Otto Moerbeek <o...@drijf.net> writes:
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 06:12:41PM +0200, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
>
>> I bought a PC Engines APU2 this week and thought I'd write up my
>> impressions.
>>
>> TL;DR: Recommended.
>>
>> The obvious point of reference is the Soekris net6501. Now, that
>> comparison isn't really fair since the net6501 is several years old
>> and the APU2 is a new design. Then again, Soekris canceled their
>> successor model (after stringing along potential customers for a
>> year), so they're without a competitive product now. Tough for them.
>>
>> http://pcengines.ch/apu2c4.htm
>> https://soekris.com/products/net6501-1.html
>>
>> Here's what the APU2 lacks: It has only three Ethernet ports instead
>> of four, no front-side Ethernet LEDs, no PCI-Express expansion slot,
>> no LOM. On the plus side, it has two USB 3.0 ports instead of a
>> single USB 2.0 one.
>>
>> Performance: Single-core speed of the APU2 seems to be comparable
>> to the net6501-70 (the fast model), but the APU2 has four cores
>> instead of two and it has AES-NI, which provides a big boost for
>> many crypto applications. A "make -j4 build" took exactly 120
>> minutes.
>>
>> Heat: The APUs have an innovative design where the CPU heat sink
>> is coupled to the case. Since this is typically assembled by the
>> customer, a lot of attention is drawn to it and people obsess over
>> the CPU temperature. It's a nonissue. Case temperature is about
>> the same as for the net6501, where people are far less concerned,
>> even a "make -j4 build" didn't raise the CPU temperature much (57C
>> to 64.5C), and the design ensures good heat flow. Ask me again in
>> six months how it did in a 33C summer environment, but I expect no
>> problems whatsoever.
>>
>> The firmware is still being worked on; it's cobbled together from
>> coreboot, a MemTest86 module (takes about 1h45 for one pass on the
>> apu2c4), and iPXE. It works. I've booted via PXE, from an external
>> USB key, and from mSATA.
>>
>> Miscellaneous: The case is really compact. The order of the Ethernet
>> ports is reversed when compared to the Soekris and not marked on
>> the case.
>>
>> And yes, the APU2 is fully supported by OpenBSD 5.9.
>>
>> Overall, I like it a lot. Compared to the net6501, the APU2 is
>> much cheaper and more powerful. Compared to Intel Rangeley devices,
>> it is readily available in small quantities (like, one) and, to
>> pick the one that you can easily buy, again much cheaper than the
>> RCC-VE 2440.
>>
>> My APU2 is serving as my home gateway now, replacing a net6501.
>> It feels good to be running an AMD CPU again. :-)
>>
>>
>> PS: I bought mine from NRG Systems GmbH, Augsburg, Germany, who
>> sell convenient board/case/PSU/SSD kits. Board and case were
>> already assembled.
>> --
>> Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de
>
> A dmesg! My kingdom for a dmesg!
> ;-)
>
> -otto
Here's one from my apu.
Timo
OpenBSD 5.9-current (GENERIC.MP) #1973: Tue Mar 29 19:42:47 MDT 2016
dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
real mem = 4261076992 (4063MB)
avail mem = 4127580160 (3936MB)
mpath0 at root
scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.7 @ 0xdffb7020 (7 entries)
bios0: vendor coreboot version "APU2A_20150928-19-gbc96368-dirty" date
02/11/2016
bios0: PC Engines apu2
acpi0 at bios0: rev 2
acpi0: sleep states S0 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT APIC HEST SSDT SSDT HPET
acpi0: wakeup devices PWRB(S4) PBR4(S4) PBR5(S4) PBR6(S4) PBR7(S4) PBR8(S4)
UOH1(S3) UOH3(S3) UOH5(S3) XHC0(S4)
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 32 bits
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: AMD GX-412TC SOC, 998.37 MHz
cpu0:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT,SSE3,PCLMUL,MWAIT,SSSE3,CX16,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,NXE,MMXX,FFXSR,PAGE1GB,LONG,LAHF,CMPLEG,SVM,EAPICSP,AMCR8,ABM,SSE4A,MASSE,3DNOWP,OSVW,IBS,SKINIT,TOPEXT,ITSC,BMI1
cpu0: 32KB 64b/line 2-way I-cache, 32KB 64b/line 8-way D-cache, 2MB 64b/line
16-way L2 cache
cpu0: ITLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative
cpu0: DTLB 40 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative
cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 8 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges
cpu0: apic clock running at 99MHz
cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, IBE
cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor)
cpu1: AMD GX-412TC SOC, 998.11 MHz
cpu1:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT,SSE3,PCLMUL,MWAIT,SSSE3,CX16,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,NXE,MMXX,FFXSR,PAGE1GB,LONG,LAHF,CMPLEG,SVM,EAPICSP,AMCR8,ABM,SSE4A,MASSE,3DNOWP,OSVW,IBS,SKINIT,TOPEXT,ITSC,BMI1
cpu1: 32KB 64b/line 2-way I-cache, 32KB 64b/line 8-way D-cache, 2MB 64b/line
16-way L2 cache
cpu1: ITLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative
cpu1: DTLB 40 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative
cpu1: smt 0, core 1, package 0
cpu2 at mainbus0: apid 2 (application processor)
cpu2: AMD GX-412TC SOC, 998.11 MHz
cpu2:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT,SSE3,PCLMUL,MWAIT,SSSE3,CX16,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,NXE,MMXX,FFXSR,PAGE1GB,LONG,LAHF,CMPLEG,SVM,EAPICSP,AMCR8,ABM,SSE4A,MASSE,3DNOWP,OSVW,IBS,SKINIT,TOPEXT,ITSC,BMI1
cpu2: 32KB 64b/line 2-way I-cache, 32KB 64b/line 8-way D-cache, 2MB 64b/line
16-way L2 cache
cpu2: ITLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative
cpu2: DTLB 40 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative
cpu2: smt 0, core 2, package 0
cpu3 at mainbus0: apid 3 (application processor)
cpu3: AMD GX-412TC SOC, 998.11 MHz
cpu3:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT,SSE3,PCLMUL,MWAIT,SSSE3,CX16,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,NXE,MMXX,FFXSR,PAGE1GB,LONG,LAHF,CMPLEG,SVM,EAPICSP,AMCR8,ABM,SSE4A,MASSE,3DNOWP,OSVW,IBS,SKINIT,TOPEXT,ITSC,BMI1
cpu3: 32KB 64b/line 2-way I-cache, 32KB 64b/line 8-way D-cache, 2MB 64b/line
16-way L2 cache
cpu3: ITLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative
cpu3: DTLB 40 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative
cpu3: smt 0, core 3, package 0
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 4 pa 0xfec00000, version 21, 24 pins
ioapic1 at mainbus0: apid 5 pa 0xfec20000, version 21, 32 pins
ioapic1: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 5
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318180 Hz
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (PBR4)
acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 1 (PBR5)
acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 2 (PBR6)
acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 3 (PBR7)
acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 4 (PBR8)
acpicpu0 at acpi0: C2(0@400 io@0x1771), C1(@1 halt!), PSS
acpicpu1 at acpi0: C2(0@400 io@0x1771), C1(@1 halt!), PSS
acpicpu2 at acpi0: C2(0@400 io@0x1771), C1(@1 halt!), PSS
acpicpu3 at acpi0: C2(0@400 io@0x1771), C1(@1 halt!), PSS
acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB
"PNP0A08" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C02" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0B00" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0100" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0800" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0000" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0200" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C04" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0501" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0F" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0F" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0F" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0F" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0F" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0F" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C02" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C02" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C02" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C02" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C02" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C02" at acpi0 not configured
cpu0: 998 MHz: speeds: 1000 800 600 MHz
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "AMD AMD64 16h Root Complex" rev 0x00
pchb1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "AMD AMD64 16h Host" rev 0x00
ppb0 at pci0 dev 2 function 2 "AMD AMD64 16h PCIE" rev 0x00: msi
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
em0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Intel I210" rev 0x03: msi, address
00:0d:b9:40:7d:4c
ppb1 at pci0 dev 2 function 3 "AMD AMD64 16h PCIE" rev 0x00: msi
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
em1 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel I210" rev 0x03: msi, address
00:0d:b9:40:7d:4d
ppb2 at pci0 dev 2 function 4 "AMD AMD64 16h PCIE" rev 0x00: msi
pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
em2 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Intel I210" rev 0x03: msi, address
00:0d:b9:40:7d:4e
ppb3 at pci0 dev 2 function 5 "AMD AMD64 16h PCIE" rev 0x00: msi
pci4 at ppb3 bus 4
athn0 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros AR9281" rev 0x01: apic 5 int 16
athn0: AR9280 rev 2 (2T2R), ROM rev 22, address 04:f0:21:16:93:cc
"AMD CCP" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 not configured
xhci0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "AMD Bolton xHCI" rev 0x11: msi
usb0 at xhci0: USB revision 3.0
uhub0 at usb0 "AMD xHCI root hub" rev 3.00/1.00 addr 1
ahci0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "AMD Hudson-2 SATA" rev 0x40: apic 4 int 19,
AHCI 1.3
ahci0: port 0: 6.0Gb/s
scsibus1 at ahci0: 32 targets
sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, TS32GMSA370, O091> SCSI3 0/direct fixed
t10.ATA_TS32GMSA370_C682220802_
sd0: 30533MB, 512 bytes/sector, 62533296 sectors, thin
ehci0 at pci0 dev 19 function 0 "AMD Hudson-2 USB2" rev 0x39: apic 4 int 18
usb1 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub1 at usb1 "AMD EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
piixpm0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "AMD Hudson-2 SMBus" rev 0x42: SMBus disabled
pcib0 at pci0 dev 20 function 3 "AMD Hudson-2 LPC" rev 0x11
sdhc0 at pci0 dev 20 function 7 "AMD Bolton SD/MMC" rev 0x01: apic 4 int 16
sdmmc0 at sdhc0
pchb2 at pci0 dev 24 function 0 "AMD AMD64 16h Link Cfg" rev 0x00
pchb3 at pci0 dev 24 function 1 "AMD AMD64 16h Address Map" rev 0x00
pchb4 at pci0 dev 24 function 2 "AMD AMD64 16h DRAM Cfg" rev 0x00
km0 at pci0 dev 24 function 3 "AMD AMD64 16h Misc Cfg" rev 0x00
pchb5 at pci0 dev 24 function 4 "AMD AMD64 16h CPU Power" rev 0x00
pchb6 at pci0 dev 24 function 5 "AMD AMD64 16h Misc Cfg" rev 0x00
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
com0: console
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
spkr0 at pcppi0
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7
wbsio0 at isa0 port 0x2e/2: NCT5104D rev 0x52
uhub2 at uhub1 port 1 "Advanced Micro Devices product 0x7900" rev 2.00/0.18
addr 2
vscsi0 at root
scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets
softraid0 at root
scsibus3 at softraid0: 256 targets
root on sd0a (ee35732c3afeb54c.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b
athn0: device timeout
athn0: device timeout
athn0: device timeout
