From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann) Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:31:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/7] Add various hugetlb arm high level hooks In-Reply-To: <1329126268-11032-2-git-send-email-bill4carson@gmail.com> References: <1329126268-11032-1-git-send-email-bill4carson@gmail.com> <1329126268-11032-2-git-send-email-bill4carson@gmail.com> Message-ID: <201202291231.52151.arnd@arndb.de> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Monday 13 February 2012, Bill Carson wrote: > + > +/* 2M and 16M hugepage linux ptes are stored in mmu_context_t->huge_linux_pte > + * > + * 2M hugepage > + * =========== > + * one huge linux pte caters to two HW ptes, > + * I think this needs more explanation. Why do you use a 2MB hugepage with two ptes here? Wouldn't it be more logical to use 1MB hugepages? Arnd