From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: notasas@gmail.com (Grazvydas Ignotas) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:57:40 +0300 Subject: ARM hugetlb support? In-Reply-To: <20120820082514.GF27631@e103986-lin> References: <20120820082514.GF27631@e103986-lin> Message-ID: To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Steve Capper wrote: > n Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 00:18:12AM +0100, Grazvydas Ignotas wrote: >> Hello, > Hello Grazvydas, > >> I've found that hugetlb support patches have been posted some months >> ago [1]. I've been testing them with very good results [2]. Are there >> still plans to further develop them and eventually merge them? >> > > We are currently working on HugeTLB and Transparent HugePage support for both > LPAE and non-LPAE memory descriptors. The non-LPAE HugeTLB patches are based > on Bill's. > > I hope to get some patches out to the list soon. Sounds promising. If you CC me when sending those patches, I can test them on CortexA8 with my application. BTW as you probably know know, Catalin seems to have hugetlb branch for LPAE: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/cmarinas/linux-arm-arch.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/hugetlb -- Gra?vydas