[cfarm-users] Migrate away from openSUSE 42 on gcc118

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 8:45 AM Martin Jambor <mjambor at suse.cz> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 12 2018, Jeffrey Walton via cfarm-users wrote:
> >
> > GCC118 is an openSUSE machine. openSUSE does not support ARMv8.1
> > extensions like CRC and Crypto. Attempts to use CRC, PMULL, AES and
> > SHA result in compile failures.
> >
> > Would it be possible to migrate to something newer for GCC118?
> >
> > I believe Fedora would be a nice choice nowadays if you want to
> > provide a variety of OSes and support Aarch64. Fedora's DNF system
> > upgrade works well, and I have never had a problem with distro
> > upgrades.
>
> If it is enough, upgrading it to openSUSE Leap 15 should be fairly easy
> (and I can do it if you trust me with root access).  Reinstalling a new
> distro on these particular Seattle boards can be a bit challenging,
> unless the local network is set up for ARM PXE boot.

Thanks Martin.

I forgot to mention... The farm has four Mustangs boards. The
processors on the Mustang boards lack CRC and Crypto. openSUSE may
make a good choice for the Mustang's since it does not support the
extensions, either.

Jeff