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Add Dashboard System Information support for more PC Engines APU boards

Added by David Burns almost 4 years ago. Updated about 2 years ago.

Status:
New
Priority:
Low
Assignee:
-
Category:
Dashboard
Target version:
-
Start date:
03/30/2020
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
Release Notes:

Description

Running pfSense 2.4.4-p3 on a PC Engines APU4.

In the Dashboard System Information panel - a PC Engines APU4 board appears as a generic pfSense system (see attached screen shot).

Steps to reproduce:
1. Obtain PC Engines APU4 board
2. Update BIOS to v4.11.0.4 (although this likely impacts earlier APU* Coreboot BIOS releases)
3. Install pfSense 2.4.4p3
4. Configure basic WAN/LAN settings
5. Login to pfSense web console
6. Observe generic system information

Output from command dmidecode -t 1

# dmidecode 3.1
Scanning /dev/mem for entry point.
SMBIOS 2.8 present.

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
    Manufacturer: PC Engines
    Product Name: apu4
    Version: 1.0
    Serial Number: xxxxxxx
    UUID: Not Settable
    Wake-up Type: Reserved
    SKU Number: 2 GB
    Family: Not Specified

Alternatively
/bin/kenv -q smbios.system.maker -> PC Engines
/bin/kenv -q smbios.system.product -> apu4


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pfSense-PCEngines-APU4.png (33.8 KB) pfSense-PCEngines-APU4.png David Burns, 03/30/2020 07:19 PM
Actions #1

Updated by David Burns about 2 years ago

We have a growing selection of these boards (together with Netgate hardware). Any chance of a generic fix in the next Plus release?

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