Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Jul 2017 04:56:21 +0200 | From | "" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 12/16] libnvdimm, nfit: enable support for volatile ranges |
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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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