Re: swap: which is the maximum size allowed?

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From: Matt Mackall

Subject: Re: swap: which is the maximum size allowed?

Date: Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 5:19 pm

On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 09:01:34PM -0200, Eriberto wrote:
quoted text> 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???

It's how big the available pointers are.

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Re: swap: which is the maximum size allowed?, Bodo Eggert, (Sun Jan 28, 3:43 pm)

Re: swap: which is the maximum size allowed?, Eriberto, (Sun Jan 28, 4:01 pm)

Re: swap: which is the maximum size allowed?, Matt Mackall, (Sun Jan 28, 5:19 pm)


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