Re: Anyone tried new PC-Engines apu1c board yet?
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 --
Re: Anyone tried new PC-Engines apu1c board yet?
On 26.03.2014 00:51, 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. Great, thank you for the info, Theo. I will indeed wait until the BIOS issues are sorted out. -- Chess Griffin
Anyone tried new PC-Engines apu1c board yet?
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? Thanks in advance. -- Chess Griffin
Re: Anyone tried new PC-Engines apu1c board yet?
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.
