Chuck Rouillard wrote:
> 1. Does Linux/XFS break the 2G filesize limit (on the
> assumption that certain support libraries exist and
> correctly configured)?
XFS itself breaks the 2GB filesize limit. I will assume, for a
moment, that the VFS in 2.4 has been changed to accomodate this with
LFS?
> The linux-xfs.sg.com/projects/xfs/ page mentions
> "(no more 2GB limits)" but it isn't clear what exactly
> that refers to, nor if that claim is valid with Linux.
Good question. I guess I need to dig into the source of XFS and
2.4's VFS to find out for sure.
As far as kernel 2.2, I seriously doubt it works without some
serious modification. I got LFS to work on 2.2 kernels with Ext3
and NFS, but it took additional patches to not only the kernel, but
Ext3 and NFS parts of the kernel.
> 2. If the above is true, do userland tools such as `ls',
> `cp', `mv', et cetera, need mending?
That's where GLibC comes in.
E.g., my RedHat 6.2 systems have only GLibC 2.1, so not really. But
I can boot a 2.2 kernel with Ext3 and NFS, with LFS patches for all,
and my 64-bit Solaris/SPARC systems be able to write >2GB files to
it. I can also back it up because I'm using "dump/restore"
(although tar/cpio/bru/etc... might have isues).
> 3. Has XFS support on Linux/IA-64 reached the mumbled
> stage?
No idea. Sorry.
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