$ uname -a
Linux lm 6.8.6 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Apr 15 20:51:11 PDT 2024 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Video driver in use is from this binary blob:

NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.54.14.run

(The newer 550.67 blob has troubles on my setup.)

--
-v

vallor wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> $ uname -a
> Linux lm 6.8.6 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Apr 15 20:51:11 PDT 2024 x86_64
> x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> Video driver in use is from this binary blob:
>
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.54.14.run
>
> (The newer 550.67 blob has troubles on my setup.)

% uname -a
Linux mlsasus 5.15.0-97-generic #107~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 9 14:20:11 UTC
2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

% xz --version
xz (XZ Utils) 5.2.4
liblzma 5.2.4

(The Arch box is way ahead o' this one.)

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that like most books, it had too many words. The plot was the same one that
all James Bond books have: An evil person tries to blow up the world, but
James Bond kills him and his henchmen and makes love to several attractive
women. There, that's it: 24 words. But the guy who wrote the book took
*thousands* of words to say it. -- Dave Barry

On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:47:09 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> % uname -a Linux mlsasus 5.15.0-97-generic #107~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri
> Feb 9 14:20:11 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> % xz --version xz (XZ Utils) 5.2.4 liblzma 5.2.4
>
> (The Arch box is way ahead o' this one.)

Even Ubuntu 22.04.1 is up to 6.5.0. I think the Fedora box has 6.8.5
waiting in the wings if I ever reboot. It's only been up for 63 days but
there have been quite a few kernel packages downloaded.

On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:51:36 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:

> $ uname -a
> Linux lm 6.8.6 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Apr 15 20:51:11 PDT 2024 x86_64
> x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> Video driver in use is from this binary blob:
>
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.54.14.run
>
> (The newer 550.67 blob has troubles on my setup.)
>

What kind of "troubles" are you experiencing?

In my extensive GNU/Linux experience, Nvidia has really gotten
their act together over the past couple of years year or so.
In the past, with each new kernel, there were bound to be problems
but not anymore.

My current systems:

Linux: 6.8.1

Nvidia: 550.67

FYI, the Nvidia binary blob is not a total "blob." It has
some open-source code that can be compiled by the user.

On Gentoo, the ultimate distro, it compiles and runs with no problems.

Perhaps your inferior, stinking distro is providing junk.

I would not be surprised.

On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:30:10 +0000, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote in
<17c6d97657b9bc20$983$1425202$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com>:

> On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:51:36 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:
>
>> $ uname -a Linux lm 6.8.6 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Apr 15 20:51:11
>> PDT 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> Video driver in use is from this binary blob:
>>
>> NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.54.14.run
>>
>> (The newer 550.67 blob has troubles on my setup.)
>>
>>
> What kind of "troubles" are you experiencing?
>
> In my extensive GNU/Linux experience, Nvidia has really gotten their act
> together over the past couple of years year or so.
> In the past, with each new kernel, there were bound to be problems but
> not anymore.
>
> My current systems:
>
> Linux: 6.8.1
>
> Nvidia: 550.67
>
> FYI, the Nvidia binary blob is not a total "blob." It has some
> open-source code that can be compiled by the user.
>
> On Gentoo, the ultimate distro, it compiles and runs with no problems.
>
> Perhaps your inferior, stinking distro is providing junk.
>
> I would not be surprised.

I was working outside of the distribution, on my own, blazing my
own trail.

Something Furled Fart is unable to do with his Linux kernel.

He is a Gentoo "distro-lackey", which he admits above. Tsk, tsk.

--
-v

vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:

> Tsk, tsk.

What was that about DFTT? [rhet.]

--
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My pet rock Gordon just is.

On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 01:02:16 +0100, snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote in
<1qs4w5o.1a145yxok5s1kN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>:

> vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
>
>> Tsk, tsk.
>
> What was that about DFTT? [rhet.]

Well..."this is different". ;)

(I know it was "rhet.", but you do deserve an answer...)

See my post in a.c about combating "bad" speech with
"good" speech... for varying values of "bad" and "good",
of course.

Besides, this is Linux advocacy, not off-topic political
propaganda from unregistered foreign agents.

--
-v

vallor wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 01:02:16 +0100, snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote in
> <1qs4w5o.1a145yxok5s1kN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>:
>
>> vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Tsk, tsk.
>>
>> What was that about DFTT? [rhet.]
>
> Well..."this is different". ;)
>
> (I know it was "rhet.", but you do deserve an answer...)
>
> See my post in a.c about combating "bad" speech with
> "good" speech... for varying values of "bad" and "good",
> of course.
>
> Besides, this is Linux advocacy, not off-topic political
> propaganda from unregistered foreign agents.
>
its called shut your face and i'll talk about what i please

On 2024-04-16, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:47:09 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>
>> % uname -a Linux mlsasus 5.15.0-97-generic #107~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri
>> Feb 9 14:20:11 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> % xz --version xz (XZ Utils) 5.2.4 liblzma 5.2.4
>>
>> (The Arch box is way ahead o' this one.)
>
> Even Ubuntu 22.04.1 is up to 6.5.0. I think the Fedora box has 6.8.5
> waiting in the wings if I ever reboot. It's only been up for 63 days but
> there have been quite a few kernel packages downloaded.

I'm running 5.4.0 on this machine (Linux Mint 20.3, based on Ubuntu 20.04).
It works fine. By next April I'll have to update, as it will reach EOL.

--
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entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality."
"It was pride that changed angels into devils..." — St. Augustine

On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 22:49:54 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:

>
>> On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:51:36 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:
>>
>>> $ uname -a Linux lm 6.8.6 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Apr 15 20:51:11
>>> PDT 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>
>
> I was working outside of the distribution, on my own, blazing my
> own trail.
>

Post your kernel .config file or it didn't happen.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

We are waiting to see what junk, bullshit, and security-laden crap
lies within that .config file.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

It's hard to believe that this distro lackey could even create
a kernel .config file from scratch.

Farley Flud wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> It's hard to believe that this distro lackey could even create
> a kernel .config file from scratch.

You can make a kernel config file from the existing setup and then
modify it. Easy.

--
You will live a long, healthy, happy life and make bags of money.

On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:18:35 +0000, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote in
<17c77943cfa67966$33354$181469$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com>:

> On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 22:49:54 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:
>
>>
>>> On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:51:36 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:
>>>
>>>> $ uname -a Linux lm 6.8.6 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Apr 15 20:51:11
>>>> PDT 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>>
>>
>> I was working outside of the distribution, on my own, blazing my
>> own trail.
>>
>
> Post your kernel .config file or it didn't happen.
>
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
>
> We are waiting to see what junk, bullshit, and security-laden crap
> lies within that .config file.
>
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
>
> It's hard to believe that this distro lackey could even create
> a kernel .config file from scratch.

I used to create them "from scratch" using "make config".

You forget I've been using Linux since 1992.

BTW:

$ uname -a
Linux lm 6.8.7 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Apr 17 16:25:01 PDT 2024 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Did that yesterday, which I built in /dev/shm for maximum performance.

You've been left in the dust, distro-boi. Hjarf!

--
-v

On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 03:04:47 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:

> Linux lm 6.8.7 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Apr 17 16:25:01 PDT 2024
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> Did that yesterday, which I built in /dev/shm for maximum performance.
>
> You've been left in the dust, distro-boi. Hjarf!

Fedora is only up to 6.8.6. I feel deprived. In truth it's running 6.74.
Gotta reboot some month or the other.

On 19 Apr 2024 04:48:29 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote in
<l8ebctFcutgU2@mid.individual.net>:

> On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 03:04:47 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:
>
>> Linux lm 6.8.7 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Apr 17 16:25:01 PDT 2024
>> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> Did that yesterday, which I built in /dev/shm for maximum performance.
>>
>> You've been left in the dust, distro-boi. Hjarf!
>
> Fedora is only up to 6.8.6. I feel deprived. In truth it's running
> 6.74.
> Gotta reboot some month or the other.

tbf there really isn't anything wrong with running any of the
newer stable kernels.

I just like to poke at Feeb because he doesn't even try to run
the latest, despite his bloviations...

--
-v

Le 16-04-2024, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> a écrit :
> On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:47:09 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>
>> % uname -a Linux mlsasus 5.15.0-97-generic #107~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri
>> Feb 9 14:20:11 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> % xz --version xz (XZ Utils) 5.2.4 liblzma 5.2.4
>>
>> (The Arch box is way ahead o' this one.)
>
> Even Ubuntu 22.04.1 is up to 6.5.0.

I'm really surprised by that claim. Last time I checked it was very far
from that. And Ubuntu delayed its 24.04 because of the xz version. Are
you sure about that?

--
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https://scarpet42.gitlab.io

Le 18-04-2024, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> a écrit :
> Farley Flud wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>
>> It's hard to believe that this distro lackey could even create
>> a kernel .config file from scratch.
>
> You can make a kernel config file from the existing setup and then
> modify it. Easy.

Easy for you, but not for him. In fact, it's useless but easy for anyone
but him.

--
Si vous avez du temps à perdre :
https://scarpet42.gitlab.io

Le 19-04-2024, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> a écrit :
>
> I used to create them "from scratch" using "make config".
>
> You forget I've been using Linux since 1992.

Back then, yes, it was mandatory to compile the kernel. Now, it's
useless.

--
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https://scarpet42.gitlab.io

On 19 Apr 2024 21:04:44 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:

> Le 19-04-2024, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> a écrit :
>>
>> I used to create them "from scratch" using "make config".
>>
>> You forget I've been using Linux since 1992.
>
> Back then, yes, it was mandatory to compile the kernel. Now, it's
> useless.

Red Hat and I parted ways after the infamous release where gcc could not
compile a kernel. 20-odd years later I rather like Fedora. It just took a
while...

On 19 Apr 2024 21:00:41 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:

> I'm really surprised by that claim. Last time I checked it was very far
> from that. And Ubuntu delayed its 24.04 because of the xz version. Are
> you sure about that?

uname -a
Linux kropotkin 6.5.0-26-generic #26~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
Tue Mar 12 10:22:43 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

The Fedora box downloaded 6.8.6 today. Fedora 40 will be released on the
23rd so I'll wait until then before I bother rebooting. It's actually
using 6.7.4 currently. I do have concerns about Plasma 6 and the complete
removal of X and QGIS but I have other machines to run that on.

On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 03:04:47 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:

>>
>> Post your kernel .config file or it didn't happen.
>>
>
> I used to create them "from scratch" using "make config".
>
> You forget I've been using Linux since 1992.
>

Well then where is your kernel .config file?

My superlative kernel .config file (from absolute scratch) is shown
below. Note how it fits my system just like a glove and, especially,
excludes ALL that useless security crap.

Note also there is no CGROUPS and hence no fucking systemd
is possible.

Your kernel .config file is doubtless just absconded from some
conventional junk distro.

GNU/Linux is for PROFESSIONALS. If you can't cut the mustard
then eat your ketchup-soaked fries with the unwashed riff-raff.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

The ultimate (for my machine) kernel .config:

=================================================

#
# Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
# Linux/x86 6.8.1 Kernel Configuration
# CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT="gcc (Gentoo 13.2.0) 13.2.0"
CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC=y
CONFIG_GCC_VERSION=130200
CONFIG_CLANG_VERSION=0
CONFIG_AS_IS_GNU=y
CONFIG_AS_VERSION=24100
CONFIG_LD_IS_BFD=y
CONFIG_LD_VERSION=24100
CONFIG_LLD_VERSION=0
CONFIG_CC_CAN_LINK=y
CONFIG_CC_CAN_LINK_STATIC=y
CONFIG_CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO_OUTPUT=y
CONFIG_CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO_TIED_OUTPUT=y
CONFIG_GCC_ASM_GOTO_OUTPUT_WORKAROUND=y
CONFIG_TOOLS_SUPPORT_RELR=y
CONFIG_CC_HAS_ASM_INLINE=y
CONFIG_CC_HAS_NO_PROFILE_FN_ATTR=y
CONFIG_PAHOLE_VERSION=0
CONFIG_IRQ_WORK=y
CONFIG_BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT=y
CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK=y

#
# General setup
# CONFIG_INIT_ENV_ARG_LIMIT=32
# CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST is not set
CONFIG_WERROR=y
CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=""
# CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
CONFIG_BUILD_SALT=""
CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP=y
CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2=y
CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA=y
CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_XZ=y
CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_LZO=y
CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4=y
CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_ZSTD=y
# CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2 is not set
CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA=y
# CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4 is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_ZSTD is not set
CONFIG_DEFAULT_INIT=""
CONFIG_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME="(none)"
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE_SYSCTL=y
# CONFIG_WATCH_QUEUE is not set
CONFIG_CROSS_MEMORY_ATTACH=y
# CONFIG_USELIB is not set
# CONFIG_AUDIT is not set
CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL=y

#
# IRQ subsystem
# CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_EFFECTIVE_AFF_MASK=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_MIGRATION=y
CONFIG_HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND=y
CONFIG_IRQ_DOMAIN=y
CONFIG_IRQ_DOMAIN_HIERARCHY=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_MSI_IRQ=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_MATRIX_ALLOCATOR=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_RESERVATION_MODE=y
CONFIG_IRQ_FORCED_THREADING=y
CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ=y
# end of IRQ subsystem

CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG=y
CONFIG_ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_INIT=y
CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_VALIDATE_LAST_CYCLE=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_MIN_ADJUST=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE=y
CONFIG_HAVE_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK=y
CONFIG_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK=y
CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING=y
CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING_IDLE=y

#
# Timers subsystem
# CONFIG_TICK_ONESHOT=y
CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON=y
# CONFIG_HZ_PERIODIC is not set
CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE=y
# CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL is not set
# CONFIG_NO_HZ is not set
CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW_US=100
# end of Timers subsystem

CONFIG_BPF=y
CONFIG_HAVE_EBPF_JIT=y
CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_BPF_JIT=y

#
# BPF subsystem
# # CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL is not set
# CONFIG_BPF_JIT is not set
# end of BPF subsystem

CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY_BUILD=y
# CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE is not set
CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=y
# CONFIG_PREEMPT is not set
# CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC is not set
# CONFIG_SCHED_CORE is not set

#
# CPU/Task time and stats accounting
# CONFIG_TICK_CPU_ACCOUNTING=y
# CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN is not set
# CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING is not set
CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
# CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT_V3 is not set
# CONFIG_TASKSTATS is not set
# CONFIG_PSI is not set
# end of CPU/Task time and stats accounting

# CONFIG_CPU_ISOLATION is not set

#
# RCU Subsystem
# CONFIG_TREE_RCU=y
CONFIG_RCU_EXPERT=y
CONFIG_TREE_SRCU=y
# CONFIG_FORCE_TASKS_RCU is not set
# CONFIG_FORCE_TASKS_RUDE_RCU is not set
# CONFIG_FORCE_TASKS_TRACE_RCU is not set
CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON=y
CONFIG_RCU_NEED_SEGCBLIST=y
CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=64
CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=16
# CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU is not set
# CONFIG_RCU_DOUBLE_CHECK_CB_TIME is not set
# end of RCU Subsystem

# CONFIG_IKCONFIG is not set
# CONFIG_IKHEADERS is not set
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=17
CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT=12
CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK=y

#
# Scheduler features
# # CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK is not set
# end of Scheduler features

CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_NUMA_BALANCING=y
CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_BATCHED_UNMAP_TLB_FLUSH=y
CONFIG_CC_HAS_INT128=y
CONFIG_CC_IMPLICIT_FALLTHROUGH="-Wimplicit-fallthrough=5"
CONFIG_GCC10_NO_ARRAY_BOUNDS=y
CONFIG_CC_NO_ARRAY_BOUNDS=y
CONFIG_GCC_NO_STRINGOP_OVERFLOW=y
CONFIG_CC_NO_STRINGOP_OVERFLOW=y
CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_INT128=y
# CONFIG_CGROUPS is not set
# CONFIG_NAMESPACES is not set
# CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE is not set
# CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP is not set
# CONFIG_RELAY is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set
# CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG is not set
# CONFIG_INITRAMFS_PRESERVE_MTIME is not set
CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE=y
# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
CONFIG_LD_ORPHAN_WARN=y
CONFIG_LD_ORPHAN_WARN_LEVEL="error"
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE=y
CONFIG_HAVE_PCSPKR_PLATFORM=y
CONFIG_EXPERT=y
CONFIG_MULTIUSER=y
CONFIG_SGETMASK_SYSCALL=y
CONFIG_SYSFS_SYSCALL=y
CONFIG_FHANDLE=y
CONFIG_POSIX_TIMERS=y
CONFIG_PRINTK=y
CONFIG_BUG=y
CONFIG_ELF_CORE=y
# CONFIG_PCSPKR_PLATFORM is not set
CONFIG_BASE_FULL=y
CONFIG_FUTEX=y
CONFIG_FUTEX_PI=y
CONFIG_EPOLL=y
CONFIG_SIGNALFD=y
CONFIG_TIMERFD=y
CONFIG_EVENTFD=y
CONFIG_SHMEM=y
CONFIG_AIO=y
CONFIG_IO_URING=y
CONFIG_ADVISE_SYSCALLS=y
CONFIG_MEMBARRIER=y
# CONFIG_KCMP is not set
CONFIG_RSEQ=y
# CONFIG_DEBUG_RSEQ is not set
CONFIG_CACHESTAT_SYSCALL=y
# CONFIG_PC104 is not set
# CONFIG_KALLSYMS is not set
CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE=y
CONFIG_HAVE_PERF_EVENTS=y

#
# Kernel Performance Events And Counters
# CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
# CONFIG_DEBUG_PERF_USE_VMALLOC is not set
# end of Kernel Performance Events And Counters

# CONFIG_PROFILING is not set

#
# Kexec and crash features
# CONFIG_CRASH_CORE=y
# CONFIG_KEXEC is not set
# CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE is not set
# CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP is not set
# end of Kexec and crash features
# end of General setup

CONFIG_64BIT=y
CONFIG_X86_64=y
CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_INSTRUCTION_DECODER=y
CONFIG_OUTPUT_FORMAT="elf64-x86-64"
CONFIG_LOCKDEP_SUPPORT=y
CONFIG_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT=y
CONFIG_MMU=y
CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN=28
CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX=32
CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN=8
CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX=16
CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS=y
CONFIG_ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY=y
CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPU_RELAX=y
CONFIG_ARCH_HIBERNATION_POSSIBLE=y
CONFIG_ARCH_SUSPEND_POSSIBLE=y
CONFIG_AUDIT_ARCH=y
CONFIG_X86_64_SMP=y
CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES=y
CONFIG_FIX_EARLYCON_MEM=y
CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS=4
CONFIG_CC_HAS_SANE_STACKPROTECTOR=y

#
# Processor type and features
# CONFIG_SMP=y
# CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE is not set
# CONFIG_GOLDFISH is not set
# CONFIG_X86_CPU_RESCTRL is not set
# CONFIG_X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM is not set
# CONFIG_X86_INTEL_LPSS is not set
# CONFIG_X86_AMD_PLATFORM_DEVICE is not set
# CONFIG_IOSF_MBI is not set
CONFIG_SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER=y
# CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST is not set
# CONFIG_MK8 is not set
# CONFIG_MPSC is not set
CONFIG_MCORE2=y
# CONFIG_MATOM is not set
# CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU is not set
CONFIG_X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_SHIFT=6
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=6
CONFIG_X86_INTEL_USERCOPY=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
CONFIG_X86_P6_NOP=y
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_HAVE_PAE=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG64=y
CONFIG_X86_CMOV=y
CONFIG_X86_MINIMUM_CPU_FAMILY=64
CONFIG_X86_DEBUGCTLMSR=y
CONFIG_IA32_FEAT_CTL=y
CONFIG_X86_VMX_FEATURE_NAMES=y
CONFIG_PROCESSOR_SELECT=y
CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL=y
# CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD is not set
# CONFIG_CPU_SUP_HYGON is not set
# CONFIG_CPU_SUP_CENTAUR is not set
# CONFIG_CPU_SUP_ZHAOXIN is not set
CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC=y
CONFIG_DMI=y
# CONFIG_MAXSMP is not set
CONFIG_NR_CPUS_RANGE_BEGIN=2
CONFIG_NR_CPUS_RANGE_END=512
CONFIG_NR_CPUS_DEFAULT=64
CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8
# CONFIG_SCHED_CLUSTER is not set
CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y
CONFIG_SCHED_MC=y
CONFIG_SCHED_MC_PRIO=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
# CONFIG_X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS is not set
# CONFIG_X86_MCE is not set

Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> wrote:

>My superlative kernel .config file (from absolute scratch) is shown
>below. Note how it fits my system just like a glove and, especially,
>excludes ALL that useless security crap.
>
>Note also there is no CGROUPS and hence no fucking systemd
>is possible.
>
>Your kernel .config file is doubtless just absconded from some
>conventional junk distro.

Shut the fuck up, child.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 18:19:25 +0000, Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> wrote in
<17c80fec3c5989ad$31625$3582942$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com>:

> Well then where is your kernel .config file?

I already posted where I got it from -- it was originally from
Linux Mint's lowlatency kernel, carried forward with "make oldconfig"
since then.

For a while I used "make localmodconfig", but then I ran into trouble when
I added libvirtd and friends. So I'm building a "kitchen sink" until I
get around to deciding what modules I want to have loaded in all cases.

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On 20 Apr 2024 01:13:31 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote in
<l8gj5qFnhrfU4@mid.individual.net>:

> On 19 Apr 2024 21:04:44 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>
>> Le 19-04-2024, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> a écrit :
>>>
>>> I used to create them "from scratch" using "make config".
>>>
>>> You forget I've been using Linux since 1992.
>>
>> Back then, yes, it was mandatory to compile the kernel. Now, it's
>> useless.
>
> Red Hat and I parted ways after the infamous release where gcc could not
> compile a kernel. 20-odd years later I rather like Fedora. It just took
> a while...

I used to use Red Hat Linux, then Fedora Core, then Fedora...then
I realized Red Hat legal was exerting too much influence on the
allegedly "community" distribution...

They were taking ECC out of openssl. Not just failing to build it
in the SRPM, but actually actively taking the code of out of the library's
sources.

Meanwhile, a friend (who is also a linux instructor at the JC), had been
singing the praises of Mint. I had already felt the squeeze because
Fedora couldn't even play mp3's without the rpmfusion repo. So, I
jumped ship, and never looked back.

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On 20 Apr 2024 01:21:41 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote in
<l8gjl5FnhrfU5@mid.individual.net>:

> On 19 Apr 2024 21:00:41 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>
>> I'm really surprised by that claim. Last time I checked it was very far
>> from that. And Ubuntu delayed its 24.04 because of the xz version. Are
>> you sure about that?
>
> uname -a Linux kropotkin 6.5.0-26-generic #26~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP
> PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Mar 12 10:22:43 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> The Fedora box downloaded 6.8.6 today. Fedora 40 will be released on the
> 23rd so I'll wait until then before I bother rebooting. It's actually
> using 6.7.4 currently. I do have concerns about Plasma 6 and the
> complete removal of X and QGIS but I have other machines to run that on.

I couldn't do without X -- X forwarding with ssh is very handy in my
line of work. (For example, running virt-manager...)

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