Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CPU upgrade and LVM questions.

[J. Roeleveld]

On December 9, 2018 6:23:07 PM UTC, "Taiidan@×××.com" <Taiidan@×××.com> wrote:
>On 12/07/2018 06:47 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>> On 07/12/2018 09:30, Dale wrote:
>>> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>>>> If you want to see all of the installed packages that are affected,
>>>> you need to set CPU_FLAGS_X86 to an empty string:
>>>>
>>>>    CPU_FLAGS_X86=""
>>>>
>>>> and then do "emerge -puDN --with-bdeps=y @world". This is because
>>>> CPU_FLAGS_X86 is not empty by default. It contains sse and sse2 by
>>>> default, because these are supported by all 64-bit CPUs.
>>>>
>>>
>>> What I did, I commented out the whole line and ran it that way.
>>
>> If you comment it out, it will have default values. If you set it to
>an
>> empty string, you should be able to see which packages make use of
>the
>> default flags (like sse and sse2.)
>>
>> Note it's a pretend emerge (-p). Just to check which packages you
>have
>> installed that make use of these flags.
>>
>>
>>> One last question for anyone who has done this recently.  When
>finished,
>>> I'll have a FX-8350 CPU with 8 cores at 4.0/4.2GHz, 32GBs of memory
>all
>>> on a Gigabyte 970 series mobo.  Would there be any point in
>upgrading to
>>> a whole new rig or is what I have about as fast is reasonable to
>build?
>>> I don't do gaming or anything.  Even the GTX 650 video card is
>likely
>>> overkill for what I do here.  The older 200 series card is working
>just
>>> fine.  On one hand, my current build is several years old.  On the
>>> other, computers seem to have reached their peak.  I'm sure there is
>>> more powerful systems out there but would I be any better off with
>one?
>
>Since the AM3+ and its C32/G34 Opteron counterparts are the last and
>best x86 cpus without ME/PSP I would say you are better off with what
>you have - the best piledriver cpus like the FX-8350+ are still able to
>play the latest games and in a VM via IOMMU-GFX if you want.
>
>In any case I would consider a OpenPOWER (ppc64/ppc64le) arch system
>(like the blackbird or talos 2) as an upgrade path instead of any
>futher
>x86 stuff as there aren't any black boxes, there is
>documentation+firmware sources and the cpus are made in usa.

Made in USA isn't necessarily a good thing when talking about not wanting any hidden back doors.
Not sure which country would be a reliable location though, I wouldn't trust Western European countries either.

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