✧✦Catherine✦✧Apr 8

hey wanna see somethng cursed

one part of this NIC is downloading UEFI boot options from another part of this NIC over HTTP. (well, failing to do it for some reason)

you're welcome

Show threadRa (Freyja) (it/its)𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩Apr 8
@whitequark oh no. oh no that implies multiple fucking processors
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧Apr 8
@freya yes it has two linuxes on it
Show threadRa (Freyja) (it/its)𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩Apr 8
@whitequark that is not an NIC
Show threadThe DoctorApr 8
@freya @whitequark Who the fuck does this outside of an espionage op?
Show threadRa (Freyja) (it/its)𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩Apr 8
@drwho @whitequark fucking software-defined networking datacenter assholes
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧
@freya @drwho it can also (with a different firmware) act as a PCIe root complex and directly talk to NVMe drives
Apr 8 at 2:16amWeb
Show threadRa (Freyja) (it/its)𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩Apr 8
@whitequark @drwho why. why is it like this. whjy is everything so software-defined I hate it
Show threadRa (Freyja) (it/its)𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩Apr 8
@whitequark @drwho it's a fucking NIC. it should interface networks, on a controller, in a network interfacey controllery way
Show threadThe DoctorApr 8
@whitequark @freya What the waste heat emitting fuck?
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧Apr 8

@drwho @freya well it sort of makes sense, if you just want a NAS you might as well skip the bits between "400 Gbps NIC with a Linux on it already" and "NVMe drives"

however from talking to people who use this card it's really just... not good