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

[Jörn Engel]

On Wed, 1 June 2005 14:06:03 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 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.

We can execute the kernel in place, thanks to Nicolas Pitre.  For
userspace I have seen to preparation patches, but nothing serious.

Jörn

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