Re: APU firmware
Glad to see it's working for you too ;) Thanks to Stuart for the debugging session and Theo ! Best regards, Alexis VACHETTE. _ From: Zé Loff [mailto:zel...@zeloff.org] To: misc@openbsd.org Sent: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 00:31:53 +0100 Subject: Re: APU firmware On Sat, Apr 05, 2014 at 08:14:22AM +, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2014-04-04, Zé Loff zel...@zeloff.org wrote: On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 07:22:52AM -0600, dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: For those of you with PC-Engines APU systems, a BIOS which works a lot better can be found about halfway down http://pcengines.ch/apu1c.htm Good luck. I hope they have it on newly shipped boards.. After an unbelievable ordeal to flash the new BIOS, OpenBSD's installer (5.4-release and -current, amd64) still fails at the same spot: hangs right after the 'entry point' line (unable to detect storage devices?). That sounds like you forgot to 'set tty com0' in the boot loader. *facepalm* Well, this is embarrassing... I did an install onto a USB stick on my laptop and then used the stick to boot the APU, so I _think_ the installer didn't ask me about changing the default console to com0 and it slipped my mind. It's been a long time since I did a clean install on a headless machine, I've been happily upgrading them for a while now... Sorry for the noise and thanks for the cluebat * * Ce message et toutes les pieces jointes sont confidentiels et etablis à l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation ou diffusion non autorisee est interdite. Tout message electronique est susceptible d'alteration. SISTEER decline toute responsabilite au titre de ce message s'il a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Si vous n'etes pas le destinataire de ce message, merci de le detruire et d'informer l'expediteur. * * This message and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. E-mails are susceptible to alteration. SISTEER shall not be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified. If you are not the intended addressee of this message, please cancel it immediately and inform the sender. * *
Re: APU firmware
Hi misc@, I just emailed PC-Engines sales about the updated bios, they said: We will update to the new BIOS for new production batches. In the meantime, you can request upgraded BIOS in the order comments. So, think I'll get one soon. Brett.
Re: APU firmware
Thank you for the tips Brett. I ordered my two boards from gooze.eu's website. The two APU have an old bios. One of them is up-to-date since my debugging session last evening. I will update the last one today ;) Best regards, Alexis VACHETTE. _ From: Brett Mahar [mailto:br...@coiloptic.org] To: misc@openbsd.org Sent: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 12:36:25 +0100 Subject: Re: APU firmware Hi misc@, I just emailed PC-Engines sales about the updated bios, they said: We will update to the new BIOS for new production batches. In the meantime, you can request upgraded BIOS in the order comments. So, think I'll get one soon. Brett. * * Ce message et toutes les pieces jointes sont confidentiels et etablis à l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation ou diffusion non autorisee est interdite. Tout message electronique est susceptible d'alteration. SISTEER decline toute responsabilite au titre de ce message s'il a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Si vous n'etes pas le destinataire de ce message, merci de le detruire et d'informer l'expediteur. * * This message and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. E-mails are susceptible to alteration. SISTEER shall not be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified. If you are not the intended addressee of this message, please cancel it immediately and inform the sender. * *
Re: APU firmware
On 2014-04-04, Zé Loff zel...@zeloff.org wrote: On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 07:22:52AM -0600, dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: For those of you with PC-Engines APU systems, a BIOS which works a lot better can be found about halfway down http://pcengines.ch/apu1c.htm Good luck. I hope they have it on newly shipped boards.. After an unbelievable ordeal to flash the new BIOS, OpenBSD's installer (5.4-release and -current, amd64) still fails at the same spot: hangs right after the 'entry point' line (unable to detect storage devices?). That sounds like you forgot to 'set tty com0' in the boot loader.
Re: APU firmware
On 2014/04/05 22:04, Alexis Vachette wrote: Thank you for the tips Stuart. It's mandatory to use the same speed ? Well, not mandatory, but it's a lot easier, otherwise you will have to change the speed of your serial terminal, e.g. if you're in cu(1) you can type ~S and choose the new speed. If the speed doesn't match, you will either get junk on the screen, or see nothing at all.
Re: APU firmware
On 2014/04/05 21:14, Alexis Vachette wrote: Good evening, The board boot successfully with OpenBSD 5.5. I'm unable to get the login prompt with serial port. I enabled the serial port with /etc/ttys file : - tty00 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 vt220 on secure I am missing something here ? Is the port speed in your /etc/ttys entry correct? I don't have one of these boards, but it looks like it should be 115200 baud unless you have changed the BIOS setting.
Re: APU firmware
I don't know what to say. It's working now, thank you very much Stuart ;) Best regards, Alexis VACHETTE. _ From: Stuart Henderson [mailto:s...@spacehopper.org] To: Alexis Vachette [mailto:avache...@sisteer.com] Cc: misc@openbsd.org Sent: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:12:46 +0100 Subject: Re: APU firmware On 2014/04/05 22:04, Alexis Vachette wrote: Thank you for the tips Stuart. It's mandatory to use the same speed ? Well, not mandatory, but it's a lot easier, otherwise you will have to change the speed of your serial terminal, e.g. if you're in cu(1) you can type ~S and choose the new speed. If the speed doesn't match, you will either get junk on the screen, or see nothing at all. * * Ce message et toutes les pieces jointes sont confidentiels et etablis à l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation ou diffusion non autorisee est interdite. Tout message electronique est susceptible d'alteration. SISTEER decline toute responsabilite au titre de ce message s'il a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Si vous n'etes pas le destinataire de ce message, merci de le detruire et d'informer l'expediteur. * * This message and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. E-mails are susceptible to alteration. SISTEER shall not be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified. If you are not the intended addressee of this message, please cancel it immediately and inform the sender. * *
Re: APU firmware
Hum, maybe too quick. I can't type anything in the shell, it's always blank ;( Best regards, Alexis VACHETTE. _ From: Stuart Henderson [mailto:s...@spacehopper.org] To: Alexis Vachette [mailto:avache...@sisteer.com] Cc: misc@openbsd.org Sent: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:12:46 +0100 Subject: Re: APU firmware On 2014/04/05 22:04, Alexis Vachette wrote: Thank you for the tips Stuart. It's mandatory to use the same speed ? Well, not mandatory, but it's a lot easier, otherwise you will have to change the speed of your serial terminal, e.g. if you're in cu(1) you can type ~S and choose the new speed. If the speed doesn't match, you will either get junk on the screen, or see nothing at all. * * Ce message et toutes les pieces jointes sont confidentiels et etablis à l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation ou diffusion non autorisee est interdite. Tout message electronique est susceptible d'alteration. SISTEER decline toute responsabilite au titre de ce message s'il a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Si vous n'etes pas le destinataire de ce message, merci de le detruire et d'informer l'expediteur. * * This message and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. E-mails are susceptible to alteration. SISTEER shall not be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified. If you are not the intended addressee of this message, please cancel it immediately and inform the sender. * *
Re: APU firmware
On Sat, Apr 05, 2014 at 08:14:22AM +, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2014-04-04, Zé Loff zel...@zeloff.org wrote: On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 07:22:52AM -0600, dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: For those of you with PC-Engines APU systems, a BIOS which works a lot better can be found about halfway down http://pcengines.ch/apu1c.htm Good luck. I hope they have it on newly shipped boards.. After an unbelievable ordeal to flash the new BIOS, OpenBSD's installer (5.4-release and -current, amd64) still fails at the same spot: hangs right after the 'entry point' line (unable to detect storage devices?). That sounds like you forgot to 'set tty com0' in the boot loader. *facepalm* Well, this is embarrassing... I did an install onto a USB stick on my laptop and then used the stick to boot the APU, so I _think_ the installer didn't ask me about changing the default console to com0 and it slipped my mind. It's been a long time since I did a clean install on a headless machine, I've been happily upgrading them for a while now... Sorry for the noise and thanks for the cluebat
Re: APU firmware
Thank you for the tips Stuart. It's mandatory to use the same speed ? Best regards, Alexis VACHETTE. _ From: Stuart Henderson [mailto:s...@spacehopper.org] To: Alexis Vachette [mailto:avache...@sisteer.com] Cc: misc@openbsd.org Sent: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 21:43:15 +0100 Subject: Re: APU firmware On 2014/04/05 21:14, Alexis Vachette wrote: Good evening, The board boot successfully with OpenBSD 5.5. I'm unable to get the login prompt with serial port. I enabled the serial port with /etc/ttys file : - tty00 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 vt220 on secure I am missing something here ? Is the port speed in your /etc/ttys entry correct? I don't have one of these boards, but it looks like it should be 115200 baud unless you have changed the BIOS setting. * * Ce message et toutes les pieces jointes sont confidentiels et etablis à l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation ou diffusion non autorisee est interdite. Tout message electronique est susceptible d'alteration. SISTEER decline toute responsabilite au titre de ce message s'il a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Si vous n'etes pas le destinataire de ce message, merci de le detruire et d'informer l'expediteur. * * This message and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. E-mails are susceptible to alteration. SISTEER shall not be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified. If you are not the intended addressee of this message, please cancel it immediately and inform the sender. * *
Re: APU firmware
After booting a recent snapshot of OpenBSD 5.5, it's working without big issues. I don't have any mSSD card right know (firmware issues), I will only test network card (wired and wireless) ;) Best regards, Alexis VACHETTE. _ From: Stuart Henderson [mailto:s...@spacehopper.org] To: Alexis Vachette [mailto:avache...@sisteer.com] Cc: misc@openbsd.org Sent: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:12:46 +0100 Subject: Re: APU firmware On 2014/04/05 22:04, Alexis Vachette wrote: Thank you for the tips Stuart. It's mandatory to use the same speed ? Well, not mandatory, but it's a lot easier, otherwise you will have to change the speed of your serial terminal, e.g. if you're in cu(1) you can type ~S and choose the new speed. If the speed doesn't match, you will either get junk on the screen, or see nothing at all. * * Ce message et toutes les pieces jointes sont confidentiels et etablis à l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation ou diffusion non autorisee est interdite. Tout message electronique est susceptible d'alteration. SISTEER decline toute responsabilite au titre de ce message s'il a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Si vous n'etes pas le destinataire de ce message, merci de le detruire et d'informer l'expediteur. * * This message and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. E-mails are susceptible to alteration. SISTEER shall not be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified. If you are not the intended addressee of this message, please cancel it immediately and inform the sender. * *
Re: APU firmware
Good evening, The board boot successfully with OpenBSD 5.5. I'm unable to get the login prompt with serial port. I enabled the serial port with /etc/ttys file : - tty00 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 vt220 on secure I am missing something here ? Best regards, Alexis VACHETTE. _ From: Stuart Henderson [mailto:s...@spacehopper.org] To: misc@openbsd.org Sent: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 10:14:22 +0100 Subject: Re: APU firmware On 2014-04-04, Zé Loff zel...@zeloff.org wrote: On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 07:22:52AM -0600, dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: For those of you with PC-Engines APU systems, a BIOS which works a lot better can be found about halfway down http://pcengines.ch/apu1c.htm Good luck. I hope they have it on newly shipped boards.. After an unbelievable ordeal to flash the new BIOS, OpenBSD's installer (5.4-release and -current, amd64) still fails at the same spot: hangs right after the 'entry point' line (unable to detect storage devices?). That sounds like you forgot to 'set tty com0' in the boot loader. * * Ce message et toutes les pieces jointes sont confidentiels et etablis à l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation ou diffusion non autorisee est interdite. Tout message electronique est susceptible d'alteration. SISTEER decline toute responsabilite au titre de ce message s'il a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Si vous n'etes pas le destinataire de ce message, merci de le detruire et d'informer l'expediteur. * * This message and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. E-mails are susceptible to alteration. SISTEER shall not be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified. If you are not the intended addressee of this message, please cancel it immediately and inform the sender. * *
Re: APU firmware
It's much better with : - stty com0 115200 - set tty com0 Still get error messages on OpenBSD 5.4 flashrd image : ohci3 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 ATI SB700 USB rev 0x00: couldn't map interrupt ohci2 at pci0 dev 22 function 2 ATI SB700 USB2 rev 0x00: couldn't map interrupt The system hang after. Best regards, Alexis VACHETTE. _ From: Stuart Henderson [mailto:s...@spacehopper.org] To: misc@openbsd.org Sent: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 10:14:22 +0100 Subject: Re: APU firmware On 2014-04-04, Zé Loff zel...@zeloff.org wrote: On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 07:22:52AM -0600, dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: For those of you with PC-Engines APU systems, a BIOS which works a lot better can be found about halfway down http://pcengines.ch/apu1c.htm Good luck. I hope they have it on newly shipped boards.. After an unbelievable ordeal to flash the new BIOS, OpenBSD's installer (5.4-release and -current, amd64) still fails at the same spot: hangs right after the 'entry point' line (unable to detect storage devices?). That sounds like you forgot to 'set tty com0' in the boot loader. * * Ce message et toutes les pieces jointes sont confidentiels et etablis à l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation ou diffusion non autorisee est interdite. Tout message electronique est susceptible d'alteration. SISTEER decline toute responsabilite au titre de ce message s'il a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Si vous n'etes pas le destinataire de ce message, merci de le detruire et d'informer l'expediteur. * * This message and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. E-mails are susceptible to alteration. SISTEER shall not be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified. If you are not the intended addressee of this message, please cancel it immediately and inform the sender. * *
Re: APU firmware
On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 07:22:52AM -0600, dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: For those of you with PC-Engines APU systems, a BIOS which works a lot better can be found about halfway down http://pcengines.ch/apu1c.htm Good luck. I hope they have it on newly shipped boards.. After an unbelievable ordeal to flash the new BIOS, OpenBSD's installer (5.4-release and -current, amd64) still fails at the same spot: hangs right after the 'entry point' line (unable to detect storage devices?).
Re: APU firmware
Thanks Theo, I will test that ASAP ;) When my two boards will be at home ! Regards, *Alexis VACHETTE | Network and System Engineer * Sisteer France: 43 rue Pierre Valette, 92240 Malakoff -- France Direct line: +33 1 70 95 51 19 | Fax: +33 1 70 95 50 90 www.sisteer.com http://www.sisteer.com On 04/03/14 15:22, dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: For those of you with PC-Engines APU systems, a BIOS which works a lot better can be found about halfway down http://pcengines.ch/apu1c.htm Good luck. I hope they have it on newly shipped boards.. * * Ce message et toutes les pieces jointes sont confidentiels et etablis à l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation ou diffusion non autorisee est interdite. Tout message electronique est susceptible d'alteration. SISTEER decline toute responsabilite au titre de ce message s'il a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Si vous n'etes pas le destinataire de ce message, merci de le detruire et d'informer l'expediteur. * * This message and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. E-mails are susceptible to alteration. SISTEER shall not be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified. If you are not the intended addressee of this message, please cancel it immediately and inform the sender. * *
Re: APU firmware
PC Engines says that new orders will ship with the old BIOS, unless there is a request for new BIOS I think that's kind of silly. Until they decide to just reflash them all, watch out.
Re: APU firmware
On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 11:18:26AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: PC Engines says that new orders will ship with the old BIOS, unless there is a request for new BIOS That is disappointing. I think that's kind of silly. Until they decide to just reflash them all, watch out. To misc@ in general, a friendly word of support for the new BIOS could help (I did): http://www.pcengines.ch/support.htm If they hear from other customers there's a reasonable chance of getting the new BIOS. Take a minute and let them know. Nicolai
