On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 13:05:29 -0800, Ranga Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Basically you create a xip2 partition and move commonly executed programs > there. The xip2 file system maps the files to DCSS to deliver memory > savings. The programs are pre-loaded in the DCSS and when Linux needs to > load a page upon page fault, it is given a reference to the page in DCSS. > Seems neat! Yes, this is neat technology and it does help you a lot in reducing the memory requirements. And it will become better in the future. The software maintenance issues with a R/O /usr apply to this scenario too. Or maybe worse because you are also limited in what code you can afford to put in the DCSS. Rob -- Rob van der Heij rvdheij @ gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
