Subject: Re: Are there any limits on hard-disc size?
To: Mark Brinicombe <mark@causality.com>
From: Neil A. Carson <neil@causality.com>
List: port-arm32
Date: 10/11/1998 23:15:57
Mark Brinicombe wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Neil A. Carson wrote:
> 
> > Mark Brinicombe wrote:
> >
> > > Hmm 64bits addresses more that take doesn't it ?
> >
> > A daddr_t is a signed 32-bit number (negative used to access indirect
> > blocks via vnode). This is probably the limiting factor; with a 1KB
> > fragment size as is common on most discs, 2 gig * 1024 = about two
> > terrabytes...
> 
> Right I'm thinking of offsets i.e. off_t 's that are 64bit.

Yep, they are measured in bytes.

-- 
Neil A. Carson