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It's definitely not a dumping ground, try get a new feature merged into Linux and see how easy it is. The inclusive attitude is exceptional for drivers and new
by newnewpdro 7y ago
It's definitely not a dumping ground, try get a new feature merged into Linux and see how easy it is.
The inclusive attitude is exceptional for drivers and new architecture support. The kernel is intended to be portable, the more architectures supported the more mature the abstractions become. So as long as there's existing hardware capable of running the kernel for the new architecture, you probably won't meet much resistance landing support, provided it's not a disaster.
- etaioinshrdlu 7y agoThis part seems pretty special: > the more architectures supported the more mature the abstractions become.
- asveikau 7y agoIt's become trendy to say that supporting more things means only new work and a big waste of time. The "validating the abstraction" thing is overlooked. The OpenBSD guys also used to write about this for why they support obsolete hardware and compiling itself on said hardware. That it surfaces bugs.