From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:37:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20080324.133722.38645342.davem@davemloft.net> Subject: larger default page sizes... From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: <20080321.145712.198736315.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org From: Christoph Lameter Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:27:06 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: To: clameter@sgi.com Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org List-ID: > The move to 64k page size on IA64 is another way that this issue can > be addressed though. This is such a huge mistake I wish platforms such as powerpc and IA64 would not make such decisions so lightly. The memory wastage is just rediculious. I already see several distributions moving to 64K pages for powerpc, so I want to nip this in the bud before this monkey-see-monkey-do thing gets any more out of hand. -- 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/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org