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Date:      Sat, 06 Jul 2002 16:01:18 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org>
Cc:        ticso@cicely.de, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How does swap work address spacewise?
Message-ID:  <3D2776BE.A39A1110@mindspring.com>
References:  <20020705113532.GA11273@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> <20020705133515.GA295@HAL9000.wox.org> <20020705133837.GA513@HAL9000.wox.org> <20020705234126.GA12183@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> <3D2640A7.3EA2236B@pantherdragon.org> <20020706020656.GL48977@cicely5.cicely.de> <3D2762FE.9D9E0378@pantherdragon.org> <20020706220720.GG23704@cicely5.cicely.de> <3D277274.B5F3CE58@pantherdragon.org>

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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

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