On 7/11/22 1:13 AM, B. Atticus Grobe wrote:
I've been running a Hewlett-Packard HP t620 Quad Core TC for a couple of
years now in that role, with the AMD GX-415GA SOC in it. It's the bigger
brother of that found in the APU systems.
The stock configuration usually has 4GB of RAM in them, with a single re(4)
1GBps NIC, and a 16GB mSATA SSD.
I haven't had any issues out of mine, which I got for I believe $50 on
eBay. They seem to be fairly easy to acquire. Another $25 for a power brick
(which amazingly has had no issues either), and you're good to go.
These boxes have eDPI display outputs, and optionally have either an RS-232
serial port or VGA output, along with USB 2 and USB 3.
They come with an embedded version Windows 10, but I've had no issues
running OpenBSD 6.8-7.0 on it, 9front, or LInux. IIRC, it supports EFI
booting, but I've only used legacy BIOS boot.
If you get one from eBay, I would recommend opening it and verifying that
all the internal screws are tight. I had some loose either from shipping or
carelessness on the mSATA hold-down and a few other places.
few notes on a HP T430 Thin Client...which probably apply to some other HP
thin clients, definitely not others.
HP T430: 16GB "disk", 2G RAM Intel N4000 dual core
1) OpenBSD requires the machine be in UEFI mode, which is a change from the
HP linux which requires it be in legacy mode. If not in UEFI, you have no
storage (for OpenBSD).
2) bsd.rd doesn't work without a monitor or fake monitor plug attached.
Thus, if running headless, you can't do a "sysupgrade" (but can do a
"remote upgrade" without bsd.rd/sysupgrade). Standard bsd.mp kernel works
just fine. Friend of mine reports Linux does the same thing.
3) Rather than using a formal HP power pack, you can "fake it" with just
about anything capable of putting out 12-20v and 0.75A or more. High value
(100k-300k) resistor added between center pin and +V on the computer
overrides the "Is this an HP power pack?" test. The higher the voltage, the
lower the current draw. Hint: the parts are tiny, the workspace is cramped,
not a good way to learn to solder. :)
4) Total power dissipation was 4w while compiling a kernel, which took
25 minutes. 2W when idle (according to a wattmeter that had a 1W
granularity on its readings, so +/-1W on the reading).
5) X seems to just work. Have not used it extensively, though.
6) wired: re(4). Wireless (IF so equipped): iwm0
IF you happen to be in the Detroit, MI area and want one, I've got
too many, contact me off-list. Probably cost less than Ebay "shipping".
Nick.
OpenBSD 7.1-current (GENERIC.MP) #0: Sun Jul 3 16:39:00 EDT 2022
n...@springboard.in.nickh.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
real mem = 1686781952 (1608MB)
avail mem = 1618362368 (1543MB)
random: good seed from bootblocks
mpath0 at root
scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.8 @ 0x6a8a7000 (23 entries)
bios0: vendor AMI version "N41 v01.06" date 03/14/2019
bios0: HP HP t430 Thin Client
acpi0 at bios0: ACPI 6.1
acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP FPDT FIDT MCFG DBG2 DBGP HPET LPIT APIC NPKT SSDT SSDT
SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT UEFI DBGP SSDT WDAT NHLT WSMT
acpi0: wakeup devices SIO1(S3) HDAS(S3) XHC_(S4) XDCI(S4) RP01(S4) PXSX(S4)
RP02(S4) PXSX(S4) RP03(S4) PXSX(S4) RP04(S4) PXSX(S4) RP05(S4) PXSX(S4)
RP06(S4) PXSX(S4)
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 32 bits
acpimcfg0 at acpi0
acpimcfg0: addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 19200000 Hz
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: Intel(R) Celeron(R) N4000 CPU @ 1.10GHz, 1096.97 MHz, 06-7a-01
cpu0:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,RDRAND,NXE,PAGE1GB,RDTSCP,LONG,LAHF,3DNOWP,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,TSC_ADJUST,SGX,SMEP,ERMS,MPX,RDSEED,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,PT,SHA,UMIP,MD_CLEAR,IBRS,IBPB,STIBP,SSBD,SENSOR,ARAT,XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XGETBV1,XSAVES,MELTDOWN
cpu0: 24KB 64b/line 6-way D-cache, 32KB 64b/line 8-way I-cache, 4MB 64b/line
16-way L2 cache
cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 10 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges
cpu0: apic clock running at 19MHz
cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.0.2.4.2.1.1, IBE
cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 2 (application processor)
cpu1: Intel(R) Celeron(R) N4000 CPU @ 1.10GHz, 1096.63 MHz, 06-7a-01
cpu1:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,RDRAND,NXE,PAGE1GB,RDTSCP,LONG,LAHF,3DNOWP,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,TSC_ADJUST,SGX,SMEP,ERMS,MPX,RDSEED,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,PT,SHA,UMIP,MD_CLEAR,IBRS,IBPB,STIBP,SSBD,SENSOR,ARAT,XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XGETBV1,XSAVES,MELTDOWN
cpu1: 24KB 64b/line 6-way D-cache, 32KB 64b/line 8-way I-cache, 4MB 64b/line
16-way L2 cache
cpu1: smt 0, core 1, package 0
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 120 pins
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP01)
acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP02)
acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 1 (RP03)
acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 2 (RP04)
acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP05)
acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP06)
acpiec0 at acpi0: not present
acpipci0 at acpi0 PCI0: 0x00000000 0x00000011 0x00000001
"ALPS0001" at acpi0 not configured
"WCOM508E" at acpi0 not configured
"FS4304" at acpi0 not configured
acpicmos0 at acpi0
"INT33A1" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB
"USBC000" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
acpipwrres0 at acpi0: DRST
acpipwrres1 at acpi0: DRST
acpipwrres2 at acpi0: DRST
acpipwrres3 at acpi0: DRST
acpipwrres4 at acpi0: DRST
acpipwrres5 at acpi0: DRST
acpipwrres6 at acpi0: WRST
acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3(10@150 mwait.1@0x60), C2(10@50 mwait.1@0x21), C1(1000@1
mwait.1@0x1), PSS
acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3(10@150 mwait.1@0x60), C2(10@50 mwait.1@0x21), C1(1000@1
mwait.1@0x1), PSS
acpitz0 at acpi0acpitz0: TZ01: failed to read _TMP
acpitz0: TZ01: failed to read _TMP
acpivideo0 at acpi0: GFX0
acpivout0 at acpivideo0: DD1F
cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 1096 MHz: speeds: 1101, 1100, 1000, 900, 800 MHz
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Gemini Lake Host" rev 0x03
"Intel Gemini Lake GNA" rev 0x03 at pci0 dev 0 function 3 not configured
inteldrm0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel UHD Graphics 600" rev 0x03
drm0 at inteldrm0
inteldrm0: msi, GEMINILAKE, gen 9
azalia0 at pci0 dev 14 function 0 "Intel Gemini Lake HD Audio" rev 0x03: msi
azalia0: codecs: Realtek ALC256, Intel/0x280d, using Realtek ALC256
audio0 at azalia0
"Intel Gemini Lake MEI" rev 0x03 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 not configured
ppb0 at pci0 dev 19 function 0 "Intel Gemini Lake PCIE" rev 0xf3: msi
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
re0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8168" rev 0x15: RTL8168H/8111H (0x5400),
msi, address c4:65:16:3a:ef:a8
rgephy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8251 PHY, rev. 0
ppb1 at pci0 dev 19 function 1 "Intel Gemini Lake PCIE" rev 0xf3: msi
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
xhci0 at pci0 dev 21 function 0 "Intel Gemini Lake xHCI" rev 0x03: msi, xHCI 1.0
usb0 at xhci0: USB revision 3.0
uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel xHCI root hub" rev 3.00/1.00
addr 1
sdhc0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel Gemini Lake eMMC" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 39
sdhc0: SDHC 3.0, 200 MHz base clock
sdmmc0 at sdhc0: 8-bit, sd high-speed, mmc high-speed, ddr52, dma
pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel Gemini Lake LPC" rev 0x03
ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel Gemini Lake SMBus" rev 0x03: apic 1
int 20
iic0 at ichiic0
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 irq 1 irq 12
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
wskbd0 at pckbd0 mux 1
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
spkr0 at pcppi0
efifb at mainbus0 not configured
scsibus1 at sdmmc0: 2 targets, initiator 0
sd0 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <Sandisk, DF4016, 0000> removable
sd0: 15028MB, 512 bytes/sector, 30777344 sectors
vscsi0 at root
scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets
softraid0 at root
scsibus3 at softraid0: 256 targets
root on sd0a (ea74a144aa3f21cf.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b
WARNING: / was not properly unmounted
inteldrm0: 1024x768, 32bpp
wsdisplay0 at inteldrm0 mux 1
pckbd_enable: command error
wsdisplay0: screen 0-5 added (std, vt100 emulation)
pckbd_enable: command error
pckbc: command timeout
pckbd_disable: command error
pckbc: command timeout
pckbc: command timeout
