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Re:Jeff Geerling by geerlingguy on Friday November 10, 2023 @12:55PM (#38222091)
If you're thinking of the USB-C PD input being 5v/5A, that's not a spec violation, just a bit of an extreme use of the more recent version of the standard.

It would be nice if it were higher voltage/lower amperage, but it works at least with their own power adapter through a few clever tricks.

For WPA3, it is what it is... most SBCs have 'middling at best' built-in WiFi, and while the driver support can improve, I typically stick to external or M.2 PCIe WiFi chips if I need something more robust. (Hopefully a WiFi HAT will make its way to the market with Intel AX210 or something like that).

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Re:Jeff Geerling by amluto on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:05PM (#38222234)
I actually meant this old USB issue:

https://hackaday.com/2019/07/16/exploring-the-raspberry-pi-4...

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Re:Jeff Geerling by geerlingguy on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:42PM (#38222760)
Ah yes, that one was pretty silly. Partly due to not spreading out alpha test hardware wide enough to catch a more obvious bug like that. Also up there with 'don't take pictures of the Pi 2, the camera flash will reboot it' :)
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