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Re: RISCV porting effort
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: RISCV porting effort |
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Fri, 11 Jun 2021 23:07:37 +0200 |
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Hi!
Gabriel Wicki <gabriel@erlikon.ch> skribis:
> On Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 03:43:44PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> If the HiFive works fine, let me remind you that we have budget to buy
>> hardware, so we could just as well order a couple of these right away
>> (maybe you’ll have Guix System running by the time we receive them ;-)).
>>
>> What we need is someone to order the machine(s) and to host it
>> afterwards, with stable connectivity. This must be agreed upon by the
>> Spending Committee (currently Tobias, Ricardo, and myself; email
>> guix-finance@gnu.org). You’ll then be reimbursed by the FSF, our
>> current fiscal sponsor.
>>
>> Any takers? Or should we wait until you have more experience with
>> yours, Efraim?
> I could see myself doing that. I've been thinking about getting a HiFive
> Unmatched for a while and getting the hardware makes working on it a bit
> more exciting!
>
> Do i understand correctly that this machine would then be used to
> build Guix packages and serve them? I.e. a worker on ci.guix.gnu.org?
Yes, that’s the idea. It would belong to the project and its primary
use would be continuous builds.
Thanks,
Ludo’.