Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:14:17 +0100 | From | Jiri Slaby <> | Subject | Re: PAGE_SIZE on 64bit and 32bit machines |
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On 11/12/2007 03:39 PM, Yoav Artzi wrote: > According to my knowledge the PAGE_SIZE on 32bit architectures in 4KB. > Logically, the PAGE_SIZE on 64bit architectures should be 8KB. That's at > least the way I understand it. However, looking at the kernel code of > x86_64, I see the PAGE_SIZE is 4KB.
Yes, it stood unchanged, the only difference is 4-level page tables.
> Can anyone explain to me what am I missing here?
What led you to that it must be 8k?
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