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Re: [PATCH v4 12/16] libnvdimm, nfit: enable support for volatile ranges

From	"hch@lst.de" <hch@lst.de>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v4 12/16] libnvdimm, nfit: enable support for volatile ranges
Date	2017-07-06 05:00 +0200
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On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 12:53:13PM +1000, Oliver wrote:
> The main use case is provisioning install media for bare metal
> servers. Traditionally that's been handled by having the BMC emulate a
> USB CD drive. Unfortunately, most BMCs have limited CPU, limited
> memory and a wet-string network connection so a host based alternative
> is nice to have.

If they are CD replacement they should be marked as read-only, which
would solve any concerns about them being volatile or not.

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Re: [PATCH v4 12/16] libnvdimm, nfit: enable support for volatile ranges Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2017-07-06 02:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v4 12/16] libnvdimm, nfit: enable support for volatile ranges Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2017-07-06 04:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v4 12/16] libnvdimm, nfit: enable support for volatile         ranges "hch@lst.de" <hch@lst.de> - 2017-07-06 04:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v4 12/16] libnvdimm, nfit: enable support for volatile ranges Oliver <oohall@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 05:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v4 12/16] libnvdimm, nfit: enable support for volatile         ranges "hch@lst.de" <hch@lst.de> - 2017-07-06 05:00 +0200

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