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authorKarel Zak2019-03-08 12:14:19 +0100
committerKarel Zak2019-03-08 12:14:19 +0100
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parentlibmount: improve fs referencing in tables (diff)
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mkswap: be more explicit about maximal number of pages
Addresses: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/pull/766 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/disk-utils/mkswap.8 b/disk-utils/mkswap.8
index e9bd9ccfa..b57433388 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