On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:51:03PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > I've been thinking about upgrading my Alix 2d3 board to the new > > apu1c/apu1c4 (http://www.pcengines.ch/apu1c.htm) - I think there was > > some availability a few weeks ago but now the site says they are out of > > stock until April 5, 2014 (http://www.pcengines.ch/order1.php?c=4). > > Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has had a chance to test one of these > > boards yet with OpenBSD? If so, what are your thoughts? Any issues > > with the Realtek RTL8111E? > > Some of these machines are in the group. They are nice > machines.. we've been able to play with them using some workarounds. > > The BIOS is not ready yet, it has a variety of problems. We are > working with PC-Engines to get them fixed. It isn't just OpenBSD that > is affected. I don't think it will take long. > > A new BIOS can be flashed, but the process is a little bit annoying in > this state (once OpenBSD works natively, it will be easier to load the > tools and do it). > > So perhaps wait just a little while longer, so that you can get a > machine with the right BIOS. >
Any workarounds worth sharing? I jumped the gun and got one already. I don't mind waiting for a proper BIOS update, and I surely won't put this into production yet, but it would be nice to have something more than a paperweight... Thanks Zé --
