Re: Support for Intel 4MB Pages

[Timur Tabi <ttabi@interactivesi.com>]

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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