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    SubjectRe: [00/17] Large Blocksize Support V3
    On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 08:03:58PM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
    > On Thu, Apr 26 2007, Christoph Lameter wrote:
    > > > Iff we really the larger physical page size to support the hardware
    > > > then it makes sense to go down a path of larger pages. But it doesn't.
    > >
    > > You are redefining the problem. We need larger physical sizes to support
    > > the hardware. Yes. We can dodge the issue with shim layers and hacks. It
    > > is obvious from the kernel sources that this is needed.
    >
    > We definitely don't. Larger sizes are ONE way to solve the problem, they
    > are definitely not the only one. If the larger pages become unfeasible
    > for some reason (be it fragmentation, or just because the design isn't
    > good), then we can solve it differently.

    Exactly. But the only counter-proposal we have so far seems far worse :)
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