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 the testing stream and am

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
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: https://github.com/M-Bab/linux-kernel-amdgpu-binaries Regards,

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 any new AMD

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 subject. >> >> I am running the

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 10-year-old PC >