[nycbug-talk] APU

[John Baldwin]

On Thursday, January 09, 2014 02:40:06 PM Jared Davenport wrote:
> On 01/09/2014 10:13 AM, George Rosamond wrote:
> > Jared Davenport:
> >> On 12/19/2013 10:45 AM, George Rosamond wrote:
> >>> Jared Davenport:
> >>>> On 12/18/2013 11:45 PM, Jim B. wrote:
> >>>>> * Jared Davenport <jared at thegridsource.com> [2013-12-18
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 22:57]:
> >>>>>> 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:
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 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.
> 
> 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.

Does 9.2 still hang on boot?  If so, can you get a verbose dmesg from
9.2 and 'devinfo -u' and 'devinfo -rv' output from 8.4?

-- 
John Baldwin