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1.1     ! wiki        1: # eXecute-In-Place (XIP) Support for NetBSD
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        !             3: XIP is a technique to execute programs directly from NOR FlashROMs without user programs copied into RAM as
        !             4: page cache. Its basic functionality is realized with small changes in NetBSD because page cache management is already
        !             5: concentrated in single place called UBC, where all file data access (read() / write(), and mmap()) go through. This paper
        !             6: explains the design and implementation of the changes made to the NetBSD kernel to support XIP.