[cfarm-users] Request for tools on cfarm107/108

[Zach van Rijn]

On Tue, 2026-02-17 at 19:33 +0000, Mosè Giordano via cfarm-users
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> first of all thanks for cfarm107/108, they look very useful
> for developing/testing GPU code!  I have some requests for
> these systems:
> 
> * install nvtop

Done.

> * install Nsight Systems and/or Nsight Compute.

Already installed?

# /opt/nvidia/nsight-systems/2025.3.2/target-linux-sbsa-
armv8/nsys --version
NVIDIA Nsight Systems version 2025.3.2.474-253236389321v0

> * related to the above point, allow all users, not just
> administrators, to access performance counters when using the
> profiling tools.  This requires setting the parameter
> NVreg_RestrictProfilingToAdminUsers=0 for the nvidia kernel
> module,

Done; these are not considered secure computing platforms and
users should not use them for any personal/sensitive workloads.


Zach