Re: 64-bit block sizes on 32-bit systems

From: LA Walsh (law@sgi.com)
Date: Mon Mar 26 2001 - 14:40:48 EST

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Manfred Spraul wrote:
>
> >4k page size * 2GB = 8TB.
>
> Try it.
> If your drive (array) is larger than 512byte*4G (4TB) linux will eat
> your data.

--- I have a block device that doesn't use 'sectors'. It only uses the logical block size (which is currently set for 1K). Seems I could up that to the max blocksize (4k?) and get 8TB...No?

I don't use the generic block make request (have my own).

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