Re: Files > 2G on ext2 in 2.4.0?

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
29 Jun 2000 17:23:59 -0700

Followup to: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0006291931480.724-100000@asdf.capslock.lan>
By author: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@meteng.on.ca>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> So, all one would have to do on a RH6.x system is install 2.4.0
> source, rebuild the glibc RPM, and upgrade the glibc
> installation?
>
> If this were done, would the newly compiled glibc still work with
> 2.2.x kernels? Or is it an all or nothing deal?
>

You need the new kernel. You don't really need the glibc upgrade to
support something as simple as .tar.gz files -- you only need the
glibc upgrade to support large-file seeking.

Does anyone know if the new glibc uses large file support to implement
stdio?

-hpa

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