UFS2 limits

[Jeremy Chadwick]

On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 11:02:07AM -0500, Robert Huff wrote:
> Wojciech Puchar writes:
> 
> >  the limit is 32765, just because link count is 2 bytes wide and
> >  each subdir adds two to base directory. you have to change to 2
> >  level hierarchy.
> 
> 	Question (for anyone who has an informed opinion):
> 	If there any technical reason that couldn't be expanded to 32
> bits?  Or is it possible but not done for historical or
> policy reasons, and if so what are they?

At this point, I think this topic should be relocated to the freebsd-fs
mailing list.

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