Product specific

June 30, 2009

Product-Specific Details

It is well-understood that reusing the same code across multiple products is ideal. However, how can it be done when each product has different features, constants, and chips? Here are a few techniques I used to have one device driver support several HP LaserJet printers with different features, capabilities, and […]
July 31, 2009

More on Product-Specific Details

In the comments to last month’s article, there were some agreeing with me and some not. In further discussions with most of them, they said that 5 to 20% of their code is product-specific. Size was a factor – the larger the code base, the more they split product-specific code […]