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Re: How to increase IO size of buffer cache

Let me reframe my query. 

Is it possible to have a buffer of size greater than a page size in
linux 2.6 kernel ?

Regards
Saneep

On Apr 1, 2005 7:06 PM, Christophe Lucas <clucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> lk (linux_kernel@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > Since page size(PAGE_SIZE) on 32bit m/c is 4k, so this much max read/write
> > can be done in one go.
> > Rather on 64bit m/c it can be more than 4k as the page size is more than 4k.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Correct me if I say mistakes, but on x86 (32 and/ 64 bits), it is
> possible to have 4K or 4M page size.
> 
> I think this after reading :
> Intel doc on ia32 vol 3 , Chapter3 : "3.8: Mixing 4-KByte and 4-MByte Pages"
> 
> Have a nice day,
> 
>        ~Christophe
> 
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