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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 20:24:36 +0200
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] tools: mkimage can read input on /dev/stdin
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Dear Julien,

In message <CADF714bpHv6x8wUxs=7H-st3-ThPCeBWbZvO_-uoQcdWS6WqJQ@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
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> > I don't believe you.  Sizes rare certainly not identical, and neither
> > is the performance.  Did you do any real measurements?
> 
> mmap is useful when you need to make random access in a file, or to
> optimize memory: when a file is mmapped, the kernel only loads the
> parts of the file that are accessed. In the case of mkimage, the file
> is read sequentially (meaning all of it will be retrieved from the
> disk).

OK, so you don't have any real data, but make a very specific
statement: "exactly the same."

Sorry, but this is not an answer I'm going to buy.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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