From: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
To: Andrew Jones <andrew.jones@linux.dev>
Cc: Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@arm.com>,
Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com>,
kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH] arm64: Default to 4K translation granule
Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 09:08:22 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZjO6dvK-_BUjqf61@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240502-d67a14b9ac3dd606a52af562@orel>
On Thu, May 02, 2024 at 11:05:51AM +0200, Andrew Jones wrote:
> On Thu, May 02, 2024 at 07:41:56AM GMT, Oliver Upton wrote:
> > Some arm64 implementations in the wild, like the Apple parts, do not
> > support the 64K translation granule. This can be a bit annoying when
> > running with the defaults on such hardware, as every test fails
> > before getting the MMU turned on.
> >
> > Switch the default page size to 4K with the intention of having the
> > default setting be the most widely applicable one.
>
> I had been drinking the "64k pages will rule the world" Kool-Aid for
> too long.
Hey, your words not mine! :-)
> Kool-Aid have already long worn off though, so I'll get this merged.
Thanks drew.
--
Best,
Oliver
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-02 16:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-02 7:41 [kvm-unit-tests PATCH] arm64: Default to 4K translation granule Oliver Upton
2024-05-02 7:58 ` Thomas Huth
2024-05-02 8:53 ` Alexandru Elisei
2024-05-02 9:05 ` Andrew Jones
2024-05-02 16:08 ` Oliver Upton [this message]
2024-05-02 10:10 ` Zenghui Yu
2024-05-02 15:29 ` Andrew Jones
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