[NLPL Task Force (A)] [rt.uio.no #3396801] newer CUDA versions on Abel

[Ole Saastad via RT]

On Sun, 2019-05-12 at 13:17 +0200, Stephan Oepen via RT wrote:
> > 
> so, is it actually not so easy to just provision the CUDA 10
> libraries
> as another module, without touching the drivers?  

Done (10.1, not tested), this is just installing some software in a
directory. Updating the driver is a bit more intrusive. It require
downtime and reboot of the gpu compute nodes.

> or are we running up
> against a matter of principle here, no more software updates on Abel?
> 
Yes, you are right, with only months left og it's lifetime we spend
most of our effort on installing and setting up the new systems. 
Plans was to shut down Abel more than a year ago. 

Regards,
Ole


> cheers, oe
> 
> 
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