PfSense sur PC Engines APU4B4

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Le processeur:

GE412TIYJ44JB : AMD G-Series SoC Steppe Eagle GX-412TC, 1.2GHz 4C 6W, No GPU

https://www.amd.com/en/system/files?file=2017-06/g-series-soc-product-brief.pdf

General information
Type	System-on-a-Chip
Market segment	Embedded
Family	AMD G-Series
Model number	GX-412TC
SoC part number	GE412TIYJ44JB is an OEM/tray SoC
Frequency	1200 MHz
Package	769-ball lidless Flip Chip Ball Grid Array
Socket	BGA769 (FT3b)
Size	0.96" x 0.96" / 2.45cm x 2.45cm
Weight	0.1oz / 1.8g
Introduction date	June 6, 2014
End-of-Life date	Last order date is 4th quarter 2023 Last shipment date is 2nd quarter 2024
Architecture / Microarchitecture
Microarchitecture	Puma
Processor core	Crowned Eagle
Manufacturing process	0.028 micron
Data width	64 bit
The number of CPU cores	4
The number of threads	4
Floating Point Unit	Integrated
Level 1 cache size	4 x 32 KB instruction caches 4 x 32 KB data caches
Level 2 cache size	2 MB 16-way set associative shared cache
Level 3 cache size	None
Multiprocessing	Uniprocessor
Extensions and Technologies	MMX instructions Extensions to MMX SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSSE3 / Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSE4a SSE4 / SSE4.1 + SSE4.2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 4 AES / Advanced Encryption Standard instructions AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions BMI1 / Bit Manipulation instructions 1 F16C / 16-bit Floating-Point conversion instructions AMD64 / AMD 64-bit technology AMD-V / AMD Virtualization technology EVP / Enhanced Virus Protection
Integrated peripherals / components
Integrated graphics	None
Memory controller	The number of controllers: 1 Memory channels: 1 Supported memory: DDR3-1600 DIMMs per channel: up to 2 ECC supported: Yes
Other peripherals	PCI-Express interface Platform Security Processor SATA interface USB interface SD controller
Electrical / Thermal parameters
Minimum/Maximum operating temperature	0°C - 90°C
Thermal Design Power	6 Watt
Notes on AMD G-Series GX-412TC
Embedded microprocessor

Installation:

http://pcengines.ch/howto.htm#OS_installation

https://www.pfsense.org/download/

Message d'erreur lors de l'installation de pfSense sur l'APU4B4 avec mon mSATA et avec le BIOS v4.6.4: CAM status: Command timeout

ahcich0: Timeout on slot 13 port 0
ahcich0: is 00000008 cs 00000000 ss 00000000 rs ffffffff tfd 40 serr 
00000000 cmd 00406d17            mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqj
(ada0:ahcich0:0:0:0): WRITE_FPDMA_QUEUED. ACB: 61 30 b8 48 dc 40 00 00 00 00 00 00
(ada0:ahcich0:0:0:0): CAM status: Command timeout
(ada0:ahcich0:0:0:0): Retrying command

Résolution du problème:

When main installer menu pops up do the following:

• for BIOS v4.0.x let it boot automatically
• for BIOS v4.6.7 or older, interrupt the installer by pressing ESC and type following commands:

  set hint.ahci.0.msi="0"
  boot

Source: https://github.com/pcengines/apu2-documentation/blob/master/docs/pfSense-install-guide.md