The maximum number of files under a folder

[Theodore Tso]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 06:59:59PM +0800, liuyue wrote:
> Thank you all.
> 
> Now I find a patch which can extend ext3 subdirectory limit.
>  http://osdir.com/ml/file-systems.ext2.devel/2004-12/msg00026.html

That's *subdirectories*, not files.  The maximum number of files per
directory are basically limited as discussed in this thread.  The
number of subdirectories was limited by the 16-bit i_nlink field.
Andreas' idea for extending this limit, as described above, is in
ext4.

Regards,

					- Ted