linux-kernel - Re: Linux 3.9-rc1

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Date:	Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:48:30 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
CC:	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 3.9-rc1

On 03/06/2013 02:44 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> 
> ok, let's stay with 2M.
> 

I still want an explanation of the logic here.  What is the purpose of
this?  Keeping the kernel page tables in large page mappable space?

	-hpa


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