Adwise for M.2 SSD BPI-R3 + LTE Modem

Banana Pi Router design Project
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Hi All,

can someone give a tip what ssd is compatible with R3?

Also I plan to use the LTE Modem.

I bought and saw that not fit. Can I use an adapter?

Thanks a lott for helping

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Basicly all nvme (except 2230) should work. As bpi-r3 has “only” pcie3x2 it makes not much sense buying an pcie4 or pcie3x4

For lte card i use a m.2 card with key b adapter in mpcie slot

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Thanks, makes not sens means that it woulnd work? At amazon I not found PCIe 3x2

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I am using Adata XPG SX8200 PRO 2TB - working fine. Also I have tested Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB, worked fine too.

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many thanks I’ll try

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i have a Crucial P2 M.2 PCIe 2TB and one old sk-hynix 256MB, oth were working without the pcie-patch i sent to ML recently…if ssd is not recognized you can try with this patch

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Ah super, I have learned a lot of words and things last weeks, but not all: what is ML ?

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sorry, ML=mailinglist to get Patch into mainline linux

https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mediatek/patch/[email protected]/

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Hallo Frank,

I have Samsung 970 Evo plus nvme ssd (500 gb) and I can see it with fdisk -l

AND I can see and entry in ls /dev/ => nvme0n1

But I don’t see any Mount Point in LUCI nor in Mounted Filesystems. Would then your patch help?

And if how can I install it?

Greetings ( Steffen )

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If you see ssd in /proc/partitions you do not need the patch…i guess you need to create partitions and filesystem(s) on the ssd before you can mount it

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Thank U for your help, I was too impatient, starts reading and dared to create and format the partition, first time in my life since 62 years :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: formated a linux partition.

Thanks again,

Last time you meant which image I loaded? Where can I read the differences and advantages and disadvantages between?

My next stepps are to install and use php8 sqlite …

I know my way around there a little better.

Nun mache ich Feierabend,

See U

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for router purposes openwrt should be the best option, but if you do more non-routing-stuff like i do (VMs) debian/ubuntu may be better, but you have to configure all by yourself

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I have a question, will fm350-GL be able to work in 4G mode using an adapter on the mPCIe interface? Or is it possible to use this modem via the lower M.2 Key M interface using an adapter on Key B?

@frank-w

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I’m not expert in modems,but mpcie interface on bpi-r3 is usb only,no pcie. I have a g4 modem working there,but it uses only usb. If yours need pcie it will not work.

Have not tried using modem in key-m as i have no pcie modem. But i tried nvme in key-b slots. Maybe it works but not with external sim (r3/r4 sim slots) as they are hard wired to the dedicated slot.

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Ok, thanks. What do you think about the LTE module EM160R-GL, is it suitable for this configuration? It says here that EM160 works, is it much different from EM160R-GL

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It may be the very same module…