From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>
Cc: linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk,
linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linux-sh-ctl@m17n.org,
CE Linux Developers List <celinux-dev@tree.celinuxforum.org>
Subject: Re: CONFIG_XIP_ROM vs. CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:09:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040429200927.GB20401@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40915265.2050906@am.sony.com>
On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 12:07:17PM -0700, Tim Bird wrote:
> I'm looking at some sources for kernel Execute-in-place (XIP).
>
> I see references to CONFIG_XIP_ROM and CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL,
> in different architecture branches of the same kernel
> source tree.
>
> Is this difference merely the result of inconsistent
> usage, or is there a functional difference between
> these two options?
>
> I can imagine that CONFIG_XIP_ROM is intended only to
> handle XIP in ROM, and that CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL possibly
> handles additional cases like XIP in flash. However,
> before jumping to that conclusion I thought I would
> ask if there is some intention behind the different
> config names.
Since you copied linux-mips - neither option is implemented for MIPS ...
Ralf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-04-29 20:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-04-29 19:07 CONFIG_XIP_ROM vs. CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL Tim Bird
2004-04-29 20:09 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
[not found] ` <40916C15.7000500@am.sony.com>
2004-04-30 1:34 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-04-29 20:49 ` Nicolas Pitre
2004-04-29 20:49 ` Nicolas Pitre
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