RE: Change of Default kernel page size i.e 4KB

[Daniel Taylor]

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> [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of naveen yadav
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 8:53 AM
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> 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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