bug#36786: Warn of AMD GPUs unusable with Guix System

pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote on 26 Jul 2019 22:03 > I would rather see a more prominent link to the manual and h-node > where on the downloads page it says “runs on i686, x86_64, ARM”, > because I suppose many people do not read the manual until they know > they need to, and instead expect t

bug#36786: Warn of AMD GPUs unusable with Guix System

Would it be better to find a way to fix these issue rather than warn people about it? They look realatively easy to fix. For the Radeon / AMDGPU drivers to work, you need: - A patch need to be upstreamed in linux-libre for the GPU family to make the driver load. That patch needs to be tested on

bug#36786: Warn of AMD GPUs unusable with Guix System

On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 05:56:23PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" skribis: > > While my patch before addresses AMD-specific tweaks in the manual > > under Hardware Considerations, it is not enough if on the *download > > page* Guix is claimed to run on “an i686, x86_6

bug#36786: Warn of AMD GPUs unusable with Guix System

Hi Florian, "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" skribis: > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 01:04:40AM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> What about adding a few words under “Hardware Considerations”? Oops, I hadn’t seen your patch when I replied. > While my patch before addresses AMD-specific tweaks in the man

bug#36786: Warn of AMD GPUs unusable with Guix System

On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 01:04:40AM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > What about adding a few words under “Hardware Considerations”? > While my patch before addresses AMD-specific tweaks in the manual under Hardware Considerations, it is not enough if on the *download page* Guix is claimed to run on

bug#36786: Warn of AMD GPUs unusable with Guix System

Ricardo Wurmus skribis: > pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) writes: > >> On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 05:42:49PM +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: >>> We could make a list of known bad GPUs. >>> >> >> When thinking about it, a list of known bad GPUs might be legally >> safer than saying AMD GPUs are

bug#36786: Warn of AMD GPUs unusable with Guix System

On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 09:05:06PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > Do you think it would be enough if we pointed to h-node.org and > mentioned kernel flags that might be useful in certain generic cases? > Yes, that is a very good suggestion and easiest to do. I did not think about h-node… The ma

bug#36786: Warn of AMD GPUs unusable with Guix System

pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) writes: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 05:42:49PM +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: >> We could make a list of known bad GPUs. >> > > When thinking about it, a list of known bad GPUs might be legally > safer than saying AMD GPUs are often bad. I sympathize with the

bug#36786: Warn of AMD GPUs unusable with Guix System

On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 05:42:49PM +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: > We could make a list of known bad GPUs. > When thinking about it, a list of known bad GPUs might be legally safer than saying AMD GPUs are often bad. Regards, Florian

bug#36786: Warn of AMD GPUs unusable with Guix System

On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 04:56:03PM +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: > very new AMD GPUs like: > […] > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2019-07/msg00179.html > Sorry. The reporter said this GPU is a Radeon R9 280X 3G. I was wrong to believe it was a new GPU just because the CP

bug#36786: Warn of AMD GPUs unusable with Guix System

Back in , I wrote: On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 10:35:43AM +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: > On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 11:47:56AM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" skribis: > > > I believe issues w