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New comment by stycznik in "Bcachefs removed from the mainline kernel"

stycznik — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:46:22 +0000

If it really was so urgent why didn't Kent just tell people to get those updates from his personal tree? There are rules in place if you want your stuff to get into Linus's tree, expecting Linus to pull whatever you sent him without any resistance whatsoever is likely just going to end up with him deleting your project, just like what happened here.

New comment by stycznik in "Bcachefs removed from the mainline kernel"

stycznik — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 17:12:07 +0000

>It's not at all clear to me what really happened to make all the drama. A PR was made that contained something that was more feature-like than bugfix-like, and that resulted in a whole module being ejected from the kernel?

This isn't just a one time thing, speaking as someone who follows the kernel, apparently this has been going on pretty much since bcachefs first tried to get into Linus's tree. Kent even once told another kernel maintainer to "get your head examined" and was rewarded with a temporary ban.

Edit: To be fair, the kernel is infamous for being guarded by stubborn maintainers but really I guess the lesson to be learned here is if you want your pet project to stick around in the kernel you really can't afford to be stubborn yourself.

New comment by stycznik in "Bcachefs removed from the mainline kernel"

stycznik — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:43:37 +0000

>it is inevitable that at some point there was and will be a need to push a new feature into a stable release for the purpose of data recovery

It's really not, the proper way to recover your important data is to restore from backups, not to force other people to bend longstanding rules for you.

>Do you really want to live in a world where data losses in stable releases is considered Okay?

Bcachefs is an experimental filesystem.

Intel Responds to Questions on Future of Arc Graphics

stycznik — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:07:35 +0000

Article URL: https://hothardware.com/news/intel-responds-question-future-arc-graphics-following-nvidia-deal

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45297845

Points: 10

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Nvidia buys $5B in Intel

stycznik — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:04:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/nvidia-and-intel-announce-jointly-developed-intel-x86-rtx-socs-for-pcs-with-nvidia-graphics-also-custom-nvidia-data-center-x86-processors-nvidia-buys-usd5-billion-in-intel-stock-in-seismic-deal

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45288161

Points: 1018

# Comments: 616

New comment by stycznik in "Twitch's new storage limits will purge swaths of Internet gaming history"

stycznik — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:38:11 +0000

So they're keeping the erotic stream content? I can get behind this decision :^)

New comment by stycznik in "I helped fix sleep-wake hangs on Linux with AMD GPUs"

stycznik — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 03:16:32 +0000

It seems like the GPU should grow the capability to keep its VRAM intact through suspend, it's already complex[0] enough it's basically another computer attached to your computer anyway..

[0] https://github.com/jhuber6/doomgeneric

New comment by stycznik in "Asahi Linux lead developer Hector Martin resigns from Linux kernel"

stycznik — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:05:54 +0000

With a project as massive as Linux I doubt you can ever assert "there are 0 kernel devs who want [something]"

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/3465e0c6-f5b2-4c42-95eb-2936148...