Re: VFS/ext2fs - large files on the Alpha (fails for 17GB+)

Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Wed, 19 Aug 1998 20:09:10 +1200

On Wed, Aug 19, 1998 at 07:32:15AM +0000, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> It's 2 GB due to signed 32-bit arithmetric.

But why _must_ it be signed?

-cw

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