Re: VFS/ext2fs - large files on the Alpha (fails for 17GB+)
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Wed, 19 Aug 1998 01:32:12 -0700 (PDT)
> On Wed, Aug 19, 1998 at 01:17:10AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> > Mostly because of the lseek() interface, AFAIK.
>
> I was about to say lseek uses off_t - which is unsigned, but its not.
> And negative offsets are allowed and required for lseek.
>
> Opps.
>
>
> I think I'll be quiet now... (but that doesn't entirely rule this out
> for use with llseek and files in thr 2-3 gb range, does it?)
>
No; there is a "64 on 32" standard API recently developed, which uses
an "lseek64" type. Either way, I believe the issue has been (wisely)
postponed to 2.3.
-hpa
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