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Drivers as documentationDrivers as documentationPosted Nov 25, 2011 5:59 UTC (Fri) by jzbiciak (✭ supporter ✭, #5246)In reply to: Drivers as documentation by w_sang Parent article: Drivers as documentation
It wouldn't surprise me if some of these magic constants bleed into kernel code because they came from a poorly documented reference implementation from the vendor itself. It could be that the Linux driver writer never knew the full interpretation of the magic constant to begin with.
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Drivers as documentation Posted Nov 25, 2011 10:10 UTC (Fri) by w_sang (guest, #52415) [Link]
Yup, that's why I wrote 'hardly'. There are also drivers which mainly copy sniffed behaviour, but work fine, nonetheless. But that's a detail, the bigger issues are outlined above.
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