Re: Support for Intel 4MB Pages

Timur Tabi
2001-07-20T18:32:20Z

I thought Linux already used 4MB pages for its 1-to-1 kernel virtual
memory mapping.

Justin Michael LaPre wrote:

> beneficial to use 4MB pages. Some people on IRC suggested the community
> might appreciate such a patch. Would this be well-accepted?
Designing it
> to be general instead of just for our purposes would be more difficult,
> but we would be willing to put in the time if people actually want it.
> If it were to be implemented, what would be the best strategy? A
> new memory zone? Re-working the mm system to try and not break up chunks
> of 4MB if possible? Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> -Justin
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