Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:03:35 -0800 | From | "Nish Aravamudan" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [6/8] GBPAGES: Add an option to disable direct mapping gbpages and a global variable |
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On 1/3/08, Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> wrote: > > Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
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> Index: linux/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt > =================================================================== > --- linux.orig/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt > +++ linux/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt > @@ -307,3 +307,6 @@ Debugging > stuck (default) > > Miscellaneous > + > + direct_gbpages=off > + Do not use GB pages for kernel direct mapping.
Sorry if this is a FAQ, but why do we have this file in addition to kernel-parameters.txt? I see that kernel-parameters.txt refers to this file, so I guess it's ok, but shouldn't we try to consolidate?
Thanks, Nish
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