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,
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Linux Kernel 4.14.223 Release
Posted onThis 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,
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Linux Kernel 5.4.102 Release
Posted onThis 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,
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Linux Kernel 4.9.60 Release
Posted onThis 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,
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Linux Kernel: xt_quota: report initial quota value instead of current value to userspace
Posted onThis 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
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Configuring Eclipse to Show Git Revision Information in Editor
Posted onEclipse can work well with Git. We discussed Configuring Eclipse to Highlight Changed Lines Compared to Git Commit before. Eclipse can also show the revision information for lines of code (from git blame) which is useful to understand why some lines are added in the context of previous revisions including the lines of code. Eclipse
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Linux Kernel 5.4.72 Release
Posted onThis 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,
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Configuring Eclipse to Highlight Changed Lines Compared to Git Commit
Posted onEclipse 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
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Linux Kernel: Add support for using a MAX3421E chip as a host driver
Posted onThis 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
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Clearing Git History in Local and Remote Branches
Posted onGit tracks changes as commits. This makes it possible and convenient to check the code change history in a repository. However, this also has side effect. The history consumes storage and the whole repository including the current version of the code files and all the previous changes may be quite large. This is especially a
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2 Ways of Resetting All Git Submodules in a Git Repository
Posted onGit submodule is a nice and convenient mechanism in Git to include the other Git repositories and manage the version/commit used from the submodule Git repository. However, there are cases where we would like “reset” the submodule, such as when we find updating a submodule repository will break the code tree, or merge some updates
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Linux Kernel: drm/i915/guc: Don’t enable GuC/HuC in auto mode on pre-Gen11
Posted onThis 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
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Linux Kernel: PM / clk: Fix clock error check in __pm_clk_add()
Posted onThis 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
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Linux Kernel: netpoll: fix netconsole IPv6 setup
Posted onThis 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
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Linux Kernel: cifs: release auth_key.response for reconnect
Posted onThis 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
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Linux Kernel 4.19.70 Release
Posted onThis 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
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Linux Kernel: ALSA: hda/realtek – Fix Headphone Mic doesn’t recording for ALC256
Posted onThis 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
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Linux Kernel: fs: handle SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA properly in all fs’s that define their own llseek
Posted onThis 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
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Delete a Remote Git Tag from the Git Server
Posted onGit’s tags are convenient use to name some specific commits by tagging them for releasing or book keeping purposes. For example, GitHub allows repository managers to make releases using git tags. However, it may happen by mistake that a git tag is pushed to the remote git server while the tag has been made to
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How to Install Hyperledger Fabric 2.0 in Ubuntu 18.04
Posted onHyperledger 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
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