Re: large page patch

David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Thu, 01 Aug 2002 22:20:53 -0700 (PDT)

From: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 22:24:05 -0700

In my opinion the proposed large-page patch addresses a relatively
pressing need for databases (primarily).

Databases want large pages with IPC_SHM, how can this special
syscal hack address that?

It's great for experimentation, but give up syscall slots for
this?
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