Switch to 4K page size for production readiness
Remove the 16K page override from the kernel patch, preserving upstream Talos's default 4K pages. RPi5 hardware works correctly with 4K pages — the RPi Foundation's 16K default is a TLB performance optimization (~5%), not a hardware requirement. Benefits: - Correct memory accounting (4x less overhead per page) - Full software compatibility (jemalloc, Longhorn, F2FS, etc.) - No OOM surprises on control-plane nodes - Aligned with upstream Talos kernel config Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ talosctl upgrade --image docker.io/svrnty/talos-rpi5:v1.12.3-k6.12.47-2
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### What's included
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- RPi downstream kernel with CM5/RP1 support
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- 16K page size (RPi Foundation default — see [known issues](#known-issues) for implications)
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- RPi downstream kernel with CM5/RP1 support (4K page size, aligned with upstream Talos)
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- Overclock: 2.6GHz (`arm_freq=2600`, `over_voltage_delta=50000`, `arm_boost=1`)
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- Extensions: `iscsi-tools`, `util-linux-tools`
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@ -78,18 +77,6 @@ The RPi5/CM5 EFI firmware does not support runtime EFI variable writes, which th
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*Upstream: <a href="https://github.com/talos-rpi5/talos-builder/issues/21" target="_blank">talos-builder#21</a>*
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### 16K memory pages
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The RPi downstream kernel defaults to 16K page size instead of upstream Talos's 4K. This means:
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- **Higher per-page memory overhead** — workloads that allocate many small buffers (e.g. Longhorn v2 data engine) consume significantly more RAM
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- **Potential OOM on control-plane nodes** — systems running etcd + kube-apiserver + workloads may hit memory pressure, especially on 4GB/8GB boards
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- **Incompatibility with some software** that assumes 4K pages
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We plan to switch to 4K pages for production readiness (see [Roadmap](#roadmap)).
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*Upstream: <a href="https://github.com/talos-rpi5/talos-builder/issues/3" target="_blank">talos-builder#3</a>, <a href="https://github.com/talos-rpi5/talos-builder/issues/11" target="_blank">talos-builder#11</a>*
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### No serial console output after boot
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Serial output goes silent after the EFI stub decompresses the kernel and exits boot services. This affects headless debugging on CM5 boards where serial is the primary console.
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@ -106,7 +93,7 @@ Talos ignores the `machine.install.disk` config field on SBC platforms. You **mu
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This project targets production-ready Talos clusters on RPi5/CM5 hardware. Key milestones:
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- [ ] **Switch to 4K page size** — Align with upstream Talos kernel config to reduce memory overhead and improve workload compatibility. Requires testing RPi peripheral drivers with 4K pages.
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- [x] **Switch to 4K page size** — Aligned with upstream Talos kernel config. Reduces memory overhead and improves workload compatibility (Longhorn, jemalloc, F2FS, etc.).
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- [ ] **Reliable in-place upgrades** — Investigate GRUB-based boot or alternative bootloader strategies to work around the `SetVariableRT` firmware limitation, enabling `talosctl upgrade` on RPi5/CM5.
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- [ ] **Serial console fix** — Debug U-Boot/kernel handoff to restore serial output after EFI stub exit.
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- [ ] **NVMe boot support** — Produce images that target NVMe directly, or document a supported NVMe boot flow.
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@ -58,17 +58,6 @@ index 65b3647..7ba70c0 100644
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# CONFIG_KEXEC is not set
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CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE=y
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CONFIG_KEXEC_SIG=y
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@@ -450,8 +451,8 @@ CONFIG_ROCKCHIP_ERRATUM_3588001=y
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CONFIG_SOCIONEXT_SYNQUACER_PREITS=y
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# end of ARM errata workarounds via the alternatives framework
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-CONFIG_ARM64_4K_PAGES=y
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-# CONFIG_ARM64_16K_PAGES is not set
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+# CONFIG_ARM64_4K_PAGES is not set
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+CONFIG_ARM64_16K_PAGES=y
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# CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES is not set
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# CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS_39 is not set
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CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS_48=y
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@@ -660,7 +661,7 @@ CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT=y
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# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE is not set
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# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE is not set
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