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My fantastic Xeon W-1270P machine has finally booted.

The delay was the fault of the vendor. I originally had
purchased an NVidia TU117 card for $170 (what a bargain!).
But shipment was not expected for 2 weeks.

Fine. However, 2 weeks passed and no card. I inquired
an was told 3 more weeks.

Fine. However, 3 weeks passed and still no fucking card.
I inquired and was told Mar 3. I said "fuck it" and
canceled the order.

Then I found an NVidia TU116 card, which is better, for
only $220 (another great bargain!). It arrived just
a few days later.

The TU116 has more stuff and also allows GPU encoding
of B frames (look up the specs yourself).

I compiled a carefully customized kernel (6.13.2) and
glibc (2.41) and then let it loose.

Feast thine jaundiced, bloodshot eyeballs on the kernel
boot log, shown below.

Note the 16 processors (8 cores plus SMP) at 121645.33
BogoMIPS.

Note the 32 Gb of ECC RAM.

This machine will beat the living fuck out of any equivalent
distro build. Hands down!



Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Linux version 6.13.2 (root@ajax.xxxxxxxxx) (gcc (Gentoo 14.2.1_p20241221) 14.2.1 20241221, GNU ld (Gentoo 2.44 p1) 2.44) #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Feb 12 14:12:04 EST 2025
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6132 root=/dev/sda3 ro enable_mtrr_cleanup mitigations=off intel_pstate=disable
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: KERNEL supported cpus:
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Intel GenuineIntel
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000000009c3ff] usable
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000000009c400-0x000000000009ffff] reserved
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000000e0000-0x00000000000fffff] reserved
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000100000-0x000000003fffffff] usable
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000040000000-0x00000000403fffff] reserved
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000040400000-0x0000000098f5efff] usable
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000098f5f000-0x0000000098f5ffff] ACPI NVS
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000098f60000-0x0000000098f82fff] usable
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000098f83000-0x0000000098f83fff] reserved
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000098f84000-0x000000009cd2bfff] usable
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000009cd2c000-0x000000009dd2bfff] reserved
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000009dd2c000-0x000000009de5bfff] ACPI data
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000009de5c000-0x000000009e2edfff] ACPI NVS
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000009e2ee000-0x000000009effefff] reserved
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000009efff000-0x000000009effffff] usable
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000009f000000-0x000000009fffffff] reserved
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000e0000000-0x00000000efffffff] reserved
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000fc000000-0x00000000fc00ffff] reserved
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000fe000000-0x00000000fe010fff] reserved
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000fec00000-0x00000000fec00fff] reserved
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000fee00000-0x00000000fee00fff] reserved
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000ff000000-0x00000000ffffffff] reserved
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000100000000-0x000000085dffffff] usable
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Kernel compiled without mitigations, ignoring 'mitigations'; system may still be vulnerable
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: NX (Execute Disable) protection: active
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: APIC: Static calls initialized
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: SMBIOS 3.2.0 present.
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: DMI: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. W480 VISION W/W480 VISION W, BIOS F5 04/13/2021
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: DMI: Memory slots populated: 2/4
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: tsc: Detected 3800.000 MHz processor
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: tsc: Detected 3799.900 MHz TSC
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: e820: update [mem 0x00000000-0x00000fff] usable ==> reserved
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: e820: remove [mem 0x000a0000-0x000fffff] usable Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: last_pfn = 0x85e000 max_arch_pfn = 0x400000000 Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: MTRR map: 5 entries (3 fixed + 2 variable; max 23), built from 10 variable MTRRs
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: x86/PAT: Configuration [0-7]: WB WC UC- UC WB WP UC- WT
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: last_pfn = 0x9f000 max_arch_pfn = 0x400000000 Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Using GB pages for direct mapping
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Early table checksum verification disabled Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: RSDP 0x00000000000F05B0 000024 (v02 ALASKA)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: XSDT 0x000000009E26A728 0000E4 (v01 ALASKA A M I 01072009 AMI 01000013)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: FACP 0x000000009DE54000 000114 (v06 ALASKA A M I 01072009 AMI 00010013)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: DSDT 0x000000009DE0F000 044012 (v02 ALASKA A M I 01072009 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: FACS 0x000000009E2ED000 000040
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: MCFG 0x000000009DE59000 00003C (v01 ALASKA A M I 01072009 MSFT 00000097)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0x000000009DE56000 00203C (v02 CpuRef CpuSsdt 00003000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0x000000009DE55000 000A52 (v02 PmRef ItbmSci 00003000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: FIDT 0x000000009DE0E000 00009C (v01 ALASKA A M I 01072009 AMI 00010013)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0x000000009DE06000 007E64 (v01 GBT GSWApp 00000001 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0x000000009DE02000 0031DA (v02 SaSsdt SaSsdt 00003000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0x000000009DDFF000 002703 (v02 Intel PegSsdt 00001000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: HPET 0x000000009DE5B000 000038 (v01 ALASKA A M I 01072009 AMI 01000013)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0x000000009DDFD000 001EB6 (v02 ALASKA A M I 00001000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0x000000009DDFB000 00147B (v02 ALASKA A M I 00001000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0x000000009DDF7000 00360B (v02 INTEL xh_cmsd4 00000000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: NHLT 0x000000009DDF5000 001821 (v00 ALASKA A M I 01072009 AMI 01000013)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: LPIT 0x000000009DE5A000 000094 (v01 ALASKA A M I 01072009 AMI 01000013)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0x000000009DDF1000 002720 (v02 ALASKA A M I 00001000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0x000000009DDEE000 0025B2 (v02 ALASKA A M I 00000000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: DBGP 0x000000009DDED000 000034 (v01 ALASKA A M I 01072009 AMI 01000013)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: DBG2 0x000000009DDEC000 000054 (v00 ALASKA A M I 01072009 AMI 01000013)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0x000000009DDEA000 001B67 (v02 ALASKA A M I 00001000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: DMAR 0x000000009DDE9000 000090 (v01 INTEL EDK2 00000002 01000013)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: ASF! 0x000000009DDE7000 000074 (v32 ALASKA A M I 01072009 AMI 01000013)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: WSMT 0x000000009DDF4000 000028 (v01 ALASKA A M I 01072009 AMI 00010013)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: APIC 0x000000009DDE6000 00012C (v04 ALASKA A M I 01072009 AMI 00010013)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: FPDT 0x000000009DDE5000 000044 (v01 ALASKA A M I 01072009 AMI 01000013)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving FACP table memory at [mem 0x9de54000-0x9de54113]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving DSDT table memory at [mem 0x9de0f000-0x9de53011]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving FACS table memory at [mem 0x9e2ed000-0x9e2ed03f]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving MCFG table memory at [mem 0x9de59000-0x9de5903b]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem 0x9de56000-0x9de5803b]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem 0x9de55000-0x9de55a51]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving FIDT table memory at [mem 0x9de0e000-0x9de0e09b]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem 0x9de06000-0x9de0de63]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem 0x9de02000-0x9de051d9]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem 0x9ddff000-0x9de01702]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving HPET table memory at [mem 0x9de5b000-0x9de5b037]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem 0x9ddfd000-0x9ddfeeb5]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem 0x9ddfb000-0x9ddfc47a]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem 0x9ddf7000-0x9ddfa60a]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving NHLT table memory at [mem 0x9ddf5000-0x9ddf6820]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving LPIT table memory at [mem 0x9de5a000-0x9de5a093]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem 0x9ddf1000-0x9ddf371f]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem 0x9ddee000-0x9ddf05b1]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving DBGP table memory at [mem 0x9dded000-0x9dded033]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving DBG2 table memory at [mem 0x9ddec000-0x9ddec053]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem 0x9ddea000-0x9ddebb66]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving DMAR table memory at [mem 0x9dde9000-0x9dde908f]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving ASF! table memory at [mem 0x9dde7000-0x9dde7073]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving WSMT table memory at [mem 0x9ddf4000-0x9ddf4027]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving APIC table memory at [mem 0x9dde6000-0x9dde612b]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Reserving FPDT table memory at [mem 0x9dde5000-0x9dde5043]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Zone ranges:
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: DMA [mem 0x0000000000001000-0x0000000000ffffff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: DMA32 [mem 0x0000000001000000-0x00000000ffffffff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Normal [mem 0x0000000100000000-0x000000085dffffff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Movable zone start for each node
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Early memory node ranges
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: node 0: [mem 0x0000000000001000-0x000000000009bfff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: node 0: [mem 0x0000000000100000-0x000000003fffffff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: node 0: [mem 0x0000000040400000-0x0000000098f5efff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: node 0: [mem 0x0000000098f60000-0x0000000098f82fff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: node 0: [mem 0x0000000098f84000-0x000000009cd2bfff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: node 0: [mem 0x000000009efff000-0x000000009effffff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: node 0: [mem 0x0000000100000000-0x000000085dffffff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Initmem setup node 0 [mem 0x0000000000001000-0x000000085dffffff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: On node 0, zone DMA: 1 pages in unavailable ranges
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: On node 0, zone DMA: 100 pages in unavailable ranges
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: On node 0, zone DMA32: 1024 pages in unavailable ranges
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: On node 0, zone DMA32: 1 pages in unavailable ranges
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) last message buffered 1 times
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: On node 0, zone DMA32: 8915 pages in unavailable ranges
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: On node 0, zone Normal: 4096 pages in unavailable ranges
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: On node 0, zone Normal: 8192 pages in unavailable ranges
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x1808
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x02] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x03] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x04] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x05] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x06] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x07] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x08] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x09] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0a] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0b] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0c] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0d] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0e] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0f] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x10] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 2, version 32, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-119
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: HPET id: 0x8086a201 base: 0xfed00000
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: TSC deadline timer available
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: CPU topo: Max. logical packages: 1
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: CPU topo: Max. logical dies: 1
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: CPU topo: Max. dies per package: 1
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: CPU topo: Max. threads per core: 2
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: CPU topo: Num. cores per package: 8
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: CPU topo: Num. threads per package: 16
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: CPU topo: Allowing 16 present CPUs plus 0 hotplug CPUs
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: [mem 0xa0000000-0xdfffffff] available for PCI devices
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: clocksource: refined-jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 6370452778343963 ns
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: setup_percpu: NR_CPUS:16 nr_cpumask_bits:16 nr_cpu_ids:16 nr_node_ids:1
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: percpu: Embedded 45 pages/cpu s147288 r8192 d28840 u262144
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pcpu-alloc: s147288 r8192 d28840 u262144 alloc=1*2097152
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pcpu-alloc: [0] 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 [0] 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6132 root=/dev/sda3 ro enable_mtrr_cleanup mitigations=off intel_pstate=disable
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Unknown kernel command line parameters "BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6132", will be passed to user space.
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: random: crng init done
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: printk: log buffer data + meta data: 131072 + 458752 = 589824 bytes
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 4194304 (order: 13, 33554432 bytes, linear)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Inode-cache hash table entries: 2097152 (order: 12, 16777216 bytes, linear)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Built 1 zonelists, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 8366278
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: mem auto-init: stack:off, heap alloc:off, heap free:off
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: software IO TLB: area num 16.
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: SLUB: HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=16, Nodes=1
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: rcu: Preemptible hierarchical RCU implementation.
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: rcu: RCU calculated value of scheduler-enlistment delay is 30 jiffies.
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: NR_IRQS: 4352, nr_irqs: 2184, preallocated irqs: 16
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: rcu: srcu_init: Setting srcu_struct sizes based on contention.
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: printk: legacy console [tty0] enabled
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Core revision 20240827
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: clocksource: hpet: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 79635855245 ns
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: APIC: Switch to symmetric I/O mode setup
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ..TIMER: vector=0x30 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: clocksource: tsc-early: mask: 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x6d8bf270d8d, max_idle_ns: 881590865083 ns
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 7602.45 BogoMIPS (lpj=12666333)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: CPU0: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM1)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Last level iTLB entries: 4KB 64, 2MB 8, 4MB 8 Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Last level dTLB entries: 4KB 64, 2MB 0, 4MB 0, 1GB 4
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: process: using mwait in idle threads
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Spectre V2 : User space: Vulnerable
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Speculative Store Bypass: Vulnerable
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: SRBDS: Vulnerable: No microcode
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: GDS: Vulnerable: No microcode
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: x86/fpu: Supporting XSAVE feature 0x001: 'x87 floating point registers'
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: x86/fpu: Supporting XSAVE feature 0x002: 'SSE registers'
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: x86/fpu: Supporting XSAVE feature 0x004: 'AVX registers'
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: x86/fpu: Supporting XSAVE feature 0x008: 'MPX bounds registers'
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: x86/fpu: Supporting XSAVE feature 0x010: 'MPX CSR'
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: x86/fpu: xstate_offset[2]: 576, xstate_sizes[2]: 256
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: x86/fpu: xstate_offset[3]: 832, xstate_sizes[3]: 64
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: x86/fpu: xstate_offset[4]: 896, xstate_sizes[4]: 64
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: x86/fpu: Enabled xstate features 0x1f, context size is 960 bytes, using 'compacted' format.
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Freeing SMP alternatives memory: 24K
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Mount-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes, linear)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Mountpoint-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes, linear)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: smpboot: CPU0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) W-1270P CPU @ 3.80GHz (family: 0x6, model: 0xa5, stepping: 0x4)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Performance Events: PEBS fmt3+, Skylake events, 32-deep LBR, full-width counters, Intel PMU driver.
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ... version: 4
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ... bit width: 48
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ... generic registers: 4
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ... value mask: 0000ffffffffffff
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ... max period: 00007fffffffffff
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ... fixed-purpose events: 3
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ... event mask: 000000070000000f
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: signal: max sigframe size: 1616
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Estimated ratio of average max frequency by base frequency (times 1024): 1293
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: rcu: Hierarchical SRCU implementation.
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: rcu: \x09Max phase no-delay instances is 1000. Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Timer migration: 2 hierarchy levels; 8 children per group; 2 crossnode level
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs ...
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: smpboot: x86: Booting SMP configuration:
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: .... node #0, CPUs: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: smp: Brought up 1 node, 16 CPUs
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: smpboot: Total of 16 processors activated (121645.33 BogoMIPS)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: Memory: 32799624K/33465112K available (8192K kernel code, 842K rwdata, 1200K rodata, 924K init, 2124K bss, 659716K reserved, 0K cma-reserved)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: devtmpfs: initialized
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: clocksource: jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 6370867519511994 ns
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: futex hash table entries: 4096 (order: 6, 262144 bytes, linear)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: NET: Registered PF_NETLINK/PF_ROUTE protocol family
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'step_wise'
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: cpuidle: using governor menu
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI FADT declares the system doesn't support PCIe ASPM, so disable it
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: dca service started, version 1.12.1
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: PCI: ECAM [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff] (base 0xe0000000) for domain 0000 [bus 00-ff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Added _OSI(Module Device)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Added _OSI(3.0 _SCP Extensions)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Aggregator Device) Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: 12 ACPI AML tables successfully acquired and loaded
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF88810086F800 000400 (v02 PmRef Cpu0Cst 00003001 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF888100AE1000 00070D (v02 PmRef Cpu0Ist 00003000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF88810016B100 0000FC (v02 PmRef Cpu0Psd 00003000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF8881008CD000 00016C (v02 PmRef Cpu0Hwp 00003000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF8881000AE000 000BEA (v02 PmRef HwpLvt 00003000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF888100AE2800 000778 (v02 PmRef ApIst 00003000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF88810086FC00 0003D7 (v02 PmRef ApHwp 00003000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF8881000AF000 000D22 (v02 PmRef ApPsd 00003000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF888100089000 0003CA (v02 PmRef ApCst 00003000 INTL 20160527)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Interpreter enabled
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: PM: (supports S0 S5)
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: PCI: Using host bridge windows from ACPI; if necessary, use "pci=nocrs" and report a bug
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: PCI: Using E820 reservations for host bridge windows
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: Enabled 10 GPEs in block 00 to 7F
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5c_SB_.PCI0.XDCI.USBC: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5cSPR0: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5c_SB_.PCI0.SAT0.VOL0.V0PR: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5c_SB_.PCI0.SAT0.VOL1.V1PR: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5c_SB_.PCI0.SAT0.VOL2.V2PR: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5c_SB_.PCI0.I2C1.PXTC: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5c_SB_.PCI0.CNVW.WRST: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5c_SB_.PCI0.PAUD: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5c_TZ_.FN00: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5c_TZ_.FN01: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5c_TZ_.FN02: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5c_TZ_.FN03: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5c_TZ_.FN04: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5cPIN_: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5cSPR1: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5cSPR2: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5cSPR3: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5cSPR5: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: \x5cZPDR: New power resource
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (domain 0000 [bus 00-fe])
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC: OS supports [ExtendedConfig ASPM ClockPM Segments MSI HPX-Type3]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC: platform does not support [PME]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC: OS now controls [PCIeCapability LTR]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: acpi PNP0A08:00: FADT indicates ASPM is unsupported, using BIOS configuration
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io 0x0000-0x0cf7 window]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io 0x0d00-0xffff window]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff window]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0xa0000000-0xdfffffff window]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0xfc800000-0xfe7fffff window]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [bus 00-fe] Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:00.0: [8086:9b43] type 00 class 0x060000 conventional PCI endpoint
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:01.0: [8086:1901] type 01 class 0x060400 PCIe Root Port
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:01.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge window [io 0x4000-0x4fff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge window [mem 0xb3000000-0xb40fffff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge window [mem 0xa0000000-0xb20fffff 64bit pref]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:01.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:12.0: [8086:06f9] type 00 class 0x118000 conventional PCI endpoint
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:12.0: BAR 0 [mem 0xb4439000-0xb4439fff 64bit]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:14.0: [8086:06ed] type 00 class 0x0c0330 conventional PCI endpoint
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:14.0: BAR 0 [mem 0xb4420000-0xb442ffff 64bit]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:14.0: PME# supported from D3hot D3cold
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:14.2: [8086:06ef] type 00 class 0x050000 conventional PCI endpoint
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:14.2: BAR 0 [mem 0xb4432000-0xb4433fff 64bit]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:14.2: BAR 2 [mem 0xb4438000-0xb4438fff 64bit]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:16.0: [8086:06e0] type 00 class 0x078000 conventional PCI endpoint
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:16.0: BAR 0 [mem 0xb4437000-0xb4437fff 64bit]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:16.0: PME# supported from D3hot
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:17.0: [8086:06d2] type 00 class 0x010601 conventional PCI endpoint
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:17.0: BAR 0 [mem 0xb4430000-0xb4431fff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:17.0: BAR 1 [mem 0xb4436000-0xb44360ff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:17.0: BAR 2 [io 0x5050-0x5057]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:17.0: BAR 3 [io 0x5040-0x5043]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:17.0: BAR 4 [io 0x5020-0x503f]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:17.0: BAR 5 [mem 0xb4435000-0xb44357ff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:17.0: PME# supported from D3hot
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1b.0: [8086:06c0] type 01 class 0x060400 PCIe Root Port
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1b.0: PCI bridge to [bus 02]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1b.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1b.4: [8086:06ac] type 01 class 0x060400 PCIe Root Port
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1b.4: PCI bridge to [bus 03]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1b.4: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1c.0: [8086:06b8] type 01 class 0x060400 PCIe Root Port
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1c.0: PCI bridge to [bus 04]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1c.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1c.4: [8086:06bc] type 01 class 0x060400 PCIe Root Port
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1c.4: PCI bridge to [bus 05]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1c.4: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1c.5: [8086:06bd] type 01 class 0x060400 PCIe Root Port
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1c.5: PCI bridge to [bus 06]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1c.5: bridge window [mem 0xb4100000-0xb42fffff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1c.5: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1c.7: [8086:06bf] type 01 class 0x060400 PCIe Root Port
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1c.7: PCI bridge to [bus 07]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1c.7: bridge window [io 0x3000-0x3fff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1c.7: bridge window [mem 0xb4300000-0xb43fffff]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1c.7: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1d.0: [8086:06b0] type 01 class 0x060400 PCIe Root Port
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1d.0: PCI bridge to [bus 08]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1d.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1d.4: [8086:06b4] type 01 class 0x060400 PCIe Root Port
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1d.4: PCI bridge to [bus 09]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1d.4: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1f.0: [8086:0697] type 00 class 0x060100 conventional PCI endpoint
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1f.4: [8086:06a3] type 00 class 0x0c0500 conventional PCI endpoint
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1f.4: BAR 0 [mem 0xb4434000-0xb44340ff 64bit]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1f.4: BAR 4 [io 0xefa0-0xefbf]
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1f.5: [8086:06a4] type 00 class 0x0c8000 conventional PCI endpoint
Feb 15 18:20:54 (none) kernel: pci 0000:00:1f.5: BAR 0 [mem 0xfe010000-0xfe010fff]

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Farley Flud wrote:

My fantastic Xeon W-1270P machine has finally booted.

The delay was the fault of the vendor. I originally had
purchased an NVidia TU117 card for $170 (what a bargain!).
But shipment was not expected for 2 weeks.

Fine. However, 2 weeks passed and no card. I inquired
an was told 3 more weeks.

Fine. However, 3 weeks passed and still no fucking card.
I inquired and was told Mar 3. I said "fuck it" and
canceled the order.

Then I found an NVidia TU116 card, which is better, for
only $220 (another great bargain!). It arrived just
a few days later.

The TU116 has more stuff and also allows GPU encoding
of B frames (look up the specs yourself).

I compiled a carefully customized kernel (6.13.2) and
glibc (2.41) and then let it loose.

Feast thine jaundiced, bloodshot eyeballs on the kernel
boot log, shown below.

Note the 16 processors (8 cores plus SMP) at 121645.33
BogoMIPS.

Note the 32 Gb of ECC RAM.

This machine will beat the living fuck out of any equivalent
distro build. Hands down!

Nice! Have fun with it, Fabian!

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On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 17:15:26 +0000, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote in <pan$babd$e4b1a17a$d6bf7cb7$ee7a8272@linux.rocks>:

My fantastic Xeon W-1270P machine has finally booted.

(Golf clap)

The delay was the fault of the vendor. I originally had
purchased an NVidia TU117 card for $170 (what a bargain!).
But shipment was not expected for 2 weeks.

Fine. However, 2 weeks passed and no card. I inquired
an was told 3 more weeks.

Fine. However, 3 weeks passed and still no fucking card.
I inquired and was told Mar 3. I said "fuck it" and
canceled the order.

Then I found an NVidia TU116 card, which is better, for
only $220 (another great bargain!). It arrived just
a few days later.

The TU116 has more stuff and also allows GPU encoding
of B frames (look up the specs yourself).

Release date: Nov 22nd, 2019

How much memory on the GPU? I'm showing 4GB on this page:

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gtx-1650-super.c3411

...and a maximum of 6GB, which won't let you run Fooocus(!).

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On 16 Feb 2025 15:10:18 GMT, vallor wrote:

The TU116 has more stuff and also allows GPU encoding
of B frames (look up the specs yourself).

Release date: Nov 22nd, 2019

How much memory on the GPU? I'm showing 4GB on this page:

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gtx-1650-super.c3411

...and a maximum of 6GB, which won't let you run Fooocus(!).

It's a 1660 with 6GB:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZHDZ1K6?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Only a brain-dead, maleducated, sexually repressed, delirious,
psychotic, moronic idiot would ever desire to run "Fooocus."

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Now get back to your digital playpen and do not ever again
question the big boys.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playpen




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On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 17:50:04 -0600, chrisv wrote:

Have fun with it

Fun? I'm having a fucking RIOT!

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!





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On 2/15/25 15:18, Physfitfreak wrote:

On 2/15/25 11:15 AM, Farley Flud wrote:

My fantastic Xeon W-1270P machine has finally booted.

{deleted: saga of five weeks of unproductive WIP }

My Xeon machine still crashes when I install linux mint on it. It gets installed each time, no problems there, but about one minute into using
the computer it freezes and screen, computer, keyboard, everything
becomes non-responsive.

If yours hasn't crashed, then either your cpu is an improved one, or
there's something about mint that messes mine up.

Sounds like one needs to do a backup, wipe & reinstall to troubleshoot.

When I acquire the knowledge to carefully install gentoo on my Xeon
machine, I'll see whether linux can be used with it or not.

Or there's MS-Windows, of course /s


-hh

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On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 14:18:51 -0600, Physfitfreak wrote:

When I acquire the knowledge to carefully install gentoo on my Xeon
machine, I'll see whether linux can be used with it or not.

It'll work.

However, installing Gentoo is a huge PITA, being almost the same
as installing LFS.

I do not strictly use Gentoo, but only their automated build
system known as Portage.

My strategy has always been to clone my existing installations
onto a new machine. Ideally, this would involve cross compiling
which is another PITA. But if the new CPU ranks above the old
CPU then a straightforward copy will allow the new machine to
boot with the old software packages.

In my current case, however, I assumed that the Xeon W-2223
would be identical, except for AVX-512, with the Xeon W-1270P.
However, it is not and the new machine would not boot using
software compiled on the Xeon W-2223.

I had to fall back to the Core i7 machine to build the software
and in this way the new Xeon W-1270P now boots. The Core i7 is
"below" the Xeon W-1270P.

The next step is to use Gentoo Portage to rebuild everything
(i.e. the "world") according to the Xeon W-1270P specs.

My approach is totally unconventional but it works magnificently.
I eschew both systemd and SysV for booting and use my own boot
scripts (derived from LFS). Gentoo Portage is used only for
automated building. Otherwise my systems are not Gentoo.

I should post my unique GNU/Linux "distro" to GitLab, but
most users are lackeys and would never take notice.

Yes, my systems are different from any other GNU/Linux
"distro." I should perhaps create "Farley's Fantastic Linux"
but, as I already indicated, the lackeys would never notice.




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On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:37:16 +0000, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote in <pan$c5a74$9d493a19$af24e2e1$26e063d2@linux.rocks>:

On 16 Feb 2025 15:10:18 GMT, vallor wrote:

The TU116 has more stuff and also allows GPU encoding of B frames
(look up the specs yourself).

Release date: Nov 22nd, 2019

How much memory on the GPU? I'm showing 4GB on this page:

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gtx-1650-super.c3411

...and a maximum of 6GB, which won't let you run Fooocus(!).

It's a 1660 with 6GB:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZHDZ1K6?

ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1


Old and anemic.

Only a brain-dead, maleducated, sexually repressed, delirious,
psychotic, moronic idiot would ever desire to run "Fooocus."

I don't think you even know what it is.

And your bargain-basement GPU limits your number-crunching abilities.

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On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:40:21 -0600, Physfitfreak wrote:

But if
I take a step toward finding whether my Xeon computer works with linux
then I will have to take that opportunity to delve inside everything
about workings of linux. Otherwise it won't be worth the effort, I feel.

Get a copy of the Gentoo LiveGUI USB:

https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/

Write the ISO file to a USB thumb drive:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Media#Writing_a_bootable_USB

Basically, the command is:

dd if=livegui.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4096 status=progress && sync

You just need to know what drive (/dev/sdX) is the USB.

After booting the LiveGUI, your Xeon will work.





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On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:57:24 -0600, Physfitfreak wrote:

My Xeon works fine with Knoppix on a USB drive too. I want to use it
with a full-featured linux os installed on the HD, not from a USB, if
that's what you're telling me to do.

I was just giving you a way to test it.

On a system where you experience failure, you need to examine the log
messages, which on a SysV init system are located in /var/log.
You should have a look at /var/log/kernel. Also you may want to increase
the log level to capture more output.

On a systemd init, however, things are much different and I know nothing
about systemd. Maybe others on this group can let you know how to read
the systemd logs.

But the news that a Xeon CPU fails with GNU/Linux is very surprising. Basically, failure should not occur.




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Le 17-02-2025, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> a écrit :

On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:37:16 +0000, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote in
<pan$c5a74$9d493a19$af24e2e1$26e063d2@linux.rocks>:

Only a brain-dead, maleducated, sexually repressed, delirious,
psychotic, moronic idiot would ever desire to run "Fooocus."

I don't think you even know what it is.

For once he provided an insult a little bit more inspired than idiot.
You could at least grant him that.

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