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      cgi2099 @stephenw10
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      @stephenw10

      Yes these work for first boot if you interrupt no problem, they just don't persist without commenting out the above lines and those don't persist through updates/upgrades.

      Just a pain because this is setup in a closet without a keyboard and monitor, so there is no way to update/upgrade without taking it out of the closet etc...

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        Right which is why you need to put them in /boot/loader.conf.local which is maintained across an upgrade.

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          cgi2099 @stephenw10
          last edited by cgi2099

          @stephenw10

          Ohhh okay, took me a while to get there lol

          So just add:

          hint.uart.0.disabled="1"
          hint.uart.1.disabled="1"
          

          to the loader.conf.local and all should be good?

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            You'll have to test to know if that works. Be sure to have console access in case it doesn't boot! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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              cgi2099 @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10

              I will give it a shot this evening

              Thank you so much :)

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                cgi2099 @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10
                This did work!

                Thank you so much :)

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Great to hear. ๐Ÿ‘

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                    A Former User @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10 said in boot/device.hints:

                    Right which is why you need to put them in /boot/loader.conf.local which is maintained across an upgrade.

                    Would you please so friendly and take a minute on top to this file called /boot/loader.conf.local please.

                    If I write something in, like the thread opener his line,
                    and I have several different line to put in for several things
                    and I want comment this line for what they are standing,
                    how to do this without problems? as an example:

                    set CPU Frequent high up to 1400 MHz
                    hint.p4tcc.0.disabled=1
                    hint.acpi_throttle.0.disabled=1
                    hint.acpi_perf.0.disabled=1
                    
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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      The octothorpe # indicates a comment so you could do:

                      # CPU Power and Frequency settings
                      set CPU Frequent high up to 1400 MHz
                      hint.p4tcc.0.disabled=1
                      hint.acpi_throttle.0.disabled=1
                      hint.acpi_perf.0.disabled=1
                      
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                        A Former User @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10
                        Thank you!

                        Here is none active and;

                        # set CPU Frequent high up to 1400 MHz
                        #hint.p4tcc.0.disabled=1
                        #hint.acpi_throttle.0.disabled=1
                        #hint.acpi_perf.0.disabled=1
                        

                        here are all active, is this rigt?

                        # set CPU Frequent high up to 1400 MHz
                        hint.p4tcc.0.disabled=1
                        hint.acpi_throttle.0.disabled=1
                        hint.acpi_perf.0.disabled=1
                        

                        I will try out this for my new installation on CP Engines APU to tune the CPU is able going something between
                        1000Mhz and 1400Mhz against default 600Mhz to 1000Mhz.

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          That's correct.

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                            A Former User @stephenw10
                            last edited by

                            @stephenw10

                            Thank you very much for that information.

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