Mark Lord wrote:
Alan Cox wrote:
..
Alternatively you go for read-modify-write (nasty performance hit
especially for RAID or a log structured fs).
..
Initially, at least, I'd guess that this NVM-HCI thing is all about
built-in flash memory on motherboards, to hold the "instant-boot"
software that hardware companies (eg. ASUS) are rapidly growing fond of.
At present, that means a mostly read-only Linux installation,
though MS for sure are hoping for Moore's Law to kick in and
provide sufficient space for a copy of Vista there or something.
Yeah... instant boot, and "trusted boot" (booting a signed image),
storage of useful details like boot drive layouts, etc.
I'm sure we can come up with other funs uses, too...
Jeff
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