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RPi is barely embedded work. It's almost always micro-desktop Linux.

True. But there are some of us working on ARM platforms that aren't RPi that need to hack drivers.

Anyone working with a SOM, for example, will want to customize the DT for their carrier board. And then your EE finds a cheaper controller chip somewhere. And then your display supplier switches captouch parts on you mid-production.

Sorry, was I venting there?

(And just a tip, don't break bad on the Pi here. For many people this is the only ARM platform worth working with. And definitely don't make fun of the lack of peripherals on the thing)

You're right. I was trying to write up a cpufreq driver for the Nintendo 3DS and found that LKMPG's complete lack of DT info astounding.

>True. But there are some of us working on ARM platforms that aren't RPi that need to hack drivers.

Which has nothing to do with RPi or embedded systems... Not sure if I understand.

>And just a tip, don't break bad on the Pi here. For many people this is the only ARM platform worth working with.

Ugh... Cell phones? Or any of the zillion of ARM development boards out there.

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