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What information gleaned from Qualcomm code would actually be useful or applicable to Intel improving their totally different hardware?
by cpeterso 8y ago
What information gleaned from Qualcomm code would actually be useful or applicable to Intel improving their totally different hardware?
- perlgeek 8y agoAnything that interfaces with the outside world (LTA, NFC, Wifi, Bluetooth, ...) or that interfaces with the same components. There are also problems that tend to come up again and again, even in different systems, like stuff related to caching, power management etc.
- tjalfi 8y agoDevice drivers and firmware often contain workarounds for bugs in other products. Here[0] is an example from Windows Vista. [0] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20060330-31/?p=31723 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20060330-31/?p=...