[cfarm-users] cfarm109 additional details

[Zach van Rijn]

Dear Compile Farm Users,


We are happy to announce the immediate availability of another
NVIDIA machine: a Jetson AGX Thor with 14C and 128GB memory; it
is available at cfarm109:2109. The announcement is here:

    https://portal.cfarm.net/news/58

This email is to provide additional information about how this
machine has been configured and how it should (and should not)
be used. It is slightly more specialized than cfarm107/cfarm108.

In addition to some CPU and GPU differences, the base operating
system is nominally Ubuntu 24.04 but with different kernels. For
most GPU-accelerated tasks, please prefer cfarm107/cfarm108 if
exact hardware doesn't matter as those are generally faster.

cfarm109 should be reserved for users needing the specialized
CPU features or specific kernel/software versions. Of course,
everyone is free to use any machine for all legitimate purposes.

Please report any issues to the mailing list(s) or privately. We
welcome discussion about how to best configure these machines so
that they are of maximum use to all users.


Sincerely,

Compile Farm Admins