Re: larger default page sizes...

David Miller
2008-03-26T00:31:46Z

From: Peter Chubb <peterc@gelato.unsw.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:25:58 +1100

> That depends on the access pattern.

Absolutely.

FWIW, I bet it helps enormously for gcc which, even for
small compiles, swims around chaotically in an 8MB pool
of GC'd memory.