Re: RISC-V (riscv64-linux) substitutes are coming

[Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>]

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On Tue, May 09, 2023 at 06:24:11PM +0300, Aleksandr Vityazev wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 2023-05-09, 15:22 +0100, Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> wrote:
> 
> > Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> writes:
> >
> >> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
> >> On Tue, May 09, 2023 at 02:40:21PM +0100, Christopher Baines wrote:
> >>> Hey!
> >>>
> >>> Almost a year ago now [1] I mentioned that I had received a HiFive
> >>> Unmatched board, but I hadn't got it doing anything yet.
> >>>
> >>> 1: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2021-06/msg00104.html
> >>
> >> Some would say that's almost two years ago!
> >
> > Indeed, I got my maths wrong! Time is really getting on :/
> >
> >>> In the last few days I've made some time to take a look at it again and
> >>> try to get it connected up to the bordeaux build farm.
> >>>
> >>> This has been somewhat successful, you should be able to see the machine
> >>> (named rochor) on the prototype activity viewer [2].
> >>>
> >>> 2: https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org/activity
> >>>
> >>> Unfortunately it seems a bit stuck trying to upload the build results
> >>> back to the coordinator due to the suspendable ports issues in
> >>> guile-gnutls, but that should be fixed in the latest release so
> >>> hopefully I'll be able to deploy that fix soon.
> >>>
> >>> It's also just currently a bare board hooked up to a spare power supply
> >>> I have. I'll try and cost up a dedicated power supply plus case for it,
> >>> and if anyone has suggestions for minimal mini-itx compatible cases,
> >>> please let me know!
> >>>
> >>> This is a start, but more hardware will be needed to keep up with the
> >>> master branch, plus testing patches and other branches, so if you have
> >>> hardware to hand, or know of hardware available for purchase that might
> >>> be suitable, that would be really useful to know about.
> >>
> >> That's really exciting!
> >>
> >> I've been having good luck with the visionfive1 as a build machine. My
> >> visionfive2 gets a little hot and I'm looking at getting a desk fan to
> >> blow at it and some of the other boards that get a bit hot while
> >> building.
> 
> I also use visionfive2 as my build machine. Quite happy with it.  I have
> a fairly large heatsink installed without a fan, the temperature does
> not exceed 60 degrees at full load.

Where did you get the heatsink from? Something generic or from the
makers of the visionfive2?

> > Cool, well let me know if any of those can be hooked up to the build
> > farm. It's quite easy and obviously you can still use them (and just
> > stop the build coordinator agent) if you need to.
> >
> 
> I'd give it a try. Although now there is only a 256GB ssd plugged in and
> no dedicated ip address. I don't know how the coordinator works, maybe
> it doesn't matter, I need to see how it all works.
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Aleksandr Vityazev

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