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rwa<p>Just received an email: "Subject: MNT Research Shop Shipment Notification ..."<br><br>wooohoooo...just in time. 😄<br>Needed to pass my laptop to my sister cause hers died and she was in urgent need of one.<br><a href="https://clttr.it/tags/mntreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mntreform</span></a></p>
UnlikelyLasstech nattering
Vagrant Cascadian<p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/ReproducibleBuilds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproducibleBuilds</span></a> talk at <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FOSSY2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSY2025</span></a> went pretty well today, presented by myself and my colleague Chris Lamb...</p><p>For bonus fun, I used the <a href="https://floss.social/tags/MNTReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MNTReform</span></a> to present!</p><p>Slides available:</p><p><a href="https://people.debian.org/~vagrant/fossy-2025/Nevermind-the-Checkboxes-heres-Reproducible-Builds.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">people.debian.org/~vagrant/fos</span><span class="invisible">sy-2025/Nevermind-the-Checkboxes-heres-Reproducible-Builds.pdf</span></a></p><p>... as well as a .buildinfo file if you want to try and bit-for-bit reproduce the slides, although I did it using an arm64 machine:</p><p><a href="https://people.debian.org/~vagrant/fossy-2025/nevermind-the-checkboxes_2025.08.02+fossy_all.buildinfo.asc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">people.debian.org/~vagrant/fos</span><span class="invisible">sy-2025/nevermind-the-checkboxes_2025.08.02+fossy_all.buildinfo.asc</span></a></p><p>Video should be available in a month or so, hopefully?</p>
Christian Gmeiner<p>When there is this one moment, you would give up for today but found something during RE that seems to explain everything.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/etnaviv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>etnaviv</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mesa3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mesa3d</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/librem5" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>librem5</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mntreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mntreform</span></a></p>
Christian Gmeiner<p>Tonight I was looking at a segfault found during CTS testing. We run out of command stream space and trigger a force flush that then tries to update derived states... but that only works if we&#39;re actually in draw_vbo(). </p><p>The fix isn&#39;t straightforward since etna_draw_vbo() has many early returns, so I went with __attribute__((cleanup(..))).</p><p>As usual, here&#39;s the Mesa MR fixing it: <a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/36506" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/me</span><span class="invisible">sa/-/merge_requests/36506</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/etnaviv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>etnaviv</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mesa3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mesa3d</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/librem5" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>librem5</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mntreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mntreform</span></a></p>
UnlikelyLass<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@HopelessDemigod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>HopelessDemigod</span></a></span> Mostly, they just seemed neat! Now they still seem neat, but also shackled to immensely harmful institutions and corporations. The modern machines themselves are built to harmful purposes, unless you move to the edges, like the <a href="https://mspsocial.net/tags/MNTReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MNTReform</span></a> or <a href="https://mspsocial.net/tags/Framework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Framework</span></a>.</p>
UnlikelyLasscomputer nattering
Niklaus 'vimja' Hofer<p>Now that I've moved the Wifi antennas into the laptop lid, I have freed up the space below the SD card reader. Taped a serial to USB converter to it, so I don't have to open up the bottom every time I want to debug boot issues. <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/mntreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mntreform</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.catto.garden/users/gettie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gettie</span></a></span> and also less hackable than the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MNTreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MNTreform</span></a>... </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114913578273106925" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.space/@kkarhan/1149135</span><span class="invisible">78273106925</span></a></p>
UnlikelyLasscomputer nattering
Christian Gmeiner<p>Funny… I&#39;m investigating some wide_line CTS failures, and for some unknown reason, the blob driver does a second draw with line width 1 after the normal wide line draw. etnaviv does not know about the existence/need of this special draw, which causes the CTS tests to fail.</p><p>Starting to question my life choices 🙃 </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/etnaviv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>etnaviv</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mesa3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mesa3d</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/librem5" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>librem5</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mntreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mntreform</span></a></p>
Christian Gmeiner<p>dEQP-GLES3.functional.multisample.*_alpha_to_coverage</p><p>Test run totals:<br /> Passed: 4/8 (50.0%)<br /> Failed: 0/8 (0.0%)<br /> Not supported: 4/8 (50.0%)<br /> Warnings: 0/8 (0.0%)<br /> Waived: 0/8 (0.0%)</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/etnaviv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>etnaviv</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mesa3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mesa3d</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/librem5" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>librem5</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mntreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mntreform</span></a></p>
Christian Gmeiner<p>Today&#39;s challenge: Fix failing dEQP-GLES3.functional.multisample.* tests.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/etnaviv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>etnaviv</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mesa3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mesa3d</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/librem5" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>librem5</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mntreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mntreform</span></a></p>
matzipan<p>MR to enable <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mntreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mntreform</span></a> on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/postmarketos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postmarketos</span></a> is up now: <a href="https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/6820" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gitlab.postmarketos.org/postma</span><span class="invisible">rketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/6820</span></a></p>
Christian Gmeiner<p>If anyone’s interested: <a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/36303" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/me</span><span class="invisible">sa/-/merge_requests/36303</span></a></p><p>Off to bed now.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/etnaviv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>etnaviv</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mesa3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mesa3d</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/librem5" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>librem5</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mntreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mntreform</span></a></p>
Vagrant Cascadian<p>Sometimes, I think... I just wish there was some sort of hardware that does X Y or Z, that would make things so much simpler...</p><p>Most recently, I was wishing for a <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Serial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Serial</span></a> adapter with a tiny screen, and sure enough...</p><p><a href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/excamera/termdriver-2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">crowdsupply.com/excamera/termd</span><span class="invisible">river-2</span></a></p><p>... someone was listening... or thinking the same thing, but with more follow-through...</p><p>Very excited!</p><p>This would be very useful for the various <a href="https://floss.social/tags/LinuxPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxPhones</span></a> or my <a href="https://floss.social/tags/MNTReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MNTReform</span></a> ... which are just quirky enough to occasionally need portable serial access.</p>
matzipan<p>Spent a few hours today to get <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/postmarketos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postmarketos</span></a> running on the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mntreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mntreform</span></a> with the a311d chipset. All went smoother than expected. Still need to figure out wifi.</p>
Andreas Grois<p>Today's <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/3dPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3dPrinting</span></a> project was to fix my <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/MNTReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MNTReform</span></a> laptop's broken trackball keycaps.</p><p>I could, of course, just have bought a replacement set from <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/MNTResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MNTResearch</span></a> (it's just €20), but since the STL files for the keycaps are publicly available on the internet, I just went ahead and printed them myself.</p><p>My filament got even worse, and is now showing severe stringing (which I cleaned up with sandpaper).</p><p>I can't wait to get the filament dryer I ordered today.</p>
Luigi311<p>Huge performance buff incoming for panfrost devices thanks to some <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mntreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mntreform</span></a> users. They tested with rk3588 on the reform pocket and got 3x the overall motionmark score. For me I tested on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pinetab2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pinetab2</span></a> and got an overall 2x and some of the individual tests had a massive improvement. They submitted the MR upstream to mesa so it should hopefully be merged in soon especially since its a small change.</p><p><a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/35678" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/me</span><span class="invisible">sa/-/merge_requests/35678</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mobilelinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobilelinux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mesa</span></a></p>
Brad Linder<p><strong>Lilbits: Europe’s new Ecodesign rules for smartphones and tablets, Samsung’s new Exynos 2500 processor, and postmarketOS 25.06</strong></p><p>The European Union’s Ecodesign rules for smartphones and tablets took effect on June 20th, which means that devices in those categories will need to meet certain repairability, upgradeability, battery life, and software update requirements. Some critics say the rules don’t go far enough, but we’re already starting to see some device makers announce updates in order to meet the new […]</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/dragonwing/" target="_blank">#dragonwing</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/ecodesign/" target="_blank">#ecodesign</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/eu/" target="_blank">#eu</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/europe/" target="_blank">#europe</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/european-union/" target="_blank">#europeanUnion</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/exynos-2500/" target="_blank">#exynos2500</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/lilbits/" target="_blank">#lilbits</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/mnt/" target="_blank">#mnt</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/mnt-pocket-reform/" target="_blank">#mntPocketReform</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/mnt-reform/" target="_blank">#mntReform</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/mnt-reform-next/" target="_blank">#mntReformNext</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/postmarketos/" target="_blank">#postmarketos</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/qualcomm-qcs6490/" target="_blank">#qualcommQcs6490</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/samsung-exynos-2500/" target="_blank">#samsungExynos2500</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/security-updates/" target="_blank">#securityUpdates</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/software-updates/" target="_blank">#softwareUpdates</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/sustainability/" target="_blank">#sustainability</a></p><p>Read more: <a href="https://liliputing.com/lilbits-europes-new-ecodesign-rules-for-smartphones-and-tablets-samsungs-new-exynos-2500-processor-and-postmarketos-25-06/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">liliputing.com/lilbits-europes</span><span class="invisible">-new-ecodesign-rules-for-smartphones-and-tablets-samsungs-new-exynos-2500-processor-and-postmarketos-25-06/</span></a></p>