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From: Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] Pramfs: Persistent and protected ram filesystem
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:02:35 -0700
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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>
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To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@gmail.com>, Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>, Linux Embedded <linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org>, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Linux FS Devel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>, Daniel Walker <dwalker@soe.ucsc.edu>

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.

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Tim Bird
Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum
Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America
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