Name:          lfs-32bit
Version:       0.17-base-2.3.13pre4+++OBSOLETED
Kernelver:     2.3.13pre4+++
Status:        9
Author:        matti.aarnio@sonera.fi
Description:   Large-File-Summit (over 2G file sizes in 32-bit systems)
Date:          15-Sep-2000
Descfile-URL:  ftp://zmailer.org/linux/LFS/lfs-32bit.desc
Download-URL:  ftp://zmailer.org/linux/LFS/

   Linux kernel 2.4.0 contains MOST of the bits in here.
   Missing ones are  *pathconf() and sysconf(), the first one
   needs VFS subsystem change, and the next one is something
   what Linus opposes seriously.


This is actually multiple things:

- Allow support for files which size exceeds maximum value of
  'long' datatype in 32-bit systems (2G-1).
- Page cache supporting at least up to 1TB file sizes.
- A few behaviour fixes into POSIX compliance of some file related functions.

Copy of "ISSUES":

                This is TODO (& BUGS) collection

        * These match always the lattest version of the patch *

- PPC:
        - Missing mmap64() syscall stuff
        (rather trivial)
- SPARCs, MIPS:
        - Missing <asm/unistd.h> definitions
        - Missing call vectors
        (not so trivial..)

( EXT2 TESTED! (plain writing/reading, and mmap64() at i386 ))

- *pathconf() not tested yet at any filesystem
- sysconf() not tested yet (although it looks straight-forward..)
- New locking (fcntl ones!) not tested yet
- new getdents64() not tested yet

- CODA not tested
- UFS not tested; UFS changes need lots of verification work!
- ... (all non-listed filesystems) NOT TESTED

( i386 PLATFORM TESTED )
- All non-listed platforms NOT TESTED

- file size resource limitation should be common code, not individual
  all over the place (mostly nowhere..)

- glibc (and libc5 ?) userspace parts