CoreforgeFinally tried to hook up an AM4 chipset to a raspberry pi (someone suggested this on the pi-pci repository a few years ago), and it turns out it mostly just works.
Giovanni@Holocene The first HUB pcie lane on the socket (there's 16 GFX lanes, which goes to the x16 slot usually used for a GPU, 4 GPP lanes, here they're connected to the m.2 slot, and 4 HUB lanes that go to the chipset)
MrGrumpyMonkey@coreforge @Holocene Thank you for blowing my mind master electronics engineer. *bows*
I have no idea how someone can understand that. It's far to complex for this caveman brain, but it's still fascinating as hell. And for some reason, I understood most of what you typed out. What does that make me? Just someone in aw of your mental capacity, just nodding and agreeing, but never being able to describe it in such a way. Thanks your nerdy-ness.
@mrgrumpymonkey @coreforge I like to make computers easier to understand. It's true they can appear complicated and even I don't know much about electrical engineering but a lot of complex circuits are just based on simple concepts: cpu= central processing unit= a general purpose processor =am4; pci-e= storage and video bus for disk/m.2 and graphics card, HUB= bus lanes for pci-e. Like high speed rail.
@Holocene @coreforge I love working on computers. I hope to be able to do so again in the future. Just not as low level as this. But perhaps I could meet someone as smart as you while fixing computers again. Until then, I'll enjoy it from afar.
@mrgrumpymonkey @coreforge I work at all levels as a systems thinker. What's your Linux preference? I may need an operating system developer if you're interested: https://github.com/hatonthecat/Pokey-Linux
@Holocene @coreforge My Linux preferences is the Debian flavor MX on my desktop & CachyOS on my laptop. I'm more of a Tech Support guy who has experience doing driver testing and can keep a computer running on the hardware side of things.
If you want a developer, ping @GarretSidzaka. He's working on PseudoDragon. I'm just kind of there for the ride.
https://pseudodragon.org/
