On Thu, May 02, 2024 at 07:41:56AM GMT, Oliver Upton wrote:
> Some arm64 implementations in the wild, like the Apple parts, do not
> support the 64K translation granule. This can be a bit annoying when
> running with the defaults on such hardware, as every test fails
> before getting the MMU turned on.
>
> Switch the default page size to 4K with the intention of having the
> default setting be the most widely applicable one.
Yeah, this makes sense. The original 64k default didn't have any real
justification. I only selected it since I had been drinking the "64k
pages will rule the world" Kool-Aid for too long. The effects of that
Kool-Aid have already long worn off though, so I'll get this merged.
Thanks,
drew
>
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> configure | 8 ++------
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/configure b/configure
> index 49f047cb2d7d..4ac2ff3e6106 100755
> --- a/configure
> +++ b/configure
> @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ usage() {
> (s390x only)
> --page-size=PAGE_SIZE
> Specify the page size (translation granule) (4k, 16k or
> - 64k, default is 64k, arm64 only)
> + 64k, default is 4k, arm64 only)
> --earlycon=EARLYCON
> Specify the UART name, type and address (optional, arm and
> arm64 only). The specified address will overwrite the UART
> @@ -243,11 +243,7 @@ if [ "$efi" ] && [ "$arch" = "riscv64" ] && [ -z "$efi_direct" ]; then
> fi
>
> if [ -z "$page_size" ]; then
> - if [ "$efi" = 'y' ] && [ "$arch" = "arm64" ]; then
> - page_size="4096"
> - elif [ "$arch" = "arm64" ]; then
> - page_size="65536"
> - elif [ "$arch" = "arm" ]; then
> + if [ "$arch" = "arm" ] || [ "$arch" = "arm64" ]; then
> page_size="4096"
> fi
> else
> --
> 2.45.0.rc1.225.g2a3ae87e7f-goog
>
