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From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
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Subject: Re: Filesystem size limit?
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:I think that at some point we'll need larger block numbers than will
:no longer fit in 32 bits.  I'd rather we went to byte offsets, though,
:rather than block numbers.
:
:Greg

    Good point.  When we are faced with having to move from 32 to 64 bit
    block numbers, I agree completely that we should probably turn them 
    into 64 bit byte offsets.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@backplane.com>


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