Re: [PATCH 3/5] MIPS: Set page size to 16KB for malta SMP defconfigs

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On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 02:00:26PM +0000, Markos Chandras wrote:

> From: Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> For Malta defconfigs which may run on an SMP configuration without
> hardware cache anti-aliasing, a 16KB page size is a safer default.
> Most notably at the moment it will avoid cache aliasing issues for
> multicore proAptiv systems.

You're aware that this may cause binary compatibility issues with old
userland?  So far the defaults were chosen to maximise compatibility
over performance.

  Ralf


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