[ale] Kernel 2.6 : worst-case scenarios if swap full

[Ed L. Cashin]

2008/6/28 Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>:
...
> It's pretty easy to add more swap space. Anthing over 2G is pretty useless
> though.

I think there was a time when the kernel could not use more
than 2 GB from a swap partition, but unless there has been
a regression, I would expect today's kernels to use large swap
areas without trouble.

If there's a limit, though, I'd like to know about it.  So any
references where I could read about it would be appreciated.

-- 
 Ed Cashin <ecashin at noserose.net>