linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Generic entry for ARM

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Message-ID: <Z8SSthQ-gK686k8u@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 17:17:42 +0000
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: phil995511 <phil995511@...ton.me>
Cc: "linus.walleij@...aro.org" <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"paulmck@...nel.org" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Generic entry for ARM

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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