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From: Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>
To: linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: 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: CONFIG_XIP_ROM vs. CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:07:17 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <40915265.2050906@am.sony.com> (raw)

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.

Thanks,

=============================
Tim Bird
Architecture Group Co-Chair
CE Linux Forum
Senior Staff Engineer
Sony Electronics
E-mail: Tim.Bird (at) am.sony.com
=============================



             reply	other threads:[~2004-04-29 18:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-04-29 19:07 Tim Bird [this message]
2004-04-29 20:09 ` CONFIG_XIP_ROM vs. CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL Ralf Baechle
2004-04-29 20:49 ` Nicolas Pitre

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