On 11/28/07, Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:03:10 -0600 Jon Tollefson wrote: > > > This patch adds the hugepagesz boot-time parameter for ppc64 that lets > > you pick the size for your huge pages. The choices available are 64K > > and 16M. It defaults to 16M (previously the only choice) if nothing or > > an invalid choice is specified. Tested 64K huge pages with the > > libhugetlbfs 1.2 release with its 'make func' and 'make stress' test > > invocations. > > > > This patch requires the patch posted by Mel Gorman that adds > > HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE; "[PATCH] Fix boot problem with iSeries > > lacking hugepage support" on 2007-11-15. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jon Tollefson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- > > > > Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 1 > > arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c | 11 +-------- > > arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c | 41 > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > include/asm-powerpc/mmu-hash64.h | 1 > > mm/hugetlb.c | 1 > > 5 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > > b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > > index 33121d6..2fc1fb8 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > > @@ -685,6 +685,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined > > in the file > > See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax. > > > > hugepages= [HW,X86-32,IA-64] Maximal number of HugeTLB pages. > > + hugepagesz= [HW,IA-64,PPC] The size of the HugeTLB pages. > > Any chance of spelling it as "hugepagesize" so that it's a little > less cryptic and more difficult to typo as "hugepages"? > (i.e., less confusion between them)
It already exists as hugepagesz= for IA64. Changing it to hugepagesize would either make ppc be different than IA64, or require keeping both so as to make IA64 setups continue working as before? Thanks, Nish _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
