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Re: 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion.
From: |
Peter 'p2' De Schrijver |
Subject: |
Re: 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion. |
Date: |
Fri, 6 Dec 2002 19:02:14 +0100 |
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On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:52:52AM -0600, Tom Hart wrote:
> Peter 'p2' De Schrijver wrote:
> >On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 05:46:13PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> >>The reason for the limit is because the address space on IA32 architecture
> >>is 32 bit. Now, you _could_ of course change the kernel interfaces to
> >>allow
> >>for larger memory objects and only limit mapping windows to 4gb. This
> >>might
> >
> >
> >Or you could just use a 64bit machine such as an alpha ? :)
> >
> >Always looking for a hardware solution to a software problem,
>
> So then the problem goes away *for now*. Remember that hard drive sizes
> have this habit of doubling every year or so. Isn't this a re-statement
> of "640 K ought to be enough for anyone"?
True, it's not a solution forever.
Cheers,
p2.
- 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion., Alfred M. Szmidt, 2002/12/05
- Re: 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion., M. Gerards, 2002/12/06
- Re: 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion., Marcus Brinkmann, 2002/12/06
- Re: 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion., Peter 'p2' De Schrijver, 2002/12/06
- Re: 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion., Tom Hart, 2002/12/06
- Re: 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion.,
Peter 'p2' De Schrijver <=
- Re: 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion., Marcus Brinkmann, 2002/12/06
- Re: 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion., Tom Hart, 2002/12/06
- Re: 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion., Marcus Brinkmann, 2002/12/06
- Re: 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion., Alfred M. Szmidt, 2002/12/06
- Re: 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion., Neal H. Walfield, 2002/12/06
- Re: 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion., Peter 'p2' De Schrijver, 2002/12/06
- Re: 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion., Joshua Judson Rosen, 2002/12/06
- Re: 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion., Thomas Bushnell, BSG, 2002/12/08
- Re: 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion., Roland McGrath, 2002/12/08
- Re: 2nd attemt at reviving the filesystem limit discussion., Thomas Bushnell, BSG, 2002/12/08