CNFS buffers bigger than 2 GB under Linux ?

[Antoine Delvaux]

> > Yes, I'm using raw devices.
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> > I wanted to use a single raw devices as under it lies a RAID stripping
> > setup which already gives me the speed that I want.  I don't need much
> > flexibility neither as this server will be a feed only with nearly no
> > backlog and so only one article spool.
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> Well, you can just use large disk files.

Yes, but this will slow down innd I think, no ?  That's why I wanted to=20
use raw devices.

But does anybody knows where the 2GB limitation for rw devices comes from=
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?  INND or the Linux kernel ?

a.

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