Edge Computing Division Users Forum

When I enable PowerD power management in pfSense the fitlet freezes then reboots. Then, immediately after finishing the reboot it freezes and reboots again.

I found a thread in a FreeBSD mailing list which suggested adding the following to /boot/device.hints per the commit linked below:
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sy ... rev=265329

When I do that PowerD doesn't run at all. It spits out the following error message:

powerd: no cpufreq(4) support -- aborting: No such file or directory

I suspect there is an ACPI issue. I fiddled with various power settings in the BIOS but the results were always the same.

Without PowerD and with various components plugged into the fitlet I still idle at just 6W so I can't complain.

I'm seeing the same thing.
After disabling the powerD in webgui it seems to run quite stable.
Although it gets VERY hot. A bit to much in my taste. I burn myself on the box.

fitlet can run quite hot, however it does not affect system reliability.
There are two components that generate most heat in the system – CPU and mSATA SSD (controller itself). Please refer to the following topics:
http://www.fit-pc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=5636

Also you can set the power envelope of the fitlet in BIOS to reduce temperature. Please refer to BIOS guide Power settings, APU TDP section: http://www.fit-pc.com/wiki/index.php/Fitlet_BIOS_guide
It is worth to set this parameter to 4500 (default value) thus limiting heat generation.