On Thursday 06 December 2007 21:22:25 Jared Hulbert wrote: > > > I have'nt looked at it yet. I do appreciate it, I think it might > > > broaden the user-base of this feature which is up to now s390 only due > > > to the fact that the flash memory extensions have not been implemented > > > (yet?). And it enables testing xip on other platforms. The patch is on > > > my must-read list. > > > > query: which feature is currently s390 only? (Execute In Place?) > > I think so. The filemap_xip.c functionality doesn't work for Flash > memory yet. Flash memory doesn't have struct pages to back it up with > which this stuff depends on. Um, trying to clarify: S390. Also known as zSeries, big iron machine, uses its own weird processor design rather than x86, x86-64, arm, or mips processors. How does "struct page" enter into this? What I want to know is, are you saying execute in place doesn't work on things like arm and mips? (I so, I was unaware of this. I heard about somebody getting it to work on a Nintendo DS: http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=18668 ) Rob -- "One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code." - Ken Thompson. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
