When will we have the larger swap partition than 2GB? (use parted!)

I was informed how to make the swap partition area larger 
than 2GB on RH7.2 IA-64.

First, use the "parted" command to edit the GPT disk label.
Use "mkpart" command to make swap area larger than 2GB as desired
as the partition. Then, use "mkfs" command to make linux-swap
for that partition with the minor number. 
(The "mkpartfs" can also be used.)

By this, I now can have a large for example 40GB of 
one single swap space and verified it really works
for the virtual memory space fine.

  The current "mkswap" command on RH7.2 IA-64 does not allow 
to make the swap file or the swap partition larger than 2GB,
that should be improved. Until then, use "parted" command
to create large swap area as the linux-swap partition.

H.M.