[Cerowrt-devel] update on that nuc I was fighting with

[Dave Taht]

On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 11:56 PM, Erkki Lintunen <erkki.lintunen at iki.fi> wrote:
> * Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> [2016-04-13 17:11:44 -0700]:
>
>> Hoo, boy, did I have issues. I finally got around to trying to get it
>> up and running linux.
>>
>> For reference, this was the:
>>
>> - Jetway NU93-2930 NUC Form Factor Intel Celeron N2930 SoC Bay Trail 2
> ...
>> Well, it turns out there is a BIOS fix here, which I have not installed yet.
>
> Matthew Garrett's blog-post might give peace of mind.
> <https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/41713.html> and especially in it's
> comments are info about Intel chip microcode versions.

Sigh. Pain shared, reduced, Joy shared, increased.

Corollary:  With enough pain shared, fixes can be found.

This will not be the first time I stepped too far off the bleeding
edge, nor the last.

I am still in search of *something* that will let me install an ath10k
and follow along on the wonderful results michal is getting on
fq_codel for wifi on that chipset.

https://lists.bufferbloat.net/pipermail/codel/2016-April/002165.html

I was tempted  to swap out for the ivy bridge box and tear apart the
nuc that I use as my main desktop to do it, but with the heat thing
being a potential problem also, reluctant.

/me goes searching for another board

> One might only get microcode through Jetway and Jetway (at least I have
> doubts) might be a vendor not giving much concern toward other OSs. E.g.
> the comments in Garrett's blog say Windows AHCI driver handles
> power-states ok, so the issues with Linux may not be a priority to
> Jetway unless in volume made known to it.
>
> Nice info for me also as I was about to upgrade an old Pentium box
> running 24x7 to a Bay Trail platform, but have to put it on hold and
> watch on this as the comments also reference to Intel's caution about
> theirs chips long term reliability if the power-states aren't right.
>
> - Erkki
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Dave Täht
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