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October 14, 2020January 23, 2021 by Ian W MORRISON (Linuxium) - 7 Comments

MINISFORUM X35G review – An Intel Core i3-1005G1 Mini PC tested with Windows & Ubuntu

MINISFORUM have recently launched their X35G mini PC on Indiegogo which differentiates itself from the many Gemini Lake mini PCs by using a 10th generation Intel “Ice Lake” Core mobile processor with Gen11 graphics. Available as a barebones device and in various configurations MINISFORUM sent a fully configured model for review. MINISFORUM X35G Hardware overview Also known as DeskMini X35G, the MINISFORUM X35G is a slightly larger mini PC physically consisting of a 136.5 mm x 121.5 mm x 40.5 mm (5.37 x 4.78 x 1.59 inches) rectangular metal case with a plastic base. It is an actively cooled mini PC that uses Intel’s second-generation 10 nm+ Core i3-1005G1 processor which is a dual-core 4-thread 1.2 GHz processor boosting to 3.4 GHz with Intel’s Gen11 UHD graphics. The front panel has a power button, a Thunderbolt 3/Type-C USB port that supports video, and two 3.1 USB ports. Also on the […]

September 13, 2020September 13, 2020 by Ian W MORRISON (Linuxium) - 7 Comments

Intel NUC 9 Extreme “Ghost Canyon” Kit – NUC9i9QNX Review

I’ve previously written about Intel’s (relatively) new NUC 9 range of mini PCs and now I am following up with my experiences of having bought one. Whilst I’ll cover some performance metrics from both Windows and Ubuntu I’ll also discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using either OS together with a comparison of gaming, thermals, and power usage as well as a brief look at overclocking potential and implications together with highlighting the issues encountered. NUC9i9QNX Hardware Overview The model I purchased and will be reviewing here is the NUC9i9QNX from Intel’s Ghost Canyon lineup and is formally known as the Intel NUC 9 Extreme Kit – NUC9i9QNX. It contains a “Compute Element” with an i9-9980HK which is an eight-core 16-thread 2.40 GHz processor boosting to 5.00 GHz with Intel’s UHD Graphics 630. The full specifications of the NUC9i9QNX include: The NUC9i9QNX is sold as a kit which essentially means […]

August 27, 2020 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 9 Comments

Testing Hercules OTT Realtek RTD1395 4K Android STB Development Board

This is a guest post by Promwad, a software and hardware product development company with DTV & STB development expertise and know-how. Recently, they received a package from Realtek, their partner in Taiwan. There was a Realtek RTD1395 development board inside – Hercules 32-bit OTT – with 2 GB RAM and pre-installed Android 9 OS. Promwad team tested what it’s capable of and how it can be used by hardware and software engineers who design new TV set-top boxes and develop embedded software. Hercules OTT board is an Android IPTV box that plays videos of any formats with a maximum resolution of 4K. Streaming services such as Youtube, Netflix, etc. are supported via Dash and HLS. Also, the board supports other Android apps, including audio/video calls and conferencing. Realtek introduced RTD1395-based boards back in 2018. IP and cable TV operators used them in their subscriber devices. The RTD1395 chip with […]

August 10, 2020October 15, 2022 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 23 Comments

AMD Ryzen Embedded SBC Review with Ubuntu 20.04

Last June, we reviewed DFI GHF51 Ryzen Embedded R1606G SBC with Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC. We had to send back the board to Taiwan, as the company wanted to double-check some of the issues we reported, and we got the board to review it with Ubuntu 20.04. So I downloaded Ubuntu 20.04.1 ISO flashed it to a USB flash drive, and could install it on the eMMC flash drive without issue. I selected to keep Windows 10, so I have a dual-boot system on a 32GB eMMC flash. Yes, I do like a challenge! 🙂 DFI GHF51 Ubuntu 20.04 System Info We can check some of the information from the system in the terminal:

jaufranc@CNX:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Release:	20.04
Codename:	focal
jaufranc@CNX:~$ uname -a
Linux CNX 5.4.0-42-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 10 00:24:02 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
jaufranc@CNX:~$ inxi -Fc0
System:    Host: CNX Kernel: 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Console: tty 2 
           Distro: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: DFI model: GHF51 serial: <superuser/root required> UEFI: American Megatrends 
           v: B206.10TA date: 06/10/2020 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G with Radeon Vega Gfx bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
           L2 cache: 1024 KiB 
           Speed: 1397 MHz min/max: 1400/2600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1397 2: 1396 3: 1402 4: 1406 
Graphics:  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Picasso driver: amdgpu v: kernel 
           Display: server: X.org 1.20.8 driver: amdgpu tty: 116x24 
           Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console. Try -G --display 
Audio:     Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor 
           driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x 
           Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-42-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network driver: igb 
           IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:01:29:9f:23:64 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 29.12 GiB used: 22.08 GiB (75.8%) 
           ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: DG4032 size: 29.12 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 7.81 GiB used: 6.43 GiB (82.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk0p4 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 58.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 58 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 230 Uptime: 20h 49m Memory: 3.31 GiB used: 1.41 GiB (42.7%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 
           Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.38 
jaufranc@CNX:~$ df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev            1.7G     0  1.7G   0% /dev
tmpfs           339M  1.7M  338M   1% /run
/dev/mmcblk0p4  7.9G  6.5G  984M  88% /
tmpfs           1.7G   73M  1.6G   5% /dev/shm
tmpfs           5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
tmpfs           1.7G     0  1.7G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mmcblk0p1   96M   33M   64M  34% /boot/efi
/dev/loop0       28M   28M     0 100% /snap/snapd/7264
/dev/loop1       55M   55M     0 100% /snap/core18/1705
/dev/loop2      241M  241M     0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/24
/dev/loop3       63M   63M     0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1506
/dev/loop4       50M   50M     0 100% /snap/snap-store/433
tmpfs           339M  104K  339M   1% /run/user/1000
/dev/mmcblk0p3   21G   16G  5.3G  75% /media/jaufranc/Windows
/dev/loop5       30M   30M     0 100% /snap/snapd/8542
/dev/loop6       55M   55M     0 100% /snap/core18/1880
/dev/loop7       50M   50M     0 100% /snap/snap-store/467
/dev/loop8      256M  256M     0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/36

jaufranc@CNX:~$ lsblk -a
NAME         MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0          7:0    0  27.1M  1 loop /snap/snapd/7264
loop1          7:1    0    55M  1 loop /snap/core18/1705
loop2          7:2    0 240.8M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/24
loop3          7:3    0  62.1M  1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1506
loop4          7:4    0  49.8M  1 loop /snap/snap-store/433
loop5          7:5    0  29.9M  1 loop /snap/snapd/8542
loop6          7:6    0    55M  1 loop /snap/core18/1880
loop7          7:7    0  49.8M  1 loop /snap/snap-store/467
loop8          7:8    0 255.6M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/36
sda            8:0    1         0 disk 
mmcblk0      179:0    0  29.1G  0 disk 
├─mmcblk0p1  179:1    0   100M  0 part /boot/efi
├─mmcblk0p2  179:2    0   128M  0 part 
├─mmcblk0p3  179:3    0  20.9G  0 part /media/jaufranc/Windows
└─mmcblk0p4  179:4    0     8G  0 part /
mmcblk0boot0 179:8    0     4M  1 disk 
mmcblk0boot1 179:16   0     4M  1 disk 
jaufranc@CNX:~$ sudo lshw -C cpu
  *-cpu                     
       description: CPU
       product: AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G with Radeon Vega Gfx
       vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
       physical id: 11
       bus info: cpu@0
       version: AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G with Radeon Vega Gfx
       serial: Unknown
       slot: FP5
       size: 2554MHz
       capacity: 3500MHz
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 100MHz
       capabilities: lm fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw skinit wdt tce topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb bpext perfctr_llc mwaitx cpb hw_pstate sme ssbd sev ibpb vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 rdseed adx smap clflushopt sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves clzero irperf xsaveerptr arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold avic v_vmsave_vmload vgif overflow_recov succor smca cpufreq
       configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=4
jaufranc@CNX:~$ sudo lshw -C memory
  *-firmware                
       description: BIOS
       vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
       physical id: 0
       version: B206.10TA
       date: 06/10/2020
       size: 64KiB
       capacity: 8MiB
       capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi
  *-memory
       description: System Memory
       physical id: c
       slot: System board or motherboard
       size: 4GiB
     *-bank:0
          description: SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 2400 MHz (0.4 ns)
          product: M471A5244BB0-CRC
          vendor: Samsung
          physical id: 0
          serial: 00000000
          slot: DIMM 0
          size: 4GiB
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 2400MHz (0.4ns)
     *-bank:1
          description: [empty]
          product: Unknown
          vendor: Unknown
          physical id: 1
          serial: Unknown
          slot: DIMM 0
  *-cache:0
       description: L1 cache
       physical id: e
       slot: L1 - Cache
       size: 192KiB
       capacity: 192KiB
       clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
       capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
       configuration: level=1
  *-cache:1
       description: L2 cache
       physical id: f
       slot: L2 - Cache
       size: 1MiB
       capacity: 1MiB
       clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
       capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
       configuration: level=2
  *-cache:2
       description: L3 cache
       physical id: 10
       slot: L3 - Cache
       size: 4MiB
       capacity: 4MiB
       clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
       capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
       configuration: level=3
jaufranc@CNX:~$ free -mh
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:          3.3Gi       1.2Gi       201Mi        92Mi       1.9Gi       1.7Gi
Swap:         376Mi        44Mi       332Mi
jaufranc@CNX:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network                 
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: I211 Gigabit Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: eno1
       version: 03
       serial: 00:01:29:9f:23:64
       size: 1Gbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi msix pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=igb driverversion=5.6.0-k duplex=full firmware=0. 6-1 ip=192.168.1.9 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
       resources: irq:34 memory:fcf00000-fcf1ffff ioport:f000(size=32) memory:fcf20000-fcf23fff
jaufranc@CNX:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 2537:1081 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 2109:0813 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 1a2c:0002 China Resource Semico Co., Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:1718 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 2109:0100 VIA Labs, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 14cd:8601 Super Top 4-Port hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2109:2813 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
jaufranc@CNX:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Root Complex
00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:01.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Zeppelin Switch Upstream (PCIE SW.US)
00:08.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:08.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to Bus A
00:08.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to Bus B
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 61)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 51)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 0
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 5
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 6
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 7
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I211 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Picasso (rev 91)
02:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio Controller
02:00.2 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) Platform Security Processor
02:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven2 USB 3.1
02:00.5 Multimedia controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor
02:00.6 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) HD Audio Controller
02:00.7 Non-VGA unclassified device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2/Renoir Non-Sensor Fusion Hub KMDF driver
03:00.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 61)

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jaufranc@CNX:~$ lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu

Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS

Release: 20.04

Codename: focal

jaufranc@CNX:~$ uname -a

Linux CNX 5.4.0-42-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 10 00:24:02 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

jaufranc@CNX:~$ inxi -Fc0

System: Host: CNX Kernel: 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Console: tty 2

Distro: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: DFI model: GHF51 serial: <superuser/root required> UEFI: American Megatrends

v: B206.10TA date: 06/10/2020

CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G with Radeon Vega Gfx bits: 64 type: MT MCP

L2 cache: 1024 KiB

Speed: 1397 MHz min/max: 1400/2600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1397 2: 1396 3: 1402 4: 1406

Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Picasso driver: amdgpu v: kernel

Display: server: X.org 1.20.8 driver: amdgpu tty: 116x24

Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console. Try -G --display

Audio: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel

Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor

driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x

Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel

Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-42-generic

Network: Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network driver: igb

IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:01:29:9f:23:64

Drives: Local Storage: total: 29.12 GiB used: 22.08 GiB (75.8%)

ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: DG4032 size: 29.12 GiB

Partition: ID-1: / size: 7.81 GiB used: 6.43 GiB (82.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk0p4

Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 58.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 58 C

Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A

Info: Processes: 230 Uptime: 20h 49m Memory: 3.31 GiB used: 1.41 GiB (42.7%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5

Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.38

jaufranc@CNX:~$ df -h

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on

udev 1.7G 0 1.7G 0% /dev

tmpfs 339M 1.7M 338M 1% /run

/dev/mmcblk0p4 7.9G 6.5G 984M 88% /

tmpfs 1.7G 73M 1.6G 5% /dev/shm

tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock

tmpfs 1.7G 0 1.7G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup

/dev/mmcblk0p1 96M 33M 64M 34% /boot/efi

/dev/loop0 28M 28M 0 100% /snap/snapd/7264

/dev/loop1 55M 55M 0 100% /snap/core18/1705

/dev/loop2 241M 241M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/24

/dev/loop3 63M 63M 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1506

/dev/loop4 50M 50M 0 100% /snap/snap-store/433

tmpfs 339M 104K 339M 1% /run/user/1000

/dev/mmcblk0p3 21G 16G 5.3G 75% /media/jaufranc/Windows

/dev/loop5 30M 30M 0 100% /snap/snapd/8542

/dev/loop6 55M 55M 0 100% /snap/core18/1880

/dev/loop7 50M 50M 0 100% /snap/snap-store/467

/dev/loop8 256M 256M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/36

jaufranc@CNX:~$ lsblk -a

NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT

loop0 7:0 0 27.1M 1 loop /snap/snapd/7264

loop1 7:1 0 55M 1 loop /snap/core18/1705

loop2 7:2 0 240.8M 1 loop /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/24

loop3 7:3 0 62.1M 1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1506

loop4 7:4 0 49.8M 1 loop /snap/snap-store/433

loop5 7:5 0 29.9M 1 loop /snap/snapd/8542

loop6 7:6 0 55M 1 loop /snap/core18/1880

loop7 7:7 0 49.8M 1 loop /snap/snap-store/467

loop8 7:8 0 255.6M 1 loop /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/36

sda 8:0 1 0 disk

mmcblk0 179:0 0 29.1G 0 disk

├─mmcblk0p1 179:1 0 100M 0 part /boot/efi

├─mmcblk0p2 179:2 0 128M 0 part

├─mmcblk0p3 179:3 0 20.9G 0 part /media/jaufranc/Windows

└─mmcblk0p4 179:4 0 8G 0 part /

mmcblk0boot0 179:8 0 4M 1 disk

mmcblk0boot1 179:16 0 4M 1 disk

jaufranc@CNX:~$ sudo lshw -C cpu

*-cpu

description: CPU

product: AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G with Radeon Vega Gfx

vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]

physical id: 11

bus info: cpu@0

version: AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G with Radeon Vega Gfx

serial: Unknown

slot: FP5

size: 2554MHz

capacity: 3500MHz

width: 64 bits

clock: 100MHz

capabilities: lm fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw skinit wdt tce topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb bpext perfctr_llc mwaitx cpb hw_pstate sme ssbd sev ibpb vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 rdseed adx smap clflushopt sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves clzero irperf xsaveerptr arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold avic v_vmsave_vmload vgif overflow_recov succor smca cpufreq

configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=4

jaufranc@CNX:~$ sudo lshw -C memory

*-firmware

description: BIOS

vendor: American Megatrends Inc.

physical id: 0

version: B206.10TA

date: 06/10/2020

size: 64KiB

capacity: 8MiB

capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi

*-memory

description: System Memory

physical id: c

slot: System board or motherboard

size: 4GiB

*-bank:0

description: SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 2400 MHz (0.4 ns)

product: M471A5244BB0-CRC

vendor: Samsung

physical id: 0

serial: 00000000

slot: DIMM 0

size: 4GiB

width: 64 bits

clock: 2400MHz (0.4ns)

*-bank:1

description: [empty]

product: Unknown

vendor: Unknown

physical id: 1

serial: Unknown

slot: DIMM 0

*-cache:0

description: L1 cache

physical id: e

slot: L1 - Cache

size: 192KiB

capacity: 192KiB

clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)

capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified

configuration: level=1

*-cache:1

description: L2 cache

physical id: f

slot: L2 - Cache

size: 1MiB

capacity: 1MiB

clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)

capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified

configuration: level=2

*-cache:2

description: L3 cache

physical id: 10

slot: L3 - Cache

size: 4MiB

capacity: 4MiB

clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)

capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified

configuration: level=3

jaufranc@CNX:~$ free -mh

total used free shared buff/cache available

Mem: 3.3Gi 1.2Gi 201Mi 92Mi 1.9Gi 1.7Gi

Swap: 376Mi 44Mi 332Mi

jaufranc@CNX:~$ sudo lshw -C network

*-network

description: Ethernet interface

product: I211 Gigabit Network Connection

vendor: Intel Corporation

physical id: 0

bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0

logical name: eno1

version: 03

serial: 00:01:29:9f:23:64

size: 1Gbit/s

capacity: 1Gbit/s

width: 32 bits

clock: 33MHz

capabilities: pm msi msix pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation

configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=igb driverversion=5.6.0-k duplex=full firmware=0. 6-1 ip=192.168.1.9 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s

resources: irq:34 memory:fcf00000-fcf1ffff ioport:f000(size=32) memory:fcf20000-fcf23fff

jaufranc@CNX:~$ lsusb

Bus 002 Device 003: ID 2537:1081 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 2109:0813 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

Bus 001 Device 006: ID 1a2c:0002 China Resource Semico Co., Ltd

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:1718 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 2109:0100 VIA Labs, Inc.

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 14cd:8601 Super Top 4-Port hub

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2109:2813 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

jaufranc@CNX:~$ lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Root Complex

00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge

00:01.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Zeppelin Switch Upstream (PCIE SW.US)

00:08.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge

00:08.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to Bus A

00:08.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to Bus B

00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 61)

00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 51)

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 0

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 1

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 2

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 3

00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 4

00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 5

00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 6

00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 7

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I211 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)

02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Picasso (rev 91)

02:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio Controller

02:00.2 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) Platform Security Processor

02:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven2 USB 3.1

02:00.5 Multimedia controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor

02:00.6 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) HD Audio Controller

02:00.7 Non-VGA unclassified device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2/Renoir Non-Sensor Fusion Hub KMDF driver

03:00.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 61)

So I have a 7.9GB partition to play with Ubuntu 20.04.1, but I could do all tests without issues, although I had to remove Phoronix benchmark program and data after completing the benchmark. Features Testing […]

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 by Ian W MORRISON (Linuxium) - 17 Comments

Beelink GT-R Review – An AMD Ryzen 5 Mini PC Tested with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04

Whilst Windows mini PCs have traditionally used Intel processors similar small form factor (SFF) devices using AMD based processors have recently been announced and Beelink is amongst the first manufacturers to deliver one with their newly released GT-R mini PC. Available as a barebones device and in various configurations Beelink sent a fully configured model for review. Hardware overview The Beelink GT-R is a slightly larger mini PC physically consisting of a 168 mm x 120 mm x 39 mm (6.61 x 4.72 x 1.54 inches) rectangular metal case with a plastic top. It is an actively cooled mini PC that uses a (previous generation) Zen+ microarchitecture 12 nm Ryzen 5 3550H mobile processor which is a quad-core 8-thread 2.1 GHz processor boosting to 3.7 GHz with Radeon Vega 8 Graphics. The front panel has a power button, two 3.0 USB ports, a headphone jack, and a Type-C USB port […]

June 21, 2020 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 19 Comments

Checking Out Raspberry Pi OS 64-Bit on Raspberry Pi 4 8GB RAM

The Raspberry Pi 4 with 8GB RAM launched a couple of weeks ago together with the beta version of Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit. Note that you should currently use the 32-bit version of Raspberry Pi OS (previously known as Raspbian) as the 64-bit still has bugs and missing features, but I want to find out the current progress, so I installed raspios_arm64-2020-05-28/2020-05-27-raspios-buster-arm64.zip and had no problem to boot the board. Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit System Information After going through the setup wizard in the desktop environment to configure the language, time, networking, etc…, and make sure the OS is updated, I checkout some information:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo 
processor	: 0
BogoMIPS	: 108.00
Features	: fp asimd evtstrm crc32 cpuid
CPU implementer	: 0x41
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant	: 0x0
CPU part	: 0xd08
CPU revision	: 3
...
Hardware	: BCM2835
Revision	: d03114
Serial		: 10000000694c8ae2
Model		: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo

processor : 0

BogoMIPS : 108.00

Features : fp asimd evtstrm crc32 cpuid

CPU implementer : 0x41

CPU architecture: 8

CPU variant : 0x0

CPU part : 0xd08

CPU revision : 3

...

Hardware : BCM2835

Revision : d03114

Serial : 10000000694c8ae2

Model : Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4

I do have a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4 with 8GB Memory (revision: d03114), the image comes with a 64-bit Linux kernel:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 5.4.42-v8+ #1319 SMP PREEMPT Wed May 20 14:18:56 BST 2020 aarch64 GNU/Linux

1 2	pi@raspberrypi:~ $ uname -a Linux raspberrypi 5.4.42-v8+ #1319 SMP PREEMPT Wed May 20 14:18:56 BST 2020 aarch64 GNU/Linux

and we do get a 64-bit rootfs.

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ file /bin/busybox 
/bin/busybox: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, ARM aarch64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1, for GNU/Linux 3.7.0, BuildID[sha1]=fdf7b3dd496e8fd678a0bda5540f9fae4d313d8f, stripped

1 2	pi@raspberrypi:~ $ file /bin/busybox /bin/busybox: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, ARM aarch64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1, for GNU/Linux 3.7.0, BuildID[sha1]=fdf7b3dd496e8fd678a0bda5540f9fae4d313d8f, stripped

All good. Known issues Before starting the review, let’s make ourselves aware […]

June 11, 2020November 7, 2020 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 4 Comments

DFI Ryzen Embedded R1606G SBC Review – Part 2: Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC

DFI GHF51 is an AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G SBC for industrial application that’s about the size of the Raspberry Pi Model B board, and after checking out the hardware in the first of part of the review “DFI GHF51 AMD Ryzen Embedded SBC Review – Part 1: Unboxing and Assembly“, I’ve now had time to play with the board running the pre-installed Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC operating system. DFI GHF51 Hardware Connections Since there aren’t any full-sized USB ports, you’ll need a USB-C hub to get started as you’ll probably want to connect a USB keyboard and mouse for development and testing, as well as a Micro HDMI cable to connect to a TV or display. I tried both MINIX NEO C Plus and Dodocool DC30S USB Type-C hubs, and the former did not work at all, while the latter mostly worked. I also connected an HDMI cable to the […]

January 30, 2020 by Ian W MORRISON (Linuxium) - 4 Comments

Beelink Gemini T45 Pentium N4200 Mini PC Review

Beelink T45-Pentium N4200 Mini PC Review

No sooner had I written ‘Beelink T45 Review with Windows and Linux, and Tweaking BIOS Power Limits’ than Beelink announce they wouldn’t in fact sell that configuration but an ‘updated’ version. And it is significantly different because this new version is now actively cooled and uses an Apollo Lake N4200 processor. It also still has the same name: the Beelink Gemini T45. I’ve now reviewed this new version and you may experience déjà vu on reading the following as in keeping with Beelink’s philosophy I’ve basically reused the same text as before and just updated where appropriate. Beelink have further extended their ‘Gemini’ range of mini PCs by adding the T45. This is an actively cooled mini PC that uses the slightly older Apollo Lake Intel Pentium N4200 CPU which is a quad-core 4-thread 1.10 GHz processor boosting to 2.50 GHz with Intel’s HD Graphics 505. The T45 is a […]