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Subject: Page Coloring in FreeBSD
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Does the FreeBSD kernel employ a page coloring algorithm? If so,  
where can I find information on the heuristics used to color pages?

I have looked at Matthew Dillon's description at http:// 
people.freebsd.org/~nik/article.html-text

I was hoping to find something more detailed.

Thanks.

- Apan