[gentoo-user] Re: HBM gpus

[James]

R0b0t1 <r030t1 <at> gmail.com> writes:


> 1) AMD cards usually have okay FOSS driver support, but all that is
> available might be the mfr-supported ones for some time.
> 2) It will never overheat in the stock configuration (which you would
> have to do a great deal to change) unless you are retarded. Note
> "stock configuration" usually assumes 25C as the ambient temperature.


In lieu of 'retarded' does 'dense' work for you? (OK with me).
I do intend to experiment with gcc-5 and other compilers where
the gpu memory  & resources is available for generic compiling [1].
 So I'm sure tight monitoring of the  card's temperatures  and power
consumption is very important for my experiments. 
And no, I have no idea how to do this properly; I've only read
about it, but that is  the joy in smoking ~700 in hardware? 
Hopefully not. I'm still trying to figure out if my Gigabyte::
990FXa-UD3 mobo can handle this card. It has an 8350 with a water
cooler and dual fans on the cpu. The card also comes with a water
cooler so I do have a roof mount for another fan in the Thermaltake chassis
(V03000 series Level 10 GTS). This top of chasis fan mount is bit,
so I might need and adaptor plate custom made.....


The last time I properly set up a Radeon card, it took
some time to ferret out the versions for that particular gpu; as I vaguely
recall there were dozens to choose from the Foss collection:
(Cape Verde/Pitcairn)..... with:
VIDEO_CARDS="radeon fbdev vesa"


If I use the vendor drivers what does make.conf look like (it's been a long
time since I used vendor  drivers. Does that change if I intend to
access the gpu resources in system compilations [2,3] ? Is this problematic
from linux; I sure hope not as I dont do windows.....

 Any tidbits  or suggestions are appreciated, like repos that have 
beta foss drivers for a radeon config.....


Tia,
James


[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/OpenACC
[2] http://www.openacc.org/node/365
[3] http://www.openacc-standard.org/