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A nice article, but one nitpick. The authors repeatedly describe Apple's approach as "non-standard" when what they mean is "not what Linux does". That's prett
by SeanLuke 6y ago
A nice article, but one nitpick. The authors repeatedly describe Apple's approach as "non-standard" when what they mean is "not what Linux does". That's pretty grating. It's also worth mentioning that in several cases (such as Mach-O), Apple's approach predates the very existence of Linux.
- kelnos 6y agoI don't think that's entirely accurate. Yes, the bit about flat image vs. PE vs. Mach-O is guilty of that. But things like their SMP bringup process, the AIC, using FIQs to deliver interrupts, etc. are things that Apple is doing that's not what most ARM SoC vendors do.