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From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: phil995511 <phil995511@proton.me>
Cc: "linus.walleij@linaro.org" <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	"arnd@arndb.de" <arnd@arndb.de>,
	"tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"paulmck@kernel.org" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Generic entry for ARM
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 17:17:42 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z8SSthQ-gK686k8u@shell.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0oXU8PP2CHCw1Qblhw1cKOTt90K2CLbHo4BLw9LOs-J1klN1Y_N7IagulWZHR7bGhmxyPXlZTOUEqVZDtwcXj9j93_BxdrdnmW7qk3uIrU4=@proton.me>

On Sun, Mar 02, 2025 at 03:23:20PM +0000, phil995511 wrote:
> It is a very bad idea to want to code the Linux kernel for ARM in C++ !!!
> 
> Our ARM CPUs on RPi and others are not powerful enough to use a Linux kernel written in C++ and therefore lose performance, while these ARM CPUs are already extremely low-performance !!!
> 
> Suggesting to code like this is to be in favor of planned obsolescence, of the scrapping of thousands of small machines ;-(

With all due respect, you have your knickers in a twist.

This is not about C++, it's about plain old fashioned C, which has been
the preferred kernel programming language for decades. I have no idea
where you've got the idea that LinusW's commit has anything to do with
C++.

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  reply	other threads:[~2025-03-02 17:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-03-02 15:23 [GIT PULL] Generic entry for ARM phil995511
2025-03-02 17:17 ` Russell King (Oracle) [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2025-02-28 12:49 Linus Walleij
2025-03-12 11:13 ` Thomas Gleixner
2025-03-12 18:00 ` Paul E. McKenney
2025-03-31 21:48   ` Linus Walleij
2025-04-07 17:00     ` Paul E. McKenney
2025-04-07 23:47       ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-04-08  0:14         ` Steven Rostedt
2025-04-09 14:54         ` Peter Zijlstra

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