From: Jakob Oestergaard <jakob@unthought.net>
To: david.balazic@hermes.si
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Swap maximum size documented ?
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 14:40:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050601124025.GZ422@unthought.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200506011225.j51CPDV23243@lastovo.hermes.si>
On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 02:25:13PM +0200, david.balazic@hermes.si wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Is there any doc about swap size limits ?
Documetation? Is this a trick question? It's Linux, of course there is
no current documentation except for the source ;)
/me ducks and runs ;)
> The mkwap(8) man page claims, that currently the limit is
> 32 swap areas of maximum 2 gigabyte size (for x86 arch).
>
> Is that correct ?
Not on 2.6 kernels, no.
[sparrow:joe] $ cat /proc/swaps
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/mapper/vg0-swap partition 8388600 0 -1
I use 4-8 G swap areas on 32-bit x86 and 64-bit amd64 kernels.
You probably need a new version of mkswap if it insists that 2G is the
maximum - it sure isn't a kernel limitation anymore.
--
/ jakob
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-06-01 12:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-06-01 12:25 Swap maximum size documented ? david.balazic
2005-06-01 12:34 ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-06-01 12:40 ` Jakob Oestergaard [this message]
2005-06-01 12:58 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-06-01 13:02 ` David Balažic
2005-06-01 13:40 ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-06-01 19:10 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-06-01 19:29 ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-06-01 19:47 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-06-01 20:08 ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-06-01 22:15 ` cutaway
2005-06-01 23:57 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-06-01 20:43 ` Lennart Sorensen
2005-06-01 20:54 ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-06-01 21:05 ` Lennart Sorensen
2005-06-01 23:49 ` Bill Davidsen
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