On Tue, May 09, 2023 at 06:24:11PM +0300, Aleksandr Vityazev wrote: > Hi, > > On 2023-05-09, 15:22 +0100, Christopher Baines <m...@cbaines.net> wrote: > > > Efraim Flashner <efr...@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? > > 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. > > -- > Best regards, > Aleksandr Vityazev -- Efraim Flashner <efr...@flashner.co.il> פלשנר אפרים GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted
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