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1 | /* |
| 2 | * mkswap.c - set up a linux swap device | |
| 3 | * | |
| 4 | * (C) 1991 Linus Torvalds. This file may be redistributed as per | |
| 5 | * the Linux copyright. | |
| 6 | */ | |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | /* | |
| 9 | * 20.12.91 - time began. Got VM working yesterday by doing this by hand. | |
| 10 | * | |
| 7eda085c | 11 | * Usage: mkswap [-c] [-vN] [-f] device [size-in-blocks] |
| 6dbe3af9 | 12 | * |
| 5c36a0eb KZ |
13 | * -c for readability checking. (Use it unless you are SURE!) |
| 14 | * -vN for swap areas version N. (Only N=0,1 known today.) | |
| 15 | * -f for forcing swap creation even if it would smash partition table. | |
| 6dbe3af9 | 16 | * |
| 5c36a0eb | 17 | * The device may be a block device or an image of one, but this isn't |
| 6dbe3af9 KZ |
18 | * enforced (but it's not much fun on a character device :-). |
| 19 | * | |
| 20 | * Patches from jaggy@purplet.demon.co.uk (Mike Jagdis) to make the | |
| 21 | * size-in-blocks parameter optional added Wed Feb 8 10:33:43 1995. | |
| 5c36a0eb KZ |
22 | * |
| 23 | * Version 1 swap area code (for kernel 2.1.117), aeb, 981010. | |
| 24 | * | |
| 25 | * Sparc fixes, jj@ultra.linux.cz (Jakub Jelinek), 981201 - mangled by aeb. | |
| 7eda085c | 26 | * V1_MAX_PAGES fixes, jj, 990325. |
| 22853e4a | 27 | * sparc64 fixes, jj, 000219. |
| 7eda085c KZ |
28 | * |
| 29 |