On December 9, 2018 6:23:07 PM UTC, "taii...@gmx.com" <taii...@gmx.com> wrote: >On 12/07/2018 06:47 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >> On 07/12/2018 09:30, Dale wrote: >>> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>>> If you want to see all of the installed packages that are affected, >>>> you need to set CPU_FLAGS_X86 to an empty string: >>>> >>>> CPU_FLAGS_X86="" >>>> >>>> and then do "emerge -puDN --with-bdeps=y @world". This is because >>>> CPU_FLAGS_X86 is not empty by default. It contains sse and sse2 by >>>> default, because these are supported by all 64-bit CPUs. >>>> >>> >>> What I did, I commented out the whole line and ran it that way. >> >> If you comment it out, it will have default values. If you set it to >an >> empty string, you should be able to see which packages make use of >the >> default flags (like sse and sse2.) >> >> Note it's a pretend emerge (-p). Just to check which packages you >have >> installed that make use of these flags. >> >> >>> One last question for anyone who has done this recently. When >finished, >>> I'll have a FX-8350 CPU with 8 cores at 4.0/4.2GHz, 32GBs of memory >all >>> on a Gigabyte 970 series mobo. Would there be any point in >upgrading to >>> a whole new rig or is what I have about as fast is reasonable to >build? >>> I don't do gaming or anything. Even the GTX 650 video card is >likely >>> overkill for what I do here. The older 200 series card is working >just >>> fine. On one hand, my current build is several years old. On the >>> other, computers seem to have reached their peak. I'm sure there is >>> more powerful systems out there but would I be any better off with >one? > >Since the AM3+ and its C32/G34 Opteron counterparts are the last and >best x86 cpus without ME/PSP I would say you are better off with what >you have - the best piledriver cpus like the FX-8350+ are still able to >play the latest games and in a VM via IOMMU-GFX if you want. > >In any case I would consider a OpenPOWER (ppc64/ppc64le) arch system >(like the blackbird or talos 2) as an upgrade path instead of any >futher >x86 stuff as there aren't any black boxes, there is >documentation+firmware sources and the cpus are made in usa.
Made in USA isn't necessarily a good thing when talking about not wanting any hidden back doors. Not sure which country would be a reliable location though, I wouldn't trust Western European countries either. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
