Longhorn
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Kernel/hypervisor engineer, Amazon EC2.
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200b capex for the year, stock down 15% in a day and layoffs
February 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
200b capex for the year, stock down 15% in a day and layoffs
LLM-generated code and the LKML...
February 5, 2026 at 4:34 AM
LLM-generated code and the LKML...
Due to the huge compute needs of AI, it became overbearing in this cloud computing industry with lots of focus on it.
And that seems to be at odds with what's the right thing to do for other workloads...
And that seems to be at odds with what's the right thing to do for other workloads...
February 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Due to the huge compute needs of AI, it became overbearing in this cloud computing industry with lots of focus on it.
And that seems to be at odds with what's the right thing to do for other workloads...
And that seems to be at odds with what's the right thing to do for other workloads...
nvidia tegra t238
February 1, 2026 at 1:19 AM
nvidia tegra t238
what the
https://github.com/qualcomm/llama.cpp/blob/eb275c7f03f5411d88c6f5c56ea8926b25763199/docs/backend/snapdragon/windows.md#enable-npu-driver-test-signatures
Needing signing is... not acceptable, Qualcomm
https://github.com/qualcomm/llama.cpp/blob/eb275c7f03f5411d88c6f5c56ea8926b25763199/docs/backend/snapdragon/windows.md#enable-npu-driver-test-signatures
Needing signing is... not acceptable, Qualcomm
February 1, 2026 at 12:21 AM
what the
https://github.com/qualcomm/llama.cpp/blob/eb275c7f03f5411d88c6f5c56ea8926b25763199/docs/backend/snapdragon/windows.md#enable-npu-driver-test-signatures
Needing signing is... not acceptable, Qualcomm
https://github.com/qualcomm/llama.cpp/blob/eb275c7f03f5411d88c6f5c56ea8926b25763199/docs/backend/snapdragon/windows.md#enable-npu-driver-test-signatures
Needing signing is... not acceptable, Qualcomm
Oh wow a SYCL backend for macOS is well under way:
https://github.com/AdaptiveCpp/AdaptiveCpp/issues/864#issuecomment-3829274089
https://github.com/AdaptiveCpp/AdaptiveCpp/issues/864#issuecomment-3829274089
January 31, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Oh wow a SYCL backend for macOS is well under way:
https://github.com/AdaptiveCpp/AdaptiveCpp/issues/864#issuecomment-3829274089
https://github.com/AdaptiveCpp/AdaptiveCpp/issues/864#issuecomment-3829274089
hypervisor: an OS kernel scheduling particularly heavyweight processes with more state
January 31, 2026 at 4:21 PM
hypervisor: an OS kernel scheduling particularly heavyweight processes with more state
JetPack/L4T
Don't think I need to say more
Don't think I need to say more
January 31, 2026 at 4:20 PM
JetPack/L4T
Don't think I need to say more
Don't think I need to say more
The shutdowns will continue until Congress improves
January 31, 2026 at 1:55 AM
The shutdowns will continue until Congress improves
There's no performance number less truthful than AI accelerator TOPS numbers
January 30, 2026 at 5:13 PM
There's no performance number less truthful than AI accelerator TOPS numbers
both the MacBook Pro and the Asus Ascent GX10/GB10 system here have coil whine under big load :-/
January 26, 2026 at 12:05 AM
both the MacBook Pro and the Asus Ascent GX10/GB10 system here have coil whine under big load :-/
Alright NVIDIA Vera has screwed up PCIe with unaligned accesses to PCIe BARs being broken: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia/+bug/2138952 and https://github.com/NVIDIA/NV-Kernels/commit/688e754768522e3d6993a18b20a810769bdf642a
Normal-NC demoted to Device-nGnRE is a bit […]
Normal-NC demoted to Device-nGnRE is a bit […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 25, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Alright NVIDIA Vera has screwed up PCIe with unaligned accesses to PCIe BARs being broken: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia/+bug/2138952 and https://github.com/NVIDIA/NV-Kernels/commit/688e754768522e3d6993a18b20a810769bdf642a
Normal-NC demoted to Device-nGnRE is a bit […]
Normal-NC demoted to Device-nGnRE is a bit […]
Oddball food item (pic taken yesterday)
January 25, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Oddball food item (pic taken yesterday)
Not for human consumption
January 25, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Not for human consumption
DGX Spark was a bold way to pre-launch a laptop chip before the software is fully ready
January 24, 2026 at 5:33 PM
DGX Spark was a bold way to pre-launch a laptop chip before the software is fully ready
btw NVIDIA N1/N1X laptops will boot Linux ISOs with ACPI out of the box and the regular NVIDIA GPU driver package will work too
January 24, 2026 at 5:33 PM
btw NVIDIA N1/N1X laptops will boot Linux ISOs with ACPI out of the box and the regular NVIDIA GPU driver package will work too
https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver
New NVIDIA Vulkan dev driver, supporting Maxwell and later
With https://docs.vulkan.org/features/latest/features/proposals/VK_EXT_descriptor_heap.html
Will be interesting to see the vkd3d-proton commits, this should finally address D3D12 perf layered […]
New NVIDIA Vulkan dev driver, supporting Maxwell and later
With https://docs.vulkan.org/features/latest/features/proposals/VK_EXT_descriptor_heap.html
Will be interesting to see the vkd3d-proton commits, this should finally address D3D12 perf layered […]
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mastodon.social
January 23, 2026 at 7:11 AM
https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver
New NVIDIA Vulkan dev driver, supporting Maxwell and later
With https://docs.vulkan.org/features/latest/features/proposals/VK_EXT_descriptor_heap.html
Will be interesting to see the vkd3d-proton commits, this should finally address D3D12 perf layered […]
New NVIDIA Vulkan dev driver, supporting Maxwell and later
With https://docs.vulkan.org/features/latest/features/proposals/VK_EXT_descriptor_heap.html
Will be interesting to see the vkd3d-proton commits, this should finally address D3D12 perf layered […]
nvhpc compilers
with nvpl
with nvpl
January 19, 2026 at 3:45 AM
nvhpc compilers
with nvpl
with nvpl
the Realtek Linux upstream driver for their 10GbE NICs is really bad :/
and the downstream driver works as expected but is a completely separate codebase...
and the downstream driver works as expected but is a completely separate codebase...
January 19, 2026 at 3:01 AM
the Realtek Linux upstream driver for their 10GbE NICs is really bad :/
and the downstream driver works as expected but is a completely separate codebase...
and the downstream driver works as expected but is a completely separate codebase...
GB10 passes the largely obsolete "functional big endian" test (in a VM)
January 17, 2026 at 1:48 PM
GB10 passes the largely obsolete "functional big endian" test (in a VM)
Customary AMI warning on the DGX Spark when enabling the TPM
Also looks like the AMI setup was rendered at 4K lmao
Also looks like the AMI setup was rendered at 4K lmao
January 17, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Customary AMI warning on the DGX Spark when enabling the TPM
Also looks like the AMI setup was rendered at 4K lmao
Also looks like the AMI setup was rendered at 4K lmao
So after playing around with an NVIDIA GB10/Spark system a bit:
- yes this actually boots standard OSes ootb, just put Fedora to a USB stick and boot
- ships with 3 out of tree drivers out of the box
Realtek NIC uses a downstream driver instead of the upstream one
An NV NIC power management […]
- yes this actually boots standard OSes ootb, just put Fedora to a USB stick and boot
- ships with 3 out of tree drivers out of the box
Realtek NIC uses a downstream driver instead of the upstream one
An NV NIC power management […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 17, 2026 at 11:10 AM
So after playing around with an NVIDIA GB10/Spark system a bit:
- yes this actually boots standard OSes ootb, just put Fedora to a USB stick and boot
- ships with 3 out of tree drivers out of the box
Realtek NIC uses a downstream driver instead of the upstream one
An NV NIC power management […]
- yes this actually boots standard OSes ootb, just put Fedora to a USB stick and boot
- ships with 3 out of tree drivers out of the box
Realtek NIC uses a downstream driver instead of the upstream one
An NV NIC power management […]
Apple's Hypervisor.framework isn't that buggy, but just narrowed down what I think is a bug in there that I've took some time to care enough about :D
January 16, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Apple's Hypervisor.framework isn't that buggy, but just narrowed down what I think is a bug in there that I've took some time to care enough about :D
Reposted by Longhorn
Today, Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 (based on Windows Vista and 7) finally, truly reach end of support.
Windows Vista and Server 2008 is the longest supported version of Windows, at 19 years. Behind it is Windows XP at 17 years, and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 at 16 years […]
Windows Vista and Server 2008 is the longest supported version of Windows, at 19 years. Behind it is Windows XP at 17 years, and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 at 16 years […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
January 13, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Today, Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 (based on Windows Vista and 7) finally, truly reach end of support.
Windows Vista and Server 2008 is the longest supported version of Windows, at 19 years. Behind it is Windows XP at 17 years, and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 at 16 years […]
Windows Vista and Server 2008 is the longest supported version of Windows, at 19 years. Behind it is Windows XP at 17 years, and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 at 16 years […]