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A comment on Deleting a Few LOC Can Yield “Significant” Power Savings on Some Linux Systems.
When Linux was still small, each and every major hardware platform was worked on until mirror polish, and it worked "well."
Now, the only criteria, when Linux mainly relies on hardware maker programmers to do their job, is that the code compiles and works.
Without much pressure from users, there is nobody to push against "barely works" driver code.
When Linux was still small, each and every major hardware platform was worked on until mirror polish, and it worked "well."
Now, the only criteria, when Linux mainly relies on hardware maker programmers to do their job, is that the code compiles and works.
Without much pressure from users, there is nobody to push against "barely works" driver code.