linux-kernel - Re: swap: which is the maximum size allowed?

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Message-Id: <E1HBIkM-0001I5-9q@be1.lrz>
Date:	Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:43:38 +0100
From:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>
To:	Eriberto <eriberto@...berto.pro.br>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: swap: which is the maximum size allowed?

Eriberto <eriberto@...berto.pro.br> wrote:

> I am trying understand the swap. I would like to know which is the
> maximum swap size on i386. Is 64 MB? If yes, how to know the origin of
> this "magic" number? I don't found it (Internet).

Look into the manpage of mkswap. It's 2 G x 32 swap partitions,
minus a tiny overhead.
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