From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 22:20:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20020801.222053.20302294.davem@redhat.com> Subject: Re: large page patch From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <15690.6005.624237.902152@napali.hpl.hp.com> References: <15690.6005.624237.902152@napali.hpl.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: davidm@hpl.hp.com, davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com Cc: gh@us.ibm.com, riel@conectiva.com.br, akpm@zip.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, rohit.seth@intel.com, sunil.saxena@intel.com, asit.k.mallick@intel.com List-ID: In my opinion the proposed large-page patch addresses a relatively pressing need for databases (primarily). Databases want large pages with IPC_SHM, how can this special syscal hack address that? It's great for experimentation, but give up syscall slots for this? -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/