The initial nova-core driver stub was merged to #Linux mainline for #LinuxKernel 6.15[1].
#Nova is going to be a #kernel driver for #Nvidia's modern GPUs written in #Rustlang. It is the successor of the #Nouveau kernel driver and serve as base for drivers like #NVK.
The core driver stub is not really useful for anything yet. But that should change soon – and I guess will be the turning point that'll sell #Rust for Linux to the world. 🥳
[1] https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/54e6baf123fde089cfa9f609b0b39b40abe41e94 and https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b28786b190d1ae2df5e6a5181ad78c6f226ea3e1
Broadcom has determined a way to get more money out of VMware licensing:
If a customer has a single-processor server with 8 cores, VMware by Broadcom will license 72 cores.
😂
Released a new tool, packet-monkey:
https://github.com/timb-machine/packet-monkey
Packet Monkey is a tool to filter and classify PCAPs using Wireshark filters. I use it for layer 2/3 traffic analysis on engagements.
Paged Out! #6 is out!
https://pagedout.institute/
Totally free, 80 pages, best issue so far!
'nuff said, enjoy!
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Wow, __builtin_dump_struct
is an amazing clang feature, how did I never hear about this before?
$ cat test.c
#include <stdio.h>
struct nested {
int n;
};
struct foo {
int member_a;
unsigned long member_b;
char *str;
void *ptr;
struct nested nested;
};
int main(void) {
struct foo f = {
.member_a = 123,
.member_b = 0x4141414141414141,
.str = "foobar",
.ptr = &f,
.nested = {.n = 42}
};
__builtin_dump_struct(&f, printf);
}
$ clang -o test test.c && ./test
struct foo {
int member_a = 123
unsigned long member_b = 4702111234474983745
char * str = "foobar"
void * ptr = 0x7fff1df41b78
struct nested nested = {
int n = 42
}
}
The original version of this feature was introduced back in 2018 (though it was reimplemented since in 2022).
I really cannot stress enough how much of an unexpected marketing gift the term "vibe coding" has been for us.
Upcoming Windows 11 builds won't have the ability to to install without internet connectivity and a Microsoft Account.
https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/03/28/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26200-5516-dev-channel/
@wdormann I really think whoever decided that this is a good idea should be shipped to Eastern Europe and force them to live in a rural part where internet access is not given.
HUGE NEWS In the UK, Tanya O'Carroll has won her fight to force Facebook to let her opt out of its creepy surveillance-based targeted advertising. Campaigners are now gearing up to enable us this right not to be surveilled in this way, undermining the business model. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/facebook-personal-data-opt-out-swg26rm5z