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

[Aleksandr Vityazev]

On 2023-05-09, 18:57 +0300, Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> wrote:

> 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?
>

I bought a generic one at the marketplace.

>> > 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.

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Best regards,
Aleksandr Vityazev