On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:33:08 -0500 Michael Di Domenico <[email protected]> wrote:
> does anyone know if it's still possible to change the default > page_size from 4k to something larger on RHEL v5 x86_64? > > My efforts to recompile the kernel with a larger page size are failing > me, but i might be doing it wrong... Hi Michael, What are you actually trying to accomplish? These links may be relevant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_(computer_memory)#Huge_pages http://dank.qemfd.net/dankwiki/index.php/Pages One place where this comes up is trying to increase the blocksize of ext3; my understanding is that it's not possible in practice: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3#cite_note-7 Regards, -- Alex Chekholko [email protected] _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
