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erspan(4): ERSPAN Type II collection

OpenBSD Journal
4 hónap óta
Our favorite operating system is in the process of aquiring Encapsulated Remote Switch Port Analyzer (ERSPAN) support, in the form of a new virtual network interface, dubbed erspan(4).

An early version of the code, but possibly close to being ready for further development in-tree was presented by David Gwynne (dlg@) in a message to tech@:

List: openbsd-tech Subject: erspan(4): ERSPAN Type II collection From: David Gwynne <david () gwynne ! id ! au> Date: 2025-05-12 1:27:59 we were exploring how to better let us see what's happening on access networks or specific ports on a switch at work. our switches are pretty much all cisco, which has ERSPAN. ERSPAN in it's various forms ships Ethernet packets over GRE for collection and analysis on another system. There's 3 types of ERSPAN encapsulation, but Type II seems broadly implemented.

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Kernel prepatch 6.15-rc6

Linux Weekly News
4 hónap óta
Linus has released 6.15-rc6 for testing.

Everything still looks fairly normal - we've got a bit more commits than we did in rc5, which isn't the trend I want to see as the release progresses, but the difference isn't all that big and it feels more like just the normal noise in timing fluctuation in pull requests of fixes than any real signal.

So I won't worry about it. We've got another two weeks to go in the normal release schedule, and it still feels like everything is on track.

corbet

Improved ACPI WMI support (may be) incoming

OpenBSD Journal
4 hónap óta
Over on tech@, Ted Unangst (tedu@) is airing a patch to introduce better support ACPI WMI, looking for tests and comments: List: openbsd-tech Subject: acpi wmi asus driver From: "Ted Unangst" <tedu () tedunangst ! com> Date: 2025-05-11 1:57:07 My newish ASUS laptop needs WMI to handle hotkeys like backlight toggle. More importantly, for me, it's needed to handle the Fn-F hotkey to switch fan/performance profiles. The system is far more pleasant to use in whisper mode. I also notice a substantial improvement in battery life, without much performance difference. It affects the power limits, but more long term I think.

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[$] A kernel developer plays with Home Assistant: general impressions

Linux Weekly News
4 hónap 1 hét óta
Those of us who have spent our lives playing with computers naturally see the appeal of deploying them though the home for both data acquisition and automation. But many of us who have watched the evolution of the technology industry are increasingly unwilling to entrust critical household functions to cloud-based servers run by companies that may not have our best interests at heart. The Apache-licensed Home Assistant project offers a welcome alternative: locally controlled automation with free software. This two-part series covers roughly a year of Home Assistant use, starting with a set of overall observations about the project.
corbet

Albertson: OSL's path to sustainability

Linux Weekly News
4 hónap 1 hét óta

Lance Albertson writes that the Oregon State University Open Source Lab has been funded for the next year, following his announcement in April that the future of OSL was in jeopardy. OSL is now focusing on becoming self-sustainable long term.

The recent support was amazing for our immediate team needs. But for the OSL to thrive long-term, we need a sustainable financial foundation. This is crucial, as the university expects units like ours to become self-sufficient beyond this current year.

So, our big focus this next year is locking in ongoing support – think annualized pledges, different kinds of regular income, and other recurring help. This is vital, especially with potential new data center costs and hardware needs. Getting this right means we can stop worrying about short-term funding and plan for the future: investing in our tech and people, growing our awesome student programs, and serving the FOSS community. We're looking for partners, big and small, who get why foundational open source infrastructure matters and want to help us build this sustainable future together.

jzb

Security updates for Friday

Linux Weekly News
4 hónap 1 hét óta
Security updates have been issued by Debian (fossil, libapache2-mod-auth-openidc, and request-tracker4), Fedora (thunderbird), Mageia (firefox and thunderbird), SUSE (389-ds, apparmor, cargo-c, chromium, go1.24, govulncheck-vulndb, java-1_8_0-openjdk, kanidm, libsoup, mozjs102, openssl-1_1, openssl-3, python-Django, sccache, tealdeer, tomcat, transfig, wasm-bindgen, and wireshark), and Ubuntu (libreoffice and python-h11).
daroc

GNOME Foundation announces new executive director

Linux Weekly News
4 hónap 1 hét óta

The GNOME Foundation has announced the hiring of Steven Deobald as its new executive director.

Steven has been a GNOME user since 2002 and has been involved in numerous free software initiatives throughout his career. His professional background spans technical leadership, cooperative business development, and nonprofit work. Having worked with projects like XTDB and Endatabas, he brings valuable experience in open source product development. Based in Halifax, Canada, Steven is well-positioned to collaborate with our global community across time zones.
jzb