Re: Maximum swap space?

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
Sat, 07 Jun 2003 15:18:45 -0700


William Lee Irwin III wrote:
>
> The 2GB limit is 100% userspace; distros are already shipping the
> mkswap(8) fixes (both RH & UL anyway).
>

Presumably it means they have defined a new swap format and have changed
swapon(8) as well. This should be rolled back into util-linux if they
aren't already.

-hpa

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