[nycbug-talk] APU

[Mark Saad]

> On Jan 9, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Jared Davenport <jared at thegridsource.com> wrote:
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>> On 01/09/2014 10:13 AM, George Rosamond wrote:
>> Jared Davenport:
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>>>> On 12/19/2013 10:45 AM, George Rosamond wrote:
>>>> Jared Davenport:
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>>>>>> On 12/18/2013 11:45 PM, Jim B. wrote:
>>>>>> * Jared Davenport <jared at thegridsource.com> [2013-12-18 
>>>>>> 22:57]:
>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>> On 12/18/2013 09:11 PM, Jim B. wrote:
>>>>>>>> * Jared Davenport <jared at thegridsource.com> [2013-12-18
>>>>>>>> 12:20]:
>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>> Thanks Jim,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I went ahead and added those lines.  Here is the verbose
>>>>>>> output:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> http://pastebin.com/DUhrt8uP
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ok, I didn't see anything odd.  I would note however that 
>>>>>> FreeBSD 10-RCx is still undergoing fixes prior to release.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> pfsense 2.1 (latest stable version) is actually based on 
>>>>>> FreeBSD 8.3 according to the release notes.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If all you want to do is get your board to run FreeBSD, try
>>>>>> installing a slightly older version - 9.1, 9.2, or even
>>>>>> 8.3 directly.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Releases for amd64 are at:
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>>>>>> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/
>>>>> 
>>>>> Good call on that.  I tried the same configuration, with 
>>>>> FreeBSD 8.4, and it worked!
>>>>> 
>>>>> FreeBSD 8.4 dmesgd: 
>>>>> http://www.nycbug.org/?action=dmesgd&dmesgid=2505
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for posting JD!
>>>> 
>>>>> FreeBSD 9.2 and FreeBSD 10 were a no-go.  I'm still not sure 
>>>>> why.
>>>> 
>>>> Well, the obvious to me would be using mbr v gpt.
>>>> 
>>>> What does the BIOS look like?  That could very much matter.
>>> 
>>> That very well could be it.  The BIOS says it's coreboot 2.08.00,
>>> specifically, 
>>> coreboot-EDK_2.08.00_20130410_221-1434-g871c820-dirty
>>> 
>>> I've added the BIOS message here: http://pastebin.com/111eTfZm
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> also, for troubleshooting, I believe that these two should
>>>> help in the /etc/rc.conf:
>>>> 
>>>> rc_debug="YES" rc_info="YES"
>>>> 
>>>> I need to get my hands on one or more of these too...
>> 
>> Reraising the thread...
>> 
>> Did you order through a reseller in the US or through PC Engines 
>> directly?  Pricing?
>> 
>> I have a bunch of place I could start using these in the very 
>> near-term.. replacing a lot of older Soekrii and Alixen.
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> PC-Engines directly.  This is beta hardware and isn't production-ready
> quite yet.  There will be a few changes to the final version.
> 
> For instance, moving from the AMD T40N to the T40E, to save power and
> heat.  The current version, I'm told, has problems with heat
> dissipation, though I've not experienced any issues first-hand.
> 

Do you know why they ,pcengines, are not using tiny bios on this board ? Also can do they have any docs on updating , or building a coreboot image ?

Mark 

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