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    There’s a quick way to test the offline behaviour of programs on Linux.

    shell
    unshare -c -n bash
    Then only loopback is available.
    shell
    $ ip addr
    1: lo: <LOOPBACK> mtu 65536 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
        link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00

    List network namespaces with lsns.

    shell
    $ lsns -t net
    NS  TYPE NPROCS PID   USER  NETNSID    COMMAND
    999 net  2      111   user  3          systemd
    888 net  1      222   user  unassigned └─bash
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    An actual but where did my Linux memory go command;
    This program (repositories) came in handy while helping someone resolve an problem. Want to see memory usage and shared memory, perhaps sorted by swap?

    shell
    smem -s swap -kta
    smem --sort swap --abbreviate --totals --autosize
    What about on other categories running a --sort?
    text
    swap     (amount of swap space consumed ignoring sharing)
    command  (process command line)
    maps     (total mappings count)
    name     (process name)
    pid      (process id #)
    user     (process owner)
    pss      (proportional set size including sharing)
    rss      (resident set size ignoring sharing)
    uss      (unique set size)
    vss      (virtual set size; total virtual memory mapped)
    Bonus: A filesystem usage command to catch /tmp/ and tmpfs (temporary file storage) abusers;
    shell
    df -h | grep tmpfs
    df --human-readable | grep tmpfs
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    Different words similar meaning? --references is NixOS speak for direct package dependencies. --requisites list all. These work with the nix-store command.

    shell
    $ readlink --canonicalize "$(type -P which)"
    /nix/store/r78jv9xgxnvsm5vpasf5ldkc28pkri6r-which-2.21/bin/which
    
    $ nix-store --query --references /nix/store/r78jv9xgxnvsm5vpasf5ldkc28pkri6r-which-2.21
    /nix/store/4nlgxhb09sdr51nc9hdm8az5b08vzkgx-glibc-2.35-163

    which directly depends on glibc. Swap --references to --referrers for paths pointing to which.

    On Guix, list/draw dependencies with guix graph.

    shell
    guix graph --type=references which
    nix-store --query --tree "$(readlink --canonicalize "$(type -P which)")"
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    A NixOS configuration for a working sound driver on an A1418 Cirrus Logic CS8409/CS42L83.
    nix
    { stdenv, lib, fetchgit, linuxKernel, kernel ? linuxKernel.kernels.linux_5_15
    , version ? "d0d785dc1859b09299bde6d0f1d6786a0d610e7f" }:
    
    stdenv.mkDerivation {
    
      inherit version;
      name = "sna-hda-codec-cs8409-${version}-module-${kernel.modDirVersion}";
    
      # Upstream: https://github.com/davidjo/snd_hda_macbookpro
    
      src = fetchgit {
        url = "https://github.com/egorenar/snd-hda-codec-cs8409.git";
        rev = version;
        sha256 = "sha256-0UeoERcYpM+ojeZ7dDIE3ruTIoHkkC+s7FcoEVUTR0w=";
      };
    
      hardeningDisable = [ "pic" ];
      nativeBuildInputs = kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;
    
      NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-g" "-Wall" "-Wno-unused-variable" "-Wno-unused-function" ];
    
      makeFlags = kernel.makeFlags ++ [
        "INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$(out)"
        "KERNELRELEASE=${kernel.modDirVersion}"
        "KERNEL_DIR=${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/build"
      ];
    
      postPatch = ''
        printf '
        snd-hda-codec-cs8409-objs := patch_cs8409.o patch_cs8409-tables.o
        obj-$(CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CS8409) += snd-hda-codec-cs8409.o
    
        KBUILD_EXTRA_CFLAGS = "-DAPPLE_PINSENSE_FIXUP -DAPPLE_CODECS -DCONFIG_SND_HDA_RECONFIG=1"
    
        KERNELRELEASE ?= $(shell uname -r)
        KERNEL_DIR    ?= /lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/build
        PWD           := $(shell pwd)
    
        default:
        	make -C $(KERNEL_DIR) M=$(PWD) CFLAGS_MODULE=$(KBUILD_EXTRA_CFLAGS)
    
        install:
        	make -C $(KERNEL_DIR) M=$(PWD) modules_install
        ' \
        > Makefile
    
        sed --in-place 's|<sound/cs42l42.h>|"${linuxKernel.kernels.linux_6_0.dev}/lib/modules/${linuxKernel.kernels.linux_6_0.modDirVersion}/source/include/sound/cs42l42.h"|'  patch_cs8409.h
        sed --in-place 's|hda_local.h|${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/source/sound/pci/hda/hda_local.h|'                                                      patch_cs8409.h
        sed --in-place 's|hda_jack.h|${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/source/sound/pci/hda/hda_jack.h|'                                                        patch_cs8409.h
        sed --in-place 's|hda_generic.h|${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/source/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.h|'                                                  patch_cs8409.h
        sed --in-place 's|hda_auto_parser.h|${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/source/sound/pci/hda/hda_auto_parser.h|'                                          patch_cs8409.h
      '';
    
      meta = { platforms = lib.platforms.linux; };
    }
    ../packages/snd-hda-cs8409/default.nix

    Then build it as a extra/custom kernel module. The results of stumbling upon yet another troublesome device…

    nix
    { pkgs, ... }:
    
    {
      boot = {
        extraModulePackages = [
          (pkgs.callPackage ../packages/snd-hda-cs8409/default.nix {
            kernel = pkgs.linux_5_15;
          })
        ];
      };
    }
    hardware.nix
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