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Date:      Sat, 30 Apr 2022 01:40:38 -0700
From:      Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>
To:        "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FYI: RPi* firmware tagged 1.20210727 is *not* the last to be bootable by FreeBSD via fdt use for both RPI3B and RPI4B
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[1.20210805 works if I avoid deleting files that I should
not have deleted.]

On 2022-Apr-28, at 00:14, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I got ahold of the RPi3B and discovered that it was not
> bootable via RPi* firmware tagged 1.20210805 .

Turns out I had deleted a required firmware file
from 1.20210805 wihtout noticing. I finally noticed
that I'd done so after ending up with a 1.20210727
also did not work --for the same stupid-operator-error
reason.

> In fact,
> it barely produced any output on the serial console
> when set up for debug output: 2 lines, so very early
> failure. Reverting to the prior tagged release,
> 1.20210727 , worked for the RPi3B and the RPi4B.
> 
> The failure information for firmware with tags after
> 1.20210805 in the earlier notes to the list still
> apply, as does the bootability of the RPi4B for
> 1.20210805 .
> 
> This report is still based on use of my build of U-Boot
> 2022.04.
> 
> This report is still limited by the very limited range
> of RPi*'s that I have sometimes access to.
> 
> From what I've read, 1.20210727 should handle the new
> type of PMIC on the Rev. 1.5 RPi*'s. The firmware is
> too old to have:
> 
> bcm2710-rpi-zero-2-w.dtb
> bcm2710-rpi-zero-2.dtb
> bcm2711-rpi-cm4s.dtb
> 
> or the newer overlays:
> 
> adafruit-st7735r.dtbo
> cutiepi-panel.dtbo
> fbtft.dtbo
> imx519.dtbo
> iqs550.dtbo
> mcp2515.dtbo
> midi-uart2.dtbo
> midi-uart3.dtbo
> midi-uart4.dtbo
> midi-uart5.dtbo
> mipi-dbi-spi.dtbo
> mlx90640.dtbo
> ov2311.dtbo
> qca7000-uart0.dtbo
> spi0-0cs.dtbo
> vc4-kms-dpi-generic.dtbo
> vc4-kms-dpi-hyperpixel2r.dtbo
> vc4-kms-dpi-hyperpixel4.dtbo
> vc4-kms-dpi-hyperpixel4sq.dtbo
> vc4-kms-dpi-panel.dtbo
> vl805.dtbo
> waveshare-can-fd-hat-mode-a.dtbo
> waveshare-can-fd-hat-mode-b.dtbo
> 
> It also has one overlay that has been
> dropped:
> 
> vc4-kms-dpi-at056tn53v1.dtbo
> 



===
Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com




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