Dear Linux on z community, a few years ago we've introduced execute in place, which can be used to save some memory by using z/VM DCSS segments. Since the size of main memory for virtual servers has increased much faster than the size of binary executables and libraries since, this technique has become less attractive. Andrew Morton, the leading maintainer for the memory manager in Linux, has raised the question if this is still needed.
Who's using execute in place in their environment today? What are your plans of future use? Can we discontinue the technology or shall we keep it around? with kind regards Carsten Otte System z firmware development / Boeblingen lab --- Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind; and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the key to that era. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series, 1841 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
