A path toward removal of kernel high-memory support [LWN.net]

As a followup to his OSS Europe talk on the future of 32-bit support in the kernel, Arnd Bergmann has put together a detailed plan for the eventual removal of high-memory support, which he calls "one of the least popular features of the Linux kernel". The intent is "to gradually phase out highmem over the next 2 years for mainline kernels". This plan is posted as a prompt for a discussion to be held at the Kernel Summit in December, so chances are it will evolve considerably in the next few months.

The LWN site is currently under high scraper load, so comment display has been suppressed for anonymous users. If you are a human, you may read the comments by clicking the button below:

Note: you can avoid this step in the future by logging into your LWN account.