[Libre-soc-dev] ls180 update

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

https://doc.fed4fire.eu/getanaccount.html

jean-phillipe can you sign up there, then request to join the project named
"libre-soc"?

i am trusting you not to screw with these machines if we are granted
access, e.g. don't use them for bitcoin mining like some russian scientists
did a few years back.

l.


On Monday, April 19, 2021, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net>
wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 2:08 AM Jean-Philippe Turcotte
> <jp2k5 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > btw i can just simply send you the VST (VHDL) files.
> >
> > That would be much easier, yes!
>
> you will still need cocotb, verilator, etc. etc. and this git repo:
> https://git.libre-soc.org/?p=soc-cocotb-sim.git;a=summary
>
> which needs documenting.
>
> > > oh, you need verilator v4.106 not later than that
> > > [...]
> > > experiments10_verilog, soclayout repository, designed for exactly that
> [a faster-to-run example].
> >
> > Gotcha.
> >
> > > i have reached out to a test company through nlnet, you should not
> have to
> > > pay.
> >
> > Oh wow, do keep me posted.
> >
> > > what does it [gg] provide that distcc does not?
> >
> > It seems idiot-proof. I could not understand how distcc would work in
> the cloud.
>
> ssh.  brain-dead-simple.  list the hosts in an env variable
> (DISTCC_HOSTS). copy ssh keys to each host.  export CC=distcc.  it
> really couldn't get any simpler.
> https://linux.die.net/man/1/distcc
>
> if you totally want to break security on an open network, use the
> daemon.  if you have a VPN, distcc daemon is useful.
>
> l.
>


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