Re: F34, ppc64 and changing from 64k to 4k page size?

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On 18/11/2020 19:17, David Howells wrote:
> Daniel Pocock <daniel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Given the problems with the 64k page size, is it feasible to offer the
>> 4k page size as default for ppc64 users in Fedora 34?
> 
> It doesn't necessarily help you if you're, say, upgrading from F33 and are
> already using 64K pagesize.  Your formatted filesystems may already depend on
> this - in which case you may find your system is unbootable.
> 

I built my own kernels with 4k page size and used that for creating my
filesystems.  Filesystems are not the only issue though, I found some
applications that don't work on 64k but do work on 4k.

I raised this thread for the convenience of other people who may not be
ready to build a kernel like me.

Regards,

Daniel
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