> Other than the fact that the memmap must be PMD aligned to use hugepage > entries for the memmap.
Why is that so? mem_map should be just part of lowmem anyways. > It could be mapped with small pages in corner cases > but the complexity worth it? You don't need to map it with small pages in the normal case, the only requirement is that c_p_a() is aware of it so it can split it if needed. > I can't see this type of lifting being done any time soon. As SPARSEMEM works > and there is hope with the vmemmap work that DISCONTIG will finally go away, > it may not be the best investment of time. It's a trivial change, probably less code than your original patch. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
