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Abstract Behold! A repeatable procedure for openSUSE Leap 16 with AMD Instinct MI100 “Arcturus” CDNA 1.0 (gfx908) accelerators. AMD does not officially list Leap in the ROCm compatibility matrix – only SLES. This guide uses the SLES 16 package repository, which matches Leap 16’s kernel build, and keeps AMD’s own driver package out of the…
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Abstract I spent almost a year developing a project that made llama.cpp easy to use, and implemented some pretty wacky math to get multi-GPU balancing as close to OOM‘ing as possible (I paid for the VRAM, I’m gonna use all the VRAM). Then Unsloth released Studio. I was hesitant to try it, because so much…
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Abstract This document provides step-by-step instructions for configuring a network monitoring (SPAN/mirror) port on a Mellanox switch. It outlines the necessary Web UI commands and key considerations to enable traffic mirroring for network analysis and troubleshooting. I love these switches – specifically the SX1024. They’re cheap on eBay, and have lots of 10GbE and 40GbE…
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Abstract This document describes the process of installing the IBM AIX 7.3 Unix operating system on the IBM Power platform. We’ll also cover patching/updating the latest Fix Packs (TL and SP), along with installing the AIX Toolbox of open source applications. I like AIX because it is interesting and different from Linux and BSD –…
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