Let me reframe my query. Is it possible to have a buffer of size greater than a page size in linux 2.6 kernel ? Regards Saneep On Apr 1, 2005 7:06 PM, Christophe Lucas <clucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > lk (linux_kernel@xxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > Since page size(PAGE_SIZE) on 32bit m/c is 4k, so this much max read/write > > can be done in one go. > > Rather on 64bit m/c it can be more than 4k as the page size is more than 4k. > > Hi, > > Correct me if I say mistakes, but on x86 (32 and/ 64 bits), it is > possible to have 4K or 4M page size. > > I think this after reading : > Intel doc on ia32 vol 3 , Chapter3 : "3.8: Mixing 4-KByte and 4-MByte Pages" > > Have a nice day, > > ~Christophe > > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- ----------- S K T ----------- -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
