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<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://is.badat.dev/users/Mae" class="u-url mention">@<span>Mae</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://exquisite.social/@thomholwerda" class="u-url mention">@<span>thomholwerda</span></a></span> For example, audio stuff now mostly works via user space IPC (Pipewire etc), so there shouldn’t be a hard reason the backend drivers need to live in the kernel.<br />ublk in theory paves the way for implementing block device drivers in user space. I don’t know how well it works in practice, I suspect rooting on such a device might not yet be a supported use case.</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@pmdj" class="u-url mention">@<span>pmdj</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://is.badat.dev/users/Mae" class="u-url mention">@<span>Mae</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://exquisite.social/@thomholwerda" class="u-url mention">@<span>thomholwerda</span></a></span> also, sometimes the failure modes are handled quite poorly (e.g. imagine a FUSE driver being killed in an OOM condition). not unfixable but would need more effort</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://is.badat.dev/users/Mae" class="u-url mention">@<span>Mae</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://exquisite.social/@thomholwerda" class="u-url mention">@<span>thomholwerda</span></a></span> The issue is usually not access to the hardware, but that there aren’t established protocols/APIs for making devices available to downstream users of such a user space driver, or if such APIs exist they’re niche and not suitable for general purpose use. I think this is gradually changing even in Linux land though.</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@neuronakaya" class="u-url mention">@<span>neuronakaya</span></a></span> be safe!</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wetdry.world/@chfour" class="u-url mention">@<span>chfour</span></a></span> [redacted]</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wetdry.world/@chfour" class="u-url mention">@<span>chfour</span></a></span> yes</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <br />ENENCE Instant Translator: Any Language, Any Country<br /><a href="https://shorturl.at/QSb7Z" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">shorturl.at/QSb7Z</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://troet.cafe/@K_Reuss_Manaus" class="u-url mention">@<span>K_Reuss_Manaus</span></a></span> what?? they&#39;re all Philipine culture.</p>
<p>we&#39;re having 4 typhoons in one week. :(</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Philippines</span></a></p>