Date: Thu Jun 08 2000 - 21:27:47 EST


Alan Cox writes:
> [Mike Black writes]

>> Stephen Tweedie posted a comment back in January that 2.4 would
>> lift the 2G file limit for 32-bit architeture. Is this still true?
>
> 2.3.x supports LFS. The only 32bitism left I know about is file locks

Gee, it seems nearly dishonest to not mention the horrors of userspace.

LFS is a joke. Without an LP64 compilation environment, there is
just no hope of getting a complete system with large file support.
What are we supposed to do, declare plain open() obsolete?

IMHO the Alpha is the only sane answer.

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