Linux Kernel 4.19.178 Release

Posted on

This post summarizes Linux Kernel new features, bugfixes and changes in Linux 4.19.178 Release. Linux 4.19.178 Release contains 248 changes, patches or new features. In total, there are 239,909 lines of Linux source code changed/added in Linux 4.19.178 release compared to Linux 4.19 release. To view the source code of Linux 4.19.178 kernel release online,
Read more

Linux Kernel 4.14.223 Release

Posted on

This post summarizes Linux Kernel new features, bugfixes and changes in Linux 4.14.223 Release. Linux 4.14.223 Release contains 176 changes, patches or new features. In total, there are 277,921 lines of Linux source code changed/added in Linux 4.14.223 release compared to Linux 4.14 release. To view the source code of Linux 4.14.223 kernel release online,
Read more

Linux Kernel 5.4.102 Release

Posted on

This post summarizes Linux Kernel new features, bugfixes and changes in Linux 5.4.102 Release. Linux 5.4.102 Release contains 338 changes, patches or new features. In total, there are 160,715 lines of Linux source code changed/added in Linux 5.4.102 release compared to Linux 5.4 release. To view the source code of Linux 5.4.102 kernel release online,
Read more

Linux Kernel 4.9.60 Release

Posted on

This post summarizes Linux Kernel new features, bugfixes and changes in Linux 4.9.60 Release. Linux 4.9.60 Release contains 24 changes, patches or new features. In total, there are 64,224 lines of Linux source code changed/added in Linux 4.9.60 release compared to Linux 4.9 release. To view the source code of Linux 4.9.60 kernel release online,
Read more

Linux Kernel: xt_quota: report initial quota value instead of current value to userspace

Posted on

This change “xt_quota: report initial quota value instead of current value to userspace” (commit 49daf6a) in Linux kernel is authored by Changli Gao <xiaosuo [at] gmail.com> on Fri Jul 23 14:07:47 2010 +0200. Description of “xt_quota: report initial quota value instead of current value to userspace” The change “xt_quota: report initial quota value instead of
Read more

Release Notes For Linux v2.0

Posted on

This is the release notes for linux release v2.0 (source code: linux-2.0.tar.gz) with format adjusted by removing/replacing tabs/spaces/new lines/formatting marks. This notes document can give us an understanding of the early development of the Linux kernel. The original ASCII formatted version is at the end of this post. Intro This document contains a list of
Read more

Linux Kernel 5.4.72 Release

Posted on

This post summarizes Linux Kernel new features, bugfixes and changes in Linux 5.4.72 Release. Linux 5.4.72 Release contains 23 changes, patches or new features. In total, there are 126,508 lines of Linux source code changed/added in Linux 5.4.72 release compared to Linux 5.4 release. To view the source code of Linux 5.4.72 kernel release online,
Read more

Configuring Eclipse to Highlight Changed Lines Compared to Git Commit

Posted on

Eclipse is one of the good IDEs for C/C++ projects with its great source code indexer. It is common the source code version is controlled by some tools like Git for software projects. It is convenient if the IDE can show the current changes compared to the committed code version. In this post, we will
Read more

Linux Kernel: Add support for using a MAX3421E chip as a host driver

Posted on

This change “Add support for using a MAX3421E chip as a host driver.” (commit 2d53139) in Linux kernel is authored by David Mosberger <davidm [at] egauge.net> on Mon Apr 28 22:14:07 2014 -0600. Description of “Add support for using a MAX3421E chip as a host driver.” The change “Add support for using a MAX3421E chip
Read more

Linux Kernel: drm/i915/guc: Don’t enable GuC/HuC in auto mode on pre-Gen11

Posted on

This change “drm/i915/guc: Don’t enable GuC/HuC in auto mode on pre-Gen11” (commit 87d855e) in Linux kernel is authored by Michal Wajdeczko <michal.wajdeczko [at] intel.com> on Fri Jul 12 11:14:44 2019 +0000. Description of “drm/i915/guc: Don’t enable GuC/HuC in auto mode on pre-Gen11” The change “drm/i915/guc: Don’t enable GuC/HuC in auto mode on pre-Gen11” introduces changes
Read more

Linux Kernel: PM / clk: Fix clock error check in __pm_clk_add()

Posted on

This change “PM / clk: Fix clock error check in __pm_clk_add()” (commit 3fc3a0b) in Linux kernel is authored by Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas [at] glider.be> on Fri May 8 10:47:43 2015 +0200. Description of “PM / clk: Fix clock error check in __pm_clk_add()” The change “PM / clk: Fix clock error check in __pm_clk_add()” introduces changes
Read more

Linux Kernel: netpoll: fix netconsole IPv6 setup

Posted on

This change “netpoll: fix netconsole IPv6 setup” (commit 00fe11b) in Linux kernel is authored by Sabrina Dubroca <sd [at] queasysnail.net> on Thu Feb 6 18:34:12 2014 +0100. Description of “netpoll: fix netconsole IPv6 setup” The change “netpoll: fix netconsole IPv6 setup” introduces changes as follows. netpoll: fix netconsole IPv6 setup Currently, to make netconsole start
Read more

Linux Kernel: cifs: release auth_key.response for reconnect

Posted on

This change “cifs: release auth_key.response for reconnect.” (commit f5c4ba8) in Linux kernel is authored by Shu Wang <shuwang [at] redhat.com> on Fri Sep 8 18:48:33 2017 +0800. Description of “cifs: release auth_key.response for reconnect.” The change “cifs: release auth_key.response for reconnect.” introduces changes as follows. cifs: release auth_key.response for reconnect. There is a race that
Read more

Linux Kernel 4.19.70 Release

Posted on

This post summarizes new features, bugfixes and changes in Linux kernel release 4.19.70. Linux 4.19.70 Release contains 95 changes, patches or new features. In total, there are 101,521 lines of Linux source code changed/added in Linux 4.19.70 release compared to Linux 4.19 release. To view the source code of Linux 4.19.70 kernel release online, please
Read more

Linux Kernel: ALSA: hda/realtek – Fix Headphone Mic doesn’t recording for ALC256

Posted on

This change “ALSA: hda/realtek – Fix Headphone Mic doesn’t recording for ALC256” (commit d32b666) in Linux kernel is authored by Kailang Yang <kailang [at] realtek.com> on Thu Apr 23 15:10:53 2015 +0800. Description of “ALSA: hda/realtek – Fix Headphone Mic doesn’t recording for ALC256” The change “ALSA: hda/realtek – Fix Headphone Mic doesn’t recording for
Read more

Linux Kernel: fs: handle SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA properly in all fs’s that define their own llseek

Posted on

This change “fs: handle SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA properly in all fs’s that define their own llseek” (commit 06222e4) in Linux kernel is authored by Josef Bacik <josef [at] redhat.com> on Mon Jul 18 13:21:38 2011 -0400. Description of “fs: handle SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA properly in all fs’s that define their own llseek” The change “fs: handle SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA properly in
Read more

How to Install Hyperledger Fabric 2.0 in Ubuntu 18.04

Posted on

Hyperledger Fabric is a consortium blockchain system. It’s performance is relatively good and its modular architecture enables it to be usable in many scenarios. Hyperledger Fabric itself has rich documents and samples of test networks. For beginners, deploying a new network for trying and testing still consumes quite some time. In this post, we will
Read more

How to do diff like `git diff –word-diff` without git on Linux?

Posted on

The result of git by git diff –word-diff is great. But how to do diff like git diff –word-diff without git on Linux? The plain diff command on Linux seems not accept options like –word-diff. The wdiff is for word-diff: wdiff program is a front end to diff for comparing files on a word per
Read more