FreeBSD 7.2 delivers superpages in new release
May 05, 2009, 23:02 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Sean Michael Kerner)
""This change offers the benefit of large page sizes such as
improved virtual memory efficiency and reduced TLB (translation
lookaside buffer) misses without downsides like application changes
and virtual memory inflexibility," the release notes state."
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