Linux 6.13.0-rc7

[vallor]

Thought I'd try the latest rc kernel:

$ uname -a
Linux lm 6.13.0-rc7 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Jan 13 08:29:02 PST 2025
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

real 377.70
user 17768.35
sys 3533.09

Sidenote: My workstation is housed in a very nice designer case
from System76. It is a lovely piece of furniture -- not an eyesore.

Just ordered some Gigabit-Ethernet-over-powerline adaptors to
test. I'm curious if they have to be on the same circuit, or
if they will work just being on the same phase.

[CrudeSausage]

Post by vallor
$ uname -a
Linux lm 6.13.0-rc7 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Jan 13 08:29:02 PST 2025
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
real 377.70
user 17768.35
sys 3533.09
Sidenote: My workstation is housed in a very nice designer case
from System76. It is a lovely piece of furniture -- not an eyesore.

The wooden ones, right? Yeah, I'm a fan too. Funny enough, I wouldn't
mind a laptop that looks like that.

Post by vallor
Just ordered some Gigabit-Ethernet-over-powerline adaptors to
test. I'm curious if they have to be on the same circuit, or
if they will work just being on the same phase.

I actually have two such devices and used them when I first moved into
this house. These are limited to 200Mbps if I remember correctly though,
as long as you're on the same circuit.

[-hh]

Post by vallor
$ uname -a
Linux lm 6.13.0-rc7 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Jan 13 08:29:02 PST 2025
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
real 377.70
user 17768.35
sys 3533.09
Sidenote: My workstation is housed in a very nice designer case
from System76. It is a lovely piece of furniture -- not an eyesore.
Just ordered some Gigabit-Ethernet-over-powerline adaptors to
test. I'm curious if they have to be on the same circuit, or
if they will work just being on the same phase.

FWIW, I've seen "bridges" that install into one's electrical panel to
make powerlines work .. never really looked into it much, but I assumed
it was to be crossing legs on phase.

I don't see any particular reason why a powerline shouldn't work through
a circuitbreaker to another circuit on the same leg...

...but where it gets tricky is tracing "which leg". All of this would
be easy if breakers on the left were leg#1 and those on the right were
leg#2, but IIRC, contemporary designs will alternate legs: if the top
breaker on the left is leg#1, the breaker directly below it will be
leg#2, then the third one is leg#1 again...etc: overall, it just makes
tracking down "which circuit is on which leg?" harder ...

...and the simple solution is to not bother to trace stuff out to make
it work by selecting where the powerlines are to be installed (or moving
breakers within the box) but to just install a bridge so that it works
on all of them.

HTH


-hh