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> The code has been implemented as part of the Linux kernel release version 6.13 in January. This is basically 3 month old news now.

by d3Xt3r 2y ago

ryao 2y ago
If you read the original commit comment, userspace software needs to opt into this: https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=80b6f094756f https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds... If it is not reported for people to know about it, this will do nothing. That said, the opt-in here is only relevant when software has already opted into busy polling, so it likely does not apply to software used outside of datacenters.
Almondsetat 2y ago
Did you know about this before reading the article?
- d3Xt3r 2y ago
  Yes, it was posted before over here and other news sites. I've seen it reposted several times over the past three months.
TheRealPomax 2y ago
So, new enough that millions of people never heard about it. I can see why it made the front page.
matkoniecz 2y ago
What is wrong with 3 month old news? I in fact prefer ones that are not repeated based only on basis being new and much more likely to be confused/misleading/hoax/lie/not actually interesting. Similarly, I prefer old books, old computer games, old movies (or at least not ones currently being hot/viral/advertised), this allows a lot of trash to self-filter out. Including trash being breathlessly promoted and consumed.
- d3Xt3r 2y ago
  What's wrong with it is the fact that it was already posted before over here and other news sites. I've seen it reposted several times over the past three months and I'm tired of seeing this. 6.13 is old news now, we're already on 6.14, and even 6.15 isn't far from release (we're already at rc3).
throw-qqqqq 2y ago
Well, I run Linux on both my laptops and desktops, consider myself an enthusiast etc., but I don’t track the development of the mainline Linux kernel closely enough to know what goes on there in the past three months. I may notice changes when they get adopted by upstream maintainers of my distro, but that usually takes time..
- d3Xt3r 2y ago
  That doesn't make it okay to repost stale news. Would you be okay if I went to say phoronix.com, started picking other notable 3-month old Linux kernel articles and repost them here one by one? Heck, why limit myself just to the Linux kernel, why don't I just start reposting all the top headlines in the past few months, because surely not everyone is up-to-date on all the developments right?
tverbeure 2y ago
I'm one of the lucky 10,000.

> The code has been implemented as part of the Linux kernel release version 6.13 in January. This is basically 3 month old news now.

by d3Xt3r 2y ago

> The code has been implemented as part of the Linux kernel release version 6.13 in January. This is basically 3 month old news now.

ryao 2y ago

If you read the original commit comment, userspace software needs to opt into this: https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=80b6f094756f https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds... If it is not reported for people to know about it, this will do nothing. That said, the opt-in here is only relevant when software has already opted into busy polling, so it likely does not apply to software used outside of datacenters.

Almondsetat 2y ago

Did you know about this before reading the article?

d3Xt3r 2y ago
Yes, it was posted before over here and other news sites. I've seen it reposted several times over the past three months.

TheRealPomax 2y ago

So, new enough that millions of people never heard about it. I can see why it made the front page.

matkoniecz 2y ago

What is wrong with 3 month old news? I in fact prefer ones that are not repeated based only on basis being new and much more likely to be confused/misleading/hoax/lie/not actually interesting. Similarly, I prefer old books, old computer games, old movies (or at least not ones currently being hot/viral/advertised), this allows a lot of trash to self-filter out. Including trash being breathlessly promoted and consumed.

d3Xt3r 2y ago
What's wrong with it is the fact that it was already posted before over here and other news sites. I've seen it reposted several times over the past three months and I'm tired of seeing this. 6.13 is old news now, we're already on 6.14, and even 6.15 isn't far from release (we're already at rc3).

throw-qqqqq 2y ago

Well, I run Linux on both my laptops and desktops, consider myself an enthusiast etc., but I don’t track the development of the mainline Linux kernel closely enough to know what goes on there in the past three months. I may notice changes when they get adopted by upstream maintainers of my distro, but that usually takes time..

d3Xt3r 2y ago
That doesn't make it okay to repost stale news. Would you be okay if I went to say phoronix.com, started picking other notable 3-month old Linux kernel articles and repost them here one by one? Heck, why limit myself just to the Linux kernel, why don't I just start reposting all the top headlines in the past few months, because surely not everyone is up-to-date on all the developments right?

tverbeure 2y ago

I'm one of the lucky 10,000.