“Linux” — 52 distilled results

WHO partnerships, research, and unrelated policy updates

Unrelated collection of WHO health partnership announcements (April 2024), arXiv AI security research, weather statements, congressional bill tracking, FCC wireless innovation notice, and recent AI labor market commentary from November 2026. No coherent story.

rss:lwn 62d ago

sys/arch/ofppc/ofppc: machdep.c macallan: - use ofprint() for debug output so we have a chance to see it - do not BAT-map anything beyond 0xff000000 - my 43P gets quite grouchy if we do - copy EDID pr

sys/arch/ofppc/ofppc: machdep.c macallan: - use ofprint() for debug output so we have a chance to see it - do not BAT-map anything beyond 0xff000000 - my 43P gets quite grouchy if we do - copy EDID properties from OF like macppc does, for things like mach64 where X can program vi

sys/dev/i2c [netbsd-11]: adt7462.c adt7462reg.h martin: Pull up following revision(s) (requested by jdc in ticket #478): http:// cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/s rc/sys/dev/i2c/adt7462.c.diff?r1=1.3.2.2

sys/dev/i2c [netbsd-11]: adt7462.c adt7462reg.h martin: Pull up following revision(s) (requested by jdc in ticket #478): http:// cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/s rc/sys/dev/i2c/adt7462.c.diff?r1=1.3.2.2&r2=1.3.2.3 http:// cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/s rc/sys/dev/i2c/adt7462reg.h.d

sys/dev/i2c [netbsd-11]: pcagpio.c pcf8574.c martin: Pull up following revision(s) (requested by jdc in ticket #485): http:// cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/s rc/sys/dev/i2c/pcagpio.c.diff?r1=1.13&r2=1.

sys/dev/i2c [netbsd-11]: pcagpio.c pcf8574.c martin: Pull up following revision(s) (requested by jdc in ticket #485): http:// cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/s rc/sys/dev/i2c/pcagpio.c.diff?r1=1.13&r2=1.13.2.1 http:// cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/s rc/sys/dev/i2c/pcf8574.c.diff?r1=1

Weekly security updates across Linux distributions

Between August 14–20, 2026, AlmaLinux and Debian issued routine security updates for kernel vulnerabilities, bind DNS, PostgreSQL, .NET frameworks, and various libraries. Updates addressed issues in Python, Chromium, Docker, LibXfont2, and streaming plugins across five separate rounds.

rss:lwn 46d ago

Mixed geopolitical and health announcements

Cluster mixes an Iran military statement with unrelated WHO announcements about Ebola response in DRC, newborn screening, and pandemic agreement negotiations. These are clearly separate stories with no connection.

rss:lwn 68d ago

Linux CIFS/SMB3 maintainer steps down

As of 23 August 2026, the longtime maintainer of the Common Internet File System and SMB3 protocols in the Linux kernel stepped down ahead of Linux 7.3 release. The transition marks a changing of the guard in a critical kernel subsystem.

Mixed news spanning Pluto reclassification, AI, and labor trends

Unrelated collection of stories from August 24–November 17, 2026: commemoration of Pluto's 2006 demotion, SEC investigation of an AI hedge fund, instant ramen history, security updates, Biden immigration's economic impact, RDP honeypot data, and AI adoption in labor markets. No coherent single story.

rss:lwn 4d ago