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Blackbird / Re: The download location for factory default BOOTKERNFW

« on: February 02, 2020, 10:52:25 am »

And there's AFAIK no performance advantage in doing this. If you have a second computer, you could access the Blackbird via ssh:

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ssh root@blackbird -t -p2200
Then you could see the hostboot coming up like:

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--== Welcome to Hostboot hostboot-3beba24/hbicore.bin ==--

  3.05524|secure|SecureROM valid - enabling functionality
  5.88506|Booting from SBE side 0 on master proc=00050000
  5.92409|ISTEP  6. 5 - host_init_fsi
  6.45292|ISTEP  6. 6 - host_set_ipl_parms
  7.01365|ISTEP  6. 7 - host_discover_targets
…

[   58.115693949,5] IPMI: Resetting boot count on successful boot
[   58.115766868,5] INIT: Waiting for kernel...
[   71.203854371,3] STB: BOOTKERNEL verification FAILED. log=0xffffffffffff8160
[   71.204413794,5] INIT: 64-bit LE kernel discovered
[   71.352697029,5] INIT: Starting kernel at 0x20011000, fdt at 0x306f35a0 206892 bytes
[   73.036164478,3] LPC[000]: Got SYNC no-response error. Error address reg: 0xd0010080
[   73.036176803,6] IPMI: dropping non severe PEL event
[   73.036252854,7] UART: IRQ functional !
And you could also see Petitboot:

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User Zone / Re: GPU DMA issue diagnoses and impact (missing DMA kernel support beyond 32 bits)

« on: February 02, 2020, 09:05:25 am »

I'm not an expert on this topic (If one of my statements is wrong, please correct it ), but as far as I understand, the system crashes when the graphics card uses more than 4GiB (32bit). For example when you open a ton of Firefox windows. 40bit is 1TiB by the way, not 128GiB.

And even if a user would be affected by this bug, he would not notice it.

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General Discussion / Re: ASUS Hyper M.2 PCI-e X16 V2 Expansion Card and Support for RAID on CPU

« on: February 02, 2020, 08:51:30 am »

Here is a list of working PCIe to M.2 Adapters.
AFAIK, there is no PCIe4 card out there. And IIRC, the Asus card is only partially working (at best), because of the missing PCIe switch. A PCIe switch is needed to get all NVMe slots working.

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Blackbird / Re: The download location for factory default BOOTKERNFW

« on: February 02, 2020, 08:39:52 am »

There is no BOOTKERNFW bundled. Because the systems doesn't come with any OS. You have to download your desired Firmware yourself.
You have to follow this instructions.

Advantage in doing this is to get a screen on Petitboot. Drawback, you have to repeat the procedure after each Blackbird-Firmware update. Fortunately, there is rarely a firmware update.

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User Zone / Re: ata4: softreset failed. ata4.00 disabled (SATA devices not working sometimes)

« on: February 01, 2020, 06:24:31 pm »

Have you tried to disconnect the BD-drive, whether the problem disappears or persists?

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User Zone / Re: Fedora Linux Thread

« on: January 31, 2020, 11:11:35 am »

Is there any way to enable a suspend-mode in Fedora? Because, when I press the suspend button I get a black screen. Power consumption drops from 54W to 51W. My guess, only the AST is suspended? Then I couldn't wake up the computer again.

I have also read:

Unlike the previous architecture of the POWER8 processor, POWER9 processor only supports one instruction to enter idle state. POWER ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) has been revised to remove legacy idle state instructions (nap, sleep, winkle). A new instruction, 'stop', has been added for this purpose to the ISA.

An Overview of Idle States in the POWER9 Processor

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Blackbird / Re: Want more options for Blackbird™ Secure Desktop

« on: January 30, 2020, 10:39:17 am »

WARNING: Due to the heatsink design, an external air duct must be utilized if using this heatsink outside of a high airflow 2U server chassis, for example in a desktop system. This heatsink is not designed for passive cooling without an external fan and, if required by a non-2U chassis, an external air duct.

2U Heatsink

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Applications and Porting / Re: RStudio desktop working on Raptor's power computer (ppc64le)?

« on: January 30, 2020, 07:05:19 am »

I just found this, don't know if it works.
RStudio
RStudio Server

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Blackbird / Re: Want more options for Blackbird™ Secure Desktop

« on: January 29, 2020, 01:49:00 pm »

About the Secure Desktop, I think there are options as hell. You only have to ask Raptor
I'm located in Germany. In this case the customs are equal to VAT (19%).

And regarding Vikings, the more people show interest, the faster things will change. At the latest when Raptor brings out the POWER10 or a notebook I will ask Vikings about it, too. My delivery took two weeks.

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Blackbird / Re: Regular users issues

« on: January 29, 2020, 01:25:30 pm »

You don't need to update the Firmware. If you want to update, it's pretty easy. Even as a non-programmer.

What is the problem with the installer of Debian? I installed several distributions. Almost all worked without a problem. Debain, too.
https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Operating_System_Compatibility_List

About glamour etc.: You only have to create a file and C&P a few chars. That's it.

In the meantime, it would be good to collect some Linux experience before buying a BB.

Linux is different from Windows or Mac. You cannot install Linux and expect a MacOS. Linux will remain Linux.
If you are looking for support, IRC is very helpful. There are mostly developers there, but everyone is very helpful.
But what is really basic is the will to educate yourself and the ability to use Google search properly.
If this will is not brought along, then it will be very difficult. Because as I said, Linux will never become MacOS.
I had MacOS before my BB and the beginning was really hard.

But maybe you're right and some things are changed in two years. I have no objection

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Blackbird / Re: Regular users issues

« on: January 28, 2020, 05:51:24 pm »

I don't have that system by my own, but you could see it on the picture: Phoronix

I would call it "enhanced cooling system" instead of different.

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Blackbird / Re: Regular users issues

« on: January 28, 2020, 08:00:59 am »

I think it's only called Blackbird II, because of the different cooling system.

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Legacy POWER Hardware / Re: Old stuff survey

« on: January 27, 2020, 10:51:19 am »

Just out of curiosity, do you also have a MPC86xx-RDB or T4240-RDB from Freescale? If so, maybe you can do some benchmarks with the Phoronix Test Suite?

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Blackbird / Re: Heatsink dual fan configuration

« on: January 25, 2020, 05:55:34 pm »

Hi,

I thought shawnanastasio / dormito are the same person. Sorry about that.

In the next couple days I will do some small modifications on my setup. Also I will put in an ASSMANN AK-610300-003-E. Then I have a serial connection. What just comes to my mind, wouldn't it be better to buy another chip and program bangBMC on it? Then you can easily change the chips if needed. I have a Bus Pirate, too.

Could you please post a picture of your 2U heat sink setup?
Never seen one.

At the end, it's a 3U HSF, little bit smaller and without fan.

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Blackbird / Re: Heatsink dual fan configuration

« on: January 22, 2020, 05:30:49 pm »

@mx08 or @ shawnanastasio:
In the next few days would like to update to bangBMC. Is the procedure identical to Updating the BMC firmware?
Or how do I proceed?

And is there a comparison table (features/ pros and cons) somewhere between OpenBMC and bangBMC?