Re: [Soekris] They finally suspended operations
Not complaining at all. It is just amazing how cheap the APUs are, that they don't cost much more then their racking kits and sometimes even less! On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 6:21 AM, Attila Kinali wrote: > On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:48:09 -0700 > Dan Shechter wrote: > > > I have replaced my failing 6501 with PC Engine APU2. Very happy. > > > > Funny how the rack mounting kits cost a lot, relative to the price of the > > APU its self. > > I dont see what you are complaining about, the price of an APU + rack > mount kit > is still less than half the price of a net6501. > > Attila Kinali > > -- > It is upon moral qualities that a society is ultimately founded. All > the prosperity and technological sophistication in the world is of no > use without that foundation. > -- Miss Matheson, The Diamond Age, Neil Stephenson > ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] They finally suspended operations
I have replaced my failing 6501 with PC Engine APU2. Very happy. Funny how the rack mounting kits cost a lot, relative to the price of the APU its self. On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 12:58 PM, Nick Gyurov wrote: > Bryan, I'm switching to PC Engines. > > On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 at 3:56 AM BKW Soekris > wrote: > >> On 2017-04-26 10:11, Scott Gustafson wrote: >> > From the home page announcement: http://soekris.com/ >> >> Well, at least they've made it clear. Now I can finally give up hope on >> a new product. And I can also give up hope for some official >> contribution to the mailing list regarding the net6501 problems. And >> now I can officially start planning for the eventual replacement of my >> net6501, knowing that it will be REQUIRED to be a non-Soekris option. >> Now I need to find a rack mount server that can run completely fanless. >> Anybody have any suggestions? >> >> -Bryan >> ___ >> Soekris-tech mailing list >> Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com >> http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech >> > -- > Regards, > Nick > > ___ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] I see development of the net6801 has been dropped.
I think it would be interesting to see some diversification from the "server-as-a-router" market's current offerings, which are mostly just generic computers with multiple network interfaces and rackmount cases. Soekris is in an interesting position to be able to build application specific hardware, since the board is mostly custom. I think it would be cool if we had packet processing and switching done in hardware, and integrated into the OS' routing and bridging tables, so that packet switching and some routing decisions could be made in purpose specific hardware rather than on the general use CPU. I think the specs of the 6501 are sufficient for most network appliance applications, but what is missing is the ability to significantly scale up traffic. Doing that with a general purpose CPU seems expensive and would be taxing on the rest of the operating system. It seems a few companies have dabbled with creating PCIe ethernet switches that can switch packets on-card, but nothing that looks like it's meant to be controlled by or integrated well with the operating system. -Dan On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 1:44 PM Christopher Sean Hilton wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 10:27:23PM +0200, Vadim Troshchinskiy wrote: > > That makes sense, but it's still a pity not to have a higher spec > > machine to move to, even if it's not that particular model. > > > > Though on the other hand it makes a fair amount of sense: I've been > > searching for alternatives and the latest Atom is about 3 years old! It > > seems like this market doesn't see a lot of activity, unfortunately. > > Having a higher spec machine to move to depends on a lot of things but > it's not worth speculating on that in this list. > > One thing that's always surprised me is that Soekris has not built a > machine with socketed RAM. I'm sure that there's a good reason for it > but since my load tends to be more memory than CPU footprint, non > socketed RAM makes Soekris stuff less desirable. > > -- > Chris > > __o "All I was trying to do was get home from work." > _`\<,_ -Rosa Parks > ___(*)/_(*).___o..___..o...ooO..._ > Christopher Sean Hilton[chris/at/vindaloo/dot/com] > ___ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] I see development of the net6801 has been dropped.
Hi Conrad, What about Serial console, especially for the BIOS? -Dan On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 9:26 AM, wrote: > Hi Jerome, > >> Jerome Ibanes hat am 19. Oktober 2015 um 01:09 >> geschrieben: >> Does anyone has experience with Supermicro SYS-5018A-FTN4? >> >> Specs: http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/5018/SYS-5018A-FTN4.cfm >> Quote: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101837 >> >> The quality is certainly not comparable to what we've seen from >> Soekris, but this seems to be an acceptable solution for the price. > > I am using one of them and pretty happy. IMHO it's a good Soekris replacement. > > Cheers > Conrad > ___ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] I see development of the net6801 has been dropped.
It's in the "Latest News" column of the Home page: " Latest News *October 6, 2015:* Development of the net6801 has been shelved indefinitely due to high production and component costs. We appreciate your interest." On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 10:24 AM Nenhum_de_Nos wrote: > On Tue, 06 Oct 2015 19:09 +0200 > Vadim Troshchinskiy wrote: > > > On Tuesday, October 06, 2015 04:38:51 PM Stephen Mintz wrote: > > > I am crushed as well. Hoping to retire my 5501-70. I hope Soekris > > > reconsiders. > > > > Me too. The hardware certainly needs an upgrade. Here I am starting to > see ads > > for 300 Mbps fiber and the old hardware just won't do for that. It's been > > managing about 70 Mbps on my 100 Mbps line, so it definitely won't do > for the > > next bandwidth upgrade. > > > > The page cites cost issues, but I do not think people buy such things > because > > they are cheap. Among other things, I am looking for something more > flexible > > and reliable than my ISP's router, which needs power cycling every few > weeks, > > and I am willing to pay extra for that. > > > > Besides, Lanner seems to have something out already. > > Saw that too. Didn't see where they wrote about it. Is it on the page ? > > I was planning on buying one now on November :( > > matheus > > -- > "We will call you Cygnus, > the God of balance you shall be." > ___ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] I see development of the net6801 has been dropped.
Guess I picked up my used net6501-70 on e-bay just in time! Has anybody experimented with PCIe ethernet switching cards? I have been looking at the DualComm DCP-1004(L), which might be a nice way to do switching through my net6501 without using the onboard CPU for layer-2. I was having trouble finding examples of applications that others have used, so I'm wondering how stable they are. -Dan On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 10:09 AM Vadim Troshchinskiy wrote: > On Tuesday, October 06, 2015 04:38:51 PM Stephen Mintz wrote: > > I am crushed as well. Hoping to retire my 5501-70. I hope Soekris > > reconsiders. > > Me too. The hardware certainly needs an upgrade. Here I am starting to see > ads > for 300 Mbps fiber and the old hardware just won't do for that. It's been > managing about 70 Mbps on my 100 Mbps line, so it definitely won't do for > the > next bandwidth upgrade. > > The page cites cost issues, but I do not think people buy such things > because > they are cheap. Among other things, I am looking for something more > flexible > and reliable than my ISP's router, which needs power cycling every few > weeks, > and I am willing to pay extra for that. > > Besides, Lanner seems to have something out already. > > > ___ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Customized/stripped down recent linux config for the net6501?
Mine attached. Note, this is x32 (i686) - what with the Atom E6xx not officially supporting x64. # uname -a Linux iris 3.15.1-net6501 #2 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 23 06:08:26 UTC 2014 i686 Genuine Intel(R) CPU @ 1.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > On Feb 6, 2015, at 10:49 PM, Johannes Graumann > wrote: > > Hello, > > 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? > > Thanks for any help. > > Sincerely, Joh > > ___ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech config.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
[Soekris] Consistent PHYRdyChg error on second mSATA (BIOS / HW problem ?)
I have just received two net6501-70 with identical configurations:
- net6501-70 Board and 1 Slot Standard Case
- Intel 30GB MLC mSATA SSD - SSDMCEAC030B3 (2 per box - for software RAID 1)
- lan1841, PCI Express Quad Gigabit ethernet board
While installing Linux x32 (3.15.1), during the initial software raid setup the
second mSATA (scsi 1:0:0:0) drops out of raid after a few minutes of raid
building. The behavior is 100% reproducible on both boxes. Furthermore, after
encountering the error and soft-rebooting, the BIOS no longer sees the second
mSATA drive (it does NOT appear in comBIOS device listing)- a hardware reboot
(i.e. from button) or power cycle makes the disk available again.
The first mSATA (scsi 0:0:0:0) is stable.
The distro is Linux Gentoo i686 and I can reproduce it with both the supplied
kernel or custom compiled. I can provide .config and any and all other
information, or try anything you might suggest in order to further debug the
issue.
Details below; please advise.
Thank you,
Dan
uname:
Linux speedy 3.15.1-net6501 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 21 20:21:31 UTC 2014 i686
Genuine Intel(R) CPU @ 1.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
dmesg error snippet:
Jun 21 21:49:58 speedy kernel: [ 2045.111438] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x10
SAct 0x18000 SErr 0x10300 action 0xe frozen
Jun 21 21:49:58 speedy kernel: [ 2045.111447] ata2.00: irq_stat 0x0840,
interface fatal error, PHY RDY changed
Jun 21 21:49:58 speedy kernel: [ 2045.111454] ata2: SError: { UnrecovData
Persist PHYRdyChg }
Jun 21 21:49:58 speedy kernel: [ 2045.111462] ata2.00: failed command: WRITE
FPDMA QUEUED
Jun 21 21:49:58 speedy kernel: [ 2045.111475] ata2.00: cmd
61/00:78:00:66:f4/04:00:00:00:00/40 tag 15 ncq 524288 out
Jun 21 21:49:58 speedy kernel: [ 2045.111475] res
40/00:78:00:66:f4/00:00:00:00:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Jun 21 21:49:58 speedy kernel: [ 2045.111482] ata2.00: status: { DRDY }
Jun 21 21:49:58 speedy kernel: [ 2045.111488] ata2.00: failed command: WRITE
FPDMA QUEUED
Jun 21 21:49:58 speedy kernel: [ 2045.111500] ata2.00: cmd
61/80:80:00:6a:f4/03:00:00:00:00/40 tag 16 ncq 458752 out
Jun 21 21:49:58 speedy kernel: [ 2045.111500] res
40/00:78:00:66:f4/00:00:00:00:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Jun 21 21:49:58 speedy kernel: [ 2045.111507] ata2.00: status: { DRDY }
Jun 21 21:49:58 speedy kernel: [ 2045.111517] ata2: hard resetting link
Jun 21 21:49:59 speedy kernel: [ 2046.093300] ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps
(SStatus 123 SControl 300)
Jun 21 21:49:59 speedy kernel: [ 2046.108273] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
Jun 21 21:49:59 speedy kernel: [ 2046.108319] ata2: EH complete
. . .
Jun 21 21:50:01 speedy kernel: [ 2048.015017] ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0
SControl 300)
Jun 21 21:50:06 speedy kernel: [ 2053.014228] ata2: hard resetting link
Jun 21 21:50:06 speedy kernel: [ 2053.319216] ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0
SControl 300)
Jun 21 21:50:06 speedy kernel: [ 2053.319239] ata2: limiting SATA link speed to
1.5 Gbps
Jun 21 21:50:11 speedy kernel: [ 2058.318433] ata2: hard resetting link
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623403] ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0
SControl 310)
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623423] ata2.00: disabled
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623474] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb]
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623479] Result: hostbyte=0x00
driverbyte=0x08
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623485] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb]
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623488] Sense Key : 0xb [current]
[descriptor]
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623495] Descriptor sense data with sense
descriptors (in hex):
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623499] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c
00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623518] 00 f5 c2 80
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623527] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb]
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623531] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623536] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB:
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623540] cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 00 f5 c2 80 00
04 00 00
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623556] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb,
sector 16106112
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623622] sd 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to
offline device
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623630] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] killing request
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623645] sd 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to
offline device
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623694] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb]
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623699] Result: hostbyte=0x00
driverbyte=0x08
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623704] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb]
. . .
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.623978] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb,
sector 16108160
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.624011] ata2.00: detaching (SCSI 1:0:0:0)
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.631674] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Synchronizing
SCSI cache
Jun 21 21:50:12 speedy kernel: [ 2058.631818] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb
Re: [Soekris] Ubuntu 12.10 on net5501
I believe that ubuntu 10.10 and up abandoned i586 support by requiring SSE. I think applies to the bins as well as the kernel. You may have better luck with Debian, which IIRC still runs on i586 On 20 March 2013 06:50, Andris Berzins wrote: > Hello, > > Is anyone running Ubuntu 12.10 on net5501? > > I am running 10.04 with grub-1.98, since grub versions > 1.98 does not boot > on net5501. > > Any experiences? > > ___ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Soekris 6501-70 / 6501-50 Network Throughput under Debian / OpenBSD
What happens for systems which do not support hw.setperf in 5.1? Don't they run as if setpef was set to 100? Best regards, Dan On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Mitja Muženič wrote: > Thank you for providing the dmesg, it would be very hard to reply without > it. > > You are running OpenBSD 5.1-release that was frozen on March 12th 2012. > Unfortunately the setperf code in OpenBSD only recognized the Atom E660 > chip used in net6501 a week later, on March 18th 2012, so 5.1 doesn't > support setting it on net6501. Your best bet is to use a -current snapshot > until 5.2 is released in November. > > > -Original Message- > > From: soekris-tech-boun...@lists.soekris.com [mailto:soekris-tech- > > boun...@lists.soekris.com] On Behalf Of Josh > > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 6:16 AM > > To: soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > > Cc: Mitja Muženič; Stuart Henderson > > Subject: Re: [Soekris] Soekris 6501-70 / 6501-50 Network Throughput > > under Debian / OpenBSD > > > > Hello, > > I have difficulties getting the command to work: > > soekris~# sysctl hw.setperf=100 > > sysctl: hw.setperf: value is not available > > > > Running GENERIC.MP i386 on soekris 6501-70 (attached is a dmesg) > > > > Have you modified the kernel to get hw.setperf option? > > > > Cheers, > > > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 7:33 PM, David Coppa wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Mitja Muženič > > wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>> -Original Message- > > >>> From: soekris-tech-boun...@lists.soekris.com [mailto:soekris-tech- > > >>> boun...@lists.soekris.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Henderson > > >>> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 1:21 PM > > >>> To: soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > > >>> Subject: Re: [Soekris] Soekris 6501-70 / 6501-50 Network Throughput > > >>> under Debian / OpenBSD > > >>> > > >>> Replying to an old(ish) post. > > >>> > > >>> On 2011-12-14, Josh wrote: > > >>> > Is there any way to improve the network throughput under OpenBSD? > > >>> > > >>> Some more information came to light... > > >>> Here's a workaround until it can be fixed: > > >>> > > >>> sysctl hw.setperf=0 > > >>> sysctl hw.setperf=100 > > >> > > >> Actually just the latter one is enough: > > >> > > >> echo "sysctl hw.setperf=100" >> /etc/rc.local > > > > > > Or "hw.setperf=100" >> /etc/sysctl.conf > > > > > > ciao, > > > david > > ___ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] OpenBSD 5.1 and the net6501
Hi, I am using net6501-70 running with OpenBSD 5.0 32bit using the Transcend MLC SSD option. The only issues I have found were lm-sensors showing only temperature (and the wrong one - 95c) and watchdog not working at all. There have been some reports on this list about rebooting problems using the Transcend SSDs. I seldom boot and never had any issues. In few days I plan to upgrade to 5.1, and I'll report here, though following the change log I don't think there will be any difference. However, in -current change log there are some ATOM related fixes. HTH, Dan On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Bill Meigs wrote: > I've read many conversations over the past year about > compatibility issues between OpenBSD and the net6501. > > I'm wondering about the current status. > Are there any special procedures to take that are different > from other Soekris boxes? > > Would it be safer to get the net5501 instead? > I've had very good results with the net5501, but I'm always > interested in trying something new. > > Thanks, > Bill > ___ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > -- Best regards, Dan ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] 1G optical NIC for 6501
Thank you all for replying. I am looking for an advise from someone who actually is using such a NIC with Soekris 6501. ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
[Soekris] 1G optical NIC for 6501
Hi All, Looking for a 1G optical NIC for 6501. Most NICs I can find on ebay look too big to fit the tiny PCI Express socket on the soekris. Any recommendations? I plan to use it on OpenBSD 5.1. Best regards, Dan ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
[Soekris] net4521 latest BIOS
Hello list, To what BIOS version can I upgrade net4521? Best regards, Dan ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
[Soekris] net6501 OpenBSD 5.0 watchdog
Hi soekris-tech, When doing: ~$ sysctl | grep watch ~$ I Get nothing. In the dmesg I see nothing about ichwdt ~$ dmesg | grep ichwdt ~$ Do I need to configure something to enable the watchdog feature? Best regards, Dan ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
[Soekris] net6501 PCIe hotplug
Hello all - Can Soren, or anyone lucky enough to be testing on of these tell me if there's a chance of it supporting PCIe hotplug? Thanks in advance, Dan ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Installing Debian Squeeze
On Mar 8, 2011, at 2:34 PM, Scott Newell wrote: > At 01:22 PM 3/8/2011, Dan Shoop wrote: > >> And, just to pick nits, it's 19200bps, not 19200 baud. The baud rate >> is how fast you're signaling, not the gross bit rate. You're >> probably still signaling at 9600 baud yet transmitting data at 19200bps. ;) > > I'm confused. Is there some channel coding going on over that > non-modem serial link that would give you more bits per symbol? You're probably confused with the second sentence which I didn't intend to relate specifically to the first in this specific case. No assignment of encoding or symbol set was given for what we're discussing over the circuit. What we're discussing is therefore only the bit rate. The symbol rate is related to, but should never be confused with, the gross bitrate. It's only correct that the baud rate is the bit rate if the bit rate /is/ actually the baud rate. (That may sounds tautological, but it's not.) While true in this circumstance because it its the interace speed between the DCE and DTE it may not be in all cases which is why the correct terminology to use here is bps here since it's what the DTE cares about and what the DCE is sending, no further baudot is at play between the DTE/DCE pair, only possibly between DCEs that may, or may not (even in this case) be in between. When discussing baudot rates each signal symbol can represent or convey one or several bits of data. And even with ASCII there are still seldom used shift codes and escape codes which can effect bit to signal rating. So in any event the correct unit for expression here in this case is bps, and not baud. They do relate, but should not be confused, and since the baud and bps rates can be quite different bps is what should be stated. But yes, in this case it's very most likely still one channel on the null modem serial circuit. In this case they are in all likelihood the same but the correct rating for expression would still be bps. Often though you commonly can end up with fewer symbols per second in such circuits, while in modem circuits you often see more bits per signal event. Data may be represented by the transitions between symbols or even by a sequence of many symbols. Simple examples in differences: all "zero" symbols aren't marking; a symbol may have more than two states so it may represent more than one bit. Sorry it's a pet peeve of mine since the days of explaining the difference between the bps an baud rates as seen between different teletype models since different models used different baudot codes. -d Dan Shoop Computer Scientist U.S. Technical Services dan.sh...@usts.com GoogleVoice ... 1-646-402-5293 * Nextel 1-714-363-1174 Operations TOC (24/7) . 1-866-901-USTS USTS Offices .. 1-714-374-6300 For immediate response or urgent matters please speak to the Duty Officer at the USTS Tactical Operations Center (above) ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Installing Debian Squeeze
On Mar 8, 2011, at 2:04 PM, Blake Hodder wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Soekris net4521 and I am trying to install Debian Squeeze on it via > tftp boot and serial console. However; I get to where I can select install > from a menu list and then it sits at a blank screen. I am using the buadrate > of 19200 8n1 no flow control. Does anyone know how to successfully install > squeeze. I have tried using the wiki guide. What, if anything, did you do to configure the install process to use the serial console for the installer at 19200 bps? Did you read the soekris wiki about installing debian? Normally PC style installers don't know to use the serial console, preferring the screen console, and need to be instructed to do so and at what speed. You may wish to try configuring the 4521 to 9600 bps and seeing if that works better, but you really should configure the serial console in the installer before running it. What does /var/lib/tftpboot/debian-installer/i386/boot-screens/txt.cfg and /var/lib/tftpboot/debian-installer/i386/boot-screens/syslinux.cfg look like? And, just to pick nits, it's 19200bps, not 19200 baud. The baud rate is how fast you're signaling, not the gross bit rate. You're probably still signaling at 9600 baud yet transmitting data at 19200bps. ;) -d ---- Dan Shoop Computer Scientist U.S. Technical Services dan.sh...@usts.com GoogleVoice ... 1-646-402-5293 * Nextel 1-714-363-1174 Operations TOC (24/7) . 1-866-901-USTS USTS Offices .. 1-714-374-6300 For immediate response or urgent matters please speak to the Duty Officer at the USTS Tactical Operations Center (above) ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Power to the net5501
Actually JP10 is illustrated further down the page :) You can power the board via pin 3 of JP10 . Don't use JP5 though - its regulated power for running drives. On 9 April 2010 19:37, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <4bbf71b1.1010...@redfish-solutions.com>, "Philip A. Prindeville" > wr > ites: > >>The only way to deliver power to the board is via J5? > > No, that illustration forgets the white 6-pin connector on the right > hand side, towards the front (right behind the USB connector) > > That connector can be used both as power input and output. > > Check the NET4801 manual for details. > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. > ___ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] problems with new SanDisk Ultra II cards
Paul, Thanks for this info, that's very helpful. I have 8GB cards from batches 903B and 902B (both 8GB) which are doing this. I'll post up any others I find (we have quiet a few) as this info might be of use to others. I can map around the sda/sdb issue as you suggest, but I need to make consider the risk of putting differently configured units in the field. If you have the same behavior I do, be careful: I found that when the sata is disconnected the flash appears as (hd0)/sda regardless of BIOS settings. This means if the sata drive fails, and you've got references to (hd1)/sdb in your grub/fstab it isn't going to boot. To work around this I've had to use volume labels in fstab, and a fallback option in grub to boot off (hd0) if (hd1) fails. (I also had no luck using boot=LABEL=root kernel args, this may be specific to my kernel however). Do you have any idea if this is specific to the net5501 BIOS (the initial info I found on your website seemed to imply this), or have you seen it in other hardware with these cards? Dan On 16 February 2010 01:26, Paul McGowan - Yawarra wrote: > Hi Dan, > > Check the batch number on the cards. I have just tried it with the > most recent cards we received from our SanDisk supplier and the > problem seems to have gone away. > > For the cards with the problem, the workaround we have been using > involves not just setting FLASH=Secondary, but also setting BootDrive > to 81 80 F0 FF to change the default boot order. The CF still shows > up as /dev/hdb in Linux, but it gets booted from with the SATA disk > in place. > > The other thing we need to do was edit the boot loader to start from > hd1, not hd0 (/boot/grub/menu.lst in our case) > > I realise that if you have particular mappings to hda and hdb this > won't be suitable, but in our case we just tweaked /etc/fstab and all > was well. > > If that doesn't work, look for "991B" revision cards. The white > batch number printed on the edge will look something like: > BI100112991B > > The letters seem to be a product code, then a production date, then a > firmware revision (I'm guessing based on having seen lots of them and > watching the numbers change). The 16GB "961B" revision cards we have > don't play well with SATA. The production dates for the working 8GB > cards we have appear to start early December '09, but the cards we > have from October don't work. The problem appears to have started > around July 2009. We had some 4GB cards that had the same issue with > batch numbers of versions that don't work: > BH090712902B > > and older versions that do work: > BH090512757B > BH080412757B > > From that it appeared that the firmware revisions aorund 900 were the > issue. They seem to have a different number for different sized > cards. IIRC, 901B were 2GB cards, (we have 2GB cards with a revision > of BE091012901B that don't work), 902B were 4GB cards that don't work > and if I had to guess, I'd say your batch numbers end in 903B or > similar. > > Hope this helps. > > Best regards, > > Paul McGowan > > >> I've been having some problems with a net5501 (BIOS 1.33) and a new CF >> (8GB SanDisk Ultra II), it seems to be related to something described >> on the list in November: >> http://lists.soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2009-November/016162.html >> >> With the newer card, when flash=primary is set the sata drive is never >> detected. When I use an older SanDisk card its detected every time. >> I've also tried a couple of different sata drives and that doesn't >> seem to make a difference. >> >> I can set flash=secondary, and the sata drive works fine as the >> primary - however I can't deploy this in our setup. >> >> My initial thought, given SanDisks good reputation was that these must >> be counterfeit cards. However I know the cards are genuine as we >> obtained them from a SanDisk distributor. Its a bit of a pain as we've >> already bought a large quantity of cards on the basis that SanDisk are >> recommended by Soekris. >> >> Is there a possibility of a BIOS or other work around? I don't really >> want to have to replace all these CF cards! >> >> Dan >> ___ >> Soekris-tech mailing list >> Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com >> http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech >> >> > > > - > Yawarra Information Appliances Pty Ltd > http://www.yawarra.com.au/ > Tel: 1300 859 799 / (03) 9720 4590 > Fax: (03) 9720 4518 > PO Box 606, Boronia VIC 3155 > > ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] problems with new SanDisk Ultra II cards
Hi, Thanks for your quick reply! I have tried to upgrade the BIOS, but I don't think my KeySpan is playing nicely. I'll try on a computer with a proper serial port tomorrow, but I've not seen anything to explicitly suggest 1.33c fixes this issue - have you seen this problem yourself? I should add that if there is no sata drive attached, and flash=secondary is set linux/grub etc all see the CF card as the primary master, which seems odd. Thanks again, Dan On 15 February 2010 23:39, Darrick Hartman wrote: > Try 1.33c > --Original Message-- > From: Dan > Sender: soekris-tech-boun...@lists.soekris.com > To: soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > Subject: [Soekris] problems with new SanDisk Ultra II cards > Sent: Feb 15, 2010 5:33 PM > > I've been having some problems with a net5501 (BIOS 1.33) and a new CF > (8GB SanDisk Ultra II), it seems to be related to something described > on the list in November: > http://lists.soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2009-November/016162.html > > With the newer card, when flash=primary is set the sata drive is never > detected. When I use an older SanDisk card its detected every time. > I've also tried a couple of different sata drives and that doesn't > seem to make a difference. > > I can set flash=secondary, and the sata drive works fine as the > primary - however I can't deploy this in our setup. > > My initial thought, given SanDisks good reputation was that these must > be counterfeit cards. However I know the cards are genuine as we > obtained them from a SanDisk distributor. Its a bit of a pain as we've > already bought a large quantity of cards on the basis that SanDisk are > recommended by Soekris. > > Is there a possibility of a BIOS or other work around? I don't really > want to have to replace all these CF cards! > > Dan > ___ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. Cellular ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
[Soekris] problems with new SanDisk Ultra II cards
I've been having some problems with a net5501 (BIOS 1.33) and a new CF (8GB SanDisk Ultra II), it seems to be related to something described on the list in November: http://lists.soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2009-November/016162.html With the newer card, when flash=primary is set the sata drive is never detected. When I use an older SanDisk card its detected every time. I've also tried a couple of different sata drives and that doesn't seem to make a difference. I can set flash=secondary, and the sata drive works fine as the primary - however I can't deploy this in our setup. My initial thought, given SanDisks good reputation was that these must be counterfeit cards. However I know the cards are genuine as we obtained them from a SanDisk distributor. Its a bit of a pain as we've already bought a large quantity of cards on the basis that SanDisk are recommended by Soekris. Is there a possibility of a BIOS or other work around? I don't really want to have to replace all these CF cards! Dan ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
[Soekris] fatal trap 12 on boot
Trying to get FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE (nanobsd) to work on a net4801-48. I get this immediately on boot: Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode cpuid = 0; apic id = 00 fault virtual address = 0x4 fault code = supervisor read, page not present instruction pointer = 0x20:0xc07837a0 stack pointer = 0x28:0xc795cb5c frame pointer = 0x28:0xc795cb78 code segment= base 0x0, limit 0xf, type 0x1b = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 processor eflags= interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0 current process = 1 (init) trap number = 12 panic: page fault cpuid = 0 Uptime: 1m1s Cannot dump. No dump device defined. Any ideas? My kernel conf file follows. -- Dan include GENERIC machine i386 cpu I586_CPU ident SOEKRIS4801 # Soekris support options CPU_GEODE options CPU_SOEKRIS device pf device pflog options ALTQ options ALTQ_CBQ options ALTQ_RED options ALTQ_RIO options ALTQ_HFSC options ALTQ_CDNR options ALTQ_PRIQ # for env4801 port device io ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
[Soekris] status of vpn1411 card?
I am preparing to put together a router/firewall with VPN support. I intend to use a net5501 for the main board. I recall reading comments here in the past that implied that the vpn1411 cards had software problems? Have those problems been resolved? Is the card worth adding to a router to get hardware-assisted encryption/decryption for VPN tunnels? Thanks, Dan. ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
[Soekris] 4801 as MAC Filter and P2P filter
Will a 4801 with M0nOwall operate as a MAC and P2P filter if it is between a DHCP server and the system? I need the server for the VOIP service and encryption from the head office, but I want to filter the system locally for casual users and abusers. Can I disable DHCP on the 4801 M0n0wall and still have control over bandwidth and MAC? ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
[Soekris] Newbie needing info
Looking to use this system to shape bandwidth in Iraq for multiple users on a satellite link without a server. Does anyone out there do a similar thing, if so can I please get your specifications and set up, with any advice you may have. Also does anyone use this in conjunction with addressable switches and a server? I also have a Server system with Cisco VOIP phones that I would like to control bandwidth for surfing on. Dan ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
