[nycbug-talk] Small hardware request

[Brian Callahan]

On 1/4/2014 10:48 PM, Justin Dearing wrote:
> I thought qemu was the fastest out there? Are you compiling all the
> ports? I don't know what fast enough is for you, but I'm able to build
> RPMs from source just fine with the smallest linux VM azure will give
> you. Ditto for single core Virtualbox and hyper-V vms.
>

Virtualbox and hyper-V are non-options (no OpenBSD host support).
Besides, testing graphical applications is infinitely more valuable on 
real hardware.

>
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 7:47 PM, Brian Callahan <bcallah at devio.us
> <mailto:bcallah at devio.us>> wrote:
>
>     On 1/4/2014 6:59 PM, Justin Dearing wrote:
>
>         Brian,
>
>         Out of curosity, is there a point to testing the i386 ports on bare
>         metal as opposed to a VM or is it just the hardware you have on
>         hand?
>
>
>     QEMU is terribly slow...
>
>     ~Brian
>
>         Justin
>
>
>         On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Brian Callahan <bcallah at devio.us
>         <mailto:bcallah at devio.us>
>         <mailto:bcallah at devio.us <mailto:bcallah at devio.us>>> wrote:
>
>              Hi talk --
>
>              I have a tiny hardware request: if someone has an old AGP
>         ATI/AMD
>              graphics card they have lying around and are willing to
>         part with, I
>              would be much appreciative. This is for the machine I use
>         for my
>              i386 ports testing; the old GPU card died.
>
>              It need not be high end or anything, as long as it's
>         ATI/AMD that's
>              all I need.
>
>              Please contact me off-list. If you're coming to the meeting on
>              Wednesday, I can take it from you then.
>
>              Thanks!
>
>              ~Brian
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