From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261387AbVFAOQ5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 10:16:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261203AbVFAOQ5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 10:16:57 -0400 Received: from mail.fh-wedel.de ([213.39.232.198]:56212 "EHLO moskovskaya.fh-wedel.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261387AbVFAOKY (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 10:10:24 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 16:10:02 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel To: Carsten Otte Cc: Arnd Bergmann , coywolf@lovecn.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, schwidefsky@de.ibm.com, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/5] add execute in place support Message-ID: <20050601141002.GA32659@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> References: <428216DF.8070205@de.ibm.com> <2cd57c9005060103122b2bae36@mail.gmail.com> <200506011406.04191.arnd@arndb.de> <20050601133938.GB29116@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <429DC041.6070001@de.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <429DC041.6070001@de.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 1 June 2005 16:03:45 +0200, Carsten Otte wrote: > Jörn Engel wrote: > > >We can execute the kernel in place, thanks to Nicolas Pitre. For > >userspace I have seen to preparation patches, but nothing serious. *) > > > Given that execute in place describes the ability to run code at > the very same location where it is permanently stored, and that > this is exactly what the patch enables, I think the wording is > correct. *) except for Carsten's patches. Sorry about the confusion. Jörn -- This above all: to thine own self be true. -- Shakespeare