Talk:Page Size Extension

Shouldn't there be a section contrasting and comparing Page Size Extension to Physical Address Extension? Dsf7183 10:22, 15 November 2007 (PST)

Is it used?
Which operating systems uses PSE? --RokerHRO (talk) 20:31, 29 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Windows has done so for some time, at least since XP. In later versions both user and kernel mode memory allocations can request "large pages". Large pages are also used for some key "root" system data structures. Jeh (talk) 19:32, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 12 February 2016

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The result of the move request was: moved. Reverting an undiscussed move. Jenks24 (talk) 10:49, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Page-Size Extension → Page Size Extension – Requesting reversion of undiscussed move. This page was moved to the hyphenated name without discussion, despite that Intel, the inventor of the technology, does not use that form of the name (see page 3-8 and throughout), nor does the Tom Shanley reference, nor does noted Microsoft researcher Mark Russinovich when writing for (and presumably edited by) a third-party magazine:  Yes, AMD uses the hyphenated form in their doc but they are a distinct minority. Jeh (talk) 19:00, 12 February 2016 (UTC)


 * I would also note that the editors of the AMD doc referenced in the edit summary for the move, http://support.amd.com/TechDocs/24593.pdf, appear to be more than a little hyphen-happy: They even hyphenate "operating system" - in some places but not in others. I suggest that this is not a RS for hyphenation issues. Jeh (talk) 21:01, 13 February 2016 (UTC)


 * You can move it back, if you like. I was not aware of the Intel spelling without hyphen. But perhaps it shall be mentioned in the article that AMD and Intel use different spellings… :-( --RokerHRO (talk) 12:49, 15 February 2016 (UTC)


 * No, I can't just "move it back." The redirect has a page history so it requires an admin to undo the move. And since we disagreed that made it "potentially controversial" so I had to list it as a "move for discussion" where it has to sit for seven days before it's fixed. Maybe since you have withdrawn your objection to the use of the better-referenced spelling I can move it to a faster process. Jeh (talk) 18:24, 15 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Re "I was not aware"— You seem to have been aware of it twenty minutes after you did the page move, when you wrote "Unfortunately Intel does it wrong and writes this term without dash." In the future, please be aware of WP:TITLE, partiuclarly WP:COMMONNAME: "the term or name most typically used in reliable sources is generally preferred". And do check the references that are used in the article before doing such moves. Ok? Jeh (talk) 19:12, 15 February 2016 (UTC)


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