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    PC Engines APU2 - 23.01- Working fine

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      Dobby_ @renegade
      last edited by Dobby_

      GPS:
      u-Blox VGB-800 (used, 2nd hand)
      U-blox chipset sorted miniPCIe card with ublox LEAS-6S
      For around ~12 € at eBay.de

      LTE 4G Modem:
      Sierra Wireless MC7710 (used, 2nd hand)
      For around ~35 € from eBay.de with an external case over USB connection and antennas included.

      A picture can be seen here in that post.
      GPS miniPCIe card support

      #~. @Dobby

      Turris Omnia - 4 Ports - 2 GB RAM / TurrisOS 7 Release (Btrfs)
      PC Engines APU4D4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense CE 2.7.2 Release (ZFS)
      PC Engines APU6B4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense+ (Plus) 24.03_1 Release (ZFS)

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        blinky @JasonAU
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        @jasonau Could I ask what site you downloaded the Coreboot firmware from?

        I tried https://pcengines.github.io/ but all the links are no longer working.

        Thanks.

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          Dobby_ @blinky
          last edited by

          @blinky

          I am sorry I don´t know, because the links are not
          working, and I don´t know if this will be for a while
          or forever. I only own the "apu4_v4.19.0.1.zip" with
          ROM file, Signature and Hash inside, I was loading
          it up here, so if you are using APU4 (only) you may
          take it. If you use it, please don`t forget to do a cold
          boot with un powering the APU after the upgrade
          that not the old one (BIOS) will be in usage again.

          apu4_v4.19.0.1.zip

          You may use it on your own risk, I am using it since
          the release day, without any issues, because I want to
          install next month the TPM 2.0 module too, in my APU4.

          #~. @Dobby

          Turris Omnia - 4 Ports - 2 GB RAM / TurrisOS 7 Release (Btrfs)
          PC Engines APU4D4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense CE 2.7.2 Release (ZFS)
          PC Engines APU6B4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense+ (Plus) 24.03_1 Release (ZFS)

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            JasonAU @blinky
            last edited by

            @blinky said in PC Engines APU2 - 23.01- Working fine:

            @jasonau Could I ask what site you downloaded the Coreboot firmware from?

            I signed up for the e-mails, I got the last one

            PC Engines apu coreboot Open Source Firmware v4.17.0.3

            https://3mdeb.com/open-source-firmware/pcengines/apu1/apu1_v4.17.0.3.zip
            https://3mdeb.com/open-source-firmware/pcengines/apu2/apu2_v4.17.0.3.zip
            https://3mdeb.com/open-source-firmware/pcengines/apu3/apu3_v4.17.0.3.zip
            https://3mdeb.com/open-source-firmware/pcengines/apu5/apu5_v4.17.0.3.zip

            The links do appear a bit broken ATM,

            Brisbane Queensland Australia

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              JasonAU @JasonAU
              last edited by

              @jasonau
              Also try this page https://pcengines.github.io/

              Note they have the update
              Dear PC Engines hardware owners,

              Brisbane Queensland Australia

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                blinky @Dobby_
                last edited by

                @dobby_ Thanks, that's nice of you to upload it. Unfortunately I use an apu2e4. I was planning on installing version apu2_4.16.04, or possibly newer.

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                  blinky @JasonAU
                  last edited by

                  @jasonau Yes, all those links are dead. It sounds like they want to start charging for it.

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                    JasonAU @blinky
                    last edited by

                    @blinky said in PC Engines APU2 - 23.01- Working fine:

                    @dobby_ Thanks, that's nice of you to upload it. Unfortunately I use an apu2e4. I was planning on installing version apu2_4.16.04, or possibly newer.

                    This list is loading for me

                    https://3mdeb.com/open-source-firmware/pcengines/apu2/

                    Brisbane Queensland Australia

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                      blinky @JasonAU
                      last edited by blinky

                      @jasonau Thanks, that did the trick. 👍
                      Or maybe they fixed those dead links. Anyway, cheers!

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                      • Dobby_D
                        Dobby_ @JasonAU
                        last edited by

                        @jasonau said in PC Engines APU2 - 23.01- Working fine:

                        @blinky said in PC Engines APU2 - 23.01- Working fine:

                        @dobby_ Thanks, that's nice of you to upload it. Unfortunately I use an apu2e4. I was planning on installing version apu2_4.16.04, or possibly newer.

                        This list is loading for me

                        https://3mdeb.com/open-source-firmware/pcengines/apu2/

                        Me too! Thanks for the link

                        #~. @Dobby

                        Turris Omnia - 4 Ports - 2 GB RAM / TurrisOS 7 Release (Btrfs)
                        PC Engines APU4D4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense CE 2.7.2 Release (ZFS)
                        PC Engines APU6B4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense+ (Plus) 24.03_1 Release (ZFS)

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                        • Dobby_D
                          Dobby_ @fireodo
                          last edited by

                          @fireodo said in PC Engines APU2 - 23.01- Working fine:

                          @jasonau said in PC Engines APU2 - 23.01- Working fine:

                          PC Engines APU2

                          Do you use apuled?

                          Thanks,
                          fireodo

                          @fireodo

                          Did you get it working? Iam using 23.05 RC and 2.7 now
                          and I only got informations that this will not working anymore and three "lines" for the /boot.loader.conf(.local).
                          But I also were never finding the led or blinkled pkg anymore in the repos too!

                          #~. @Dobby

                          Turris Omnia - 4 Ports - 2 GB RAM / TurrisOS 7 Release (Btrfs)
                          PC Engines APU4D4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense CE 2.7.2 Release (ZFS)
                          PC Engines APU6B4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense+ (Plus) 24.03_1 Release (ZFS)

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                            fireodo @Dobby_
                            last edited by

                            @dobby_ said in PC Engines APU2 - 23.01- Working fine:

                            Did you get it working? Iam using 23.05 RC and 2.7 now

                            No. There is no kernel module for freeBSD 14 :-(

                            Kettop Mi4300YL CPU: i5-4300Y @ 1.60GHz RAM: 8GB Ethernet Ports: 4
                            SSD: SanDisk pSSD-S2 16GB (ZFS) WiFi: WLE200NX
                            pfsense 2.8.0 CE
                            Packages: Apcupsd, Cron, Iftop, Iperf, LCDproc, Nmap, pfBlockerNG, RRD_Summary, Shellcmd, Snort, Speedtest, System_Patches.

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                              Dobby_ @fireodo
                              last edited by

                              @fireodo said in PC Engines APU2 - 23.01- Working fine:

                              @dobby_ said in PC Engines APU2 - 23.01- Working fine:

                              Did you get it working? Iam using 23.05 RC and 2.7 now

                              No. There is no kernel module for freeBSD 14 :-(

                              Thanks for that information then I could save the time for searching for an workaround, I was thinking perhaps I have overlooked something or was not able to find it right.

                              #~. @Dobby

                              Turris Omnia - 4 Ports - 2 GB RAM / TurrisOS 7 Release (Btrfs)
                              PC Engines APU4D4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense CE 2.7.2 Release (ZFS)
                              PC Engines APU6B4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense+ (Plus) 24.03_1 Release (ZFS)

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