linux-kernel - Re: [PATCh] x86: overmapped fix when 4K pages on tail

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Date:	Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:48:28 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
CC:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCh] x86: overmapped fix when 4K pages on tail - 64bit


> with this patch, my 256g system still use gbpages for 1g-3g, 4g-256g

256GB certainly qualifies as "large system". But as Linus always says:
Linux is not for servers only. Ignoring the small systems makes you
look bad.

-Andi

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