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Subject: Re: Persistent module storage [was Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page]
In-Reply-To: <E13sqAB-0006RI-00@the-village.bc.nu> from Alan Cox at "Nov 6, 2000
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From: R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl (Rogier Wolff)
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Alan Cox wrote:
> A simple more generic solution is to do this

[....]

> 	if exists && is from this boot then && is right size
> 		read data into __persistent ELF section
> 	endif

Alan, why are you stating "if it's from this boot"? I can think that
maybe you want to keep stuff across boots too. Maybe once we're at it,
have two sections. One that is persistent across boots, the other
isn't.

				Roger. 

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