Re: Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system

2019-02-22 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 07:20:52 +1100 "Sam Varghese" wrote: > I would value feedback from anyone on this list who has been running > Debian on an AMD Ryzen system. I have gone back through list posts for a > year and cannot find anything on this subject. > > I am running

Re: sig separator (was Re: Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system)

2019-02-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 14:14:18 + Jonathan Dowland wrote: Hello Jonathan, >Yes. I felt trying to encode the \n inside the quote marks (or putting a >literal \n in the quote marks) would harm comprehension, and hoped that Probably true. Still, there's at least one person on the list that

Re: sig separator (was Re: Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system)

2019-02-22 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 11:49:16AM +, Brad Rogers wrote: On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:54:25 + ("-- " with the trailing space) That's not quite enough to make it entirely valid; The 'dash, dash, space' must be all that's on that line. Put anything after the space, and most MUAs won't

Re: sig separator (was Re: Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system)

2019-02-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:54:25 + Jonathan Dowland wrote: Hello Jonathan, >("-- " with the trailing space) That's not quite enough to make it entirely valid; The 'dash, dash, space' must be all that's on that line. Put anything after the space, and most MUAs won't recognise it as valid. --

Re: Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system

2019-02-22 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, On 22/02/2019 14:39, Sam Varghese wrote: > On Fri, February 22, 2019 7:12 pm, Andrea Borgia wrote: >> Hi, Sam. >> >> Unless you go for the "G" variant of Ryzen (with embedded GPU(, you should >> be good to go with no special care if you use the current "testing". >> If you decide to use

sig separator (was Re: Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system)

2019-02-22 Thread Jonathan Dowland
Dear Sam Not addressing your question, but just to point out On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 07:20:52AM +1100, Sam Varghese wrote: -- (Sam Varghese) Your sig separator here ("--") does not match the common convention for sig separators ("-- " with the trailing space), and so it is not

Re: Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system

2019-02-22 Thread Sam Varghese
On Fri, February 22, 2019 7:12 pm, Andrea Borgia wrote: > Hi, Sam. > > Unless you go for the "G" variant of Ryzen (with embedded GPU(, you should > be good to go with no special care if you use the current "testing". > If you decide to use "G" as I did, you should probably opt for this > kernel: >

Re: Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system

2019-02-22 Thread Andrea Borgia
ernel-amdgpu-binaries Regards, Andrea Il giorno gio 21 feb 2019 alle ore 21:31 Sam Varghese ha scritto: > I would value feedback from anyone on this list who has been running > Debian on an AMD Ryzen system. I have gone back through list posts for a > year and cannot find anything on thi

Re: Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system

2019-02-21 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 22/02/2019 03:50, Étienne Mollier wrote: Sam Varghese wrote: I have seen some older reports about kernel issues and crashes. Hence my concern. Good Day, You were probably referring to CPU idle states bugs appearing under certain circumstances. I have been confronted to an AMD Ryzen

Re: Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system

2019-02-21 Thread Felix Miata
Sam Varghese composed on 2019-02-22 07:20 (UTC+1100): > I would value feedback from anyone on this list who has been running > Debian on an AMD Ryzen system. I have gone back through list posts for a > year and cannot find anything on this subject. (IMO, as one who has not purchased an

Re: Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system

2019-02-21 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 07:20:52AM +1100, Sam Varghese wrote: I would value feedback from anyone on this list who has been running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system. I have gone back through list posts for a year and cannot find anything on this subject. I am running the testing stream and am

Re: Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system

2019-02-21 Thread Étienne Mollier
Sam Varghese wrote: > I have seen some older reports about kernel issues and crashes. Hence my > concern. Good Day, You were probably referring to CPU idle states bugs appearing under certain circumstances. I have been confronted to an AMD Ryzen machine a few months ago, on which processor

Re: Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system

2019-02-21 Thread Sam Varghese
On Fri, February 22, 2019 8:11 am, Dan Ritter wrote: > Sam Varghese wrote: >> I have seen some older reports about kernel issues and crashes. Hence my >> concern. > > I haven't seen any while running Stretch or later. >> I presume that the built-in graphics system can be disabled from the >>

Re: Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system

2019-02-21 Thread Dan Ritter
Sam Varghese wrote: > > On Fri, February 22, 2019 7:46 am, Dan Ritter wrote: > > What are you concerned about? > > Thanks for your response, Dan. > > I have seen some older reports about kernel issues and crashes. Hence my > concern. I haven't seen any while running Stretch or later. > I

Re: Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system

2019-02-21 Thread Sam Varghese
On Fri, February 22, 2019 7:46 am, Dan Ritter wrote: > Sam Varghese wrote: >> I would value feedback from anyone on this list who has been running >> Debian on an AMD Ryzen system. I have gone back through list posts for a >> year and cannot find anything on this subjec

Re: Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system

2019-02-21 Thread Dan Ritter
Sam Varghese wrote: > I would value feedback from anyone on this list who has been running > Debian on an AMD Ryzen system. I have gone back through list posts for a > year and cannot find anything on this subject. > > I am running the testing stream and am looking to upgrade a

Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system

2019-02-21 Thread Sam Varghese
I would value feedback from anyone on this list who has been running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system. I have gone back through list posts for a year and cannot find anything on this subject. I am running the testing stream and am looking to upgrade a 10-year-old PC which I use for work. Having had