Re: block size & 2.6 kernel

[Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 01:15:02PM -0500, AndyLiebman@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Through the 2.4 kernel, xfs on linux was limited to a 4096K block size (the 
> size of the page file, I believe).

On IA32, it is 4K, yes.  Other architectures (like IA64) can
(and do) use larger page sizes and hence larger blocksizes are
an option there.

> Has that changed with the 2.6 kernel? Is it 

No change.

> now possible to use a block size that is > 4096? If so, what is the limit? 
> And 
The limit is the kernel page size, which is architecture dependent.

cheers.

-- 
Nathan