>>sure but we are talking about x86_64, which has a limited number of >>possible page sizes
>no, it doesn't. i cut off that message: what do we usually do when the hardware doesn't do quite what we'd like? admittedly, if it had only Gbyte and 2 Mbyte pages, then indeed, there wouldn't be much to be done about it. 4k is better in that regard, because it's too small.
