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Linux 4.19 Preparing Better CPU Security Mitigations, New EROFS File-System (phoronix.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Linus Torvalds released on Sunday Linux 4.19-rc1 that he describes as a "fairly frustrating merge window" following the new features landing over the past two weeks. What does this "pretty big release" offer? Phoronix's Linux 4.19 feature overview sheds light on more Spectre CPU mitigations for x86/POWER/s390, the new EROFS read-only Android file-system, a Raspberry Pi voltage driver, ThinkPad calculator key support, an in-kernel GPS subsystem, the Google GASKET driver framework, virtual kernel mode-setting, Qualcomm Adreno 600 series support, and many other improvements.
... has literally *nothing* to do with the kernel. There is *zero lines* of systemd code in the kernel. You can't even troll competently. Sad ... Bigly sad.
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
That is not correct. The Linux kernel supports over 30 hardware architectures so it is impossible to build it with most options enabled. Furthermore many options are suboptions. With over 1000 choices, many of which are mutually exclusive there is literally no way to build a Linux kernel with "most options enabled." Finally, most drivers are built as modules, which technically aren't "enabled" they way you are using the term unless they are loaded at runtime. Since you never built a kernel from source in your life (or you would know this) it is best to remain silent and be thought the fool you are than to open your mouth and remove all doubt as you have done.
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun