Pages: Difference between revisions

Line 28: Line 28:
HugePages_Surp:        0
HugePages_Surp:        0
Hugepagesize:      2048 kB</pre>
Hugepagesize:      2048 kB</pre>
* The <tt>hugepages=</tt> kernel parameter or <tt>/proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages</tt> can be used to preallocate/release huge pages
* Val Henson wrote a good 2006 [http://lwn.net/Articles/188056/ KHB article] in LWN on transparent largepage support
* Val Henson wrote a good 2006 [http://lwn.net/Articles/188056/ KHB article] in LWN on transparent largepage support
* Jonathan Corbet followed up with a relevant summary of the [http://lwn.net/Articles/250335/ 2007 Kernel Summit's] VM mini-summit
* Jonathan Corbet followed up with a relevant summary of the [http://lwn.net/Articles/250335/ 2007 Kernel Summit's] VM mini-summit