Darren Pilgrim wrote: > > > I thought the limit for filesystems was 2TB? > > > > The Blocknumber is signed that gives: > > 2^31 * 512Bytes > > Why sign the blocknumber? LBA uses an unsigned 32-bit integer, > allowing 2TB, and IIRC SCSI uses an unsigned integer as well (though I > can't remember if that one is 32 or 48 bits, or if they've gotten to > 64 bits by now).
To differentiate between direct (positive) and indirect (negative) blocks within the inode, and within an indirect block. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
