Re: Intel XEON Phi: Linux only?

2012-06-19 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Scott Long wrote: > On Jun 19, 2012, at 4:31 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > >> I bet the answer is something like "Get FreeBSD up on it or work with >> someone who can help you do that." >> >> It's a catch-22 just like GPU - unless ${COMPANY} has customers using >> it,

Re: Intel XEON Phi: Linux only?

2012-06-19 Thread Scott Long
On Jun 19, 2012, at 4:31 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > I bet the answer is something like "Get FreeBSD up on it or work with > someone who can help you do that." > > It's a catch-22 just like GPU - unless ${COMPANY} has customers using > it, they're not likely to dedicate resources, and no users will

Re: Intel XEON Phi: Linux only?

2012-06-19 Thread Adrian Chadd
I bet the answer is something like "Get FreeBSD up on it or work with someone who can help you do that." It's a catch-22 just like GPU - unless ${COMPANY} has customers using it, they're not likely to dedicate resources, and no users will use it if it doesn't work, so .. who will break the cycle.

Intel XEON Phi: Linux only?

2012-06-19 Thread O. Hartmann
Taken this message, http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTExOTE it seems Intel does favour Linux for the new massiv parallel "Knights Corner" add-on PCIe card. The news doesn't mention any other opensource OS (like FreeBSD), but Phoronix is well known for its Linux relation. So, doe