linux-kernel - Re: Large Block Devices not supported in 64 bit

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Message-Id: <46D15876-B70D-421D-B16E-247CC3ADD1B8@bootc.net>
Date:	Fri, 8 Sep 2006 11:45:36 +0100
From:	Chris Boot <bootc@...tc.net>
To:	Christian Schmid <webmaster@...idforum.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Large Block Devices not supported in 64 bit

On 6 Sep 2006, at 16:12, Christian Schmid wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I run kernel 2.6.17.11 vanilla in 64 bit mode with 32 bit emulation.
>
> Unfortunately there is no support for file-systems bigger than 2 TB  
> in 64 bit mode.

There is. There just isn't any support for having the feature turned  
off. After all, the code needed on 32-bit systems to have large files  
(64-bit file offsets) isn't necessary on 64-bit systems: file offsets  
are already 64-bit by nature.

HTH,
Chris

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Chris Boot
bootc@...tc.net
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