[parisc-linux] Host for 712/60 compiles

[parisc-linux] Host for 712/60 compiles

[Sandy Harris]

A couple of us have 16 diskless 712/60s which we want to use for distributed
processing on easily parallelized tasks like factoring and perhaps crypto
cracking. A few questions arise.

Is PARISC Linux far enough along to be useful for that? We need no monitor or
console (except perhaps for initial debugging), no devices except ethernet,
and expect to run only one process per machine, but we need stability.

We'll need a host for cross-compiling. We have a 256 meg 715/100 with HP/UX
which we expect to use as the host for booting, handing out chunks of work,
storing results, etc. Should we compile there under HP/UX or would we get
better tools on one of our Intel Linux boxes?

Or is PARISC Linux far enough along we should put it on the 715 and get
native compilation?

Re: [parisc-linux] Host for 712/60 compiles

[Grant Grundler]

Sandy Harris wrote:
> A couple of us have 16 diskless 712/60s which we want to use for distributed
> processing on easily parallelized tasks like factoring and perhaps crypto
> cracking. A few questions arise.
> 
> Is PARISC Linux far enough along to be useful for that? We need no monitor or
> console (except perhaps for initial debugging), no devices except ethernet,
> and expect to run only one process per machine, but we need stability.

It's not rock solid.  On 712's, it should be pretty good though.

> We'll need a host for cross-compiling. We have a 256 meg 715/100 with HP/UX
> which we expect to use as the host for booting, handing out chunks of work,
> storing results, etc. Should we compile there under HP/UX or would we get
> better tools on one of our Intel Linux boxes?

I don't think anyone has tried to cross-compile parisc-linux on an HPUX
host in quite a while.

> Or is PARISC Linux far enough along we should put it on the 715 and get
> native compilation?

AFAIK, all of the debian packages on the ISO image are built natively.
But using a dual P700 linux box would be alot faster. :^)

grant

Grant Grundler
Unix Systems Enablement Lab
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