Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/5] add execute in place support

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Wed Jun 01 2005 - 07:32:18 EST


On Middeweken 01 Juni 2005 12:12, Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
> >
> > As I'd like to aim for integration into -mm and vanilla later on,
> > I'd like to encourage everyone to give it a read and provide
> > feedback. All patches apply against git-head as of today.
>
> I feel the name "execute in place" misleading. This is not the real
> XIP, IMHO. Invent another term or be tolerant?

If this is not real execute in place, then what is? The term seems to
describe the patch rather well and we don't have this ability for Linux
applications anywhere else, at least not in official kernels.

Arnd <><
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