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Re: 4M kernel pages
On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Petko Manolov wrote:
> I red in the intel docs that it is possile to have mixed
> 4K and 4M pages for pentium+ machines. Also we have less
> TLB misses when the kernel is in 4M page. I know Linus
> don't like the idea of mixing different page sizes but
> if this a improvemet...
Been there, done that. Linux has had this implemented for
ages, in fact it's such a long time ago that I don't
remember when it was :)
Rik -- slowly getting used to dvorak kbd layout...
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