Re: RISC-V -- are we ready for more, and what do we need to do it?

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On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 5:11 AM David Abdurachmanov
<david.abdurachmanov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 3:22 PM Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 9:15 AM Neal Gompa <ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 8:47 AM Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 2:42 AM David Abdurachmanov
> > > > <david.abdurachmanov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 2:28 AM Jeff Law <jlaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 1/6/23 23:41, David Abdurachmanov wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Summary from multi-year discussions/feedback on this:
> > > > > > > - We don't have proper hardware to put into the data center that holds
> > > > > > > servers used by Fedora infrastructure.
> > > > > > Right.  dev boards are not the solution here.  It's got to be something
> > > > > > that can be racked and with enough performance to matter.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > - Not enough single and multi thread performance to avoid large impact
> > > > > > > to Fedora development.
> > > > > > Agreed.   Returning to a situation like we had with armv7 isn't
> > > > > > acceptable IMHO.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Other than that Fedora/RISCV 37 is the first Fedora version to be
> > > > > > > built fully natively using 20+ SiFive HiFive Unmatched boards. On a
> > > > > > > good day we can keep up (if the builds aren't too large, e.g. GCC). We
> > > > > > > don't really run Bodhi thus once package is built it's immediately
> > > > > > > available. We run a very minimal setup right now (ideas to expand
> > > > > > > that).
> > > > > > It's fantastic we've got that far.  But clearly it's not viable long term.
> > > > >
> > > > > Agreed. We have been cooking Fedora/RISCV since 2016, but we really
> > > > > cannot move forward until the proper hardware (and things around it)
> > > > > becomes available.
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Another news is that Fedora/RISCV Koji server (
> > > > > > > http://fedora.riscv.rocks/koji/ ) just moved into Fedora infra owned
> > > > > > > server. We are about to start work on Fedora 38/Rawhide.
> > > > > > Excellent.  I'll have to update my chroots and containers as the F38
> > > > > > bits start appearing.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am still tweaking the server configuration, but I should be ready
> > > > > for mass building soonish.
> > > > > I might want to wait for GCC 13 to land in Rawhide, which should
> > > > > happen soon (I think).
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 2023 is potentially a transition year. Ventana Veyron V1 Development
> > > > > > > Platform looks good (I assume it has BMC). SOPHGO SG2042 should also
> > > > > > > show up with 64-core @ 2.0GHz (T-HEAD C910) in early 2023 (?) I am not
> > > > > > > yet convinced about their upstream support efforts (TBD).
> > > > > > Yes Veyron-v1 will have a BMC and will be rackable.   I have no
> > > > > > significant insight into the T-HEAD efforts other than they do work a
> > > > > > fair amount with VRULL on compiler and related technology.
> > > > >
> > > > > I noticed that VRULL has been involved with T-HEAD on GCC and
> > > > > potentially kernel side for a few months now. This makes them much
> > > > > more optimistic about their SoC/HW support in general.
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > If there is away to acquire Veyron V1 Development Platform I would be
> > > > > > > interested to talk, and figure out what that would take. Such hardware
> > > > > > > would be a game charger, and I do trust Ventana regarding upstream
> > > > > > > support :)
> > > > > > I'll be pushing to make systems available to Fedora and the GCC farm,
> > > > > > but in general Ventana is more aligned towards Ubuntu.  My goal is to
> > > > > > have Fedora and Ubuntu on equal footing as quickly as possible.
> > > > >
> > > > > We have been trying to get stuff into GCC Compiler Farm for years now.
> > > > > There are a couple of boards IIRC. There are additional requirements
> > > > > on the software side (well, distributions) that we couldn't provide
> > > > > for quite some time.
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I do know rackable systems will be limited -- there's one particular
> > > > > > component needed on the rackable systems that is in very short supply.
> > > > > > We've got multiple orders in, but quantities are limited and lead times
> > > > > > are absolutely insane.
> > > > >
> > > > > FYI, I think, the new aarch64 builders are 8 core, 35G RAM and 8G
> > > > > swap. The older machines had 8G/core setup. There seems to be 8 (?)
> > > > > servers with 80 cores, but so far only 40-50 builders are enabled (no
> > > > > overcommitting on CPU as that's not a great idea [based on my own
> > > > > experience]).
> > > > >
> > > > > I expect Veyron V1 to deliver a decent single and multi thread
> > > > > performance, but we will need a lot of them. Probably 20-25 systems if
> > > > > we assume a similar configuration as aarch64 builders (8-core, 32-64G
> > > > > of RAM, 100-200G for storage). RAM and storage are cheap, but systems
> > > > > will continue to be a problem. If we could somehow get to this level
> > > > > we could stop investing into SBCs as they are stop-gap solutions for
> > > > > builders.
> > > > >
> > > > > Based on some guesses there isn't a lot of time either. I would love
> > > > > to bootstrap CentOS Stream 10. It would be nice to have Fedora +
> > > > > riscv64 in a good shape before that happens, but probably unrealistic.
> > > >
> > > > It is very unlikely that CentOS Stream 10 will include RISC-V as a
> > > > fully included architecture.  Perhaps via a CentOS Stream SIG.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I believe that was the implication in the first place, hence
> > > mentioning CentOS Stream rather than RHEL.
> >
> > Better to be clear about direction up-front, so thanks for clarifying.
> > "CentOS Stream" is used as both an umbrella term and a specific OS and
> > it causes confusion sometimes.
>
> Yes, that would be CentOS Stream SIG. There is interest in this.
>
> >
> > > The Alternative Architectures SIG in CentOS would be where this would
> > > happen. But the work needs to be done in Fedora first.
> >
> > Alternative Arches would totally make sense to me.  And agreed Fedora
> > needs to land first.
>
> Agreed. Doing some prediction based on the history, we have 2-3 Fedora
> releases before CentOS Stream 10 might happen.
> Without EPEL CentOS Stream (package wise) is not large. Of course the
> majority (if not all) users consider EPEL an important part of the
> experience.
>

There is precedent for the AltArch SIG to rebuild EPEL for an
alternative architecture. I think the way it would be done today would
necessarily need to be different from how it was done in the times we
build 32-bit x86 and ARM support with CentOS 7, but it's absolutely doable.



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