Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750785AbWISSiQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:38:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751915AbWISSiQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:38:16 -0400 Received: from omx1-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.179.11]:37064 "EHLO omx1.americas.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750785AbWISSiP (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:38:15 -0400 Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:38:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Christoph Lameter To: Sandeep Kumar cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Efficient Use of the Page Cache with 64 KB Pages In-Reply-To: <37d33d830609150150v30dc32en57f8c5e43c30aef3@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <37d33d830609150150v30dc32en57f8c5e43c30aef3@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 571 Lines: 15 On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Sandeep Kumar wrote: > So, how far is this feature feasible for the linux main line kernel ? > Is, this feature already supported ? IA64 has supported 64k page size from the beginning. Since some years before the end of the last decade. It is only the hardware limitations on IA32 that hold us back. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/