On 11/12/2007 03:39 PM, Yoav Artzi wrote:
> According to my knowledge the PAGE_SIZE on 32bit architectures in 4KB.
> Logically, the PAGE_SIZE on 64bit architectures should be 8KB. That's at
> least the way I understand it. However, looking at the kernel code of
> x86_64, I see the PAGE_SIZE is 4KB.
Yes, it stood unchanged, the only difference is 4-level page tables.
> Can anyone explain to me what am I missing here?
What led you to that it must be 8k?
regards,
--
Jiri Slaby ([email protected])
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University
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