git.kernel.org and lore.kernel.org now require proof of work. Big thanks to Anubis developers for filling this important need.

Another email sent to the Linux Plumbers mailing list:

"Hi there,

This is Jacob Bryant and I came across the helpful information you shared on the lpc.events website and was wondering if you were open to adding new resources to your page.

Unfortunately, plumbers are at a higher risk of being diagnosed with mesothelioma, a rare cancer caused from exposure to asbestos that takes 20-50 years to develop. It’s extremely important that those who have and are working in plumbing are aware of this type of cancer. That's why we made a guide that covers everything you need to know about mesothelioma as a plumber."

I've been saying this for years: ebikes should have USB-C PD ports for charging!

Finally a manufacturer has actually done it. In this case using 140W power delivery, which is way higher power than any ebike charger I've ever used. And USB-C PD now supports up to 240W, which is more than enough for ebikes.

I hope this becomes the norm:

https://www.theverge.com/news/639681/usb-c-charging-e-bike-ampler-nova-specs-price

I'm sad to say that we're following the lead of many others and putting in proof-of-work proxies into place to protect ourselves against "AI" crawler bots. Yes, I hate this as much as you, but all other options are currently worse (such as locking us into specific vendors).

We'll be rolling it out on lore.kernel.org and git.kernel.org in the next week or so.

@joshbressers @sjvn @TheNewStack I'm using our role as CNA to work within and push against silliness in the program, in part to work against said "need". Together with other open source CNAs (to avoid naming names).

Not saying this will succeed of course...

@joshbressers @sjvn @TheNewStack I'm with @badger Linux is a CNA to help fix the CVE process, and so far we have already achieved some change, more to hopefully come.

And the CRA is going to cause other software projects to come to terms with their reporting process, so becoming a CNA is a good step forward in the whole thing.

And besides, what open source project doesn't want to actually control what other people are saying about your project? Just this week we "took back" a CVE issued by a rogue CNA against Linux when they shouldn't have done so. If we weren't a CNA we would never have been able to do so at all.

I was devastated to learn that Dave Täht passed away. Wrote a bit about it.

https://blog.tohojo.dk/2025/04/remembering-dave-t%C3%A4ht.html

Dave Täht RIP

https://lwn.net/Articles/1016109/ #LWN

turns out Qualcomm dropped the sources for talking to their Embedded USB Debug (EUD) peripheral, and it works on the OnePlus 6!

This means we get JTAG access directly via the USB port, yes seriously! There is also a UART peripheral which we can hook up (so far untested).

Basically you write 1 to a magic register (typically from the Linux driver but i have been testing from U-Boot) and all of a sudden a 7-port USB hub appears on your PC (in addition to whatever USB gadget you had set up) with a single device which is the EUD control interface.

Now that the code to talk to it is public (and functional with this openocd fork https://github.com/linux-msm/openocd) you can get JTAG access to the device for easier debugging of the kernel or U-Boot!

It seems like this works "by accident" on the OnePlus 6, likely the same debug policy misconfiguration that causes the device to go to crashdump instead of just rebooting (so it's unlikely to work on say, the PocoPhone F1, but maybe worth a try!).

There seem to be protections in place so you can't escalate to EL2 or EL3, when in EL2 all registers read as 0

New tool! Meet the iFixit ESD-Safe Hammer.

We hear you: sometimes you need a little more oomph to finish your fix. So, we engineered the world’s first hammer designed for electronics repair. It's built with a non-conductive handle, ESD-safe head, and just enough heft to "persuade" stubborn components.

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🔋 Glued-in batteries
🪛 Stripped screws
🔌Soldered memory
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Now unavailable at iFixit.com.

#iFixit #FixWithForce #AprilFools

Localization is hard.

Google Titan costs 35 euros in Europe. 35 USD in the US.

They launched in Norway this weekend. What's the price?

35 NOK (3 EUR/USD).

How many can you buy? 10!

I'm really loving how Mastodon has become a refuge for all the grizzled seafarers on the ocean of the internet. They pop up in my feed and their bios all say something like

"I've been online for longer than the internet. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. 56k modems on fire in the light of Usenet. I watched IRC forks glitter in the dark near the Gateway 3000. All those moments will be lost in slop, like tears in rain. Time to deshittify."

The #Portland #Linux #Kernel Meetup is tonight Thursday, March 27th, at the Lucky Labrador Beer Hall on NW Quimby St https://www.meetup.com/portland-linux-kernel-meetup/events/306813644/ #PDX #LinuxKernel

"WTF... oh, they saw /crypto/ in the URL."

We ended up doing a Firefox release to deal with this: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1954323

A new home for kernel.org

https://lwn.net/Articles/1015555/ #LWN

@Daojoan

Registration and the Call for Proposals are now open for DebConf25. This year's event will be held in Brest, back in France its place of origin, and will offer talks, hacking sessions, activities and discussions. We are looking forward to a Cheese & Wine party in the right country this year ;-), and an additional Crêpes and Cider evening, a tribute to Brittany https://debconf25.debconf.org/news/2025-03-24-dc25-registration-cfp-open/ #debian #debconf25 #brest #france

Red Hat has an opening for a @fedora Quality Engineer https://redhat.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/jobs/job/Software-Quality-Engineer---Fedora-Linux_R-045047-1

The original Dear Abby was a badass, esp for her time, she was a champion for queer acceptance in her column and was very big on telling parents to listen and accept their children instead of punishing and fighting with them. But also this response is a banger. Top 10 advice columnist responses of all time.