> NOTE: This seems way too easy, IMHO. I'm not an experienced kernel
> developer so someone please check me on this.
If it looks way to easy, it usually is.
Your idea won't help squat for userland programs like X,
because those programs still allocate stuff one page at
a time.
Besides, why would it matter whether these programs get
physically contiguous memory or not ?
regards,
Rik
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