On Tue, 2022-01-04 at 15:55 -0800, Georgy Yakovlev wrote:
> Hardware can use either size, it's a built time option.
> 64K is standard and is what we use by default and 99% of distros use.
> 4K is more compatible with desktop applications and GPU drivers,
> which often assume 4K page size.

Sounds like a pretty major cannon for this sparrow.

> 
> Problem from switching page sizes on reboot:
> btrfs and swaps break, other filesystems like ext4 may become
> unmountable, sepending on direction of switch 4K <-> 64K.

This really sounds like it shouldn't be switched lightly,
and therefore one more argument against adding a USE flag for it.


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Best regards,
Michał Górny


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