From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Marusich Subject: Re: New POWER9 machines for the Guix build farm? Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2019 16:19:27 -0800 Message-ID: <87o8wipcz4.fsf@gmail.com> References: <871rtsakoq.fsf@nckx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41165) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ie6m3-0004tR-JQ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2019 19:19:40 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ie6m1-0000XQ-7W for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2019 19:19:39 -0500 Received: from mail-pg1-x52f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::52f]:35693) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ie6m0-0000V8-Uk for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2019 19:19:37 -0500 Received: by mail-pg1-x52f.google.com with SMTP id l24so6207474pgk.2 for ; Sun, 08 Dec 2019 16:19:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <871rtsakoq.fsf@nckx> (Tobias Geerinckx-Rice's message of "Thu, 28 Nov 2019 01:50:13 +0100") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Cc: Guix Devel --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes: > Fellow Guix, > > The Guix sysadmins are considering buying shiny hardware for the > ci.guix.gnu.org build farm, and it would be awesome if that included > our first POWER9 machine(s)! > > However, few (if any) Guixers have any hands-on experience with this > architecture, let alone buying and installing whole systems. Some > remember a bad experience with a prominent vendor, and it would appear > that they're not alone[0]. > > There's also some concern that getting these machines up and running > will take significant effort. > > So please, share your expertise and experience in this area! Ideally, > we need someone to volunteer to (help) set up any new POWER9 boxes and > later take care of them when needed. It would certainly help justify > the multi-thousand-euro bill. > > Kind regards, > > T G-R > > PS: For the shorter term, I've applied for an 8-core POWER9 LE > instance (with 16 GiB of RAM) for Guix at OSUOSL[1]. Assuming that > it's accepted, it should be available within a week. > > [0]: > https://drewdevault.com/2019/09/23/RaptorCS-Blackbird-a-horror-story.html, > but read https://drewdevault.com/2019/10/10/RaptorCS-redemption.html > as well :-) > [1]: https://osuosl.org/services/powerdev/ I think it's a great idea. To test the waters, someone could try using one of these free VMs and see how Guix System does on them: https://openpowerfoundation.org/minicloud-free-openpower-cloud/ First, bootstrap binaries have to be built for the hardware, anyway, right? Maybe someone can do that work on one of those free VMs? =2D-=20 Chris --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEy/WXVcvn5+/vGD+x3UCaFdgiRp0FAl3tkw8ACgkQ3UCaFdgi Rp3kEw/+PSYQShjGAITnDc/woVLYmz+TeamUjIAOjYIzTDGNfN6B3C7Xmzk7phW+ Rj4gcvAwhtt2q/4D3cM43didSpqNePj93ZdW6cOnC3uyKrUR7PKBiWQTpcs/CEV+ EZNZWgqcdI5dpUsrx/SJOOzwI/qwUnVYZs9g69QruhczhKoXGB+c4HISGDYcZ+lK lish/yzSuEwjxglQ3cnO2SlDZmjVORo5NJS7PBW/uzBOhPhA0iVuUPK/aGnZ/1aV xZt3LIupXfVaBjH1H54hBxfwcN/hDVp99HnOr6clasRvQRwc2skCrMkn6CMP5Vcf z0uihubROz2ZRjPGIkAZn8U8swSzml52q3aytzhvN0/rsVdh0b7Dd7F52yxKSocj AbaU/a5fQBX3o/uEfBXr/EWPYODEoZ/SJ5Pjwdlvk7XVlRGfd9pOvzRD6buJHnKq ArIV5pTE5Rhl2pL6A5BuNu+eEv8QecvVunja7QsrX2HwWVA5IcGKOyyBJYOSYZQD wMbQQqXUJGVlmc20yewqt9puKcL0ffgiHje4EVQ9gHdNOllH/OqEfTqkfwuHxi48 Kc/BV6HRYBme7iPoJGn85LFXDlazq9AtQt3+BkJVw7UbvQlrAfivIQdT/bmaCJxY 5A6ptd5qbYrP9x/PfrTUiH3SIFZhMJyVxDrdEOpmPsJ0S+RRY98= =mbTN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--