On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 09:01:34PM -0200, Eriberto wrote: > 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. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
