linux-kernel - Re: Linux 3.9-rc1

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Message-ID: <CAE9FiQUECh=RNpuxAGRef+StDxVncs6iRrvX13CrCThB72_s0w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 6 Mar 2013 14:54:53 -0800
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
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 Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:48 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> 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?

yes.
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