From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3D4A3002.FFED947E@zip.com.au> Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 00:08:50 -0700 From: Andrew Morton MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: large page patch References: <15690.9727.831144.67179@napali.hpl.hp.com> <868823061.1028244804@[10.10.2.3]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: "Martin J. Bligh" Cc: davidm@hpl.hp.com, "David S. Miller" , riel@conectiva.com.br, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, rohit.seth@intel.com, sunil.saxena@intel.com, asit.k.mallick@intel.com List-ID: "Martin J. Bligh" wrote: > > > DaveM> In my opinion the proposed large-page patch addresses a > > DaveM> relatively pressing need for databases (primarily). > > > > DaveM> Databases want large pages with IPC_SHM, how can this > > DaveM> special syscal hack address that? > > > > I believe the interface is OK in that regard. AFAIK, Oracle is happy > > with it. > > Is Oracle now the world's only database? I think not. Is a draft of Simon's patch available against 2.5? - -- 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/