PC Engines apu2 experiences

kevindd992002 · Jan 5, 2021, 5:02 PM

@daddygo said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

@kevindd992002 said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

Ok, I'll just upgrade to 4.13.0.2 instead.

Always follow the manufacturer's and BIOS developer's instructions, these are not stupid guys and are moving forward rather than backward

Not sure what you mean. The recommendation is 4.11.0.6.

DaddyGo · Jan 5, 2021, 5:18 PM

@kevindd992002 said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

Not sure what you mean. The recommendation is 4.11.0.6.

Hmmmmm..

Yeah I know... (I see you are not an "old biker" with the APU MOBOs)
My friend this is an old web wording on the site (everyone runs into this) and the guys is messy and the site not updated...

pls. subscribe to the newsletter and there are the latest infos, they told us a thousand times why it is not recommended the legacy / old BIOS

but you can also monitor the BIOS developments and ask the questions on GitHub..

the polish guys (3mdeb), super informatives, by contrast with pcEngines, they only answer the sales questions, hahaha

Vollans · Jan 23, 2021, 4:53 AM

Hi all, I had my apu4d4 delivered last week, and it’s working pretty well. It’s easily coping with my NBN connection.

One thing I’ve not managed to find a definitive answer to is if the hardware watchdog in it is compatible with pfSense and if it is how to enable/configure it. Anyone?

Qinn · Jan 23, 2021, 8:21 AM

@vollans I can’t comment, I only use the service_watchdog from the package manager and that works rather nice. If you are worried for power surges, be sure to use the ZFS filesystem.

Vollans · Jan 23, 2021, 10:17 AM

@qinn oh, don’t worry, I already do.

fireodo · Feb 11, 2021, 3:14 PM

Hi,

is there somebody who's running pfsense 2.5.0 on his APU and is he/she getting the Front-LEDs working?

Thanks,
fireodo

Qinn · Feb 11, 2021, 4:01 PM

@fireodo No I don't use it and you mean the RC, as to the best of my knowledge it isn't released, yet.

fireodo · Feb 11, 2021, 4:04 PM

@qinn said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

@fireodo No I don't use and you mean the RC, as to the best of my knowledge it isn't released, yet.

The 2.5.0 RC is available since today and i installed it on a APU2C0 (spare-test) but the old apuled.ko driver (compiled for freebsd 11.) is not working anymore and a new compiled driver for freebsd 12 (2.5.0 RC is based on) is not working. I also have seen that the /dev/led/ is missing in the tree.

Qinn · Feb 11, 2021, 4:09 PM

@fireodo Maybe report it by starting a new thread in an appropriate category and explain the problem in as much detail as possible.

Vollans · Feb 11, 2021, 7:00 PM

@fireodo Thanks for that, saves me the hassle of upgrading and working it out for myself! I’ve just finished modifying the script to my taste to show me if my primary nbn or secondary 4G connections are having problems.

fireodo · Feb 13, 2021, 4:48 PM

@vollans
@qinn said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

@fireodo Maybe report it by starting a new thread in an appropriate category and explain the problem in as much detail as possible.

I made a few tests this day. Going back to the APU2 Bios version 4.9.0.6 the driver I compiled with freebsd 12.1 is working as expected. I dont know why with bioses above 4.10.0 the patch in boot.conf.local (debug.acpi.avoid="_SB_.PCI0.GPIO") have no effect in freebsd 12.2 (pfsense 2.5.0 RC)

So until here - good news!
fireodo
PS. If someone likes to test too, here is the driver.apuled12.ko

saltandpepper · Feb 17, 2021, 6:23 PM

Hi

Since today 2.5.0 is released. Has already someone tested how the performance is impacted by the new version?

keen · Feb 17, 2021, 10:26 PM

@saltandpepper Yes upgraded without any problems

Qinn · Feb 18, 2021, 4:07 PM

Update to pfS 2.5.0 went smooth.

logan5247 · Feb 18, 2021, 4:09 PM

@saltandpepper I also had a smooth update.

Vollans · Feb 19, 2021, 8:57 PM

@fireodo said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

I made a few tests this day. Going back to the APU2 Bios version 4.9.0.6 the driver I compiled with freebsd 12.1 is working as expected. I dont know why with bioses above 4.10.0 the patch in boot.conf.local (debug.acpi.avoid="_SB_.PCI0.GPIO") have no effect in freebsd 12.2 (pfsense 2.5.0 RC)

I can confirm that 4.9.0.7 works with the final release version as well with your module. 4.10.x onwards doesn’t.

fireodo · Feb 19, 2021, 9:00 PM

@vollans said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

@fireodo said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

I made a few tests this day. Going back to the APU2 Bios version 4.9.0.6 the driver I compiled with freebsd 12.1 is working as expected. I dont know why with bioses above 4.10.0 the patch in boot.conf.local (debug.acpi.avoid="_SB_.PCI0.GPIO") have no effect in freebsd 12.2 (pfsense 2.5.0 RC)

I can confirm that 4.9.0.7 works with the final release version as well with your module. 4.10.x onwards doesn’t.

Thanks for the feedback!

Fine Weekend,
fireodo

Vollans · Feb 19, 2021, 9:07 PM

@fireodo I’ve just looked at the output of dmesg after it loaded:

apuled0: <APU4> at iomem 0xfed81610-0xfed8161b,0xfed81664-0xfed81667 on isa0

It looks like it’s on the ISA connection not the PCI.

kimble · Feb 19, 2021, 9:15 PM

@fireodo said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

PS. If someone likes to test too, here is the driver.apuled12.ko

On v4.11.0.2:

apuled0: <APU4> at iomem 0xfed81610-0xfed8161b,0xfed81664-0xfed81667 on isa0
apuled0: Unable to allocate memory region 0
device_attach: apuled0 attach returned 6

If that's any help...

fireodo · Feb 20, 2021, 7:56 AM

@kimble said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

On v4.11.0.2:

As I wrote in my post before - it don't work on APUs with Bios 4.10 and above!

apuled0: <APU4> at iomem 0xfed81610-0xfed8161b,0xfed81664-0xfed81667 on isa0
apuled0: Unable to allocate memory region 0
device_attach: apuled0 attach returned 6
If that's any help...

Regards and fine Weekend,
fireodo