From: Karel Zak Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 11:14:19 +0000 (+0100) Subject: mkswap: be more explicit about maximal number of pages X-Git-Tag: v2.34-rc1~67 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f91c21cc7ef20751954a486a758a48cf0506462a;p=thirdparty%2Futil-linux.git mkswap: be more explicit about maximal number of pages Addresses: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/pull/766 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- diff --git a/disk-utils/mkswap.8 b/disk-utils/mkswap.8 index e9bd9ccfa4..b57433388b 100644 --- a/disk-utils/mkswap.8 +++ b/disk-utils/mkswap.8 @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ The maximum useful size of a swap area depends on the architecture and the kernel version. The maximum number of the pages that is possible to address by swap area header -is 4294967295 (UINT_MAX). The remaining space on the swap device is ignored. +is 4294967295 (32-bit unsigned int). The remaining space on the swap device is ignored. Presently, Linux allows 32 swap areas. The areas in use can be seen in the file