Re: [LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] 64k (or 16k) base page size on x86

From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)

Date: Fri May 01 2026 - 14:31:29 EST


On 5/1/26 20:12, Kiryl Shutsemau wrote:
> On Fri, May 01, 2026 at 08:02:28PM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
>> On 5/1/26 20:00, Kiryl Shutsemau wrote:
>>>
>>> Just a heads up.
>>>
>>> I've updated the tree. It is on top of v7.0 now.
>>>
>>> I can boot my VM fully (not only to shell as before) on all three page
>>> size 4k, 16k and 64k. And it doesn't crash immediately.
>>>
>>> Page fault handler is the most challenging part of the design. I wanted
>>> to flash it out to RFC quality before the summit, but it is not there
>>> yet. But it started getting a shape.
>>>
>>> Volume of the code changes makes it hard to deal with the patchset:
>>>
>>> 1530 files changed, 12675 insertions(+), 8669 deletions(-)
>>
>> I think you know the answer already :P
>
> :/
>
> Let me present the case at least.

Oh, absolutely, looking forward to it!

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Cheers,

David