+
+@item --merge-core-pages
+When platform support is present, provide hints to the operating system
+that identical pages may be shared between processes until they are
+written to. This can be useful to reduce the memory usage on systems
+with multiple SBCL processes started from similar but differently-named
+core files, or from compressed cores. Without platform support, do
+nothing.
+
+
+@item --no-merge-core-pages
+Ensures that no sharing hint is provided to the operating system.
+
+
+@item --default-merge-core-pages
+Reverts the sharing hint policy to the default: only compressed cores
+trigger hinting. Uncompressed cores are mapped directly from the core
+file, which is usually enough to ensure sharing.
+
+