Re: cluster size

[Bosko Milekic]

On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 02:17:38PM -0400, Zhihui Zhang wrote:
> 
> I see.  It has something to do with the power-of-two allocator we are
> using inside the kernel.

        No, it has nothing to do with the power-of-two allocation strategy
used in some cases inside the kernel. 2K is just the most convenient size
for a cluster as it fits the maximum MTU size while at the same time fitting
nicely into a page, reducing allocation complexity.
 
> -Zhihui

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