> On 2015–05–04, at 12:00 AM, David Krauss <pot...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Besides that, are some machines overloaded? If I need to use POWER, will > there be a learning curve or brittleness as on Darwin? To avoid trial and > error whilst wading into the process, I’m just asking for some personal > confirmation of suitability for my particular needs: same-day turnaround for > clean rebuilds + testsuite validation. Too many days of my life have gone > into setting up GCC builds (and then setting up again elsewhere when a > problem comes up).
Just to follow up: The POWER8 machine, gcc112, is a beast. Maybe it’s my time zone, but I’m getting all 152 threads to myself. No significant “background” load or other users typically hanging around. POWER does seem to have a few extra testcase failures, but no particular quirks for the uninitiated. Glad I signed up.
