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Subject: Re: Persistent module storage [was Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page]
To: R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl (Rogier Wolff)
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 21:34:42 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), alonz@usa.net (Alon Ziv),
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> > 	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.

Possibly. The cases brought up so far are all 'within one boot'. But I agree
you could add long term persistent data if there was a need

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