Linux Kernel contains only C code?

[Daniel.]

Oh, thank you so much!

I see dtc, the device tree compiler I guess. Parsing is a cool programming
subject but I didn't expect to see parsers in the kernel level, cool, cool!

Regards,

2018-02-02 8:27 GMT-02:00 Augusto Mecking Caringi <augustocaringi at gmail.com>
:

> On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 11:11 AM, Daniel. <danielhilst at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm just curious. What problems in kernel involves parsing?
>
> $ find -name *.[yl]
> ./drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm/aicasm_scan.l
> ./drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm/aicasm_gram.y
> ./drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm/aicasm_macro_scan.l
> ./drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm/aicasm_macro_gram.y
> ./tools/perf/util/pmu.l
> ./tools/perf/util/expr.y
> ./tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
> ./tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
> ./tools/perf/util/pmu.y
> ./tools/bpf/bpf_exp.y
> ./tools/bpf/bpf_exp.l
> ./scripts/genksyms/parse.y
> ./scripts/genksyms/lex.l
> ./scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l
> ./scripts/dtc/dtc-parser.y
> ./scripts/kconfig/zconf.l
> ./scripts/kconfig/zconf.y
>
> So, really in the kernel just a SCSI driver that needs to parse a
> "Host adapter sequencer assembler"...
>
> The others *[yl] files are in tools or scripts directories (userspace
> tools like perf or build support scripts).
>
> --
> Augusto Mecking Caringi
>



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