Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 12:08:50 -0700 From: Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> To: Kris Moore <kris@ixsystems.com> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Issue booting RPI2 B (v1.2) [V1.2 is BVM2837 and quad-core Cortex-A53 based] Message-ID: <053B3B99-E4D9-4714-ACCF-AA846E1855CE@dsl-only.net> In-Reply-To: <ca0b4873-bea3-69e0-82b4-199e06bb4dee@ixsystems.com>
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On 2016-Oct-20, at 11:22 AM, Kris Moore <krisat ixsystems.com> wrote: > I've been toying around with a bunch of RPI2's here (using > 11.0-RELEASE), and so far so good. However I just ordered a new batch of > them and they all get stuck at the "rainbow" screen. After further > investigation, I noticed that they were marked as "Raspberry Pi 2 Model > B V1.2", and all my other units are V1.1. Just for kicks, I tried > rasbian, and that works fine. > > Is this possibly an issue with U-Boot being too old for this revision? > Any other ideas? > > > -- > Kris Moore > iXsystems > Enterprise Storage & Servers Driven By Open Source https://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi/raspberrypi2 says: > Raspberry Pi 2 Model B v1.2 > Previous versions of Raspberry Pi 2 Model B use the BCM2836 SoC, which contains a quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 processor. The Raspberry Pi 2 Model B v1.2 board uses BCM2837, which contains a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor. It is necessary to update to the latest (October 2016) version of the device firmware and Linux kernel to allow the board to boot up properly. === Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.nethome | help
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