page size question

vvenugop · 08-14-2008, 06:12 AM

Hi all,
Donno if this is right forum to ask this question , but anyways posting it.
On what basis is the page size decided , why 4k is the page size in x86 architectures?

Thanks,
Vivek

David1357 · 08-14-2008, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vvenugop

Donno if this is right forum to ask this question , but anyways posting it. On what basis is the page size decided , why 4k is the page size in x86 architectures?

Next time, try Google. I did a Google search with the string "history 4k page size". This was fourth in the list:

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XavierP · 08-14-2008, 09:14 AM

As this isn't a Linux technical question, I have moved it to General.