Mike Tancsa
2019-Jan-04 20:05 UTC
APU2, legacy firmware 4.0.22, FreeBSD 12.0 hangs in boot
On 1/4/2019 2:53 PM, Ruben wrote:> Hi Kurt, > >> >> Well, that's what I thought as well, but when the legacy did not work, >> I tried the mainline (the 4.8.0.5), it worked. >> > .. >> >> I did not test the .7, due to my fatfingering during the >> download/update 8-} >> As it worked, I'm fine for now. >> > Tnx for your elaboration. > > I hope to find some time this weekend to do a firmware upgrade / > fiddle. Good to know the v4.8.0.5 release ought to work. > > Ill relay any findings that look might be useful to others. >What do the newer firmwares give you ? i.e. why upgrade ? On my APU3s I am running ??????? Vendor: coreboot ??????? Version: 4.0.7 ??????? Release Date: 03/02/2017 and havent seen any issues with it ? Are there new features ? ??? ---Mike -- ------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 x203 Sentex Communications, mike at sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada
Kurt Jaeger
2019-Jan-04 20:10 UTC
APU2, legacy firmware 4.0.22, FreeBSD 12.0 hangs in boot
Hi!> What do the newer firmwares give you ? i.e. why upgrade ? On my APU3s I > am running> and havent seen any issues with it ? Are there new features ?I had an issue, FreeBSD 12.0 would only boot *very* slowly. That's why I started upgrading to legacy 4.0.22, which would not boot at all, then to 4.8.05, which worked 8-) -- pi at FreeBSD.org +49 171 3101372 One year to go !