| ▲ | ForHackernews 7 days ago | |
What an inefficient disaster to carry around all those drivers to run hardware that isn't on the device you're running on. | ||
| ▲ | ch33zer 7 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
* The vast majority aren't compiled into any given kernel * Those that are are only loaded when needed It's not that bad | ||
| ▲ | RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
I sympathize, but the reality is that except for very specialized cases, (hyper) optimizing for CPU performance is unnecessary, even in the embedded space. A Cortex-M0 has roughly the same performance as a 486, and is cheap and power efficient enough to be bundled in disposable test kits, vapes, etc. | ||
| ▲ | wmf 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
It's modular so you don't have to compile drivers you don't need. | ||
| ▲ | beeflet 7 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Most of it is in modules that don't have to be compiled at all (and usually aren't) | ||