Re: [PATCH 00/14] Pramfs: Persistent and protected ram filesystem

Tim Bird
2009-06-22T22:03:09Z

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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