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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:29:09 +0200
From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] 8xx: Large page(8MB) support for 2.4
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Hi an,

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 09:22:09AM -0700, Dan Malek wrote:
> 
> Hi Joakim.
> 
> On Oct 10, 2011, at 4:38 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> 
> >This adds Large page support for 8xx and uses it
> >for all kernel RAM....
> 
> >- Dan, what do you think :)
> 
> Since you asked, yes it looks great :-)  Now, can we
> get this into a more contemporary kernel?  I'm
> actually working on an 8xx project that may have
> a few years of life left.

At the pace of current 2.4, I'm sure the code won't have change
much a few years from now :-) It would be nice to know by now if
the current longterm branches work OK or not though.

Cheers,
Willy