<clever>
line 23, is the default /bin/sh for nix sandboxes, a busybox sh
<clever>
and then various things that depended on nix
<gchristensen>
not sure why it uses a different busybox, but that doesn't really explain _so_ much more disk space does it?
<clever>
and they are likely different builds of busybox, a fully featured one for the initrd (so nixos-rebuild is less likely to need network, busybox is only a build-time dep)
<samueldr>
any reasons to think it shouldn't? there are a couple reasons to think it would
<samueldr>
mainly, if the thing wasn't built yet, or wouldn't be built by the cache
<hark>
i got multiple times a timeout, so i checked, then assumed i was looking at some different page
<samueldr>
I see, though right now AFAIK the cache might be a bit stale (I could be wrong) if it never builds without building the sd-image files it could be as old as from september 13th
<samueldr>
though looking at the timestamps "Last modified" on the listing it may have been updated on october 13th
<samueldr>
Dezgeg: any issues with your builds? simply taking a nap?
<sphalerite>
I'm guessing it's probably just the NFS bork again
<hark>
samueldr: not sure it that thing is supposed to be in that cache, it was one of the ones that timed out
<samueldr>
at least, it isn't on the server, and isn't on my mirror (so probably wasn't on the server ever)
<bennofs[m]>
what is the output size limit on hydra? how small do we need the sd-image to get so it builds?
<bennofs[m]>
ok hydra default appears to be `2ULL << 30` so I guess 2 GiB?
<gchristensen>
bennofs[m]++
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<sphalerite>
We at mayflower would quite like to get ourselves an ARM build server (hardware), does anyone have any idea where to find something like that?
<sphalerite>
I've been able to find the GIGABYTE thunderx2 servers, but is there maybe something more similar to the elusive hi1616 chipset or anything?
<gchristensen>
sphalerite: why buy over rent?
<clever>
sphalerite: packet.net has aarch64, but its currently sold-out
<sphalerite>
gchristensen: would be interested in hearing what you hear from libre.computer since you asked about getting something like that
<sphalerite>
clever: yeah no we want to buy something
<gchristensen>
but why? :)
<gchristensen>
sphalerite: and, aarch64? armv7 capabale? send me more details (core count, ram, quantity, timeline) I can put you in touch with someone
<gchristensen>
also, think hard about why you want a physical box :)
<sphalerite>
gchristensen: we want warranty-voiding powers and to have it on the LAN :)
* gchristensen
shrugs
<gchristensen>
sure, if you want me to put you in touch with someone, send me some details (^)and I'll reach out to some folks :)
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<samueldr>
the hisilicon hardware on packet is from huawei
<samueldr>
if it helps you finding such a vendor
<samueldr>
sphalerite: the 60 core device is not from libre.computer, from a partner of theirs, firefly (just in case)
<sphalerite>
samueldr: is it listed anywhere?
<gchristensen>
no
<samueldr>
I didn't keep notes of what I found :/
<gchristensen>
it isn't for sale
<samueldr>
Huawei Taishan 2280*
<gchristensen>
"They also showed me a really cool 60-core fanless ARM64 cluster board (private development; not yet released)…"
<makefu>
maybe the firefly people can make some connections via the worksonarm ecosystem. especially if they can provide the `60 core` aarch64 device they supposently talked about
<gchristensen>
yeah maybe the can
<gchristensen>
I'll ask if they'd like to be put in touch
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<samueldr>
it all depends if 60 cores is something like 10 SBCs joined together in a network :/
<makefu>
that would be nice, i have the feeling that they are quite desperate in establishing connections and ties into the european market