Laurent Vivier wrote:
Jeff Garzik wrote:
Laurent Vivier wrote:
Qi Yong wrote:
Linus Torvalds wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
When is the Linux syscall interface enough? When should we just
bump it
and cut out all the compatibility interfaces?
No, we don't; we let people configure certain obsolete bits out (a.out
support etc), but we keep it in the tree despite the indirection
cost to
maintain multiple interfaces etc.
Right. WE ADD NEW SYSTEM CALLS. WE DO NOT EXTEND THE OLD ONES IN
WAYS THAT MIGHT BREAK OLD USERS.
Your point was exactly what?
Btw, where did that 2TB limit number come from? Afaik, it should be
16TB for a 4kB filesystem, no?
Partition tables describe partitions in units of one sector.
2^(32+9) = 2T
To prevent integer overflow, we should use only 31 bits of a 32-bit
integer.
2^(31+12) = 8T
There's _terrible_ hacks to really get to 16T.
-- qiyong
IMHO, a simple solution is to use "Logical Volume Manager" instead of
partition
manager: we create 64bit filesystem in a Logical Volume, not in a
partition.
That doesn't solve anything, if you are not using a 64bit filesystem.
Sorry, I don't undestand why ???
You can use 32bit filesystem too, but you limit the size of the logical volume
to be compatible with the filesystem you use. LVM allows to create several 32bit
volumes on a big (> 8T) disk (if exists)
Let's review the thread:
qiyong: <these limits> exist in the filesystem
you: bust those limits with LVM!
I think you are misunderstanding the subthread.
"partitioning is obsolete" ;-)
LVM is nothing but a partition manager...
LVM is more than a partition manager:
I am well aware of what LVM2 and device mapper can do.
Jeff
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