Post B8MjoXvbHgJxVKJT6G by promovicz@chaos.social
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(DIR) Post #B8MjZzsD6Nelpbn1aS by mntmn@mastodon.social
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if we're being totally honest the linux kernel is a little bit of a mess. saying that as someone who often makes big messes
(DIR) Post #B8MjoXvbHgJxVKJT6G by promovicz@chaos.social
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@mntmn big companies write their own kernels running alongside linux on SoCs, for reasons.
(DIR) Post #B8MkNtbWgUiArpmO8W by Alonely0@mastodon.social
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@mntmn you have no idea how much qcom, mtek, and the whole Android & Linux embedded ecosystem hates Linux. With a passion. Not only because of the giant mess it is, but out of its absolute disdain to have minimal driver API stability.
(DIR) Post #B8N5aqtUAdzhGOCPPk by mntmn@mastodon.social
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(this is mostly a joke post btw)
(DIR) Post #B8N5igI3TkpGh2QNXs by 0h00000000@ioc.exchange
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@mntmn
(DIR) Post #B8NNvdSV7FzAqodZ4K by mmu_man@m.g3l.org
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@mntmn well things like not having a proper stable driver API for example… which was a political decision to force vendors to upstream their driver and never actually worked at all…