Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756065AbZFVWDJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:03:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751676AbZFVWCz (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:02:55 -0400 Received: from wa4ehsobe004.messaging.microsoft.com ([216.32.181.14]:58133 "EHLO WA4EHSOBE004.bigfish.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751535AbZFVWCy (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:02:54 -0400 X-SpamScore: -25 X-BigFish: VPS-25(zz1432R98dR1805Mzz1202hzzz2fh6bh17ch61h) X-Spam-TCS-SCL: 0:0 Message-ID: <4A3FFF7B.8050707@am.sony.com> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:02:35 -0700 From: Tim Bird User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pavel Machek CC: Marco Stornelli , Jamie Lokier , Linux Embedded , Linux Kernel , Linux FS Devel , Daniel Walker Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] Pramfs: Persistent and protected ram filesystem References: <20090613155957.GA16220@shareable.org> <4A34A394.5040509@gmail.com> <20090621064040.GC1656@ucw.cz> <4A3E6F28.4090404@gmail.com> <20090621205245.GC3254@elf.ucw.cz> <2ea1731b0906212333r20deb71q2f021fc79bcc8a8e@mail.gmail.com> <20090622172003.GB21149@elf.ucw.cz> <4A3FBFF0.40006@am.sony.com> <20090622173704.GC21299@elf.ucw.cz> <4A3FD388.6040801@am.sony.com> <20090622210231.GC24236@elf.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <20090622210231.GC24236@elf.ucw.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Jun 2009 22:02:36.0210 (UTC) FILETIME=[26B0F120:01C9F385] X-SEL-encryption-scan: scanned Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1024 Lines: 29 Pavel Machek wrote: > You are saying top goal is robustness, while the web page says (home > page, stop using frames!): > > "embedded systems have a block of non-volatile RAM seperate from > normal system memory, i.e. of which the kernel maintains no memory > page descriptors. For such systems it would be beneficial to mount a > fast read/write filesystem over this "I/O memory", for storing > frequently accessed data that must survive system reboots and power > cycles" > > Note the "frequently accessed" and "fast". > > IOW the web page is confusing. It does not talk about robustness at > all. OK, thanks. ============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America ============================= -- 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/