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Re:AMD responds to Linux kernel maintainer's rejection of AM... by Certhas on Saturday December 10, 2016 @07:21AM (#13145340)
What does this have to do with Windows vs Linux? It's about closely working with hardware engineers.
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Re:AMD responds to Linux kernel maintainer's rejection of AM... by chris_wot on Saturday December 10, 2016 @09:03AM (#13145667)
"I think the argument here is that stability is gained from having code shared as closely as possible with the Windows codebase".

HTH.

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Re:AMD responds to Linux kernel maintainer's rejection of AM... by brainfire on Saturday December 10, 2016 @09:36AM (#13145793)
You have to read the rest of the comment too. "HTH"
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Re:AMD responds to Linux kernel maintainer's rejection of AM... by chris_wot on Sunday December 11, 2016 @04:36AM (#13150340)
Indeed, I did which you seem to have thought I didn't read. So, do you think that bunging in code designed for Windows, which specifically uses a HAL, into Linux, which tries its best not to with the philosophy that the code that goes into Linux should be as clear as possible with as small an abstraction layer as possible is good for Linux, or any of the hundreds of developers or companies relying on the maintainers to keep to this coding and architecture style?

I think not. So no, it didn't help.

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