Seven Changes We've Been Waiting On That You Will Not Find In Linux 5.7

[andyprough]

I'm waiting on the Hurd to supplant the Linux kernel.

[andyprough]

Who is counting you in, anyway.

Me, and all the other people that up-voted the post. We don't want any of this foolishness. Get off my lawn.

[coder]

You suggesting Michael write in 3rd person as opposed to 2nd person? “Seven changes one has been waiting on...”

He could use the collective noun "folks". That would not be inaccurate.

Do you always feel misrepresented by news articles with 2nd person prose in them?

Assuming Candy is a native English speaker, it strikes me as a somewhat trolly post. I wouldn't pay it any mind.

BTW, I cut non-native English speakers some slack, since their equivalent of "we" could have connotations the English word lacks. Native English speakers should all know that it's unspecified to whom Michael is referring, other than a group in which he is included.

[coder]

I'm waiting on the Hurd to supplant the Linux kernel.

That's both irrelevant and unfortunate.

[Zico]

full AV1 support (for better displays e.g notebooks)

[coder]

full AV1 support (for better displays e.g notebooks)

Hmmm... to what extent is that even dependent on (in-tree) GPU drivers? Because that'd be the only thing it would have to do with the Kernel.

I think most of AV1 support would be implemented in userspace libraries.

[starshipeleven]

Me, and all the other people that up-voted the post. We don't want any of this foolishness. Get off my lawn.

Fuchsia OS for the win.

[Zico]

Hmmm... to what extent is that even dependent on (in-tree) GPU drivers? Because that'd be the only thing it would have to do with the Kernel.
I think most of AV1 support would be implemented in userspace libraries.

Exactly, chip drivers (at kernel level). I hope AMD will have this chip (Hardware AV1) in the APU. I'd like a ready kernel with GPU drivers supporting "hardware AV1". so Are you not?

[jacob]

I know that Linus doesn't want any form of in-kernel dbus until the current performance problems have all been addressed in userland, but IMHO that's a short sighted approach for once. We need a kernel-based dbus implementation sooner rather than later, not just for performance reasons (although it would help) but also for security, auditing and monitoring. Ideally current DAC and MAC mechanisms would naturally apply to it.

[coder]

Exactly, chip drivers (at kernel level). I hope AMD will have this chip (Hardware AV1) in the APU. I'd like a ready kernel with GPU drivers supporting "hardware AV1". so Are you not?

Do we know whether, how much, and which generations of AMD hardware can support it with fixed-function units? Otherwise, I think you're looking at something like OpenCL "soft" acceleration, which could be entirely a userspace affair.