Re: large file support?
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 16 Aug 1997 20:43:10 +0100 (BST)
> As for mapping large files: no way. First, mmap(2) does not support
> passing large offsets. If it would, the page cache would truncate the
> MS 32 bits. If the page cache would be large-file-aware, the file
> systems would truncate.
There is a draft standard for open64/read64/write64/mmap64/lseek64 - some
if is a mess but it is there
> > 2) ext2fs supports large files?
> No.
The space is however allocated in inodes ready to add it
Alan