[talk] FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE on the PcEngines APU2

[Shawn Webb]

On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 08:41:41PM +0000, Mark Saad wrote:
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> > On Tuesday, October 25, 2016 12:54 PM, Mark Saad <mark.saad at ymail.com> wrote:
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> >>  On Monday, October 24, 2016 4:43 PM, Shawn Webb 
> > <shawn.webb at hardenedbsd.org> wrote:
> >>  > On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 04:10:03PM -0400, George Rosamond wrote:
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> >>>   On 10/24/16 15:43, Mark Saad wrote:
> >>>   > All I was wondering if anyone was running FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE on 
> > a
> >>>   > PcEngine's APU2 ?
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> >>>   11-RELEASE on APU1 here
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> >>>   > I am running into a strange issue with the serial console. On a 
> > fresh
> >>>   > install of 10.3-RELEASE (all amd64 installs btw)
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> >>>   > the APU2 correctly outputs the console to the serial port. The
> >>>   > installer see's I am on a serial port and askes me to select 
> > my
> >>>   > terminal . The install works and I am left with a working box.  
> > Now
> >>>   > if I upgrade to 11.0-RELEASE
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> >>>   > my console is now working. No method of adjusting boot.config 
> > with -D
> >>>   > -S115200 or adjusting loader.conf with
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> >>>   > boot_serial or comconsole works either. So I decided to try a 
> > fresh
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> >>>   I have this in my /boot/loader.conf
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> >>>   boot_serial="yes"
> >>>   comconsole_speed="115200"
> >>>   console="comconsole"
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> >>>   > install of 11.0-RELEASE in the hopes I somehow broke the upgrade;
> >>>   > However the system stops displaying output after the loader 
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> >>>   > the console to the kernel. Booting with -D will get the system to
> >>>   > display the kernel boot up messages, but it then hangs at random:
> >>>   > unblocking device.  I am not sure whats broken here ? setting
> >>>   > console=serial kills the console as if its outputting to another
> >>>   > serial port . In any case I am reverting back to 10.3-RELEASE for
> >>>   > now. Anyone have any ideas ?
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> >>>   I haven't looked closely at why.. but I bet the above 
> > /boot/loader.conf
> >>>   solves it.
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> >>>   I need to look at the release notes, but am happy to say that 
> > blacklistd
> >>>   is now in the FreeBSD base system, and am just waiting to put in on a
> >>>   public box.
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> >>  I can give it another try this weekend, but I think mine is busted and I
> >>  need to either RMA or order a new one. For more info why I think mine's
> >>  busted:
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> > http://www.pcengines.info/forums/?page=post&id=3B327362-FD62-4B6E-8C96-26D003D5F8CB&fid=DF5ACB70-99C4-4C61-AFA6-4C0E0DB05B2A
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> >>  -- 
> >>  Shawn Webb
> >>  Cofounder and Security Engineer
> > 
> >>  HardenedBSD> 
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> > Two follow up quesitons for you shawn ? Did you upgrade the bios on the box
> > to the last version noted here 
> > http://pcengines.ch/howto.htm#bios ?
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> > Also have you tried a newer 11-STABLE ?
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> Shawn
>    After a lot of testing it appears to be a bug in the bios of the APU but I am not sure exactly how or why 11.x is acting up with it. Its odd
> as pre 11.x will boot up and the bootloader and kernel will output to the serial console wiht out any special options . No boot.conf no loader.conf options.
> 11.x and on require what George noted above. 
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> Also I was able to flash the bios using flashrom in 9.3 and 10.3 RELEASES. 

I haven't gotten anything to work. Tried again with FreeBSD
10.3-RELEASE, 11.0-RELEASE, and 12-CURRENT. Pretty sure I misapplied the
heat pads, breaking the hardware.

Thanks,

-- 
Shawn Webb
Cofounder and Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

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