Re: APU1 bricked on stable/14 - solved

Great. Just need the APU1 now.

Warner

On Sun, Oct 6, 2024, 7:56 AM Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> wrote:

> From one of the APUs I have here:
>
> ---<<BOOT>>---
> Copyright (c) 1992-2023 The FreeBSD Project.
> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
>         The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
> FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
> FreeBSD 14.1-STABLE stable/14-n268741-9ff3c094fde3 GENERIC amd64
> FreeBSD clang version 18.1.6 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git
> llvmorg-1
> 8.1.6-0-g1118c2e05e67)
> VT(vga): resolution 640x480
> CPU: AMD GX-412TC SOC                                (998.18-MHz K8-class
> CPU)
>   Origin="AuthenticAMD"  Id=0x730f01  Family=0x16  Model=0x30  Stepping=1
>
> Features=0x178bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,C
> MOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT>
>
> Features2=0x3ed8220b<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,MON,SSSE3,CX16,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,
> AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX,F16C>
>   AMD Features=0x2e500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM>
>   AMD
> Features2=0x1d4037ff<LAHF,CMP,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8,ABM,SSE4A,MAS,Prefetch,OSVW,
> IBS,SKINIT,WDT,Topology,PNXC,DBE,PTSC,PL2I>
>   Structured Extended Features=0x8<BMI1>
>   XSAVE Features=0x1<XSAVEOPT>
>   SVM: NP,NRIP,AFlush,DAssist,NAsids=8
>   TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
> real memory  = 2013061120 (1919 MB)
> avail memory = 1912287232 (1823 MB)
> Event timer "LAPIC" quality 100
> ACPI APIC Table: <CORE   COREBOOT>
> FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
> FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)
> arc4random: WARNING: initial seeding bypassed the cryptographic random
> device be
> cause it was not yet seeded and the knob 'bypass_before_seeding' was
> enabled.
> ioapic1: MADT APIC ID 5 != hw id 0
> ioapic0 <Version 2.1> irqs 0-23
> ioapic1 <Version 2.1> irqs 24-55
> Launching APs: 3 1 2
> random: entropy device external interface
> kbd0 at kbdmux0
> vtvga0: <VT VGA driver>
> smbios0: <System Management BIOS> at iomem 0xf3740-0xf375e
> smbios0: Version: 2.7
> aesni0: <AES-CBC,AES-CCM,AES-GCM,AES-ICM,AES-XTS>
> acpi0: <CORE COREBOOT>
> acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
> cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
> atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x71 irq 8 on acpi0
> atrtc0: registered as a time-of-day clock, resolution 1.000000s
> Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
> attimer0: <AT timer> port 0x40-0x43 irq 0 on acpi0
> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
> Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
> apei0: <ACPI Platform Error Interface> on acpi0
> hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
> Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 950
> Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900
> acpi_timer0: <32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x818-0x81b on acpi0
> acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
> pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
> pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
> pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 2.2 on pci0
> pcib1: failed to allocate initial I/O port window: 0x1000-0x1fff
> pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
> igb0: <Intel(R) I211 (Copper)> port 0x2000-0x201f mem
> 0xfe700000-0xfe71ffff,0xfe
> 720000-0xfe723fff at device 0.0 on pci1
> igb0: NVM V0.6 imgtype1
> igb0: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
> igb0: Using 2 RX queues 2 TX queues
> igb0: Using MSI-X interrupts with 3 vectors
> igb0: Ethernet address: 00:0d:b9:46:71:88
> igb0: netmap queues/slots: TX 2/1024, RX 2/1024
> pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 2.4 on pci0
> pcib2: failed to allocate initial I/O port window: 0x2000-0x2fff
> pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
> igb1: <Intel(R) I211 (Copper)> port 0x4000-0x401f mem
> 0xfe800000-0xfe81ffff,0xfe
> 820000-0xfe823fff at device 0.0 on pci2
> igb1: NVM V0.6 imgtype1
> igb1: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
> igb1: Using 2 RX queues 2 TX queues
> igb1: Using MSI-X interrupts with 3 vectors
> igb1: Ethernet address: 00:0d:b9:46:71:89
> igb1: netmap queues/slots: TX 2/1024, RX 2/1024
> pci0: <encrypt/decrypt> at device 8.0 (no driver attached)
> xhci0: <AMD FCH USB 3.0 controller> mem 0xfeb22000-0xfeb23fff at device
> 16.0 on
> pci0
> xhci0: 32 bytes context size, 64-bit DMA
> usbus0 on xhci0
> usbus0: 5.0Gbps Super Speed USB v3.0
> ahci0: <AMD Hudson-2 AHCI SATA controller> port
> 0x3010-0x3017,0x3020-0x3023,0x30
> 18-0x301f,0x3024-0x3027,0x3000-0x300f mem 0xfeb25000-0xfeb253ff at device
> 17.0 o
> n pci0
> ahci0: AHCI v1.30 with 2 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported with FBS
> ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0
> ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0
> ehci0: <AMD FCH USB 2.0 controller> mem 0x80000000-0x800000ff at device
> 18.0 on
> pci0
> usbus1: EHCI version 1.0
> usbus1 on ehci0
> usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
> ehci1: <AMD FCH USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfeb25400-0xfeb254ff at device
> 19.0 on
> pci0
> usbus2: EHCI version 1.0
> usbus2 on ehci1
> usbus2: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
> isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 20.3 on pci0
> isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
> sdhci_pci0: <Generic SD HCI> mem 0xfeb25500-0xfeb255ff at device 20.7 on
> pci0
> sdhci_pci0: 1 slot(s) allocated
> mmc0: <MMC/SD bus> on sdhci_pci0
> uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
> ns8250: UART FCR is broken
> uart0: console (115200,n,8,1)
> orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xef000-0xeffff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
> hwpstate0: <Cool`n'Quiet 2.0> on cpu0
> Timecounter "TSC" frequency 998127234 Hz quality 1000
> Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
> ugen2.1: <AMD EHCI root HUB> at usbus2
> ugen1.1: <AMD EHCI root HUB> at usbus1
> ugen0.1: <AMD XHCI root HUB> at usbus0
> uhub0 on usbus2
> uhub0: <AMD EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus2
> uhub1 on usbus0
> uhub1: <AMD XHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
> uhub2 on usbus1
> uhub2: <AMD EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1
> mmcsd0: 16GB <SDHC SL16G 8.0 SN A4981A22 MFG 01/2017 by 3 SD> at mmc0
> 50.0MHz/4b
> it/65535-block
> Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/mmcsd0s1a [ro]...
>
> ....
>
> This is an APU2; I've got a bunch of them in the field (one is my own
> personal firewall/gateway) but they're EOL'd as the SOC was deprecated.
> They run quite well and I'm on stable/14 with them at present.
>
>
> On 10/6/2024 9:47 AM, Warner Losh wrote:
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 6, 2024 at 6:35 AM Stefan Hegnauer <stefan.hegnauer@gmx.ch>
> wrote:
>
>> I have a few pc-engines APU1 appliances running in headless mode under
>> Nanobsd. Maintenance is by means of  direct COM port connection.
>> After a recent update a few weeks back I was not able to connect by COM
>> port anymore - console output and input went away after booting and
>> before single- or multi-user mode would start. Even re-flashing the
>> SDcard with a fresh image did not help.
>>
>> After some longish trials and errors it turned out that both
>> - commit 74b9fc7a 'amd64 GENERIC: Switch uart hints from "isa" to
>> "acpi"' as well as
>> - commit 4ba4cfaf 'acpi: Narrow workaround for broken interrupt settings
>> on x86'
>> broke things for me. Restoring hints and setting
>> hw.acpi.override_isa_irq_polarity=1 in /boot/loader.conf.local restored
>> working order.
>>
>> I agree that APU1 is EOL, however I would have expected an entry to
>> UPDATING for such a POLA violation.
>>
>
> Likely, but really really old gear like this is going to hit edge cases
> that
> developers haven't seen. The hint thing wasn't though to actually
> negatively
> affect any deployed hardware since it dealt with details that changed 15 or
> 20 years ago...
>
> Looks like the APU1 used coreboot which at the time was trailing adaptation
> of ACPI, so it makes sense... I knew that Soekris boxes had issues, but
> they
> are another 5 or 10 years older than the APUs and mine sadly isn't
> operational.
>
> So I can write a better UPDATING entry, can you share with me the dmesg
> from both APU1 and APU2?
>
> Warner
>
>
>> Note that pc-engines APU2 models are not affected as the BIOS ACPI
>> tables contain correct UART descriptions.
>>
>> - Stefan
>>
>> --
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