[cfarm-users] cfarm109 additional details

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Fri, Mar 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM Zach van Rijn via cfarm-users <
cfarm-users at lists.tetaneutral.net> wrote:

> 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.


Thank you Ryan and David!

Jeff
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