linux-kernel - Re: [rfc] increase struct page size?!

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705221142340.11196@anakin>
Date:	Tue, 22 May 2007 11:44:17 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Cc:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>, ak@...e.de,
	dada1@...mosbay.com, wli@...omorphy.com, npiggin@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [rfc] increase struct page size?!

On Mon, 21 May 2007, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Tue, 22 May 2007, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> > For i386(32bit arch), there is not enough space for vmemmap.
> 
> I thought 32 bit would use flatmem? Is memory really sparse on 32 
> bit? Likely difficult due to lack of address space?

Throwing in more crazy comments: many m68k boxes have really sparse memory, due
to lack of memory and large address space.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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