On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:51:07PM +0200, Toon Moene wrote:
> [ I found this e-mail address while surfing http://linux-mm.org -
> hope it's relevant. ]
>
> Is it possible to boot the Linux kernel in such a way as to *only*
> enable "huge" pages ?
>
> I ask this because my use of "da machine" is mostly running large
> Fortran programs, who need all memory of it anyway, so there's little to
> gain from small page sizes.
>
> [ Yes, I know this will make the occasional 'ls', 'rm' and 'mv' also at
> least 2 MB in size ]
>
> Thanks in advance for any insight provided ... and happy hacking !
This cannot be done. Huge pages are a hack on the side of the Linux
MM, and can't be used as a substitute for normal page handling.
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