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		monocasa on Jan 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Restricted DMA I would think that adding an abstraction layer like this would increase the number of bugs, not reduce them.

jcelerier on Jan 9, 2021 [–]

Why ? More code doesn't mean more bugs at all

monocasa on Jan 9, 2021 | [–]

I mean, most data we have shows a linear relationship between more code and more bugs.

And it's just more to get wrong. Say a differing idea about buffer alignment that just happens to work without this abstraction, but isn't called out. Or a million other things.

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