were introduced in Linux 2.5.36 and removed again in 2.5.54.
They existed only on i386 and ia64 (when built with
.BR CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE ).
-In Linux 2.4.20 the syscall numbers exist,
+In Linux 2.4.20, the syscall numbers exist,
but the calls fail with the error
.BR ENOSYS .
.LP
.SH NOTES
These system calls are gone;
they existed only in Linux 2.5.36 through to 2.5.54.
-Now the hugetlbfs file system can be used instead.
+Now the hugetlbfs filesystem can be used instead.
Memory backed by huge pages (if the CPU supports them) is obtained by
using
.BR mmap (2)
-to map files in this virtual file system.
+to map files in this virtual filesystem.
.LP
The maximal number of huge pages can be specified using the
.B hugepages=
.\" and CONFIG_HUGETLBFS (under "Filesystems").
.\" mount -t hugetlbfs hugetlbfs /huge
.\" SHM_HUGETLB
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.68 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
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+information about reporting bugs,
+and the latest version of this page,
+can be found at
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