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* They were a [http://lwn.net/Articles/40840/ 2003 Kernel Summit] topic, after seeing first [http://kerneltrap.org/node/418 introduction] in Linux 2.5.36 ([http://linuxgazette.net/155/krishnakumar.html LinuxGazette] primer article) | * They were a [http://lwn.net/Articles/40840/ 2003 Kernel Summit] topic, after seeing first [http://kerneltrap.org/node/418 introduction] in Linux 2.5.36 ([http://linuxgazette.net/155/krishnakumar.html LinuxGazette] primer article) | ||
* [http://lwn.net/Articles/6971/ Rohit Seth] provided the first explicit large page support to applications as covered in [http://lwn.net/Articles/6969/ this LWN article] | * [http://lwn.net/Articles/6971/ Rohit Seth] provided the first explicit large page support to applications as covered in [http://lwn.net/Articles/6969/ this LWN article] | ||
** <tt>alloc_hugepages</tt>, <tt>free_hugepages</tt>, <tt>get_large_pages(2)</tt> and <tt>shared_large_pages(2)</tt> | ** <tt>alloc_hugepages</tt>, <tt>free_hugepages</tt>, <tt>get_large_pages(2)</tt> and <tt>shared_large_pages(2)</tt> were present in kernels 2.5.36-2.5.54 | ||
* [http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt hugetlbfs] and assorted infrastructure replaced these. Mel Gorman's [http://linux-mm.org/HugePages Linux MM wiki] has a good page on hugetlbfs. | * [http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt hugetlbfs] and assorted infrastructure replaced these. Mel Gorman's [http://linux-mm.org/HugePages Linux MM wiki] has a good page on hugetlbfs. | ||
* Val Henson wrote a good 2006 [http://lwn.net/Articles/188056/ KHB article] in LWN on transparent largepage support | |||
===Applications=== | ===Applications=== | ||