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===Linux===

* 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)

* <tt>alloc_hugepages</tt>, <tt>free_hugepages</tt>, <tt>get_large_pages(2)</tt> and <tt>shared_large_pages(2)</tt>, ~~as covered in [http://lwn.net/Articles/6969/ this LWN article] and~~ present in kernels 2.5.36-2.5.54~~, were a first attempt to provide explicit large page support to applications.~~

* [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>, 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.

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 ===Linux===
 * 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)
-* <tt>alloc_hugepages</tt>, <tt>free_hugepages</tt>, <tt>get_large_pages(2)</tt> and <tt>shared_large_pages(2)</tt>, as covered in [http://lwn.net/Articles/6969/ this LWN article] and present in kernels 2.5.36-2.5.54, were a first attempt to provide explicit large page support to applications.
+* [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>, 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.