[arm-allstar] running multiple nodes on a pi

Mon Apr 11 19:07:04 EDT 2022

Here is one of my original posts, in a thread about this topic:

https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=265458

Trying to locate my other posts.  These were on an earlier forum at 
raspberrypi.org, which doesn't seem to exist now....

On Mon, 11 Apr 2022, "David McGough via ARM-allstar" wrote:

> 
> Nope, this problem still exists with very recent kernels, as of the last I
> tried.  As I said earlier,  I also duplicated the issue with Raspbian.
> 
> I'll try to find my post about this issue from several years ago.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2022, "David Ranch via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Following up to my own email here but I've been Google'ing around and 
> > the best I can find is the following:
> > 
> >     - the Rpi v4B v1.4 board offers larger current voltage regulator and 
> > added support for the 8GB model: 
> > https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=293805
> > 
> >     - The v1.4 boards might have different manufacturers for the RAM 
> > chips which require different RAM timings via updated firmware. This 
> > thread discuses non-Raspberry Pi OS distributions (LibreElec based on 
> > Arch Linux NOT having the required updated firmware and thus crashing: 
> > https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=315742 )
> > 
> >     - The v1.4 boards have REMOVED an EEPROM from the Via VL805 so now 
> > the firmware loads directly from the bootloader EEPROM now : 
> > https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=275782#p1673901
> > 
> > 
> > I think the moral of the story is, once the Raspberry Pi Foundation 
> > releases a new board or board revision, you cannot always count on 
> > *older* Rpi OS images (like HamVoIP), etc to support on day-1.
> > 
> > --David
> > KI6ZHD
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 04/11/2022 11:34 AM, David Ranch wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey David,
> > >
> > > I've never heard about this either.  Do you have the URL to your bug 
> > > report so I can read and learn more since I have a v1.2 board?
> > >
> > > echo -e "\nRaspberry Pi hw : "
> > > cat /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/model
> > > --
> > > Raspberry Pi hw :
> > > Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2
> > > --
> > >
> > > --David
> > > KI6ZHD
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 04/11/2022 04:12 AM, "David McGough via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> > >> Lu,
> > >>
> > >> I believe this problem was present in all RPi4B hardware revisions before
> > >> 1.4.  This issue appeared related to the built-in USB hub hardware and
> > >> would impact other devices as well.  For example, I duplicated the issue
> > >> with 2 USB3-SATA interfaces and 2 USB-serial adapters.  I reported this
> > >> issue in the RPi bugs forums; others duplicated this problem, too.
> > >>
> > >> I duplicated this problem with the "stock" Raspbian release, too. So, it
> > >> was/is a general issue, not something ArchLinux specific.
> > >>
> > >> 73, David KB4FXC
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, 11 Apr 2022, "Lu Vencl via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> First time hearing about this. So how do you know if you have an earlier version?
> > >> I was planning on adding another node on my pi4. But it would be a different style usb device. DMK and com spec. Are you implying that if you use two different style devices it will be ok?
> > >> Lu
> > >>
> > >>> On Apr 9, 2022, at 1:40 AM, Steve Agee via ARM-allstar<arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>  wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> ï»¿*You cannot run 2 of the same USB devices on an early version Pi4b board. The later revisions seems to work OK. The hardware issue was fixed in later version boards on their end.
> > >>>
> > >>> N5ZUA
> > >>> *
> > >>>> On 4/7/2022 11:53 PM, "Dustin Perdue via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> > >>>> I have three radios plus DVSwitch and a couple of private nodes connected to a Raspberry Pi 3 model B, not even a B Plus, and they all work fine. Of course, these donâ€™t have many simultaneous connections, as they are just my personal nodes. It used to be, still may be, that you couldnâ€™t run more than one sound fob on a Pi4 with HamVoIP.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Sent from my zippo
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>> On Apr 7, 2022, at 22:56, Jed Barton via ARM-allstar<arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>   wrote:
> > >>>>> ï»¿Hy guys, Question.  Anyone ever run 2 or 3 nodes on a pi?  We're
> > >>>>> putting a few repeaters at a site, and I was thinking I might run
> > >>>>> multiple allstar nodes on 1 pi.  Any thoughts good or bad?  Curious
> > >>>>> what some of you guys have done, Are there multiple files you edit for
> > >>>>> each node?  Never done this before so wanted some input.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Cheers,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Jed
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