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--- raspberry-pi:ipfire-on-rpicm4 [2023/12/17 17:32] – [Adjusting interfaces (important!)] Zyzonix
+++ raspberry-pi:ipfire-on-rpicm4 [2025/04/13 12:02] (current) – [Adjusting Interfaces (MAC Addresses) (important!)] Samsoneko
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 //Disclaimer: all provided links in this article **aren't** sponsored!//
-<callout type="info" icon="true">Tutorial tested against a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (4GB, rev. 1.2) and IPFire Core Update 179. During the setup a second Raspberry Pi 3A with local attached keyboard and monitor was used. </callout>
+<callout type="info" icon="true">Tutorial tested against a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (4GB, rev. 1.2) and IPFire Core Update 179. During the setup a second Raspberry Pi 3B+ with local attached keyboard and monitor was used. </callout>
 → IPFire's wiki can be found [[https://wiki.ipfire.org/|here]].
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   * //HDMI-Cable//
   * //Keyboard//
+  * //or USB2TTL Apdapter//
 ===== Download and flash the Image to the SD-Card =====
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 Now connect the following pins on your carrier board's GPIO and your second Pi's GPIO with three jumper wires (female to female):
 <WRAP 40%>
-^ Carrier Board (CM4)  ^ 2nd Raspberry Pi  ^ Use               ^
+^ Carrier Board (CM4)  ^ 2nd Raspberry Pi / USB2TTL  ^ Use               ^
-| **''6''**            | **''6''**         | Ground            |
+| **''6''**            | **''6''** / **''GND''**     | Ground (GND)      |
-| **''10''**           | **''8''**         | Receive and send  |
+| **''10''**           | **''8''** / **''TX''**      | Receive and send  |
-| **''8''**            | **''10''**        | Send and receive  |
+| **''8''**            | **''10''** / **''RX''**     | Send and receive  |
 </WRAP>
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 <callout type="warning" icon="true">
-When using a Raspberry Pi 4B also add the following lines to your ''config.txt'' to get a human-readable console:
+When using a Raspberry Pi with bluetooth as second device also add the following lines to your ''config.txt'':
 <code bash>
+# disable bluetooth via uart
 dtoverlay=pi3-disable-bt
 dtoverlay=pi3-miniuart-bt
+dtoverlay=disable-bt
+dtoverlay=miniuart-bt
 </code>
-In general there might be issues with newer versions of the Raspberry Pi, therefore consider using an older version as second device. Additionally do not dis- and reconnect to a running console session, otherwise your console might not be readable anymore for this session.
+This will disable the bluetooth module, because this may break your serial connection as it also uses the uart console.
+In general there might be issues with the serial connection, it's recommended to firstly open the serial console on the second Pi and then booting up the CM4. Additionally **do not** dis- and reconnect to a running console session, otherwise your console might not be readable anymore for this session.
 </callout>
-Then you can execute the follwing command from the second Pi to connect to your serial console. It doens't matter if you're using an attached keyboard and monitor or a SSH-connection.
+Then you can execute the follwing command from the second Pi to connect to your serial console. **It's strongly recommended to use a local attached keyboard and monitor on a Pi that boots to CLI(!) rather than creating the serial connection via SSH / Desktop.**
 <code bash>screen /dev/ttyS0 115200</code>
+(root-permission required!)
 → you might install ''screen'' befire by running the following command:
 <code bash>sudo apt install screen</code>
+If ''/dev/ttyS0'' doesn't work, use ''/dev/serial0''. In case you are using a USB2TTL-Card use ''/dev/ttyUSB0''.
 Finally perform the setup of IPFire as usual!
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 **Select the 3rd option, that contains ''serial console''!**
-===== Adjusting interfaces (important!) =====
+===== Adjusting Interfaces (MAC Addresses) (important!) =====
-As described also in this [[https://community.ipfire.org/t/rpi-cm4-red-interface-not-available-after-reboot/7119/3|blog post]] in IPFire's official forum, there are assigment issues with the carrier board's NICs. It seems that the second PCIe NIC gets a self-assignet MAC everytime the device boots up. This is followed by the host OS no longer recognizing the NIC. To solve this issue there is a more or less fancy workaround:
+As described also in this [[https://community.ipfire.org/t/rpi-cm4-red-interface-not-available-after-reboot/7119/3|blog post]] in IPFire's official forum, there are assigment issues with the carrier board's NICs. It seems that the second PCIe NIC gets a self-assignet MAC everytime the device boots up. This is followed by the host OS no longer recognizing the NIC. To solve this issue there is a more or less fancy workaround here in this wiki: [[linux:linux-tutorials:set-persistent-mac-rtl8111|Set persistent MAC for RTL8111/8168/8411 (r8169) with udev]] (internal link).
-First figure out which NIC causes the error, therefore reboot your machine, login via serial and execute the following command:
-<code bash>ifconfig -a</code>
-It will print all ethernet devices, no matter if active or inactive.
-The output should look like anything of this: no matter if selected the red or the green interface to be on the Pi's built-in NIC:
-<code bash>
-eth1:
-[...]
-lo:
-[...]
-red0:
-[...]
-</code>
-<code bash>
-eth1:
-[...]
-lo:
-[...]
-green0:
-[...]
-</code>
-No matter if selected the red or the green interface to be on the Pi's built-in NIC, you will have an "unassigned" ''eth1'' interface, which is the second PCIe NIC. To make your now unassigned interface persistent after future reboots, add ''eth1'' to IPFire's ethernet config:
-  * **Case 1:** The <color #ed1c24>red</color> interface should be on the second NIC:
-++++ Show/Hide |
-<code bash>echo RED_DEV=eth1 >> /var/ipfire/ethernet/settings</code>
-++++
-  * **Case 2:** The <color #22b14c>green</color> interface should be on the second NIC:
-++++ Show/Hide |
-<code bash>echo GREEN_DEV=eth1 >> /var/ipfire/ethernet/settings</code>
-++++
+It's also recommended to completely shut down again and reboot to verify the changes!
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