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Linus Torvalds' Initial Comment On Rust Code Prospects Within The Linux Kernel
Kernel developers appear to be eager to debate the merits of potentially allowing Rust code within the Linux kernel. Linus Torvalds himself has made some initial remarks on the topic ahead of the Linux Plumbers 2020 conference where the matter will be discussed at length.
[...] Linus Torvalds chimed in though with his own opinion on the matter. Linus commented that he would like it to be effectively enabled by default to ensure there is widespread testing and not any isolated usage where developers then may do "crazy" things. He isn't calling for Rust to be a requirement for the kernel but rather if the Rust compiler is detected on the system, Kconfig would enable the Rust support and go ahead in building any hypothetical Rust kernel code in order to see it's properly built at least.
Linus Torvalds Wishes Intel's AVX-512 A Painful Death
According to a mailing list post spotted by Phoronix, Linux creator Linus Torvalds has shared his strong views on the AVX-512 instruction set. The discussion arose as a result of recent news that Intel's upcoming Alder Lake processors reportedly lack support for AVX-512.
Torvalds' advice to Intel is to focus on things that matter instead of wasting resources on new instruction sets, like AVX-512, that he feels aren't beneficial outside the HPC market.
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday July 15 2020, @10:10AM (3 children)
Erm, when did we go from coding in a compiled language to system administration? But, yeah, anyone who's spent any significant sysadmin time has an "ARGH!" story or two.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Wednesday July 15 2020, @12:17PM (2 children)
You asked about the typos and I obliged.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:33PM (1 child)
Oh, I meant the ones in the post. If it was intentional, it was funny. If it wasn't, it was even more funny.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Wednesday July 15 2020, @03:17PM
That's why I made typos in the post: I had a stressful late evening culminating in the erasing of my boot partition due to a typo, just to be absolutely clear. Typos everywhere.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].