In gmane.comp.mathematics.sage.devel, you wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Dima Pasechnik <dimp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 2012-04-29, Jeroen Demeyer <jdeme...@cage.ugent.be> wrote: >>> On 2012-04-28 20:44, mmarco wrote: >>>> Will some day ARM be one of the platforms oficially supported? >>> I guess a platform can only be truly officially supported if there is a >>> buildbot for it. If we don't test on ARM, sooner or later something >>> will break. >> >> one can try hosting a buildbot on http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/CompileFarm >> I have no idea how hard is to actually get an account there though. >> (And they only have ARM running Ubuntu 9.10, it seems) > > I can possibly buy an ARM linux box specifically for this purpose > (using Sage Foundation money), or get one added to skynet, maybe. > What would be the optimal ARM computer for this purpose, optimal OS, > etc.? Please be as precise as possible. Thanks!
it seems there is no "high-power" ARM box available, and it's not so easy to get something ready-to-use, with Ethernet and HD built-in. Currently the fastest available things are ARM Cortex-9 chip-based, which is a dual-core 1GHz. A standard build of Sage on such a thing takes a while (10 hours or so, using both cores). One option might be: http://trimslice.com/web/trim-slice-h-specifications (specifically, Trim-Slice H250, which has a HD built-in, something that might be better suited for our purposes, and it has Ubuntu installed.) it can be ordered directly here: http://trimslice.com/web/order-direct Otherwise one might need to buy a development board, which is probably too much trouble. On the other hand they now (released only this year) have Cortex-15 chip, which is up to quad-core and 2GHz. Dima -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
