PCENGINES APU[1-7] Coreboot SeaBIOS Open Source Firmware

[tillsense]

UPD 06/2023 - Official PC Engines APU platform EndOfLife: https://www.pcengines.ch/eol.htm


UPD 01/2023 - PC Engines has discontinued its sponsorship for open-source firmware. Please read 3mdeb Announcement here:
https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=4200.msg156011#msg156011


[Manufacturer]
https://www.pcengines.ch/

[Firmware and Announcements]
https://3mdeb.com/open-source-firmware/pcengines/
https://pcengines.github.io/blog/
https://pcengines.github.io/

[OPNsense Requirements]
flashrom - Install on console with 'pkg install -y flashrom'

[OPNsense Optional]
os-dmidecode - Install from GUI (Plugin) - Information on Dashboard

[Firmware Issues]
https://github.com/pcengines/apu2-documentation/issues

[Firmware flashing]
https://github.com/pcengines/apu2-documentation/blob/master/docs/firmware_flashing.md

[Benchmarking]
https://github.com/ocochard/netbenches
https://ipng.ch/s/articles/2021/07/19/pcengines-apu6.html
https://wejn.org/2021/07/loadtesting-bunch-of-routers/

[Top FAQ]

What is APU7 - Variant with 2.5GbE i225 NIC's.

What is APU6 - https://www.pcengines.ch/apu6b4.htm.

What is APU5 - Based on http://www.pcengines.info/ APU5 is a customer specific board for mobile communications. 

Where is 3mdeb - https://3mdeb.com/ is the coreboot licensed consulting services provider for pcengines.

Where is ocochard - Based on https://twitter.com/ocochardlabbe he is Senior software engineer in test at Netflix, founder of FreeNAS and BSD Router Project, FreeBSD ports committer.

[More Sources OLD!]
https://review.coreboot.org/#/c/14138/
http://pcengines.ch/howto.htm#bios



cheers till





[Changelog]

21.07.22 - Add APU7
03.03.22 - Upd. URL
25.07.21 - Upd. URL
04.02.21 - Upd. FAQ
12.12.20 - Upd. FAQ
03.10.20 - Add APU6
...

03.01.17 - Here's the first post of all:


The core development for a new APU2 BIOS seems to be recovering again.

Hopefully finally with the promised ECC RAM!

[schnauz]

Thanks for sharing.

[Micky]

thx Till

[michkov]

great. ecc would be a dream.

[franco]

Awesome to see. :)

[schnauz]

New BIOS for APU2 is now available, see http://pcengines.ch/apu2c4.htm. 
Pcengines writes about this BIOS update: Update 3/2017: various fixes, iPXE with setup

With updated BIOS my APU2 shows, now with ECC?:

Code Select Expand

PCEngines apu2
coreboot build 20170228
4080 MB ECC DRAM

[tillsense]

Hi all,

has anybody tested the coreboot mainstream version (experimental 4.5.5)?
http://pcengines.ch/howto.htm#bios

cheers till

[tillsense]

Hi all,

for interested 4.6.2 is available.

cheers
till

[Wired Life]

Hiho :)
I've updated my APU2C4 to 4.6.1 because i've bought a mini pcie gigabit nic from delock with rtl8111e chipset which has not worked.
With the help of this guide
http://www.bsdforen.de/threads/pc-engines-apu2-bios-update.33587/
i did it directly from the running OPNsense system  ;D
After that the nic has started to work, but after some time i got many ahcich0 errors and a unresponsive/self rebooting APU.
Maybe this version has bugs or i having issues with the original power supply, so i installed 4.0.11 and looking forward how it works now...

Does anyone know where i can download new bios instead of
http://pcengines.ch/howto.htm#bios
? This site is not up to date, i got the 4.6.1 by editing the url
http://pcengines.ch/file/apu2_v4.6.0.rom.tar.gz
to
http://pcengines.ch/file/apu2_v4.6.1.rom.tar.gz

But
http://pcengines.ch/file/apu2_v4.6.2.rom.tar.gz
or
http://pcengines.ch/file/apu2_v4.6.3.rom.tar.gz
doesnt work.
And here are only the sources available...
https://github.com/pcengines/coreboot/releases

[tillsense]

Hi all,

for interested 4.6.4 is available.

cheers till

[tillsense]

Hi all,

for interested 4.6.5 is available.

cheers till

[schlegel11]

I have a general question. Do we need an update for the meltdown or spectre issue? Is the apu board affected?
Unfortunately I haven't tested it yet. I still use an APU1 board.

[tillsense]

Hi all,

that's a question for amd. pcengines has a statement here: https://www.pcengines.ch/spectre.htm

cheers till

[STRUBartacus]

for interested 4.6.5 is available.

Where can I download it?

[mayo]

for interested 4.6.5 is available.

Where can I download it?

I would like to download 4.6.5 but the link doesn't work...