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How can I enable huge pages in Raspbian Stretch? I have followed instructions for Debian (https://wiki.debian.org/Hugepages#Enabling_HugeTlbPage) without success (reboot puts my Pi 3 into 'emergency' mode, can't log back in, have to start with a fresh image). I have also tried (from https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/32):

sudo sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=5

But this has no effect (since the file 'nr_hugepages' does not exist).

Is there something specific for Raspbian that I'm missing?

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  • And you are shure that the kernel have been compiled with hugepages support?
    – MatsK
    Feb 20, 2018 at 7:09
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    I'm not fully sure. I've had no luck finding specific discussion of huge pages in the official Raspberry Pi forums (raspberrypi.org/forums), but huge pages are supported in Debian (from which Raspbian is ported). I've submitted a post with the same question to the official Raspberry Pi forum: we'll see what they say.
    – whit
    Feb 21, 2018 at 12:46
  • My thread at raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=206014 hasn't gained much traction: It has supplied a few new references, which might be useful to someone with more experience, but nothing I'm able to distill into a procedure so far...
    – whit
    Feb 27, 2018 at 0:02

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Based on the information I can find online (example here), I don't believe the ARM Cortex-A7 used in the Raspberry Pi supports Huge Pages in the L1 TLB, so it most likely won't work properly due to the Hardware itself.

If someone finds a more definitive answer, please let us know!

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    Great reference! I hadn't seen that, and I can't pretend to understand it all (my linux-fu is not strong). The capabilities of the ARM are of importance here: the Cortex-A7 for the Pi 2 and the Cortex-A53 for the later Pi 2's and Pi 3's. I'll keep looking.
    – whit
    Feb 20, 2018 at 3:05
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I guess that Huge pages are supported from Raspberry PI 4B. The supported huge page sizes are:

 - 1 GB
 - 32 MB
 - 2 MB (default)
 - 64 KB

As a side note, for more details, I posted an answer on StackOverflow which explains how to configure and use them. But it is for Raspberry Pi OS 64 bits (formerly called Raspbian).

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  • Your answer doesn't fit the question. For a start, you cannot run Raspbian Strech on a Pi 4. You'd better ask a new question (and answer it) if you feel like sharing your findings. And don't just link to an SO question, explain how to enable huge pages on a Pi and what are the benefits of doing so.
    – Dmitry Grigoryev
    Nov 25, 2020 at 10:28
  • @DmitryGrigoryev: The answer at least says that Huge Pages are likely not supported on RPI3 which is part of the question no ?
    – Rachid K.
    Nov 25, 2020 at 15:34

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