dannf’s blog
On Free Software and Cycling
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Custom Storage Layouts w/ MAAS preseeds.
I’ve been working on a project to dynamically create customize server storage layouts using MAAS preseeds. Thanks to some good advice from a couple colleagues, I have something that works pretty well for me. See…
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Bike MS Colorado 2020
I’ve signed up to ride Bike MS 2020 for a 3rd year June 27-28. They haven’t published the route yet, but it’s usually a 100 mile route from Westminster to Fort Collins, then around 50…
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Passing lots of PCIe devices to a KVM guest
I was experimenting to see if there are any practical limits to passing a large number (>64) of PCIe devices to a QEMU/KVM guest in Ubuntu 18.04. My understanding is that I should be able…
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Bike MS 2019
I’m riding Bike MS Colorado as part of Team Left Hand again this year. We’ll do 100 miles from Denver to Fort Collins, finishing over the Horsetooth Reservoir dam. The next day, we’ll do 76…
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Deploying Ubuntu OpenStack to ARM64 servers
At Canonical, we’ve been doing work to make sure Ubuntu OpenStack deploys on ARM servers as easily as on x86. Whether you have Qualcomm 2400 REP boards, Cavium ThunderX boards, HiSilicon D05 boards, or other…
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arm64 trusty images now work on GICv3 hosts
Ubuntu 14.04 originally shipped with a 4.4-based kernel, which didn’t yet support booting as a KVM guest on GICv3 systems. This meant you could only boot trusty instances on GICv2-based hosts. However, thanks to our…
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Custom Storage Layouts w/ MAAS preseeds.
I’ve been working on a project to dynamically create customize server storage layouts using…
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Passing lots of PCIe devices to a KVM guest
I was experimenting to see if there are any practical limits to passing a…
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Deploying Ubuntu OpenStack to ARM64 servers
At Canonical, we’ve been doing work to make sure Ubuntu OpenStack deploys on ARM…
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arm64 trusty images now work on GICv3 hosts
Ubuntu 14.04 originally shipped with a 4.4-based kernel, which didn’t yet support booting as…