From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261190AbVFAM6p (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 08:58:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261266AbVFAM6p (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 08:58:45 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:19418 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261190AbVFAM6l (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 08:58:41 -0400 Subject: Re: Swap maximum size documented ? From: Arjan van de Ven To: Jakob Oestergaard Cc: david.balazic@hermes.si, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050601124025.GZ422@unthought.net> References: <200506011225.j51CPDV23243@lastovo.hermes.si> <20050601124025.GZ422@unthought.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 14:58:37 +0200 Message-Id: <1117630718.6271.31.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 3.7 (+++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 2.63 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (3.7 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 1.1 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] 2.5 RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK RBL: Sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS RBL: SORBS: sender is listed in SORBS [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > 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. it's not even true for 2.4 kernels btw; it was a 2.2 and before issue