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Re:Plan 9 Desktop Guide by ori_b on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @06:51PM (#28779494)
The millions of lines of code aren't inherent to the problem.

Here's the 9front ACPI interpreter:

http://git.9front.org/plan9front/plan9front/HEAD/sys/src/lib...

And the USB stack, user and kernel side:

http://git.9front.org/plan9front/plan9front/HEAD/sys/src/cmd... http://git.9front.org/plan9front/plan9front/HEAD/sys/src/9/p... http://git.9front.org/plan9front/plan9front/HEAD/sys/src/9/p...

Even the complex drivers, like wifi, are relatively small:

http://git.9front.org/plan9front/plan9front/HEAD/sys/src/9/p...

Linux code is unpleasant. I don't want to deal with it.

Give me clear, well-written docs instead. Of course, since that never happens, we just end up reading the linux code and reimplementing it in a way that's acceptably clean.

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