Re: [Soekris] net6501: doesn't start if not first unplugged for 8 minutes

Hi Bryan, > "Bryan K. Walton" hat am 18. April 2017 um 19:09 > geschrieben: > I had a net6501 replaced under warranty about two years ago. This has me > wondering: has anybody had a net6501 go bad, with the symptoms we have all > been discussing, then had it replaced under warranty, and then

Re: [Soekris] Anyone still want a net6501 GPIO driver for Linux?

> Does anyone still have a need for this driver? If anyone still > wants/needs it, I can make it available for folks. Interest in the > net6501 seems to have cooled, though, so don't want to spend time > getting it together for more general consumption if I'm the only one > that has any desire

[Soekris] Disappointment with net6501

I've to say, after 4 years of using net6501, I am disappointed. Mine net6501 was bought in 04.2012 and worked till 01.2015 stable. After that, the mainboard just died. There were several posts here on this list about that problem, as I was not the only one. Thanks for my reseller, I've got repl

Re: [Soekris] spontaneous reboot with large packet flows on net5501+lan1741

The net5501 manual states: Please note that there is limited power available for the three PCI expansion connectors. There are only 20W available on the 3.3V power pins and 5V pins combined. If a 2.5” hard disk is used, it will also need to share the available power. An onboard DC-DC converter su

Re: [Soekris] Customized/stripped down recent linux config for the net6501?

> BTW, don't set PCIEASPM_POWERSAVE > (http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig). > Power-saving sounds like a good idea, but this option will "hang" all of >the Ethernet ports. Well, it does work for me and none of my ethernet ports are hanging? Cheers Conrad

Re: [Soekris] net6501 error led / no console / doesn't boot

> Interesting and thanks for the picture. Does anyone know if it's > possible that replace the passive cooling before the board breaks down? At least after running now a day, I can compare to the old passive cooler. The new one is better, my net6501 is running about 5-6 degree cooler. I've also n

Re: [Soekris] Customized/stripped down recent linux config for the net6501?

> Can anyone point to a stripped down config version for a recent linux kernel > that I may use as a starting point to compile my own custom kernel for the > Net6501? Hi, i am attaching my current config. Its amd64 / 64-bit. Linux Galactica 3.18.5-gentoo #1 SMP Thu Feb 5 22:49:47 CET 2015 x86_64

Re: [Soekris] net6501 error led / no console / doesn't boot

> Soekris just replaced a 2+ year old net6501 of mine that had similar > symptoms. And there have been several similar cases mentioned on this list. Just a quick update.. My soekris net6501 has been also now replaced. All symptoms are gone and the new mainboard is working perfectly fine. I've

Re: [Soekris] Debian installer issue

> append vga=788 initrd=/install.386/initrd.gz -- quiet > Now I have to find out how to mount that darn usb-stick dd'ed image > read/write to edit the txt.cfg ... Is there GRUB or ISOLINUX being used? With TAB, you can edit this comand line during startup.. Removing vga=788 should work and ma

Re: [Soekris] Debian installer issue

Something is happening, but whatever I do next, I get: > Undefined video mode number: 314 > Press to see video odes available, to continue, or wait 30 > sec > Does anybody know what may be going on here and how to remedy that? Sounds like you are passing kernel parameters, which are trying to e

Re: [Soekris] net6501 error led / no console / doesn't boot

> While they have this issue, it can normally also see the Ethernet diodes > flash randomly at low power. That's interesting. I've something similiar. A character LCD (40x4) with an USB-Interface is connected to my net6501. When the net6501 does not boot or is completly dead, I can see the stat

Re: [Soekris] net6501 error led / no console / doesn't boot

I've already contacted my seller and he replied, that RMA should be possible without any problems. But currently, he is out of stock and waiting for new mainboards to arrive. So my RMA is still waiting. My net6501 is also running in a rack case. Today, after several days without power, I've trie

Re: [Soekris] net6501 error led / no console / doesn't boot

Hi Andrew! > I did manage to get to uManager - that was sort of a baud issue At least, I can't get even so far. I've tried every baud from 9600 - 115200 (this was set by me). After I've left the net6501 for about 2 hours without power, the device started booting again. I was able to enter uMana

Re: [Soekris] net6501 error led / no console / doesn't boot

> I’ve visually inspected the board and the caps all look good. > In fact the board, living as it has in a soekris case looks brand new. Apparently my net6501 also died today. I wanted it to reboot due a software update too. No its dead. uManager with +++ isn't working and Error LED does not go

Re: [Soekris] Soekris second serial port in Debian Linux Wheezy on net6501

> You need to get the 'PCH UART' driver out of the way as it claims the port > and does not work on the Soekris board... PCH UART is working fine with Soekris net6501.. I am using also the second on-board serial port with that driver without any problems.. [1.938356] pch_uart :02:0a.1:

[Soekris] HPET force enable patch merged into kernel 3.18

Hi, just for the records. The HPET force enable patch, which was here posted, got included into the main kernel, starting with 3.18.. -> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=2e151c70dfb0075ff83bec305c52a9da1ba49089 Conrad ___

Re: [Soekris] net6501 PCIe version?

> I see, so that would limit me to a speed of 250 MB/s based on the wikipedia > article about PCI Express. > So if I add an addition SFP 1 Gbit/s NIC card I would still be fine as in > theory a 1 Gbit/s card would consume maximum 125 MB/s of bandwidth. Am I > correct here? Basically yes. But yo

Re: [Soekris] net6501 PCIe version?

> I would like to know which PCIe version does the net6501 have for its two PCI > express slots? Is it version 3.0? The specification is version 1.0a. Normally, cards with higher standard are working in those slots, but are limited to the speed and throughput of 1.0a. Conrad ___

Re: [Soekris] net6501 hangs on reboot

> Before all, did you try a different, bigger power supply? Apparently, I've found the cause. It seems, Marco was right. I've found out, that both WD Red drives have a Jumper for "RPS". RPS stands for Reduced Power Spinup, which means, the HDD powers slower on and thus, needing less power during

Re: [Soekris] net6501 hangs on reboot

> I am also using the rackmount case on a pair of net6501's with the soerkis > transcend 4GB drive. > I don't do upgrades/reboots unless I can be around to manually reboot the > machines because I have seen this intermittent behavior. > It's not typical, but it has happened more than once. > I b

Re: [Soekris] net6501 hangs on reboot

> Before all, did you try a different, bigger power supply? That will be difficult. I am not using the desktop case. I have the rack case with the internal psu. So I can't change it just easy as with the desktop case. Conrad ___ Soekris-tech mailing l

Re: [Soekris] net6501 hangs on reboot

Hi Martin! > have you checked the serial console at this moment? Yes. There is no boot output. The last output is: [...] * Remounting remaining filesystems read-only ... * Remounting /usr read only ...[ ok ] * Remounting / read only ...

[Soekris] net6501 hangs on reboot

Hi! Recently my net6501 started to have problems with a reboot. After executing a reboot from Linux, the net6501 is stopping and does not boot again. I've to push manually the reset button, in order to get the boot started again. What can I do against this problem? It this maybe some Linux proble

Re: [Soekris] VyOS (or Vyatta)

> If I remember correctly, net5501 is not i586, isn't it? It's 'only' > i486. At least it was in 2009 when I installed Debian Lenny on it. >Maybe that's the problem. No. The Geode LX is i586. It the Kernel is patched, to add an "nopl"-patch, it's also promoted to i686, as it's the only one Extensi

Re: [Soekris] Soekris 6801 and battery backup

> Since the battery backup connector for the 6501 is still a unicorn after > all this years, is the announced battery backup port on the 6801 a > unicorn too, or is it working as expected ? I've given up, that this feature will come :( It is advertised, when you buy an net6501, but apparently you

Re: [Soekris] Battery socket

> Any news about actually using/enabling it? > This issue has been going on for years already. Seems not. I've sent Soekris an mail about this feature couple weeks ago.. No reply at all.. ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http

Re: [Soekris] Hard drive bracket for 6501-50

> I purchased a 6501-50 with the standard 1 slot case. I also purchased a hard > drive > bracket and a quad port ethernet card. When I opened the case up, it looks > like > I can have the quad port ethernet OR the hard drive but not both. > Is that accurate or did I order the wrong bracket? Th

Re: [Soekris] net6501-50 normal working temperature

Hi Nikola, > Can someone with the same box share some expectations for the normal working > temperature of the Atom? > I got it with 2 WD Scorpio HDDs in the box and it is working @ 73 degrees > celsium in a room temperature. > This is still far away from the tjMax of 90 degrees, but still seems

[Soekris] More than 2 disks possible?

Hi, is it possible to attach two hard disks via s-ata and one ssd via m-sata at the same time? Or is the limit with to disks regardless of s-ata or m-sata? Cheers Conrad ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekri

Re: [Soekris] Measuring fan speed on net6501

Hi Wesley, I've got lm-sensors running on my net6501 which now reports only the CPU temperature. Is it possible to read (or control ?) the fan speed as wel ? I don't think so. "sensors-detect" does find some monitoring? chipsets, but it seems, there is nothing connected to them. Cheers Co

Re: [Soekris] net6501 : CPU architecture ?

Am 13.05.2013 15:46, schrieb Stuart Henderson: On 2013-05-10, Conrad Kostecki wrote: Am 10.05.2013 16:14, schrieb fabrice bessettes: Hi list, [...] But I was wondering if the Soekris CPU E6xx is really a 64 bit CPU ? or if the openBSD kernel amd64 includes 32-bit in it. In this case, I

Re: [Soekris] net6501 : CPU architecture ?

Am 10.05.2013 16:14, schrieb fabrice bessettes: Hi list, [...] But I was wondering if the Soekris CPU E6xx is really a 64 bit CPU ? or if the openBSD kernel amd64 includes 32-bit in it. In this case, I might reinstall my system. Seems so. Ubuntu and Gentoo work perfectly fine with a 64-Bit k

Re: [Soekris] net5501: linux i586 pentium

Am 09.05.2013 14:27, schrieb David Goodenough: On Thursday 09 May 2013, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote: On Thu May 9, 2013 05:30:48 AM Andre wrote: Ubuntu drops support for i586 Pentium CPU. Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) is the last supported version. Are there any other Linux distros with i586 (Pentium) suppo

Re: [Soekris] net5501: linux i586 pentium

Am 09.05.2013 13:30, schrieb Andre: Ubuntu drops support for i586 Pentium CPU. Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) is the last supported version. Are there any other Linux distros with i586 (Pentium) support and end-of-life beyond 2015? Hi! Gentoo and Slackware support this. Have a look here for a list of i48

Re: [Soekris] net6501 not booting without console cable plugged in

Am 26.04.2013 23:39, schrieb ML mail: Hello, I have a net6501-30 board and just noticed that when I don't have any serial cable plugged into the console port on the Soekris it won't boot. It looks like it is stuck at the comBIOS or maybe even at Linux GRUB but of course I can't see. As soon a

Re: [Soekris] net6501: temps and fans redux

Am 23.03.2013 18:19, schrieb Stuart Henderson: On 2013-03-20, Peter Neubauer wrote: As I understand it, the CPU temperature sensor is relative to a parameter called Tjmax (maximum junction temperature), but the hardware provides no way for software to determine this parameter. The Linux driver

Re: [Soekris] Intel 82574L Packets of Death

Am 07.02.2013 03:07, schrieb Lon Willett: > My 6501 does *not* seem to be affected by this bug, but I don't know if > other production runs have a different eeprom. Hi! I couldn't reproduce the pod on my net6501 neither. According to the german news site "Golem.de", Intel says, this only affects

Re: [Soekris] Wrong timer resolution

Hi Peter! Am 30.11.2012 22:18, schrieb Peter Neubauer: > On 11/30/2012 1:13 PM, Stanislav Meduna wrote: >> Correct me if I'm wrong but there is no HPET without ACPI. > > That's definitely true on the net6501. However, a small patch > (http://lists.soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2012-March/018

[Soekris] Wrong timer resolution

Dear mailing list, I've got some strange problems with my timer resolution. Its only accurate exactly 10ms. This means, if traceroute detects to one hop ~14ms, it will print 10ms, instead of the real value. This means, output from traceroute, time are unusable. My kernel is self cooked. The optio

Re: [Soekris] net6501 low cpu performance

istensen > > CEO & Chief Engineer > Soekris Engineering, Inc. > ___ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > -- Viele Grüße, Conrad Kostecki

Re: [Soekris] net6501 low cpu performance

Am 15.11.2012 15:14, schrieb Lon Willett: > On 2012-11-15 11:44, Chris Wilson wrote: >> Does that mean that under Linux, because speedstep is not enabled, the CPU >> always runs at full speed? So this patch will not increase performance, >> but will reduce power consumption by enabling speedstep? >

Re: [Soekris] net6501 low cpu performance

Am 15.11.2012 01:56, schrieb Lon Willett: > On 2012-11-15 00:18, Soren Kristensen wrote: >> There is a fixed comBIOS vers 1.41b up on the soekris website. > > Seems to work with linux kernel 3.6.6, at least according to a quick > micro-benchmark (close to 3x improvement, as it should be). I can co

Re: [Soekris] Soekris 6501-70 / 6501-50 Network Throughput under Debian / OpenBSD

Am 14.11.2012 20:31, schrieb Lon Willett: > On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:51:54 +0100 > Mitja Muženič wrote: I don't know how it is with other operating systems but it's safe to presume that unless your OS actively sets the CPU to the high speed state your net6501-50 and net6501-70 units w

Re: [Soekris] Battery backup for 6501

Hi! Am 14.11.2012 18:03, schrieb Laurent CARON: > Hi, > > Any update about this feature ? I would be also interested in more infos :) Cheers, Conrad ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [Soekris] Grub problem with net6501

Hi! Maybe you should try grub2.. Cheers, Conrad Am 10.11.2012 19:11, schrieb Enrico Valsecchi: > Yes, > I have re-try set grub, but result can't change > > It's crazy > > :-( > > > A little question: someone have a disk image of endian > builded on net6501? > > If yes, I can download it a

Re: [Soekris] Grub problem with net6501

Hello! Am 09.11.2012 21:14, schrieb Enrico Valsecchi: > Hello, > [...] > But result are same: grub hangs. Did you set ConMute = Enabled in comBIOS? It seems, that this is necessary to get grub working. At least, this worked for me, as I had the same issue with grub. Cheers, Conrad __

Re: [Soekris] Using a net6501 as a home server

Hi! Am 06.11.2012 19:46, schrieb Wesley PA4WDH: > --- On Tue, 11/6/12, Conrad Kostecki wrote: >> I can't confirm this. I've installed a 7.200rpm drive (WD >> Black) and its >> only getting warm. The disk itself reports about 39 degree.. >> This is

Re: [Soekris] Using a net6501 as a home server

Hi! Am 06.11.2012 11:56, schrieb Chris Wilson: > Hi all, > > On Wed, 31 Oct 2012, ED Fochler wrote: > >> The additional heat from the PSU components feeding the drives would >> concern me too. I'd add external power to that DVD drive rather than >> feeding it off the Soekris. And I would recomme

Re: [Soekris] Using a net6501 as a home server

Am 19.10.2012 00:16, schrieb Gordon Messmer: > Out of curiosity, I tried running CentOS 6 and KVM on a 6501. I'm not > sure the hardware assisted virtualization cannot work, but it doesn't > work on out of the box. virt-install reports: > ERRORHost does not support virtualization type 'hvm' >

Re: [Soekris] New Microcode in future comBIOS?

regards, Dan On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Conrad Kostecki <mailto:conik...@gmx.de>> wrote: Hi! Does anybody know, if its possible to include the latest Intel Microcode in a future version of comBIOS? It seems, that the current release has an older one, because

[Soekris] New Microcode in future comBIOS?

Hi! Does anybody know, if its possible to include the latest Intel Microcode in a future version of comBIOS? It seems, that the current release has an older one, because updating manually with microcode_ctl gives me: dmesg: [259299.918812] microcode: CPU0 updated to revision 0x105, date = 2011-0

[Soekris] Access Temp/Fan/Voltage with lm_sensors?

Hi, does anybody know, if theres some i/o chip for monitoring the temperature/fans/voltage? I've found only, that coretemp directly works. There are also some sensors, but all return "zero" values. Did somebody found something? Cheers, Conrad lm84-i2c-0-18 Adapter: SMBus SCH adapter at 0840 temp1

Re: [Soekris] What is latest bios for Net6501?

Am 05.05.2012 02:18, schrieb Karl Auerbach: > Is 1.41a the latest bios for the Net6501 or is there a later version. > > (The website shows 1.41a but before I do the update I want to make sure > I'm getting the latest version.) > > Thanks, > --karl-- > >

[Soekris] Soekris net6501 ignores WD load cycles timer

Hi, I've built in a western digital scorpio black 750gb drive into my soekris. As I know, those drives have a problem with the load cycles, as there is a timer set to 8 seconds. I used directly from wd a tool called wdidle3. I disabled completly the timer with it. This seems to be ignored on my so