From c7a9f96194d1bdfd0ebe4f0bf1f789e4a80a2ec8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ed_ Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:53:07 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 2075106888950088099 --- .../2026-07-09-BigP4P4Smurf-and-preempt-rt.md | 35 ++++++++++++++ ...ou-can-also-set-nohz-so-theres-no-timer.md | 35 ++++++++++++++ ...nk-this-is-simply-available-as-a-kmsdrm.md | 47 +++++++++++++++++++ .../index.md | 42 +++++++++++++++++ archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/index.md | 1 + 5 files changed, 160 insertions(+) create mode 100644 archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/2026-07-09-BigP4P4Smurf-and-preempt-rt.md create mode 100644 archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/2026-07-09-idoccor-you-can-also-set-nohz-so-theres-no-timer.md create mode 100644 archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/2026-07-10-darrellprograms-i-think-this-is-simply-available-as-a-kmsdrm.md create mode 100644 archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/index.md diff --git a/archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/2026-07-09-BigP4P4Smurf-and-preempt-rt.md b/archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/2026-07-09-BigP4P4Smurf-and-preempt-rt.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6bbe4cd --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/2026-07-09-BigP4P4Smurf-and-preempt-rt.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +title: "@NOTimothyLottes And PREEMPT_RT" +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/BigP4P4Smurf/status/2075119067497640350" +author: "Lee Revell" +handle: BigP4P4Smurf +post_id: "2075119067497640350" +date: 2026-07-09 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - NOTimothyLottes +description: "@NOTimothyLottes And PREEMPT_RT" +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2075107966018105449" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/BigP4P4Smurf/status/2075119067497640350 +- Author: Lee Revell (@BigP4P4Smurf) +- Posted: 2026-07-09 07:25:14 + +## Branch + +**1/** + +@NOTimothyLottes And PREEMPT_RT + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still]] diff --git a/archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/2026-07-09-idoccor-you-can-also-set-nohz-so-theres-no-timer.md b/archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/2026-07-09-idoccor-you-can-also-set-nohz-so-theres-no-timer.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..92025e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/2026-07-09-idoccor-you-can-also-set-nohz-so-theres-no-timer.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +title: "@NOTimothyLottes You can also set nohz so there's no timer interrupts on the isolated cores + set up transparent huge pages (or manually use them)" +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/idoccor/status/2075201490549920023" +author: "s" +handle: idoccor +post_id: "2075201490549920023" +date: 2026-07-09 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - NOTimothyLottes +description: "@NOTimothyLottes You can also set nohz so there's no timer interrupts on the isolated cores + set up transparent huge pages (or manually use them)" +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2075107966018105449" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/idoccor/status/2075201490549920023 +- Author: s (@idoccor) +- Posted: 2026-07-09 12:52:45 + +## Branch + +**1/** + +@NOTimothyLottes You can also set nohz so there's no timer interrupts on the isolated cores + set up transparent huge pages (or manually use them) + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still]] diff --git a/archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/2026-07-10-darrellprograms-i-think-this-is-simply-available-as-a-kmsdrm.md b/archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/2026-07-10-darrellprograms-i-think-this-is-simply-available-as-a-kmsdrm.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2dd5222 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/2026-07-10-darrellprograms-i-think-this-is-simply-available-as-a-kmsdrm.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +--- +title: "@NOTimothyLottes I think this is simply available as a KMSDRM option in SDL for essentially zero development effort (if your game is built with SDL)." +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/darrellprograms/status/2075380301933736444" +author: "Darrell" +handle: darrellprograms +post_id: "2075380301933736444" +date: 2026-07-10 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - NOTimothyLottes +description: "@NOTimothyLottes I think this is simply available as a KMSDRM option in SDL for essentially zero development effort (if your game is built with SDL)." +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2075107519588933655" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/darrellprograms/status/2075380301933736444 +- Author: Darrell (@darrellprograms) +- Posted: 2026-07-10 00:43:17 + +## Branch + +**1/** + +@NOTimothyLottes I think this is simply available as a KMSDRM option in SDL for essentially zero development effort (if your game is built with SDL). + +**2/** + +@darrellprograms Never really understood the desire for zero development effort. As a developer I'm here to practice the art, ideally by pushing the state of the art. But will take looking at SDL source as a good reference if I get lost in the process. + +**3/** + +@NOTimothyLottes I respect that, as long as you know what wheels you're reinventing. Note that you can keep Wayland or X11 running (or both, for that matter) for your dev environment, and just do control-alt-fN switching to test Wayland/X11-independent KMSDRM stuff. + +**4/** + +@darrellprograms Oh I probably have a lot to learn here, building from scratch = understanding deeply. For example I wonder if VT switching fully pages out to clean VRAM, exclusive GPU ownership state. + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still]] diff --git a/archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/index.md b/archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2055762 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +--- +title: "So most run Linux from a graphical login, I still prefer to boot into a framebuffer console." +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/NOTimothyLottes/status/2075106888950088099" +author: "NOTimothyLottes" +handle: NOTimothyLottes +post_id: "2075106888950088099" +date: 2026-07-09 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - NOTimothyLottes +description: "So most run Linux from a graphical login, I still prefer to boot into a framebuffer console." +in_reply_to: "" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/NOTimothyLottes/status/2075106888950088099 +- Author: NOTimothyLottes (@NOTimothyLottes) +- Posted: 2026-07-09 06:36:50 + +## Thread + +**1/** + +So most run Linux from a graphical login, I still prefer to boot into a framebuffer console. Next step for me is to get my LottesCode6x12 font into PSF2 so I can use it in a framebuffer terminal for editing source. So I can try for Vulkan swap bringup without X/Wayland. + +**2/** + +If we want a true console or arcade like experience on Linux, you'd want nothing else running on the machine, so running without X/Wayland is the way to do that. + +Branches: [[archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/2026-07-10-darrellprograms-i-think-this-is-simply-available-as-a-kmsdrm]] + +**3/** + +One major option with Linux is the ability for the owner of the box to allow realtime priority scheduling, along with locking memory, and taking CPU cores out of general scheduling. Meaning transform Linux into something as close as possible to a realtime system. + +Branches: [[archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/2026-07-09-BigP4P4Smurf-and-preempt-rt]], [[archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still/2026-07-09-idoccor-you-can-also-set-nohz-so-theres-no-timer]] diff --git a/archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/index.md b/archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/index.md index eccac96..033790c 100644 --- a/archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/index.md +++ b/archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/index.md @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ tags: - [[archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-04-oh-no-maybe-another-wine-bug-error-photo-im-also]] - [[archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-06-vulkan-starts-with-the-ping-pong-between-getting]] - [[archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-08-next-pre-device-opening-activity-is-choosing]] +- [[archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-09-so-most-run-linux-from-a-graphical-login-i-still]] - [[archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-10-oh-i-probably-have-a-lot-to-learn-here-building]] - [[archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-11-rethinking-vulkan-queue-choice]] - [[archive/threads/NOTimothyLottes/2026-07-13-another-quality-of-life-change-exit-with-error]]