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| author | Karel Zak | 2009-03-11 15:23:16 +0100 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2009-03-11 15:23:16 +0100 |
| commit | 4c85aa3a4c26f2a2c33bf16960b548d5bbd5b4bf (patch) | |
| tree | 801e5bbe67e14c0d8368e6bc43a97fcde784eb2b /disk-utils/mkswap.8 | |
| parent | lib: add is_whole_disk() from fdisk code (diff) | |
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mkswap: remove v0 swap space support
The kernel has not supported v0 swap space format since 2.5.22. The
new version v1 is supported since 2.1.117.
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'disk-utils/mkswap.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | disk-utils/mkswap.8 | 24 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/disk-utils/mkswap.8 b/disk-utils/mkswap.8 index 2f5f0a880..2f4053137 100644 --- a/disk-utils/mkswap.8 +++ b/disk-utils/mkswap.8 @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ .SH NAME mkswap \- set up a Linux swap area .SH SYNOPSIS -.BI "mkswap [\-c] [\-v" N "] [\-f] [\-p " PSZ "] [\-L " label "] [\-U " uuid "] " device " [" size "]" +.BI "mkswap [\-c] [\-f] [\-p " PSZ "] [\-L " label "] [\-U " uuid "] " device " [" size "]" .SH DESCRIPTION .B mkswap sets up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file. @@ -138,23 +138,15 @@ Specify the page size to use. Specify a label, to allow swapon by label. (Only for new style swap areas.) .TP -.B \-v0 -Create an old style swap area. -.TP -.B \-v1 -Create a new style swap area. +.B \-v0, \-v1 +Specify the swap space version. This option is deprecated and \-v1 is +supported only. -.LP -If no \-v option is given, -.B mkswap -will default to new style, but use old style if the current kernel -is older than 2.1.117 (and also if PAGE_SIZE is less than 2048). -The new style header does not touch the first block, so may be -preferable, in case you have a boot loader or disk label there. -If you need to use both 2.0 and 2.2 kernels, use the \-v0 option -when creating the swapspace. +The kernel has not supported v0 swap space format since 2.5.22. The new version +v1 is supported since 2.1.117. -Version 0 (-v0) swap space format is no longer supported in 2.5+ kernels. +The new v1 style header does not touch the first block, so may be +preferable, in case you have a boot loader or disk label there. .TP .B \-U uuid |