Hugepages can be allocated using the /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages entry, or by using the sysctl command. To view the current setting using the /proc entry: # cat /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages 0 (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); [...]