Well I rather not have seen the thread. I find it annoying when someone posts a thread like tim-bc did.
Why bother it only makes us feel a loss.
Now I may never know what MP TEST FIRMWARE can do.
But @ Tim-bc over the years I have done some dumber things then this.
So if it is any comfort to you maybe one day we will get to know what it was for.
Or as mikeywith said maybe it had very little value any way.
Topic: "MP TEST FIRMWARE!" on S17 / T17 series control board? - page 2. (Read 490 times)
When something like this happens, you should just hold to it and do nothing, preferably turn off the thing and wait for instructions. This could have been a giant discovery, but you already ruined it.
I think you are being a bit too harsh on tim-bc , I also think you are kind of exaggerating the matter, I do not see any "giant discovery" in a test firmware, unless you believe in conspiracy theory then that's a whole different story.
I am also leaning towards the fact that all control boards that come directly form Bitmain as a spare part ( not a whole miner ) will probably have the same "MP TEST FIRMWARE", anyhow if that was a mistake by bitmain, sooner or later this firmware will be revealed by someone else, it's highly unlikely that out of thousands of boards they send only tim-bc got a "lucky" control board.
Shit .....
1970-01-01 00:00:44 driver-btm-soc.c:3178:init_freq_mode: This is fix-freq version
1970-01-01 00:00:44 driver-btm-soc.c:3178:init_freq_mode: This is fix-freq version
They might be accidentally sent you a control board that is used for testing firmware?
I tried to find it on the Bitmain site but it seems that this is a unique firmware. Never mention even in google.
How about trying to test it with hashboard and connect it to the internet let us see if there is a difference between default and mp test firmware.
Also, check the ssh if you can access it.
I tried to find it on the Bitmain site but it seems that this is a unique firmware. Never mention even in google.
How about trying to test it with hashboard and connect it to the internet let us see if there is a difference between default and mp test firmware.
Also, check the ssh if you can access it.
When something like this happens, you should just hold to it and do nothing, preferably turn off the thing and wait for instructions. This could have been a giant discovery, but you already ruined it.
My thoughts? Don't post to the forum after the fact.
Of course Bitmain made a mistake shipping you that, that's what makes it valuable...
My thoughts? Don't post to the forum after the fact.
Of course Bitmain made a mistake shipping you that, that's what makes it valuable...
Hello all,
I booted up an S17 / T17 control board that I bought through bitmain from https://shop.bitmain.com/product/parts
On the main page when I log in with root/root I see "MP TEST FIRMWARE!" in big red letters. Take a look:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/hIw3Z.png (p.s. the "Locate" subtab from newer firmwares is missing here)
https://i.stack.imgur.com/V3R9A.png
https://i.stack.imgur.com/9Eix9.png
Then when I click on the "Network" tab, an additional "Quality" tab appears (of course, the board is not attached to any fans or hashboards):
https://i.stack.imgur.com/jcTzl.png
Here is pastebin with kernel log:
https://pastebin.com/18mLGNJA
It doesn't really matter to me since I had to overwrite by upgrading to the latest T17 firmware anyway, but I was curious about what this MP TEST FIRMWARE might be or if anyone has seen it before. Looks like the compile time is in HKT timezone rather than CST; I haven't seen that before. Thoughts?
I booted up an S17 / T17 control board that I bought through bitmain from https://shop.bitmain.com/product/parts
On the main page when I log in with root/root I see "MP TEST FIRMWARE!" in big red letters. Take a look:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/hIw3Z.png (p.s. the "Locate" subtab from newer firmwares is missing here)
https://i.stack.imgur.com/V3R9A.png
https://i.stack.imgur.com/9Eix9.png
Then when I click on the "Network" tab, an additional "Quality" tab appears (of course, the board is not attached to any fans or hashboards):
https://i.stack.imgur.com/jcTzl.png
Here is pastebin with kernel log:
https://pastebin.com/18mLGNJA
It doesn't really matter to me since I had to overwrite by upgrading to the latest T17 firmware anyway, but I was curious about what this MP TEST FIRMWARE might be or if anyone has seen it before. Looks like the compile time is in HKT timezone rather than CST; I haven't seen that before. Thoughts?
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