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From: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:46:21 +0000
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Convert pgtable cache to slab
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>>>>> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 13:31:48 -0600, Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> said:

  Robin> Is there a strong objection to implementing 4 levels of 16k
  Robin> page tables for now and then, if someone else sees a need,
  Robin> convert to using long page table format and adjust page
  Robin> tables as needed at that point in time.

I certainly don't want to switch my machines to 4-levels.  There is
zero need for that on the machines I use, so why pay the overhead of
an extra level?

BTW: why do you want 4-level/16KB over 3-level/64KB?

	--david