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by deadsy 5021 days ago
... and often the specialised hw doesn't go far enough. ie- i2c and spi hw that doesn't have enough buffering to be left on its own. Either we babysit the interface or we can leave it to do its own thing until we get an interrupt for completion. Do a halfway job on the hw and we revert to the babysit case. Not bitter, just ranting.