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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. :)

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