2001-02-01 21:25:24

by Pavel Machek

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] low-latency scheduling patch for 2.4.0

Hi!

> > I wasn't thinking of running the kernel XIP from writable, but even
> > trying to do that from the filesystem is a mess. If you're going to be
> > that way about it...
>
> Heh. I am. Read-only XIP is going to be doable, but writable XIP means that
> any time you start to write to the flash chip, you have to find all
> the

I thought that Vtech Helio folks already have XIP supported...
Pavel

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2001-02-01 22:35:16

by David Woodhouse

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] low-latency scheduling patch for 2.4.0

On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Pavel Machek wrote:

> I thought that Vtech Helio folks already have XIP supported...

Plenty of people are doing XIP of the kernel. I'm not aware of anyone
doing XIP of userspace pages.

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2001-02-02 04:42:58

by Joe deBlaquiere

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] low-latency scheduling patch for 2.4.0



David Woodhouse wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Pavel Machek wrote:
>
>
>> I thought that Vtech Helio folks already have XIP supported...
>
>
> Plenty of people are doing XIP of the kernel. I'm not aware of anyone
> doing XIP of userspace pages.

uClinux does XIP (readonly) for userspace programs in the Dragonball
port. Of course it's a different executable format than Linux, so there
are some hooks for it.

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Joe