THIS IS IT!!!

The last hurdle for PREEMPT_RT being merged into mainline has just removed by this pull request. Leaving the door open for PREEMPT_RT to be added to 6.12!

@sdbbp @conor @kees though if you want to do it go for it, it's not like it's all that exciting...

@sdbbp @kees @conor we've already got a Jira ;)

Got around to fixing my e-mail setup and need some advice.

I'm pulling mail with isync/mbsync from an IMAP server that does no reasonable spam filtering. Over 99% of my mail is spam since my address is not exactly a secret.

I have no idea how to deal with this. Spamassassin is too slow, clunky and I'm unable to do any reasonable filtering with it.

I'd be fine with crude filtering, an allowlist of addresses and "Subject:.*[PATCH]", and deny everything that is a HTML e-mail, MIME encoded, etc. But what's a good way to do this? Is procmail still used? What's a good way to hook filtering in? Is mbsync/isync a reasonable idea?

How do you grownups solve this?

@conor @kees sounds like you guys are trying to trick me into doing work...

This was not as stupid as I thought it was going to be...

I'm getting slowly excited for the upcoming @KernelRecipes conference the 23rd to to 25th of this month.
I will be doing the official live blog of the conference again this year, and you had a preview of how that usually works with the storm^Wspam I sent here during OSFC. It was just a warmup 🙂

I had to do one of those massive IKEA runs today, I finally got a chance to figure out how the cargo bike hire thing works, at least at Tempelhof in Berlin.

You show your receipt at customer service, you show some ID, and if you can ride home with your stuff and then back within three hours, the bike hire is free!*

Today was good riding weather, so it totally worked for me.

A+, would do again.

* I think it’s like 5 EUR per hour after that.

James Wainwright is now presenting "Open source all the way down: developing firmware in parallel with open silicon".

In the context of the OpenTitan open source root-of-trust project, the hardware, its tests and firmware are all developed in lockstep in a monorepo.

#OSFC #OSFC2024 #OpenTitan

End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell

Whaaaa?.. What do I read instead?

https://www.anandtech.com/show/21542/end-of-the-road-an-anandtech-farewell

“Some people think it’s controversial to take away a lane from cars and to put in a bike lane. I think it’s controversial to only have one way of getting around. We have choices in all other parts of our lives, but when it comes to transportation, we only have one option.”

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/08/21/houston-cars-bicycles-transit-climate/

The CfP deadline for talks, workshops and demos at #XDC2024 has been extended to next Monday, 19 August 2024. You have one more week to submit, don't wait! http://xdc2024.x.org #Mesa #Wayland #Linux #Graphics #OpenSource

Sigh - I guess it had to eventually happen - it is an end of an era..

https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/compare/3efd925d701065bde609a622c3a011088c439237...c5de07144af2747a0951423c8a34e350ae8dc045?from_project_id=531&straight=false

i really cannot overstate how all political conflicts throughout all of human history are between, on the one side, the people who believe we can build a just and equitable society that cares for everybody, and on the other side, these people:

Causeway Street, Boston.
#MA_G841

Boston Police doing their @BostonBikeBlockers + #CarsInCrosswalks combo.

Switzerland passes law requiring #OpenSource software in the public sector. "All public bodies must disclose the source code of software developed by or for them, unless precluded by third-party rights or security concerns" Well done @maemst, great work!

https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/new-open-source-law-switzerland

@pid_eins and myself are hosting a MC track at #linuxplumbers and the CfP closes next week. The best time to submit a talk was last month, the next best time is now!

"Kernel <-> Userspace/Init/System Management boundaries and APIs MC" - the focus is on topics related to the APIs and interfaces sitting at the boundary between the kernel and init systems/system management layers, with a special attention directed towards current pain points and omissions.

More details at: https://uapi-group.org/docs/conferences/2024-09-18__lpc-uapi-mc/

@keithp @jack @stephanetavera @blaine ya, it's not really a folding bike. More of a small quick-disassembling bike. Certainly not the sort of thing for a quick fold to take on a bus/subway

@jack @blaine @stephanetavera ya, I'm super pumped -- I got it from a friend who was too small for mine and I haven't really gotten a chance to use it yet, but hopefully it'll work out for the next round of conferences in a few months

@palmer @blaine @stephanetavera These look great 😊