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@mntmn not really recent but I can recommend Predestination for a real mind-bending experience

@drewdevault git rebase is so underrated. For packaging I sometimes notice a small thing to fix -> create commit, git rebase and squash it with the corresponding one.

@manut :)

#Debian stuff I did the last two weeks:
Got Fragments and Warp accepted into the archive. Finished packaging swayosd and shortwave and uploaded it to NEW. Did a rust-heapless transition (0.7 to 0.8); likewise for rust-image (0.24 to 0.25). Almost finished the glycin-loaders update.

@grillchen wanted do buy clothing from there but all sold out :/

@leyrer migration in die google cloud <-> datenschutz
Java, Cocol, MS SQL Server...

@overflo wer kennts nicht

After some more digging it turns out that Intel was lazy. They used a similar camera setup in my device and the Surface device line. However, the voltage to the camera sensor is controlled by a tps68470 IC which can deliver variable voltages. Since the Linux kernel does not know the board (and the correct voltage levels), the camera is without power. Now I need to boot Windows (ugh) and get the correct values from reading the I2C traffic.

@fabos bahnfahren be like

TIL ICE trains with blue stripes instead of read ones exists.

Early trains pros + cons:

-Pros:

Mostly empty

-Cons:

Early

@mirabilos ah, I see

Thanks to the helpful libcamera folks I now know that it needs some additional ov* drivers enabled. Also made a MR for that. With those enabled running the cameras should be as simple as installing the v4l2loopback kernel module and executing a launch script. Unfortunately the kernel module did not want to compile with my newer kernel, so I'll wait until this is mainlined. v4l2 --list returns the correct cameras now, so that's progress.

@mirabilos wäre nett wenn es einen Linux client dafür gäbe

@highvoltage which game ?

so I finished compiling the kernel. MR enabling the IPU3 and CIO2 modules by default is submitted and pending approval. This is what I like about free software: ones personal itch might just help another person.

Today's level of yak shaving:
Wanted to get the cameras on my Dell Latitude 5290 working. Found out those are also IPU3 based ones. Then wondered why they wouldn't show up at all. Now I am compiling my own Debian kernel to at least see what's missing in terms of functionality.
On the upside I now know how to compile the kernel and will create a patch (soon™) for the IPU3 and CIO2 modules to be enabled by default in #Debian.

UN: The deliberate killing of a journalist is a war crime, and out of the hundreds of journalists murders in Gaza, not a single one have been properly investigated or prosecuted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KheCFH9R6DM