Bernd Walter wrote: > On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 05:58:15PM -0700, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > > If RAM + swap can be more than 4GB, how does FreeBSD address swap on a > > 32-bit machine? Does the kernel internally use a wider address space > > The same way it does on every partitition: using block numbers. > That way you can address 1TByte.
I thought the limit for filesystems was 2TB? > And you can have more than a single swap partition. Up to four, so then the theoretical limit for swap is 8TB? > In reality managementstructures which have to be in kernel addressspace > is limiting swap before. Do these management structures grow as swap grows, or do they only change as the utilization increases? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
