Linux 5.1-rc3 Kernel Released - Bigger Than Normal But Not Bad

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux 5.1-rc3 Kernel Released - Bigger Than Normal But Not Bad

Linus Torvalds has just announced the third weekly release candidate of the upcoming Linux 5.1 kernel...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.1-rc3-Kernel-Released

[shmerl]

So I guess the reverted amdgpu bulk moves are now pushed off to 5.2 cycle?

[Michael]

So I guess the reverted amdgpu bulk moves are now pushed off to 5.2 cycle?

Yes, I don't recall seeing it getting enabled during the 5.1 merge window.

[jpg44]

It would be nice to see bcachefs added to a future kernel release, maybe 5.2, since it shows promise of providing XFS performance with ZFS features. Given how great it is, its interesting how little attention it is given. Perhaps it needs funding from Google or IBM since Linux really needs a decent, fast advanced filesystem.

[smirky]

The hyperlink to Linus's post is pointing to this article, rather than the post itself.

[aufkrawall]

There's btw. a fix for FreeSync included.

[DarkFoss]

There's btw. a fix for FreeSync included.

Awesome if by fixed you mean removing FreeSync as an option. Happens with Ubuntu mainline 5.1_rc3 as well as the drm-tip version.

DISPLAY=:0 xrandr --prop
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
DisplayPort-0 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 519mm x 293mm
       EDID:  
               00ffffffffffff0004722a0654031084
               291c0104a5341e783bdcf1a655519d26
               0e5054bfef8081c08140818090409500
               a940b300a9c0fb7e8088703812401820
               350007252100001e000000ff00544244
               4141303032333930300a000000fd0030
               90b4b422010a202020202020000000fc
               004544323432515220410a20202001a4
               020323f150010304050790121314161f
               2021223f40230907078301000065030c
               001000fe5b80a0703835403020350056
               502100001e866f80a070384040302035
               0056502100001e023a801871382d4058
               2c350056502100001e8c0ad08a20e02d
               10103e9600565021000018011d007251
               d01e206e28550056502100001e000083
       GAMMA_LUT_SIZE: 4096  
               range: (0, -1)
       DEGAMMA_LUT_SIZE: 4096  
               range: (0, -1)
       GAMMA_LUT: 0  
               range: (0, 65535)
       CTM: 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0  
               0 1  
       DEGAMMA_LUT: 0  
               range: (0, 65535)
       TearFree: auto  
               supported: off, on, auto
       vrr_capable: 1  
               range: (0, 1)
       max bpc: 8  
               range: (8, 16)
       underscan vborder: 0  
               range: (0, 128)
       underscan hborder: 0  
               range: (0, 128)
       underscan: off  
               supported: off, on, auto
       scaling mode: None  
               supported: None, Full, Center, Full aspect
       non-desktop: 0  
               range: (0, 1)
       link-status: Good  
               supported: Good, Bad
       CONNECTOR_ID: 59  
               supported: 59
  1920x1080    144.00*+ 120.00   100.00   119.88   119.98    99.93    60.00    60.00    50.00    59.94    30.00    25.00    24.00    29.97    23.98   
  1600x1200     60.00   
  1680x1050     59.95   
  1400x1050     59.98   
  1600x900      60.00   
  1280x1024     75.02    60.02   
  1440x900      59.89   
  1280x960      60.00   
  1280x800     144.00   
  1152x864      75.00   
  1280x720      60.00    50.00    59.94   
  1024x768      75.03    70.07    60.00   
  832x624       74.55   
  800x600       72.19    75.00    60.32    56.25   
  720x576       50.00   
  720x480       60.00    59.94   
  640x480       75.00    72.81    66.67    60.00    59.94

DISPLAY=:0 xrandr --output DisplayPort-0 --set "freesync" 1
X Error of failed request:  BadName (named color or font does not exist)
  Major opcode of failed request:  140 (RANDR)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  11 (RRQueryOutputProperty)
  Serial number of failed request:  43
  Current serial number in output stream:  43

[starshipeleven]

It would be nice to see bcachefs added to a future kernel release, maybe 5.2, since it shows promise of providing XFS performance with ZFS features. Given how great it is, its interesting how little attention it is given. Perhaps it needs funding from Google or IBM since Linux really needs a decent, fast advanced filesystem.

Last time I looked at it it was missing more or less the whole feature set of a next gen filesystem. Did it change? Like for example does it checksum and snapshot?