Re: XIP

[Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>]

On Mon, 25 Oct 2010, Masao Uebayashi wrote:
> I think the uebayasi-xip branch is ready to be merged.
> 
> This branch implements a preliminary support of eXecute-In-Place;
> execute programs directly from memory-mappable devices without
> copying files into RAM.  This benefits mainly resource restricted
> embedded systems to save RAM consumption.

Would memory disks (such as md(4)) also benefit from XIP, or do they
already do something to avoid having multiple copies of the same data?

--apb (Alan Barrett)