Re: 2.4.11 and large files

[Robert Sander <robert.sander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

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Robert Sander
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