Re: [Linux-ia64] CONFIG_IA64_PAGE_SIZE

David Mosberger
2001-01-18T18:31:41Z

>>>>> On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:21:38 -0700, Don Dugger <n0ano@valinux.com> said:

Don> This means IA32 processes are slower to start.

This needs to be qualified: in my experience, on a kernel with >4K
page size, IA32 processes start up slower _the first time_ they are
invoked. Assuming sufficient memory, subsequent invocations of the
same program appear to be much faster than with 4KB pages. Quite
unexpected.

--david