Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1998-31,: Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???)

# Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???)

Edward S. Marshall (emarshal@logic.net)
Thu, 6 Aug 1998 00:45:43 -0500 (CDT)

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On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Terry L Ridder wrote:
> Concerning the >2GB files on Intel hardware I agree that is a hard one.
> Which is why I have been bringing it up. Are we as a Community going to
> consider the requirements that Oracle & Informix support bring to the
> table?

Just to throw in a silly tidbit of info: the last time we spoke to the
folks at Oracle, they didn't support >2G files on Solaris 2.6 yet. This
was about two months ago. How long has 2.6 been out? (Actually, shouldn't
2.7 be released soonish?)

While it's important to support, I don't think it'll be critical. Oracle,
at the very least, handles multiple files for a single dataset invisibly,
so multiple 2G files aren't a real problem. We've needed to do that with a
few databases where I work (a Solaris 2.x shop).

Just to put the whole 'we have to support Oracle and Informix' argument
into perspective.

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