unofficial linux-ck repo with cpu optimized packages is ONLINE

graysky · 2014-10-21 19:17:10

Since you are hitting that problem with official packages (qt4 libreoffice) I don't think it's a repo-ck thing. Best to clear and re-d/l. Enjoy.

runical · 2014-10-23 20:27:27

This question might have been answered already, but will the future builds also be able to load microcode early as per the news? (Or, if I am really ignorant: Does it already do this?)

Last edited by runical (2014-10-23 20:29:39)

Scimmia · 2014-10-23 20:29:04

runical, it's already done in 3.16.6-3, the databases just haven't been updated yet.

graysky · 2014-10-23 20:29:28

runical wrote:

This question might have been answered already, but will the future builds also be able to load microcode early as per the news?

Already implemented in 3.16.6-3, see the changelog: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Linux-ck/Changelog... live in the repo a few moments ago.

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runical · 2014-10-23 20:30:32

Ah, I didn't check the changelog. Thanks!

orschiro · 2014-10-24 05:24:43

@graysky

I frequently receive timeouts when downloading packages from repo-ck. A server issue?

error: failed retrieving file 'linux-ck-core2-3.16.6-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from repo-ck.com : transfer closed with 44411165 bytes remaining to read------------------------]  22%
warning: failed to retrieve some files
 linux-ck-core2-headers-3.16.6-3-x86_64                                            6.0 MiB   687K/s 00:09 [###############################################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Scimmia · 2014-10-24 07:02:29

@orschiro, yes, been discussed more than once in this thread.

WorMzy · 2014-10-24 07:29:49

There's a work-around listed on the repo-ck page.

orschiro · 2014-10-24 07:59:42

@WorMzy

Thanks for the hint. I now use wget to resume update processes. Also very useful for any other package.

mjuti · 2014-10-24 08:16:07

danij3l wrote:

can anyone confirm or deny that hasswell optimized linux-ck works on haswell generation Celerons (like Celeron 2955U found in many Chromebooks) since they don't have AVX/AVX2 extensions?

A couple months ago I tried on a Chromebox ( same cpu ) but it failed to boot ( blank screen ) Since that I have not tried, please report back how it was going for you.

czubek · 2014-10-24 15:46:24

graysky wrote:

runical wrote:
This question might have been answered already, but will the future builds also be able to load microcode early as per the news?
Already implemented in 3.16.6-3, see the changelog: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Linux-ck/Changelog... live in the repo a few moments ago.

In another thread related to the microcode change it was suggested that the "/boot/intel-ucode.img" should be added to the initrd only after the kernel upgrade has occured. Is this the case with linux-ck?

clfarron4 · 2014-10-24 18:28:49

czubek wrote:

graysky wrote:
runical wrote:
This question might have been answered already, but will the future builds also be able to load microcode early as per the news?
Already implemented in 3.16.6-3, see the changelog: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Linux-ck/Changelog... live in the repo a few moments ago.
In another thread related to the microcode change it was suggested that the "/boot/intel-ucode.img" should be added to the initrd only after the kernel upgrade has occured. Is this the case with linux-ck?

Yes. And it should be same with all the kernels that have implemented the config changes.

czubek · 2014-10-24 19:41:21

@cl. Thank you. My reading of the wiki didn't explicitly warn about doing the initrd addition only after the kernel upgrade. I will upgrade this evening but before doing so I will remove the initrd ucode.img. I guess it's just a matter of waiting untill the kernels get upgraded.

see post 22 of https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=188252

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graysky · 2014-10-24 19:53:20

If you omit the manually added line referencing intel-ucode.img nothing bad should happen. No need to uninstall the package, it just won't get loaded. I don't think the converse is true...

karol · 2014-10-25 16:40:51

I haven't used the repo in a while and apart from losing connection (happened before, I can deal with it), I now get ~15kbps download speed. It doesn't have to be 1000 times faster, but if it's an ongoing and widespread issue (or is it just me?), maybe using a torrent would be faster?

Questions:
1. Are there enough users to seed?
2. graysky would have yet another thing to do - or can somebody help him with this?

graysky · 2014-10-25 16:55:56

Torrent distribution is not practical. The godaddy host shouldn't be that slow. For me, it is nice and fast, maybe try again in a few min?

% wget http://repo-ck.com/x86_64/linux-ck-ivybridge-3.16.6-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz        
...
2014-10-25 12:55:33 (4.86 MB/s) - ‘linux-ck-ivybridge-3.16.6-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz’ saved [57049464/57049464]

karol · 2014-10-25 17:04:41

I've been trying for a while and I did finally download it. My internet is nice and fast - apart from the current linux-ck issue.
I'll keep an eye on it. If it's just a once-in-a-blue-moon hiccup, it's not worth trying to work around it.

SanskritFritz · 2014-10-25 17:40:18

graysky wrote:

Torrent distribution is not practical.

Why do you think so? I would certainly seed.
My problem is mostly that the download gets interrupted many times and I have to start pacman -Syu again. Luckily the download continues from where it was interrupted.

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graysky · 2014-10-25 17:44:33

SanskritFritz wrote:

graysky wrote:
Torrent distribution is not practical.
Why do you think so?

Correct me if I'm wrong but pacman cannot handle distribution via torrents, no?

karol · 2014-10-25 17:50:44

SanskritFritz wrote:

graysky wrote:
Torrent distribution is not practical.
Why do you think so? I would certainly seed.

According to stats.pdf (it's linked in the first post) there should be enough users to distribute at least the more popular packages.

SanskritFritz wrote:

My problem is mostly that the download gets interrupted many times and I have to start pacman -Syu again. Luckily the download continues from where it was interrupted.

Are you using the tricks mentioned in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Re … _regularly ?

I don't need to have it integrated in pacman, I download the file via a torrent and use 'pacman -U'.

graysky · 2014-10-25 18:05:27

@karol - There are plenty of users, but the logistics of making a .torrent file for each package+sig is too much. Please many folks use repo-ck as a regular repo pulled via pacman. As you pointed out, torrent distribution would be a manual thing.

SanskritFritz · 2014-10-25 23:14:56

karol wrote:

SanskritFritz wrote:
My problem is mostly that the download gets interrupted many times and I have to start pacman -Syu again. Luckily the download continues from where it was interrupted.
Are you using the tricks mentioned in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Re … _regularly ?

Thanks, that part skipped my attention.

@graysky I must agree, torrent is not integrated into pacman, this way it would be impractical indeed.

czubek · 2014-10-28 14:26:32

Linux-ck wiki states that, when compiling from AUR, to enable BFQ I/O scheduler both

_BFQ_enable_="y"

is needed in the pkgbuild and,

Add elevator=bfq to the kernel parameters.

is needed in the boot loader.

I use the pre-compiled linux-ck-atom from graysky's Repo-ck repository. When a new version arrives it automatically installs. I do not make any alterations to the pkgbuild.

I looked at graysky's pkgbuild at https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/li/linux-ck/PKGBUILD and the _BFQ_enable_= flag is blank.

Does this mean that I must intercept the package and revise the BFQ flag manually?

Am I reading the wrong pkgbuild and graysky's pkgbuild already has the BFQ flag enabled?

clfarron4 · 2014-10-28 15:47:51

czubek wrote:

Linux-ck wiki states that, when compiling from AUR, to enable BFQ I/O scheduler both
_BFQ_enable_="y"
is needed in the pkgbuild and,
Add elevator=bfq to the kernel parameters.
is needed in the boot loader.
I use the pre-compiled linux-ck-atom from graysky's Repo-ck repository. When a new version arrives it automatically installs. I do not make any alterations to the pkgbuild.
I looked at graysky's pkgbuild at https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/li/linux-ck/PKGBUILD and the _BFQ_enable_= flag is blank.
Does this mean that I must intercept the package and revise the BFQ flag manually?
Am I reading the wrong pkgbuild and graysky's pkgbuild already has the BFQ flag enabled?

The linux-ck packages (including the ones in graysky's repository and the one's I maintain) all come with BFQ compiled in the kernel so that you can use it if you wish.

In graysky's packages, the _BFQ_enable_= flag is blank so you use CFQ (the standard kernel queuing mechanism) by default. Adding elevator=bfq to the kernel parameters tells the OS that you want to use BFQ instead.

If you compile the kernel yourself with _BFQ_enable_="y", then you will be using BFQ all the time with that compiled kernel.

czubek · 2014-10-28 15:56:57

@ cl. Thank you for that great and thorough explanation. I append the elevator statement in my bootloader but wasn't sure it initiated BFQ. Thank you again.

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