Is there any way around the 2GB file-size limit in Linux? Are there any stable patches to fix it?
Short answer: In a practical sense, no. The 2GB limit is deeply embedded in the versions of Linux for 32-bit CPUs: in GNU libc, in the Linux kernel’s filesystem drivers and VFS layer, in the fundamental design of some filesystems, and in the function calls used in the compiled applications and utilities furnished in (and for) typical Linux systems. There is thus currently no commonly available configuration. Long answer: All Linux ports for 32-bit CPUs (i.e., all architectures other than Alpha and IA-64) use 32-bit integers for file access and locking, yielding a maximum size of 2^31 – 1 = 2GB. Creating a workaround for this situation without breaking existing code is an obstacle for all 32-bit Unixes[1], whose creators met to design a standard 64-bit file-access programming interface, at a meeting sponsored by X/Open (later renamed The Open Group), called the Large File Summit (LFS)[2]. The resulting large-file standard and related system calls are likewise called LFS. To implement LF
