Re: [arch-general] A few out of date packages

2019-05-22 Thread mike lojkovic via arch-general
The refind update is probably easy to integrate. It's mostly just fixing one bug with a workaround. On Wed, May 22, 2019, 6:06 PM Genes Lists via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > On 5/19/19 6:08 PM, Genes Lists via arch-general wrote: > > > Firstly, a big thank you for those

Re: [arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

2019-05-22 Thread David C. Rankin
On 05/22/2019 10:12 PM, Ram Kumar via arch-general wrote: > Nice, > Thanks a lot guys. My first job for tomorrow will be to install Arch on my > laptop. > > can you explain me a little detail on that rewrite stuff?, i am slightly > confused Sure, here is a good article that explains it: How

Re: [arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

2019-05-22 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Nice, Thanks a lot guys. My first job for tomorrow will be to install Arch on my laptop. can you explain me a little detail on that rewrite stuff?, i am slightly confused On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 01:41, David C. Rankin < drankina...@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote: > On 05/22/2019 10:27 AM, Ram Kumar

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Mkinitcpio replacement with Dracut

2019-05-22 Thread Genes Lists via arch-general
On 5/21/19 12:24 PM, Genes Lists via arch-general wrote: > 1) Feedback: > Tested one computer and it worked fine. Working fine on a couple more I tested. Also for my custome kernel builds, I added a libalpm hook to create the dracut initrd - makes it easier for me to test. Thank you for doing

Re: [arch-general] A few out of date packages

2019-05-22 Thread Genes Lists via arch-general
On 5/19/19 6:08 PM, Genes Lists via arch-general wrote: Firstly, a big thank you for those who updated their packages :) (By the way, The age column is the number of days between the current available release and the version we have in the repo. ) Given the work needed to explore possible use

Re: [arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

2019-05-22 Thread David C. Rankin
On 05/22/2019 10:27 AM, Ram Kumar via arch-general wrote: > I bought a new laptop that has NVMe ssd on it. I would like to install Arch > on that, is there any precautions that i need to take? Also i would like to > get feedback from Archers who already tried this. Drive it like you stole it! No

Re: [arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

2019-05-22 Thread mike lojkovic via arch-general
Just follow the arch wiki on nvme. It's probably not optimal for your specific ssd, but it's close enough. On Wed, May 22, 2019, 10:49 AM Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > Em maio 22, 2019 12:42 Daurnimator escreveu: > > On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 01:34,

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Mkinitcpio replacement with Dracut

2019-05-22 Thread Jonas Witschel
On 2019-05-22 18:41, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote: > True, but on the other hand bootctl sucks and you can implement a 2MB > efi partition that works everywhere and supports a single unified > kernel/microcode/initramfs setup stored on an ext4/btrfs/whatever /boot > subdirectory inside your

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Mkinitcpio replacement with Dracut

2019-05-22 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 5/22/19 12:22 PM, Jonas Witschel wrote: > On 2019-05-22 17:25, Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general wrote: >>> Unfortunately this process currently only works for AMD, but not for >>> Intel, since Arch Linux doesn't package the necessary files standalone: >>> they are downloaded by intel-ucode

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Mkinitcpio replacement with Dracut

2019-05-22 Thread Jonas Witschel
On 2019-05-22 17:25, Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general wrote: >> Unfortunately this process currently only works for AMD, but not for >> Intel, since Arch Linux doesn't package the necessary files standalone: >> they are downloaded by intel-ucode and used to produce a CPIO image, but >> not

Re: [arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

2019-05-22 Thread Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general
Em maio 22, 2019 12:42 Daurnimator escreveu: On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 01:34, Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general wrote: Just don't enable discards at the fs mount options and you should be fine. Install and enable the fstrim.timer so it runs once a week, which is enough. Oh? Why is this?

Re: [arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

2019-05-22 Thread Daurnimator
On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 01:34, Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general wrote: > Just don't enable discards at the fs mount options and you should be fine. > Install > and enable the fstrim.timer so it runs once a week, which is enough. Oh? Why is this? I've had both enabled for multiple years now.

Re: [arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

2019-05-22 Thread Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general
Em maio 22, 2019 12:27 Ram Kumar via arch-general escreveu: Hello fellow Archers, I bought a new laptop that has NVMe ssd on it. I would like to install Arch on that, is there any precautions that i need to take? Also i would like to get feedback from Archers who already tried this. Just

Re: [arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

2019-05-22 Thread Genes Lists via arch-general
On 5/22/19 11:27 AM, Ram Kumar via arch-general wrote: I have been using arch on laptops with SSDs for a few years with no issues whatsoever. Other than the UEFI vfat partition I use ext4 for everything. It "just works" with no problems at all. gene

[arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

2019-05-22 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Hello fellow Archers, I bought a new laptop that has NVMe ssd on it. I would like to install Arch on that, is there any precautions that i need to take? Also i would like to get feedback from Archers who already tried this. Thanks in advance Ramkumar

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Mkinitcpio replacement with Dracut

2019-05-22 Thread Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general
Em maio 22, 2019 9:25 Jonas Witschel escreveu: On 2019-05-22 14:00, Giovanni Harting via arch-general wrote: Unfortunately this process currently only works for AMD, but not for Intel, since Arch Linux doesn't package the necessary files standalone: they are downloaded by intel-ucode and used

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Mkinitcpio replacement with Dracut

2019-05-22 Thread Jonas Witschel
On 2019-05-22 14:00, Giovanni Harting via arch-general wrote: > AMD's microcode is in linux-firmware: /usr/lib/firmware/amd-ucode/ Dracut indeed looks in /usr/lib/firmware/{amd,intel}-ucode/ for microcode updates to include in the initramfs. When using a host-only initramfs, only the relevant

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Mkinitcpio replacement with Dracut

2019-05-22 Thread Giovanni Harting via arch-general
On 21/05/2019 20:55, Genes Lists via arch-general wrote: Funnily enough, while I do have intel-ucode package installed I don't have amd-ucode. The dracut script seems to have found it somewhere I suppose - not sure where yet. AMD's microcode is in linux-firmware: /usr/lib/firmware/amd-ucode/

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Mkinitcpio replacement with Dracut

2019-05-22 Thread Bjoern Franke via arch-general
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