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On Tue, 2022-01-04 at 15:55 -0800, Georgy Yakovlev wrote: |
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> Hardware can use either size, it's a built time option. |
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> 64K is standard and is what we use by default and 99% of distros use. |
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> 4K is more compatible with desktop applications and GPU drivers, |
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> which often assume 4K page size. |
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Sounds like a pretty major cannon for this sparrow. |
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> Problem from switching page sizes on reboot: |
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> btrfs and swaps break, other filesystems like ext4 may become |
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> unmountable, sepending on direction of switch 4K <-> 64K. |
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This really sounds like it shouldn't be switched lightly, |
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and therefore one more argument against adding a USE flag for it. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |