The Linux 4.9 Kernel Is Around 22.3 Million Lines

[phoronix]

Phoronix: The Linux 4.9 Kernel Is Around 22.3 Million Lines

Earlier today while waiting for the Linux 4.9 release, I ran some fresh gitstats on the latest Linux kernel Git tree to see the latest numbers on the kernel for those interested in some analytics...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.9-Git-Stats

[Jabberwocky]

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[nocri]

Yeah, I really love how Torvalds became active in 2033

http://www.phoronix.com/misc/linux-49-stats/commits_by_author.png

[schmidtbag]

Exclude stuff like the non-core files, comments, whitespace, and anything that is hardware-specific (beyond the essentials, ie, audio drivers) and I wonder how much smaller it would be.

[ldo17]

Exclude ... anything that is hardware-specific.

You wouldn’t have anything left. By definition, a kernel is hardware-specific. Dealing with the hardware is its job.

[schmidtbag]

You wouldn’t have anything left. By definition, a kernel is hardware-specific. Dealing with the hardware is its job.

Actually, hardware activities are the secondary job of the kernel:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(operating_system)
Anyway, I suppose I did a poor job explaining. I was referring to code specific to a particular chipset or device. For example, if everything network related was kept except the drivers for each individual device.