Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:06:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:06:39 -0500 Received: from vsat-148-63-243-254.c3.sb4.mrt.starband.net ([148.63.243.254]:260 "HELO ns1.ltc.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:06:21 -0500 Message-ID: <07ab01c18400$e432de90$5601010a@prefect> From: "Bradley D. LaRonde" To: "David Woodhouse" , "Thomas Capricelli" Cc: In-Reply-To: <20011213163912.5741223CCD@persephone.dmz.logatique.fr> <20011213160007.D998D23CCB@persephone.dmz.logatique.fr> <066801c183f2$53f90ec0$5601010a@prefect> <1116.1008265740@redhat.com> Subject: Re: Mounting a in-ROM filesystem efficiently Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:06:29 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Woodhouse" To: "Thomas Capricelli" Cc: Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 12:49 PM Subject: Re: Mounting a in-ROM filesystem efficiently > orzel@kde.org said: > > Does it mean that NONE of the existing embedded linux is able to use > > a ROM directly as a filesystem ?? (either root fs or not) > > Out of the box, no. XIP isn't that interesting. Most boxes have flash, and > flash is more expensive than RAM Dollar-wise, but not power-wise. Regards, Brad - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/