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16kB pages weren't too hard to get running before, iirc, it's just that most devices people care about went to 64kB. Generally linux is happy unless you try to
by p_l 4y ago
16kB pages weren't too hard to get running before, iirc, it's just that most devices people care about went to 64kB.
Generally linux is happy unless you try to make pages smaller than 4kB,then all sorts of hell break lose in VFS
- saagarjha 4y agoLinux is generally fine with 16K pages; userspace programs often are not.