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On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 11:32:29AM -0500, Clay Haapala wrote:
> So, on regular x86 this is a matter of convenience/timing, and the
> page assignments will tend toward, but not always be, random 1-page
> entries as the system is used.

In 2.4 at least it shows no sign of degenerating in that way, something
in the VM is undoing the entropy