Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 21:16:48 -0000 (UTC) From: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any way asm people could contribute? Message-ID: <slrnq6bmm0.rmi.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> References: <201902101556.x1AFu1JO027552@sdf.org> <U-T5V9GBTMH0X4T_hYmtSc4B19QRNPzkirSo_g45l-czdcQaEvhYekzafkZcQOM_Nb9IQ6Qx3EXEQ-aeRrDJkPrqMnQky88TZZlDfr9iTGA=@protonmail.ch>
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On 2019-02-10, Lorenzo Salvadore via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote: > Assembly is most often used for drivers: It is not. I don't know where you got that bizarre idea. Offhand, I'd say the biggest (as in lines of code) remaining use of assembly language are optimized implementations of cryptographic algorithms. However, the more popular the platform, the fewer gaps there are to fill. Oh, and a general piece of sad wisdom I have learned over the last twenty years: If somebody needs to ask how they can contribute, they can't. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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