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N-gated Hacker News<p>🤔 Ah yes, another "riveting" deep dive into exploiting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coprocessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coprocessors</span></a>, because who doesn't want to spend their weekends mapping DRAM for kicks? 🎉 The writer proudly updates their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exploit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploit</span></a> to support more outdated devices, as if anyone was clamoring for "Trigon: The Sequel". 📉<br><a href="https://alfiecg.uk/2025/07/16/Trigon.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alfiecg.uk/2025/07/16/Trigon.h</span><span class="invisible">tml</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deepdive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deepdive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/outdateddevices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outdateddevices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techhumor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DRAMmapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRAMmapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
Debacle<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@OrionKidder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OrionKidder</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://im-in.space/@boo_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>boo_</span></a></span></p><p>I'ld suggest to:</p><p>1. Upgrade to <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a>&nbsp;13 <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/trixie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trixie</span></a>. Should be almost stable. Release date will be 2025-08-09.</p><p>2. Then install the <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> from Debian <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/experimental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>experimental</span></a> (6.15.6 right now).</p><p>This is supposed to work, TTBOMK.</p>
Orion Ussner kidder<p>It's looking like <a href="https://mas.to/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> 6.14+ will contain the driver I need for an intel AX201 on a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> 12, which doesn't work on my <a href="https://mas.to/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinkpad</span></a> right now (no wifi! agh!). </p><p>I'm telling you all that for the context behind this question:</p><p>Is it bad/dangerous/unstable to run Debian 12 on kernel 6.14?</p><p>Further, should I use the Ubuntu kernel or get the "raw" kernel?</p><p>Edit: 6.14 might not be necessary after all. Sigh.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/floss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floss</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>
st1nger :unverified: 🏴‍☠️ :linux: :freebsd:<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> users who have <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Secure</span></a> Boot enabled on their systems knowingly or unknowingly rely on a key from <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> that is set to expire in September. After that point, Microsoft will no longer use that key to sign the shim first-stage <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UEFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UEFI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/bootloader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bootloader</span></a> that is used by Linux distributions to boot the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> with Secure Boot. </p><p>But the replacement key, which has been available since 2023, may not be installed on many systems; worse yet, it may require the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> vendor to issue an update for the system <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/firmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firmware</span></a>, which may or may not happen. It seems that the vast majority of systems will not be lost in the shuffle, but it may require extra work from distributors and users.</p><p><a href="https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1029767/43b62a7a7408c2a9/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1029767</span><span class="invisible">/43b62a7a7408c2a9/</span></a></p>
Linux ✅<p>Intel quits Clear Linux (their inhouse distro) | Contributing upstream code continues for Linux the kernel 🐧 💥</p><p>◉Not a tragedy to quit it<br>◉ ...More resources freed @ Intel to contribute to Linux<br>◉Intel doesn't really need their own distribution<br>◉AMD doesn't have an own distro yet contributes upstream to the kernel / other software<br>◉Slightly sad Intel shut Clear Linux down - but it never really took off (?) in wider sense</p><p>👉 <a href="https://community.clearlinux.org/t/all-good-things-come-to-an-end-shutting-down-clear-linux-os/10716" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">community.clearlinux.org/t/all</span><span class="invisible">-good-things-come-to-an-end-shutting-down-clear-linux-os/10716</span></a></p><p><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/ClearLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClearLinux</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/upstream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>upstream</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>🚀 Wow, another thrilling installment of "Rust in the Kernel" 💾 where we learn that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rust</span></a> within the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> is basically an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/epic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saga</span></a> of navigating <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/interfaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interfaces</span></a> and praying your code doesn’t combust. 🤯 Spoiler alert: you’ll need a PhD in both programming languages and a crystal ball to decode the magical mysteries of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/memory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memory</span></a> allocation! 🙄<br><a href="https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1026694/3413f4b43c862629/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1026694</span><span class="invisible">/3413f4b43c862629/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Allocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allocation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GabeMoralesVR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GabeMoralesVR</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRC</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mailinglists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mailinglists</span></a> with their problems, [and they both have many] are at least <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/indexable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indexable</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/searchable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>searchable</span></a> to the point that I could propable make a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/supercut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supercut</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LKML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LKML</span></a> folks shouting at each other...</p><ul><li>I mean they already to so <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvXSSPovi9I" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">in the code</a> of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a>!</li></ul>
Jarkko Sakkinen<p>I made lsiommu as I just wanted to get rid of the shitty combination of bash and python I had before:</p><pre><code>~/work/staging/lsiommu master* ❯ build/lsiommu IOMMU Group 0 00:07.1 Class 060400: Vendor 8086 Device 9a25 [8086:9a25] (rev 01) IOMMU Group 1 00:07.0 Class 060400: Vendor 8086 Device 9a23 [8086:9a23] (rev 01) IOMMU Group 2 00:02.0 Class 030000: Vendor 8086 Device 9a49 [8086:9a49] (rev 01) IOMMU Group 3 00:00.0 Class 060000: Vendor 8086 Device 9a14 [8086:9a14] (rev 01) IOMMU Group 4 00:04.0 Class 118000: Vendor 8086 Device 9a03 [8086:9a03] (rev 01) IOMMU Group 5 00:0a.0 Class 118000: Vendor 8086 Device 9a0d [8086:9a0d] (rev 01) IOMMU Group 6 00:0d.0 Class 0c0330: Vendor 8086 Device 9a13 [8086:9a13] (rev 01) 00:0d.2 Class 0c0340: Vendor 8086 Device 9a1b [8086:9a1b] (rev 01) IOMMU Group 7 00:0e.0 Class 010400: Vendor 8086 Device 9a0b [8086:9a0b] (rev 00) IOMMU Group 8 00:14.0 Class 0c0330: Vendor 8086 Device a0ed [8086:a0ed] (rev 20) 00:14.2 Class 050000: Vendor 8086 Device a0ef [8086:a0ef] (rev 20) IOMMU Group 9 00:14.3 Class 028000: Vendor 8086 Device a0f0 [8086:a0f0] (rev 20) IOMMU Group 10 00:15.0 Class 0c8000: Vendor 8086 Device a0e8 [8086:a0e8] (rev 20) IOMMU Group 11 00:16.0 Class 078000: Vendor 8086 Device a0e0 [8086:a0e0] (rev 20) IOMMU Group 12 00:1d.0 Class 060400: Vendor 8086 Device a0b0 [8086:a0b0] (rev 20) IOMMU Group 13 00:1f.0 Class 060100: Vendor 8086 Device a082 [8086:a082] (rev 20) 00:1f.3 Class 040100: Vendor 8086 Device a0c8 [8086:a0c8] (rev 20) 00:1f.4 Class 0c0500: Vendor 8086 Device a0a3 [8086:a0a3] (rev 20) 00:1f.5 Class 0c8000: Vendor 8086 Device a0a4 [8086:a0a4] (rev 20) IOMMU Group 14 55:00.0 Class 010802: Vendor 144d Device a808 [144d:a808] (rev 00) </code></pre><p>Perhaps the most interesting implementation note is that it uses libudev for PCI discovery, instead of traversing sysfs (because the latter sucks).</p><p>Right and I made my own shitty teardown manager framwork:</p><pre><code>/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later */ /* * Copyright(c) Opinsys Oy 2025 */ <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/ifndef" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ifndef</a> TEARDOWN_H <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/define" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#define</a> TEARDOWN_H <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/include" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#include</a> &lt;libudev.h&gt; <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/define" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#define</a> teardown(func) __attribute__((cleanup(func))) void teardown_udev(struct udev **udev); void teardown_udev_device(struct udev_device **dev); void teardown_udev_enumerate(struct udev_enumerate **enumerate); <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/endif" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#endif</a> /* TEARDOWN_H */ </code></pre><p>Dependencies:</p><pre><code>❯ ldd build/lsiommu linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007f083ccd5000) libargtable2.so.0 =&gt; /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libargtable2.so.0 (0x00007f083cc8a000) libudev.so.1 =&gt; /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1 (0x00007f083cc5c000) libsystemd.so.0 =&gt; /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsystemd.so.0 (0x00007f083cb8c000) libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f083c9ab000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f083ccd7000) libcap.so.2 =&gt; /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcap.so.2 (0x00007f083c99f000) libgcrypt.so.20 =&gt; /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcrypt.so.20 (0x00007f083c856000) liblzma.so.5 =&gt; /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007f083c827000) libzstd.so.1 =&gt; /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzstd.so.1 (0x00007f083c76b000) liblz4.so.1 =&gt; /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblz4.so.1 (0x00007f083c745000) libgpg-error.so.0 =&gt; /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0 (0x00007f083c71d000) </code></pre><p>I can throw this to some Git repository if anyone is interested any of this. It’s really just “by me for me”, but I neither mind sharing it.</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/kernel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kernel</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/iommu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iommu</a></p>
Kevin Russell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mcc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mcc</span></a></span> </p><p>The Debian community forums would love to see your bug. Good luck, however you search. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ReturnFromSleep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReturnFromSleep</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
Boiling Steam<p>Tilck: A Tiny Linux-Compatible Kernel: <a href="https://github.com/vvaltchev/tilck" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/vvaltchev/tilck</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/update" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>update</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/release" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>release</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/tilck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tilck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a></p>
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)<p>2/ And to quote one bit from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.kernel.org/users/corbet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>corbet</span></a></span>'s[1] great <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OSSNA25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSSNA25</span></a> talk:</p><p>""[…] there will be no core development conferences around <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> and other things in the United States in the foreseeable future. […] this is a real problem […]""</p><p>Yes, this is not a formal announcement[2] – but it bears some weight, as Jonathan is well connected and among others sits in the Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory Board (TAB).</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNLBGiwfBSI&amp;t=949s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=hNLBGiwfBS</span><span class="invisible">I&amp;t=949s</span></a> (for context starts a bit earlier; the quoted bit comes about a minute later)</p><p>[2] and kinda obvious for some of you </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxKernel</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a></p>
Linux Easy<p>Linux 6.17 abilita il supporto nativo per le GPU Xe3 di Intel Panther Lake, migliorando compatibilità e prestazioni grafiche su OpenGL e Vulkan. <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kernel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/UnoLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnoLinux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.linuxeasy.org/con-linux-6-17-arriva-il-supporto-per-intel-panther-lake-e-xe3/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linuxeasy.org/con-linux-6-17-a</span><span class="invisible">rriva-il-supporto-per-intel-panther-lake-e-xe3/</span></a></p>
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)<p>ICYMI: the recording of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.kernel.org/users/corbet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>corbet</span></a></span>'s recent <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OSSNA25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSSNA25</span></a> talk "Three Decades in Kernelland" recently became available:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNLBGiwfBSI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=hNLBGiwfBS</span><span class="invisible">I</span></a></p><p>From the abstract[1]: The <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> project has been going for well over 30 years. From its beginnings on floppy diskettes and beige boxes through to its current home in pockets and unseen data centers, the kernel project has been a constant exercise in rapid development and adaptation. I have been present for almost all of the kernel project's history as an observer, contributor, maintainer, and more; all that experience will be boiled down into a fast-moving tour of how the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxKernel</span></a> got to where it is, what makes it successful, and what may be coming next.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://ossna2025.sched.com/event/1zfit/three-decades-in-kernelland-jonathan-corbet-lwnnet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ossna2025.sched.com/event/1zfi</span><span class="invisible">t/three-decades-in-kernelland-jonathan-corbet-lwnnet</span></a></p>
Khurram Wadee ✅<p>Now running <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> 6.15.6.</p>
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)<p>Using machine learning to optimize/fine-tune the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> at runtime to the needs of the workload – this is something I guess we'll see way more often in the future.</p><p>The recent <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ossna25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ossna25</span></a> talk "Improve Load Balancing With Machine Learning Techniques Based on the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/sched_ext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sched_ext</span></a> Framework" from Ching-Chun ("Jim") Huang gives a glimpse into such a future.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.lwn.net/@lwn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lwn</span></a></span> write-up: <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/1027096/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lwn.net/Articles/1027096/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Recording: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VXemIXAOrI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=5VXemIXAOr</span><span class="invisible">I</span></a></p><p>Slides: <a href="https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/ossna2025/d2/Improve-Load-Balancing-With-Machine-Learning-Techniques-based-on-sched_ext.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">static.sched.com/hosted_files/</span><span class="invisible">ossna2025/d2/Improve-Load-Balancing-With-Machine-Learning-Techniques-based-on-sched_ext.pdf</span></a></p>
Linux Easy<p>Kirill Shutemov lascia Intel dopo 14 anni di contributi al kernel Linux; resterà maintainer TDX e inizierà presto una nuova avventura. <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kernel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/UnoLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnoLinux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.linuxeasy.org/kirill-shutemov-sviluppatore-del-kernel-linux-dice-addio-ad-intel/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linuxeasy.org/kirill-shutemov-</span><span class="invisible">sviluppatore-del-kernel-linux-dice-addio-ad-intel/</span></a></p>
Alviro :archlinux:<p>... Linux: se sfruttata, permette di aggirare completamente le difese del sistema prima ancora che il <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> venga caricato. Tutti i dettagli. <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/unolinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unolinux</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.cybersecurity360.it/news/vulnerabilita-critica-nel-boot-linux-quando-il-male-entra-dalla-porta-principale/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cybersecurity360.it/news/vulne</span><span class="invisible">rabilita-critica-nel-boot-linux-quando-il-male-entra-dalla-porta-principale/</span></a></p>
Linux Easy<p>Il kernel Linux dice addio a pktcdvd, driver ventennale per scrittura a pacchetti su CD/DVD-RW. Obsoleto, lascia spazio a tecnologie più moderne. <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/UnoLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnoLinux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kernel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.linuxeasy.org/linux-6-17-dice-addio-della-scrittura-a-pacchetti-su-cd-e-dvd/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linuxeasy.org/linux-6-17-dice-</span><span class="invisible">addio-della-scrittura-a-pacchetti-su-cd-e-dvd/</span></a></p>
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)<p>A patch migrating the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> build configuration tool "gconf" to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gtk3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gtk3</span></a> has reached <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a>-next and thus is slated for inclusion in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxKernel</span></a> 6.17:</p><p><a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=a6da3a62221c428bb21b9c57ec2f15577babcf26" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/k</span><span class="invisible">ernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=a6da3a62221c428bb21b9c57ec2f15577babcf26</span></a></p>
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@curious" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>curious</span></a></span> yeah, tools can help, but there will always be corners they won't cover. And for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> (the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a>) it are more landscapes than corners, as the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxKernel</span></a> is mostly drivers, so many bugs will only show up with certain hardware (or combinations of certain hardware components).</p><p>That's why I find your statements "[tooling] nowadays has squashed all other annoying bugs" and "Funny that it sneaked through an rc release too!" kinda interesting, as it shows that we two have a totally different perspective on things. 😮 😀 </p><p>And that made me think: maybe there is potential for a nice talk here. One that explains these things while motivating people to help with continuously testing pre-releases, as that's the only way to find many bugs.</p><p>Sadly that might lead to a lot of frustration among testers (and thus be a disservice) as long as reporting bugs remains as hard as it is…</p>