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But if Gizbak stops maintaining his Summoning Circle tomes, the whole world of magic will fall apart (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 36 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And if anything qualifies as esoteric, arcane knowledge, it's embedded systems programming

[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd say OS and driver programming is also in that category. It is the deep magic.

[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

True, true. I have a vague idea how embedded systems work. I have no idea how you even get started with driver development.

OS development isn't terrible though. There are numerous books to help you make your own kernel and OS

[–] cmder@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

For linux driver development you can start by reading "Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition" pdf.
It is free and give you an idea about how everything works.
The real learning is by reading and using the linux kernel api doc or directly the source code of the api you want to call.
Source : i did this for a school project where i had to implement multiple kernel modules.

[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

Neat! I'll add it to my long list of things ADHD will never let me finish!

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think the real issue with driver development is that almost nobody ever has a reason to do it. It's a much more constrained way of programming compared to normal programs, and isn't necessary unless you need to talk to hardware or something. So, nobody has an excuse to learn it.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

... Unless you want to talk to hardware. Or something.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes... as I said. But, most people use hardware provided by other people, which means other people write the drivers.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yes, and those people are people.

Also, sometimes the drivers are total garbage, and other people have to rewrite the garbage from the first people.

Also also, sometimes there is no driver.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

“There are lots of books on harvesting your own primal power source, but most people these days make a pact with the demon Linus and simply channel his power”