From f91c21cc7ef20751954a486a758a48cf0506462a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 12:14:19 +0100 Subject: mkswap: be more explicit about maximal number of pages Addresses: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/pull/766 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- disk-utils/mkswap.8 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'disk-utils') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522