diff -urN linux-2.4.13-manfred/fs/pipe.c linux-2.4.13-manfred-up/fs/pipe.c
--- linux-2.4.13-manfred/fs/pipe.c	Tue Nov  6 15:23:41 2001
+++ linux-2.4.13-manfred-up/fs/pipe.c	Tue Nov  6 11:25:28 2001
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
  * -- Julian Bradfield 1999-06-07.
  */
 
+struct pipe_stat_t pipe_stat;
+
 /* Drop the inode semaphore and wait for a pipe event, atomically */
 void pipe_wait(struct inode * inode)
 {
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@
 		 * case. Write into the internal buffer before
 		 * checking for signals/error conditions.
 		 */
-		size_t j = min((size_t)PIPE_SIZE, pio->len);
+		size_t j = min((size_t)PIPE_SIZE(*inode), pio->len);
 		if (PIPE_LEN(*inode)) BUG();
 		if (PIPE_START(*inode)) BUG();
 		if (!copy_from_user(PIPE_BASE(*inode), buf + i, j)) {
@@ -199,8 +201,8 @@
 			int offset = PIPE_START(*inode)%PIPE_BUF;
 			if (chars > count)
 				chars = count;
-			if (chars > PIPE_SIZE-offset)
-				chars = PIPE_SIZE-offset;
+			if (chars > PIPE_SIZE(*inode)-offset)
+				chars = PIPE_SIZE(*inode)-offset;
 			if (unlikely(copy_to_user(buf, pipebuf+offset, chars))) {
 				if (!read)
 					read = -EFAULT;
@@ -313,11 +315,11 @@
 		if (PIPE_PIOLEN(*inode))
 			goto skip_int_buf;
 		/* write to internal buffer - could be cyclic */
-		while(start = PIPE_LEN(*inode),chars = PIPE_SIZE - start, chars >= min) {
+		while(start = PIPE_LEN(*inode),chars = PIPE_SIZE(*inode) - start, chars >= min) {
 			start += PIPE_START(*inode);
-			start %= PIPE_SIZE;
-			if (chars > PIPE_BUF - start)
-				chars = PIPE_BUF - start;
+			start %= PIPE_SIZE(*inode);
+			if (chars > PIPE_SIZE(*inode) - start)
+				chars = PIPE_SIZE(*inode) - start;
 			if (chars > count)
 				chars = count;
 			if (unlikely(copy_from_user(PIPE_BASE(*inode)+start,
@@ -457,7 +459,7 @@
 	if (!PIPE_READERS(*inode) && !PIPE_WRITERS(*inode)) {
 		struct pipe_inode_info *info = inode->i_pipe;
 		inode->i_pipe = NULL;
-		free_page((unsigned long) info->base);
+		free_pages((unsigned long) info->base, info->order);
 		kfree(info);
 	} else {
 		wake_up_interruptible(PIPE_WAIT(*inode));
@@ -591,8 +593,12 @@
 struct inode* pipe_new(struct inode* inode)
 {
 	unsigned long page;
+        int pipe_order = pipe_stat.pipe_size_order;
+ 
+        if (pipe_order > MAX_PIPE_ORDER)
+                pipe_order = MAX_PIPE_ORDER;
 
-	page = __get_free_page(GFP_USER);
+	page = __get_free_pages(GFP_USER, pipe_order);
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -606,10 +612,11 @@
 	PIPE_START(*inode) = PIPE_LEN(*inode) = PIPE_PIOLEN(*inode) = 0;
 	PIPE_READERS(*inode) = PIPE_WRITERS(*inode) = 0;
 	PIPE_RCOUNTER(*inode) = PIPE_WCOUNTER(*inode) = 1;
+     	PIPE_ORDER(*inode) = pipe_order;      
 
 	return inode;
 fail_page:
-	free_page(page);
+	free_pages(page, pipe_order);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -724,7 +731,7 @@
 close_f12_inode_i:
 	put_unused_fd(i);
 close_f12_inode:
-	free_page((unsigned long) PIPE_BASE(*inode));
+	free_pages((unsigned long) PIPE_BASE(*inode), PIPE_ORDER(*inode));
 	kfree(inode->i_pipe);
 	inode->i_pipe = NULL;
 	iput(inode);
diff -urN linux-2.4.13-manfred/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h linux-2.4.13-manfred-up/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
--- linux-2.4.13-manfred/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h	Tue Nov  6 15:23:41 2001
+++ linux-2.4.13-manfred-up/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h	Mon Nov  5 17:35:01 2001
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define _LINUX_PIPE_FS_I_H
 
 #define PIPEFS_MAGIC 0x50495045
+#define MAX_PIPE_ORDER	3
 struct pipe_inode_info {
 	wait_queue_head_t wait;
 	char *base;
@@ -13,12 +14,21 @@
 	unsigned int writers;
 	unsigned int r_counter;
 	unsigned int w_counter;
+	unsigned int order;
 };
 
+struct pipe_stat_t{
+        int pipe_size_order;
+        int pipe_seg_order;
+};
+
+extern struct pipe_stat_t pipe_stat;      
+
 /* Differs from PIPE_BUF in that PIPE_SIZE is the length of the actual
    memory allocation, whereas PIPE_BUF makes atomicity guarantees.  */
-#define PIPE_SIZE		PAGE_SIZE
+#define PIPE_SIZE(inode)	((1 << PIPE_ORDER(inode)) * PAGE_SIZE)
 
+#define PIPE_ORDER(inode)	((inode).i_pipe->order)
 #define PIPE_SEM(inode)		(&(inode).i_sem)
 #define PIPE_WAIT(inode)	(&(inode).i_pipe->wait)
 #define PIPE_BASE(inode)	((inode).i_pipe->base)
@@ -31,8 +41,8 @@
 #define PIPE_RCOUNTER(inode)	((inode).i_pipe->r_counter)
 #define PIPE_WCOUNTER(inode)	((inode).i_pipe->w_counter)
 
-#define PIPE_FREE(inode)	(PIPE_SIZE - PIPE_LEN(inode))
-#define PIPE_END(inode)	((PIPE_START(inode) + PIPE_LEN(inode)) & (PIPE_SIZE-1))
+#define PIPE_FREE(inode)	(PIPE_SIZE(inode) - PIPE_LEN(inode))
+#define PIPE_END(inode)	((PIPE_START(inode) + PIPE_LEN(inode)) & (PIPE_SIZE(inode)-1))
 
 /* Drop the inode semaphore and wait for a pipe event, atomically */
 void pipe_wait(struct inode * inode);
diff -urN linux-2.4.13-manfred/include/linux/sysctl.h linux-2.4.13-manfred-up/include/linux/sysctl.h
--- linux-2.4.13-manfred/include/linux/sysctl.h	Thu Oct 11 02:44:34 2001
+++ linux-2.4.13-manfred-up/include/linux/sysctl.h	Tue Nov  6 14:20:00 2001
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@
 	FS_LEASES=13,	/* int: leases enabled */
 	FS_DIR_NOTIFY=14,	/* int: directory notification enabled */
 	FS_LEASE_TIME=15,	/* int: maximum time to wait for a lease break */
+        FS_PIPE_SIZE=16,        /* int: number of pages allocated for PIPE */   
 };
 
 /* CTL_DEBUG names: */
diff -urN linux-2.4.13-manfred/kernel/sysctl.c linux-2.4.13-manfred-up/kernel/sysctl.c
--- linux-2.4.13-manfred/kernel/sysctl.c	Fri Oct  5 15:23:53 2001
+++ linux-2.4.13-manfred-up/kernel/sysctl.c	Mon Nov  5 17:21:18 2001
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@
 	 sizeof(int), 0644, NULL, &proc_dointvec},
 	{FS_LEASE_TIME, "lease-break-time", &lease_break_time, sizeof(int),
 	 0644, NULL, &proc_dointvec},
+        {FS_PIPE_SIZE, "pipe-sz", &pipe_stat, 2*sizeof(int),
+         0644, NULL, &proc_dointvec},                                                      
 	{0}
 };