Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 08:15:09 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UFS2 limits Message-ID: <20081109161509.GA43922@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <18711.2431.464472.977892@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <50261.1226194851@people.net.au> <20081109152835.N49145@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <18711.2431.464472.977892@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 11:02:07AM -0500, Robert Huff wrote: > Wojciech Puchar writes: > > > the limit is 32765, just because link count is 2 bytes wide and > > each subdir adds two to base directory. you have to change to 2 > > level hierarchy. > > Question (for anyone who has an informed opinion): > If there any technical reason that couldn't be expanded to 32 > bits? Or is it possible but not done for historical or > policy reasons, and if so what are they? At this point, I think this topic should be relocated to the freebsd-fs mailing list. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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