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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