Re: 2.4.11 and large files

[Seth Mos <knuffie@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 16:47 10-10-2001 +0200, Robert Sander wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 09:39:25AM -0500, Steve Lord wrote:
>
> > If you are using a non-xfs filesystem for I/O then unless your application
> > opens the file without O_LARGEFILE it will get bounced out of the kernel
> > this way when it attempts to cross the 2G boundary. This code is not
> > in the xfs I/O path right now.
>
> I see, but this must be new, because dd works on 2.4.5 and not on
> 2.4.11, hm. Why do these changes occur in a "stable" kernel.
Because it is actually the start of the 2.5 series perhaps, and linus 
forgot to tell us :-)
Cheers

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Seth
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