Hello— On 29 Nov 09:25 dftxbs3e wrote: > I'm really happy to hear this! I also do own a POWER9 machine. > > I have a Talos II with 2x 8 SMT4 cores POWER9 DD2.2 CPUs (64 threads), > 64GB of RAM and an AMD WX7100 GPU (amdgpu libre driver). > > I run Fedora on it since more than a year now, it's been my main > workstation without any major issue.
It's great to hear of such an experience! I have an amd64 server at home that makes quite a bit of noise and, standing next to the server, an amd64 workstation that makes even more noise, both of which are over 10 years old. I am considering replacing both systems for a single Talos II. According to the mainboard specifications [1], Ethernet is driven by a proprietary chip (Broadcom BCM5719). Is there libre firmware that is shown to work reliably? I guess it should be because it is FSF-certified to Respect Your Freedom, but could someone confirm this specifically for the network interface? [1]: https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Talos_II > I'm happy to provide assistance, I encourage GNU Guix developers to join > #talos-workstation on Freenode's IRC, we have a friendly active > community that is always happy to help on POWER9 matters. Fantastic to see this work out! The other free modern architecture, RISC-V, is that like a sort of competitor of POWER9? Or is it more like Talos II being the obvious choice for a server (and workstation) because it is available now/more established? —Marco
