NVIDIA Plumbs DMA-BUF Support For VFIO PCI Devices In Linux 6.19

In addition to NVIDIA improving peer-to-peer (P2P) DMA for block devices in Linux 6.19, NVIDIA also led an effort providing DMA-BUF support for VFIO PCI devices for opening up some interesting new cases moving forward. As part of the VFIO pull request this new functionality has landed for Linux 6.19...
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ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows (NBC News)

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ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows

More than a third of the roughly 220,000 people arrested by ICE officers in the first nine months of the Trump administration had no criminal histories.

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Using AI To Modernize The Ubuntu Error Tracker Produced Some Code That Was "Plain Wrong"

A week ago I wrote about AI being used to help modernize Ubuntu's Error Tracker. Microsoft GitHub Copilot was tasked to help adapt its Cassandra database usage to modern standards. It's worked in some areas but even for a rather straight forward task, some of the generated functions ended up being "plain wrong" according to the developer involved.…
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The director of Gaza’s Eye Hospital, Abd Al-Salam Sabah, warned of a total collapse of medical infrastructure, putting the lives of thousands of eye patients at risk. Among them is a child, Ali Abu Sabha, who is now on the verge of blindness.

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Conservative Project at Supreme Court Meets Trump's Push to Oust Officials (Ann E. Marimow/New York Times)

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Conservative Project at Supreme Court Meets Trump's Push to Oust Officials

By Ann E. Marimow / New York Times. View the full context on memeorandum.

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From Project Gutenberg:

Les Romans de la Table Ronde (1 / 5)Mis en nouveau langage et accompagnés de recherches sur l'origine et le caractère de ces grandes compositions

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Rust Drivers In Linux 6.19 Will Now Support... Module Parameters

On top of the Rust driver core changes and other Rust code for Linux 6.19, the modules infrastructure for this new kernel version is also bringing some new code. Surprisingly, it's taken until now for Rust kernel modules/drivers to support module parameters as is common practice for passing different options when booting the kernel or manually loading kernel drivers with…
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