are boards always accessible over the network?

[leggewie]

this is a reminder to look into cornercases where SBC might not be accessible via ethernet, to make sure everything is in place for them be accessed via console

• wifi-only
• UART-only (is there such a thing?)
• something else?

the promise of the minimal image is "boots and is accessible via ssh".

[tabrisnet]

• UART-only (is there such a thing?)

yes... https://www.luckfox.com/Luckfox-Pico-Mini-A
albeit that may have an Ethernet PHY; it's not mentioned in the description/specs but I do see it mentioned in some pinout photos.

[tabrisnet]

@vidplace7 this may interest you

[igorpecovnik]

and is accessible via ssh

We can assume this as always, same for serial console.

[leggewie]

and is accessible via ssh

We can assume this as always, same for serial console.

sorry, but tabrisnet before you gave an example where a board would not be accessible over ethernet.

the reason I opened this ticket is because we can usually assume ethernet support in the kernel. wifi is already trickier. ssh over UART??? remember, the promise of the minimal image is "boots, has net and is accessible over ssh"