ext2.txt says that dirs can have 32,768 subdirs, but the actual value of EXT2_LINK_MAX is 32000. ext3 is the same, but the doc does not mention it. One of ext4's features is to "fix 32000 subdirectory limit". --- linux-2.6.29.3/Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt.orig 2009-05-08 15:47:21.000000000 -0700 +++ linux-2.6.29.3/Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt 2009-05-18 12:03:58.000000000 -0700 @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ an upper limit on the block size imposed so 8kB blocks are only allowed on Alpha systems (and other architectures which support larger pages). -There is an upper limit of 32768 subdirectories in a single directory. +There is an upper limit of 32000 subdirectories in a single directory. There is a "soft" upper limit of about 10-15k files in a single directory with the current linear linked-list directory implementation. This limit -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
