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XiP Filesystem Primps For Linux 2.6.28

Posted by timothy on from the primpin'-ain't-easy-but-it's-necessary dept.

nerdyH writes "The Linux-Embedded discussion list has been abuzz the last two days over a flash filesystem designed to support binary code execution (sometimes called XIP, or "execute-in-place"). When combined with forthcoming "Phase Change Memory" products from Intel/ST JV Numonyx, the "Advanced XiP Filesystem" (AXFS) could radically change Linux systems of all kinds, replacing Flash, hard drives, and even DRAM with a single chunk of low-cost, non-volatile memory that can both store files and serve as a platform for program execution."

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  1. 6mb? what the heck is a milli-bit? by pbhj · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    6mb? What the heck is a milli-bit?

    Perhaps you meant 6Mb, so 0.000715255737 megabytes?

    Or just maybe 6MB or 50 million bits.

    Ooo, did I just invent a new type of /. nazism - the SI-Nazi??