On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 12:56:18PM -0800, William Lee Irwin III wrote: > On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 01:18:59PM -0600, David Stroupe wrote: > >> What is the standard Linux memory page size? > > On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 04:27:18PM -0300, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote: > > Depends on the architecture. > > On IA32, it's 4M > > on IA64, it can be as large as 64M. > Not quite. > IA32 supports several page sizes: > > (1) 4KB -- normally > (2) 4MB -- PSE under various circumstances > (3) 2MB -- in combination with PAE, some options will use this size > > Linux seems to ignore 2MB pages, use 4MB pages to map out the kernel > when possible, and always uses 4KB for userspace. Question: standard LINUX memory page size Answer: On IA, it's 4M Then, of course, I was meaning what Linux uses , not what the processor supports. In any case, your explanation is very informational, and welcome. -- Rodrigo Barbosa - rodrigob at tisbrasil.com.br TIS - Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" - http://www.tisbrasil.com.br/ Brainbench Certified -> Transcript ID #3332104 -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
