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SubjectRE: Change of Default kernel page size i.e 4KB
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
> [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of naveen yadav
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 8:53 AM
> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Change of Default kernel page size i.e 4KB
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have few drivers and very big application running on ARM
> and MIPS target.
> I want to check the performance by changing the page size ie.
> 8K, 16K, 32K etc.
>
> Is it possile, If yes then what all care i need to take .
>
> thanks
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For processor families that have Linux support for other-than-4K page
sizes, you can use menuconfig to change the page size in "Kernel Options".

This changes the configuration items: PPC_*_PAGES, SPARC64_PAGE_SIZE_*,
(MIPS) PAGE_SIZE_*, IA64_PAGE_SIZE_*.


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