Laurent, I was wondering if you have any estimate when the MIPS64 machines you mentioned will become available. We all appreciate very much what you do for our community. So, this is NOT intended to pressure you in any way.
-Paul On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 1:21 AM, Laurent GUERBY <laur...@guerby.net> wrote: > On Fri, 2016-01-01 at 22:58 +0100, Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado wrote: > > On viernes, 1 de enero de 2016 13:39:09 (CET) Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > >> One thing that QEMU testing cannot do well is testing threaded > > >> applications and memory models. And with a fast enough processor, > > >> sometimes QEMU testing will be much slower. I have an example is > > >> running on a ThunderX (or even an Octeon 3 for those MIPS guys here > > >> > > >> :)). Doing a bootstrap/test will only take around 2 hours if you use > > >> > > >> all of the cores (48 of them). While doing a compiler build and > > >> test on a x86_64 using QEMU takes 4-5 hours instead. > > > > > >Sorry to wander off-topic.... > > > > > >I've been trying to source MIPS and MIPS64 in the US, but I've had a > > >lot of trouble finding them. They appear to be more popular in India > > >and China. I thought I tracked down a MIPS dev board, but the store > > >did not carry it. > > > > > >Can you make any recommendations for a MIPS or MIPS64 test board > > >that's reasonably priced? > > > > I'm listing only the cheapest ones: > > > > MIPS32: > > - MIPS Creator CI20 (IIRC, compatible with Debian) > > - Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X > > > > MIPS64: > > - Ubiquiti EdgeRouter LITE (compatible with OpenBSD http:// > > www.openbsd.org/octeon.html ) > > > > > > > >It would be nice if it could run, say, Debian 8 or Fedora and a > > >Buildbot slave for daily testing. > > > > > > Hi, > > New farm machines with MIPS64 will be announced in the coming days > (I'm very very late on this project ...) > > Happy new year, > > Laurent > > > _______________________________________________ > Gcc-cfarm-users mailing list > Gcc-cfarm-users@gna.org > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/gcc-cfarm-users > -- Paul H. Hargrove phhargr...@lbl.gov Computer Languages & Systems Software (CLaSS) Group Computer Science Department Tel: +1-510-495-2352 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Fax: +1-510-486-6900
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