[talk] [nycbug-talk] APU

Sun Apr 6 17:58:47 EDT 2014

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On 04/06/2014 04:20 PM, George Rosamond wrote:
> Jared Davenport:
>> 
>> 
>> On 04/06/2014 02:21 PM, George Rosamond wrote:
>>> Jared Davenport:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>>> g
>>>> 
>>>> If you're still interested, the APU1C is now in production
>>>> and available for pre-order.
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.pcengines.ch/order1.php?c=4 or 
>>>> http://store.netgate.com/PC-Engines-C69.aspx
>>>> 
>>>> Specs: from http://www.pcengines.ch/apu1c.htm
>>>> 
>>>> I'm not sure if the FreeBSD ?9 boot problem was ever sorted 
>>>> out on the production model.
>>>> 
>> 
>>> Yes... I'm just waiting on delivery at this point.
>> 
>>> How are people doing installs?  Off install media directly? 
>>> Netboot? Building an image and dd'g to the microsd card?
>> 
>> The APU I have came with a 16gb mSATA SSD (msata16a).  I
>> installed both FreeBSD & pfSense using a USB stick with the
>> memstick install image, which I modified to boot into the serial
>> console.
> 
> Cool.  But you couldnt book FBSD 10.x or -current, right?
> 
> Was that resolved?

FreeBSD 9, 10, and -CURRENT were unable to boot when I tested.  John
Baldwin helped figure out that it was probably an ACPI problem with
the firmware on the test APU, which was preventing later versions of
FreeBSD from loading, but I'm not sure if the issue's been resolved on
the production model.  It would be nice to check.

> 
>> 
>> It would be nice if we have APU-specific images that we can just
>> dd to a SD/mSATA/USB device.
>> 
> 
> Sure... very nice.
> 
> I know gjb@ has been working on RPi images.  There is really too
> much hardware out there to start doing images for, with too many
> FreeBSD branches that are live, on too many architectures.
> 
> RPi has a 'flavor of the day' feel (or did?) that it does sorta 
> justify doing images for.
> 
>> 
>>> also pfsense... all fine?  It's 8.x, so any later problems 
>>> shouldn't matter.
>> 
>> When I tested pfSense on the APU, it worked fine.  FreeBSD 8.x 
>> also booted ok.
> 
> k.
> 
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