From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Feb 14 21:20:11 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E5A714E1F0F for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2019 21:20:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from news@mips.inka.de) Received: from mail.inka.de (quechua.inka.de [IPv6:2a04:c9c7:0:1073:217:a4ff:fe3b:e77c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6B7F38C45F for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2019 21:20:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from news@mips.inka.de) Received: from localhost by mail.inka.de with local-rmail id 1guOQQ-0000F5-T0; Thu, 14 Feb 2019 22:20:06 +0100 Received: from lorvorc.mips.inka.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lorvorc.mips.inka.de (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id x1ELGmDB028815 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2019 22:16:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from news@lorvorc.mips.inka.de) Received: (from news@localhost) by lorvorc.mips.inka.de (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id x1ELGmsS028814 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 14 Feb 2019 22:16:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from news) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Christian Weisgerber Newsgroups: list.freebsd.questions Subject: Re: any way asm people could contribute? Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 21:16:48 -0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <201902101556.x1AFu1JO027552@sdf.org> User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (FreeBSD) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 6B7F38C45F X-Spamd-Bar: ++++++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [6.10 / 15.00]; IP_SCORE(0.91)[ip: (2.40), ipnet: 2a04:c9c7::/32(1.20), asn: 202113(0.96), country: DE(-0.01)]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[mail.inka.de]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[naddy@mips.inka.de,news@mips.inka.de]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:202113, ipnet:2a04:c9c7::/32, country:DE]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[naddy@mips.inka.de,news@mips.inka.de]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(1.00)[0.997,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[inka.de]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(1.00)[0.999,0]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(1.00)[1.000,0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[] X-Spam: Yes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 21:20:11 -0000 On 2019-02-10, Lorenzo Salvadore via freebsd-questions 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