On 7 November 2016 at 02:18, Alberto Bursi <alberto.bu...@outlook.it> wrote: > On 11/06/2016 09:24 PM, Rafał Miłecki wrote: >> So far I was always using my notebook for the development. My >> requirements were Intel i7 quad core + AMD GPU. I was using some >> Samsung but it's GPU has died and I can't replace it (stupid >> 216-0811000 chipset). >> >> I'm looking for a new notebook, but I can't find anything with i7 quad >> core + AMD GPU. I may need to buy something with i7-6500U or i7-7500U >> which may be too slow for compiling LEDE. >> >> How do you develop LEDE? Do you work on some powerful machine, or do >> you compile it remotely somehow? If you do it remotely, do you mount >> remote filesystem? I need a very good access to the build_dir for my >> needs. >> > > Might I ask why you need a dedicated GPU for in a development machine? > You want to game on it too? > > Current Intel iGPUs are fine on linux as long as you don't want to play > games (on windows they are better and allow light gaming).
Yes, after working for a year and half with acceleration disabled on my Samsung (due to GPU lockups of broken chip) I wanted to start some game finally ;) > Also, in all modern laptops the NVIDIA gpu is not physically connected > to outputs and is only used for 3D rendering, so you can keep it > disabled without ill effects as the Intel iGPU is the one actually > running everything in the hardware. > > In any case, i'd recommend to look at laptop assembler companies like > pcspecialist.co.uk (for europe) as they usually offer some laptops with > a quadcore i7 without a dedicated GPU, and have better features overall > like fullHD screens and IPS screens, better batteries, you can choose to > not install/pay for Windows and so on. > > If I had to compile LEDE remotely (I use a Xeon processor that is > slightly better than a ivy bridge i7 so I don't really need that), I > would keep the sources on remote filesystem on the server, probably nfs > as it is the one with best performance, and keep a SSH open to the > server so I can ask a recompilation. > It should not be noticeably different than doing things locally as long > as you are connected through gigabit ethernet cable and don't do unusual > things for development like moving multiple gigabytes of files around in > the network folder. Thanks, I'll give NFS a try to see how well it works for working in build_dir! -- Rafał _______________________________________________ Lede-dev mailing list Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev
