Support for < 4 GB rows. The previous limit was 8000 bytes.
Use the doublewrite file flush method.
Raw disk partitions supported as datafiles.
InnoDB Monitor.
Several hang bugs fixed and an ORDER BY
bug ('Sort aborted') fixed.
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