NFS: file too large

[Daniel Braniss]

> :Try editting line #1226 of sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c, where
> :it sets nm_maxfilesize = (u_int64_t)0x80000000 * DEV_BSIZE - 1; and make it
> :something larger.
> :
> :I have no idea why the limit is set that way? (I'm guessing it was the
> :limit for UFS.) Hopefully not some weird buffer cache restriction or
> :similar, but you'll find out when you try increasing it.:-)
> 
>     This is a throwback to when the buffer cache used 32 bit block numbers,
>     hence 0x7FFFFFFF was the maximum 'safe' block number multiplied by
>     the lowest supported block size (DEV_BSIZE), that could be handled by
>     the buffer cache.
> 
>     That limit is completely irrelevant now and should probably be set to
>     0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFLLU (since seek offsets are signed).

I just did that and it fixes the problem.

BTW, why not make away with the test altogether?

Cheers and thanks,
	danny