swap: which is the maximum size allowed?

[Rodrigo Rubira Branco (BSDaemon)]

Hello Tony,

You got really really old numbers ;)

Please, see this quote:

"- In 2.4, up to 64 swap files were possible. In 2.6, this number is reduced
to 32.  Like 2.4, these files can be up to 64GB in size, though you will
need a recent util-linux to have a mkswap utility that supports >2GB"

Taken from http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt


Hope it help you ;)


Cya,


Rodrigo (BSDaemon).

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--------- Mensagem Original --------
De: Tony Clayton <tonyo.c at earthlink.net>
Para: kernel-mentors at selenic.com <kernel-mentors at selenic.com>
Assunto: Re: swap: which is the maximum size allowed?
Data: 29/01/07 16:45

>
> On Sunday 28 January 2007 15:07, Eriberto wrote:
> &gt; maximum swap size
> This is what I found on the net.
>
> x86		            2 Gigabytes
> PowerPC		    2 Gigabytes
> Motorola 680x0    2 Gigabytes
> Sparc		    1 Gigabyte
> MIPS		            512 Megabytes
> Alpha		    128 Gigabytes
> UltraSparc	    3 Terabytes
>
> Resource: maybe useful.
> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-swaptip2.html
>
> Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong or read this differently.
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