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You can't look a gift horse in the mouth. So, a few extra header files. Whats the big deal. Maybe they are there to be used for functionality that has not been implemented. In any case, not a big deal. If one complains enough about it, then they will stop contributing altogether and we are left with no drivers.
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I believe Linus's original complaint was about header files in some other driver, not an AMD one... but Linus was specifically targetting machine-generated headers (which we use as well) and so a couple of AMD developers pushed back.
After some discussion (including Linus pointing out a sorting issue in one of our header files) the conclusion was that Linus didn't actually have a problem with machine-generated headers in principle - but had just found they tended to have more problems than every-line-typed-by-a-primate headers. There was also an unresolved discussion related to instancing of blocks and register sets, basically the tradeoff between (larger header files + easier to read code) and (smaller header files + more complex code).Last edited by bridgman; 18 November 2017, 02:27 AM.Test signature
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Originally posted by tajjada View PostCould you please provide a link to that rant? I haven't seen it and I'd like to read it.
I did however find a whole subreddit dedicated to Linus' rants
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Originally posted by pal666 View Postit always amuses me how some assholes feel entitled to lecture others
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Originally posted by jpg44 View PostYou can't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Yes, there are practical considerations, but ultimately you have to use that power or the quality degrades.
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