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Date:      Fri, 2 Aug 2024 21:02:46 -0700
From:      Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>
To:        bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: BOOT LOADER IS TOO OLD. PLEASE UPGRADE.
Message-ID:  <D4358DC6-E1FD-4558-80CF-1A0F62CBE58F@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <Zq2Tn6XycReuifF6@www.zefox.net>
References:  <Zq2Tn6XycReuifF6@www.zefox.net>

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On Aug 2, 2024, at 19:19, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote:

> After a build/install of -current on a Raspberry Pi 2 (so, armv7) the 
> console output reported:
> 
> **********************************************************************
> **********************************************************************
> *****                                                            *****
> *****           BOOT LOADER IS TOO OLD. PLEASE UPGRADE.          *****
> *****                                                            *****
> **********************************************************************
> **********************************************************************
> 
> The statement is likely true, but it's a bit hard to guess exactly
> what needs upgrading. The boot process succeeded. Is it wiser to
> heed the command, or leave well enough alone? AFAIK there's no
> firmware to upgrade on the Pi2.

The message is about the likes of:

RPi2 v1.1 (armv7)?   /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/bootarm.efi
RPi2 v1.2 (aarch64)? /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/bootaa64.efi

Those are not RPi* firmware, nor armstub* , nor are they U-Boot.

They are code from FreeBSD: FreeBSD UEFI loader code. So, yes,
there is new code to update to.

(Note: My efi vs. EFI capitalization may be non-standard. But
I prefer to know from just the name if it is the msdosfs one
vs. not that is being referenced. I also capitalize BOOT .)

===
Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com




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