PC Engines apu2 experiences
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@Qinn said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:
@fireodo Just a guess as default Ntopng keeps settings, maybe, uncheck this and then remove the package, then reinstall, maybe vanilla works fine
It was a vanilla install when that core dump issue occure - i gave it up ...
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I got some core dumps here again... I think its quite heavy for 24/7 use.
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@daemonix It's running 24/7 since 6 months never had a problem with it.
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@Qinn Ill give it another go. all updated but got a core dump.
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@Qinn said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:
@daemonix It's running 24/7 since 6 months never had a problem with it.
A little question: Have you CPU Boost activated?
https://github.com/pcengines/apu2-documentation/blob/master/docs/apu_CPU_boost.md -
I recently bought a new APU2 board and installed pfsense 2.4.5 release. BIOS is coreboot version v4.11.0.6.
I had mSATA 64G drive. Installation was easy and straightforward.
This setup was runinig fine for about 1 month after which I started to get the following issues.Disk started to show some timeouts and disconnects.
I can login to the system but cannot do anything that require disk read.I am trying to understand if this is a hardware of software issue. Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot the issue further?
PC engines mention bootloader parameterhint.ahci.0.msi="0"
but it is applicable only for bios version older than 4.6.7igb1: link state changed to UP ahcich0: Timeout on slot 1 port 0 ahcich0: is 00000000 cs 00000002 ss 00000000 rs 00000002 tfd d0 serr 00000000 cmd 0040e117 ahcich0: Timeout on slot 18 port 0 ahcich0: is 00000000 cs 00040000 ss 00000000 rs 00040000 tfd c0 serr 00000000 cmd 0040f217 ahcich0: AHCI reset: device not ready after 31000ms (tfd = 00000080) ahcich0: Timeout on slot 19 port 0 ahcich0: is 00000000 cs 00080000 ss 00000000 rs 00080000 tfd 80 serr 00000000 cmd 0040f317 (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): ATA_IDENTIFY. ACB: ec 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): CAM status: Command timeout (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): Retrying command ahcich0: Timeout on slot 20 port 0 ahcich0: is 00000000 cs 00100000 ss 00000000 rs 00100000 tfd 1d0 serr 00000000 cmd 0040f417 (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): ATA_IDENTIFY. ACB: ec 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): CAM status: Command timeout (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): Error 5, Retries exhausted ahcich0: AHCI reset: device not ready after 31000ms (tfd = 00000180) ahcich0: Timeout on slot 21 port 0 ahcich0: is 00000000 cs 00200000 ss 00000000 rs 00200000 tfd 180 serr 00000000 cmd 0040f517 (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): ATA_IDENTIFY. ACB: ec 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): CAM status: Command timeout (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): Error 5, Retry was blocked ada0 at ahcich0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0 ada0: <MT-64 H180516> s/n 978081794579 detached g_vfs_done():ufsid/58bf2d4f649f8ad1[READ(offset=30607212544, length=65536)]error = 6 vnode_pager_generic_getpages_done: I/O read error 5 vnode_pager_generic_getpages_done: I/O read error 5 ahcich0: AHCI reset: device not ready after 31000ms (tfd = 00000180) ahcich0: Timeout on slot 22 port 0 ahcich0: is 00000000 cs 00400000 ss 00000000 rs 00400000 tfd 180 serr 00000000 cmd 0040f617 (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): ATA_IDENTIFY. ACB: ec 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): CAM status: Command timeout (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): Retrying command ahcich0: Timeout on slot 23 port 0 ahcich0: is 00000000 cs 00800000 ss 00000000 rs 00800000 tfd 1d0 serr 00000000 cmd 0040f717
thanks!
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@apu2 said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:
I recently bought a new APU2 board and installed pfsense 2.4.5 release. BIOS is coreboot version v4.11.0.6.
I had mSATA 64G drive. Installation was easy and straightforward.
This setup was runinig fine for about 1 month after which I started to get the following issues.Disk started to show some timeouts and disconnects.
I can login to the system but cannot do anything that require disk read.I am trying to understand if this is a hardware of software issue. Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot the issue further?
You can try to boot in single mode and do a "/sbin/fsck -y / " (repeat until no error show)
PC engines mention bootloader parameter
hint.ahci.0.msi="0"
but it is applicable only for bios version older than 4.6.7igb1: link state changed to UP ahcich0: Timeout on slot 1 port 0
On the other hand it is possible that your SSD is dying ... make a backup of your config for the case that you have to change the drive.
thanks!
You're welcome,
fireodo
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I would check the advice from @fireodo; "A little question: Have you CPU Boost activated?" as this makes a lot off difference.
Then I may add, always install pfSense using the ZFS filesystem not the UFS (default). For a few reasons;
TRIM is default enabled (I am using mSATA), but this can also be enabled manually on a UFS filesystem, but the most important reason I advice to use ZFS is that it can 100% safegard you against bit errors, because the APU2 has ECC memory
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Yes. It will show the drive wear level as spare blocks are used for example. It can't show if the controller is about to die.
Steve
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Hi guys, are you running pfSense with /var & /tmp in RAM DISKS enabled on APU2?
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@sikita said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:
Hi guys, are you running pfSense with /var & /tmp in RAM DISKS enabled on APU2?
Hi, no RamDisk here - as stated in my signature its all on a 16GB SSD.
/var/run 4% von 3.4MiB - ufs im RAM -
@sikita The whole filesystem zfs is running on 16GB mSATA SSD with ZFS only /var/run
4% of 3.4MiB - ufs in RAM -
i retested. same result.
iperf client pc(lan) -> pfsense APU2E4 -> pc2 (opt) iperf serverWith 2.4.4 p3 I have 750-850Mbit for 1 connection
After the update to 2.4.5 P1 I have 400-500Mbit.
Nothing changed, only the update was installed.
For me it means, there has changed something in the performance between 2.4.4 P3 and 2.4.5 (P1). But i dont know what.BR
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@kinch
Try disabling ICMP Redirects to enable the faster tryforward routing path (under System / Advanced / System Tunables set net.inet.ip.redirect & net.inet6.ip6.redirect to 0) -
@Qinn said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:
@sikita The whole filesystem zfs is running on 16GB mSATA SSD with ZFS only /var/run
4% of 3.4MiB - ufs in RAMOk, thanks for a hint
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Hi,
First id like to say thanks for everyone advice.
Id like to ask for a little help from you.
Im having issues with slow LAN interface compared to the WAN.
I have a 100Mbit PPPoe HFC connection. When running a speed test from the apu4c4 or directly plugged in to the HFC box, i get 98Mbit but if i run it from my PC that's behind the apu4c4 its only at 71Mbit no matter what i do.
Ive tried:
- Swapping Ethernet cables
- Plugging directly in to LAN Port 2 and 3
- https://teklager.se/en/knowledge-base/apu2-1-gigabit-throughput-pfsense/
- disabling ICMP Redirects to enable the faster tryforward routing path (under System / Advanced / System Tunables set net.inet.ip.redirect & net.inet6.ip6.redirect to 0)
- Upgraded to 2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64) from 2.4.4
- Upgraded the BIOS to: Version: v4.11.0.4
- Factory reset with no packages enabled
All with no change to my LAN speed. I'm all out of ideas here, can anyone offer any more advice on what i can try next.
Thanks
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How is your CPU utiluzation when you run your test?
Can you try and update the BIOS to 4.12.0.2 and see if this helps? -
@Stella_161 This is specific to your box, not a general issue with the devices themselves so you would get a much better response opening a general support thread for this. When you do, you'll need to give more detail, specifically what packages are installed and how you're performing the test. Try a mix of speedtest.net and fast.com and see what you get. Make sure to do them both with an ad-blocker running on your PC. I've seen many instances where advertisements can eat up a CPU on a computer and give artificially slow speed results.
I have many of these boxes that are doing up to 500Mbps so the hardware is more than capable. That being said, @sToRmInG is right in that the first place to look would be the CPU %. Something may be chewing up CPU cycles on either the APU2 or the laptop you are using. Obvious suspects could be Snort / Suricata, Squid / SquidGuard, and pfBlockerNG.
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Thanks Guys, Ive opened a new thread for this.
Ive tried upgrading the BIOS with no change. After the BIOS upgrade i did a factory reset, no packages have only setup PPPoe and default LAN with ad blocker enabled on PC. Still only 71Mbit~.
CPU usage is minimal when running from PC: Speedtest.net and Fast.com with the same result
PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME WCPU COMMAND
11 root 155 ki31 0K 64K RUN 3 42:59 100.00% [idle{idle: cpu3}]
11 root 155 ki31 0K 64K CPU1 1 42:57 100.00% [idle{idle: cpu1}]
11 root 155 ki31 0K 64K CPU2 2 42:56 98.49% [idle{idle: cpu2}]
11 root 155 ki31 0K 64K CPU0 0 42:42 88.96% [idle{idle: cpu0}]
12 root -92 - 0K 496K CPU0 0 0:31 14.70% [intr{irq256: igb0:que 0}]
12 root -92 - 0K 496K WAIT 2 0:08 5.66% [intr{irq259: igb1:que 0}]
12 root -92 - 0K 496K WAIT 3 0:07 1.66% [intr{irq260: igb1:que 1}]CPU when running Speed Test CLI on pfsense:
PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME WCPU COMMAND
11 root 155 ki31 0K 64K CPU1 1 47:13 86.77% [idle{idle: cpu1}]
11 root 155 ki31 0K 64K RUN 3 47:12 82.57% [idle{idle: cpu3}]
11 root 155 ki31 0K 64K CPU2 2 47:09 79.88% [idle{idle: cpu2}]
11 root 155 ki31 0K 64K RUN 0 46:46 71.29% [idle{idle: cpu0}]
12 root -92 - 0K 496K WAIT 0 0:50 33.25% [intr{irq256: igb0:que 0}]
52611 root 74 0 135M 71416K CPU3 3 0:02 7.96% /usr/local/bin/python3.7 /usr/local/bin/speedtest{python3.7}Cheers