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Re: Linux 5.6

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Post by ihalip » Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 12:19 PM UTC

MrQuincle wrote: post #39

ihalip wrote: post #3

I'm just a kernel newbie looking at small issues in my free time, but seeing my name in the shortlog feels very rewarding.

Nice, what did you do and how much time did it take? I've been hesitating to contribute but it would be great to read a blog post of someone just starting to contribute to see what it takes! It might be enough to get over the fear.

I only did some small fixes for building the kernel with the clang compiler.

Probably the most confusing thing when getting started is finding something to work on. There's no real centralized issue tracker/TODO list/ideas list - discussion happens mostly in mailing lists [0][1] for specific topics. If you follow the discussion on YOUR_FAVORITE_TOPIC long enough you should be able to find easy work items, people able to help further, reviewers for your changes etc.

In my case specifically, I found the great people at https://clangbuiltlinux.github.io, which is how I got started.

[0] http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lists.html

Re: Linux 5.6

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Post by arianvanp » Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 12:28 PM UTC

maallooc wrote: post #35

Improvotter wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can use networkd to make it easier, if you like using systemd that is.

Care to elaborate?

You can declaratively manage wireguard using networkd:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/WireGuard#Using_systemd...

Re: Linux 5.6

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Post by guerrilla » Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 12:29 PM UTC

bipson wrote: post #42

cosarara wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One special thing about exfat is that when it gets corrupted you are screwed.

In difference to ... ?

filesystems with redundant superblocks and journals? that is most modern ones I think

Re: Linux 5.6

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Post by hannob » Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 12:31 PM UTC

If anyone else - like me - has tried updating the kernel this morning and figured out wifi with an intel card was broken: It seems they broke the iwlwifi driver [1] and here [2] is the patch to fix it.

[1] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.... [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.g...

Re: Linux 5.6

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Post by Taek » Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 12:33 PM UTC

ihalip wrote: post #3

I'm just a kernel newbie looking at small issues in my free time, but seeing my name in the shortlog feels very rewarding.

As an open source maintainer, I can tell you that we appreciate the small fixes and updates that come from people just getting their feet wet.

Even little things like spelling mistakes, or fixing a bug in an infrequently used command line option go a long way towards a better overall product.

Re: Linux 5.6

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Post by Kaze404 » Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 12:36 PM UTC

erikw wrote: post #43

buster wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> As to why the switch back, I couldn't use a VM, as most of the stuff didn't yet support the ahead of LTS kernel I was using, and I needed that for hardware stability. Did you know that Windows VMs work quite well in KVM and Gnome Boxes is a nice GUI to just install and run a Windows VM? Just asking, because for me it's the first time i'm not using VMWare or Virtualbox but still have the Windows VM for the occasiona…

Unfortunately AMD video cards don't really support PCI passthrough- I'm in the same boat as OP with an RX 5700. The issue has been present for several years, and is somewhat fixed by community patches, which makes me suspect that this is being intentionally overlooked by AMD so as to not allow their consumer video cards to be used in the data center.

I used the RX 5700 XT with the community patch for months in a PCI Pass-through setup and had zero issues with the reset bug. It's definitely an option for consumers if you ask me.

Re: Linux 5.6

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 12:42 PM UTC

maallooc wrote: post #35

Improvotter wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can use networkd to make it easier, if you like using systemd that is.

Care to elaborate?

[deleted]

Re: Linux 5.6

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Post by dharmab » Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 12:58 PM UTC

stingraycharles wrote: post #30

est31 wrote: post #23

Linux 5.6 is getting Wireguard, Linux 5.7 will be getting exfat. It's a great year for the kernel.

What is special about exfat? I see it’s a variant of FAT32 that allows for more than 4GB, and is mainly for creating USBs? Does this mean it will improve interop with Windows?

Linux could already interop with Windows via ntfs-3g. EXFAT is great for interop with both Windows and macOS on the same filesystem, as well as interop with digital camera storage.

You should prefer a different filesystem if possible, though. EXFAT lacks features like journaling that protect against corruption. But EXFAT support is great for when you don't have a choice.

Re: Linux 5.6

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Post by cesarb » Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 1:03 PM UTC

stingraycharles wrote: post #30

est31 wrote: post #23

Linux 5.6 is getting Wireguard, Linux 5.7 will be getting exfat. It's a great year for the kernel.

What is special about exfat? I see it’s a variant of FAT32 that allows for more than 4GB, and is mainly for creating USBs? Does this mean it will improve interop with Windows?

No, what's special about exfat is that it will improve interoperability with embedded devices like digital cameras. Many embedded devices which use SD cards or similar understand only FAT32 (for smaller cards) or exFAT (for larger cards).

Re: Linux 5.6

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Post by cesarb » Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 1:05 PM UTC

einpoklum wrote: post #10

While announcing Linux 5.6 is relevant to HN, the particular mailing list message regards differences from a previous release candidate. Can someone please explain, in layperson's terms, what has changed from Linux 5.5 (or 5.4) to 5.6?

The LWN.net announcement post (https://lwn.net/Articles/816213/) has an overview and links to a few more detailed summaries.