Unable to configure hugepages: /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages doesn't exist

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Issue

  • Configuring hugepages by following the guide at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-3777 fails because the file /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages doesn't exist.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and newer
  • Xen kernel

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