Re: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks

Horst von Brand wrote:

So people should really be asking for a PAGE_SIZE = 8k option ;)

On i386 is is either 4KiB or 4MiB. Guess what I prefer...

Well, you can always use 8k pages - by setting PAGE_SIZE to 8k
and always set up the real 4k pages in pairs.  Wheter we want to do this
is another issue - but it is simple enough and avoids fragmentation.

Helge Hafting
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