4 ms·
It looks like they're cheating the numbers by using the concept of "'core' of the kernel", whatever that means. > Oracle is the #1 contributor to the "core" of
by acatton 4y ago
It looks like they're cheating the numbers by using the concept of "'core' of the kernel", whatever that means.
> Oracle is the #1 contributor to the "core" of the kernel, in terms of number of changesets.
While, I think most Intel and AMD contributions are very likely drivers related, it really feels like Oracle tried to find a statistic which fits their narrative.
Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1122/ https://xkcd.com/1122/
- pdhborges 4y agoTo be honest I think the "core" distinction actually makes sense.
- tambourine_man 4y ago“Core of the kernel” reads like we’re getting lost in nomenclature
- nix23 4y agoNucleus of Linux-Kernel ;)
- nocman 4y agoDon't you mean "the Nucleus of the Core of the Kernel"? :-D
- nix23 4y agoNo, the IBM Nucleus from the 60' ;)
- nocman 4y agoWell, you NIP'd that in the IPL bud. I've only used big iron in anger (as part of my company's "ways of doing things" - and all of it unexciting parts of my job, and many years ago). I was not aware of said Nucleus before you brought it up. So I guess today I learned something. Cheers!
- yjftsjthsd-h 4y agoThat could actually make sense to me; drivers tend to be vendor specific, so I wouldn't feel too bad about giving credit for whoever does the most in the shared parts.
- dralley 4y agoIt appears that most of their contributions were to the XFS filesystem. Which means it is not used by "everyone" in a very similar sense to the way in which hardware drivers are not. I suspect that if "core" were defined to exclude hardware _and_ filesystem independent changes Oracle would not have been at the top of the list.
- truffdog 4y agoIIRC AMD commits a large volume of generated data for drivers, so it's maybe not precisely what most people think of when they think of lines of code.