Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932959AbXA1XBx (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:01:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932960AbXA1XBx (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:01:53 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:43334 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932959AbXA1XBv (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:01:51 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Eriberto Subject: Re: swap: which is the maximum size allowed? Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:01:34 -0200 Message-ID: References: <7IoP9-5nQ-27@gated-at.bofh.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 201.22.134.243.adsl.gvt.net.br User-Agent: IceDove 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061220) In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 812 Lines: 17 Ok. But, mkswap man is old (1999). However, from Linux Partition HOWTO: "footnote: "official" max swap size: With kernel 2.4, the limit is 64 swap spaces at a maximum of 64Gb each, although this is not reflected in the man page for mkswap. With the 64 bit opteron on the 2.6 kernel, 128 swap areas are permitted, each a whopping 16 Tb! (thanks to Peter Chubb for the calculation)" I want to know: why 64 GB??? Thanks, Eriberto - www.eriberto.pro.br Bodo Eggert escreveu: > Look into the manpage of mkswap. It's 2 G x 32 swap partitions, > minus a tiny overhead. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/