When Open Becomes Opaque: The Changing Face of Open-Source Hardware Companies

Re:When Open Becomes Opaque: The Changing Face of Open-Sourc... by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @05:24PM (#36793640)

I thought Linux had better support for realtime workloads these days? I mean, yes, I would still prefer a dedicated micro, but if you need a Real Computer in the mix it might be possible to get better results out of it.

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Re:When Open Becomes Opaque: The Changing Face of Open-Sourc... by petsfed on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @06:36PM (#36794457)

I mean, yes and no. But it also gets into "who is it for?" and while you can do things better, eventually you reach a point where its easier to just do it the right way.

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Re:When Open Becomes Opaque: The Changing Face of Open-Sourc... by petsfed on Thursday July 20, 2023 @01:04PM (#36803446)

I mean to say, at the point where the I2C library user has to seriously think about patching their kernel, the strengths of the RPi as an out-of-the-box embedded computer are pretty much negated. If you have to do actual embedded engineering things, then the RPi becomes just another SoC dev board.

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Re:When Open Becomes Opaque: The Changing Face of Open-Sourc... by joshish on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @10:31PM (#36796258)

Probably, but if you think about the final 20% of the workload in optimizing, I think it's safe to say one will be immensely more grueling than the other just by the nature of it.

Not to say that your original comment didn't have merit; the beauty of hobby projects is that you can completely skip the last 20%.

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