Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 19:48:34 +0100 From: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rpi4 updated eeprom Message-ID: <20200924184834.GB54660@bastion.zyxst.net> In-Reply-To: <BC56C939-6F3C-4882-9BAD-2C584B50CD0C@yahoo.com> References: <20200924125131.GA81152@bastion.zyxst.net> <jJJvsdNkT62P6vliifarDsAzhfVhMW9pqlNQ8Zxqt6CFJd5h2YMR_igyQrHQQEmlmeyJB3Np208_edtN2wgYhD5-s3z8_zvyzwPUQvETsU8=@protonmail.com> <20200924152143.GC81152@bastion.zyxst.net> <BC56C939-6F3C-4882-9BAD-2C584B50CD0C@yahoo.com>
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--uZ3hkaAS1mZxFaxD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 10:55:25AM -0700, Mark Millard wrote: >I do not know if the following will be of help or not. >I'm not sure of the details of what you have set up. >But "it says that I need to upgrade the software" suggests >the following to me. (Booting off the microsd card does >not require as recent of software as I understand.) > >Note: I have the USB3 SSD's msdosfs mounted on /usb_efi for >the below. > ># ls -ldTt /usb_efi/* >drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 8192 Sep 7 22:48:50 2020 /usb_efi/OVERLAYS >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 47516 Sep 1 14:04:10 2020 /usb_efi/bcm2711-r= pi-4-b.dtb >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2283936 Sep 1 14:04:08 2020 /usb_efi/start4.elf >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5422 Sep 1 14:04:04 2020 /usb_efi/fixup4.dat >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5252 Sep 1 13:59:48 2020 /usb_efi/Readme.md >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 206 Sep 1 13:59:48 2020 /usb_efi/config.tx= t.uefi_orig >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2031616 Sep 1 07:08:54 2020 /usb_efi/RPI_EFI.fd >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 236 Jul 15 02:21:48 2020 /usb_efi/config.txt >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 18693 Nov 22 09:06:44 2019 /usb_efi/COPYING.l= inux >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1594 Nov 22 09:06:44 2019 /usb_efi/LICENCE.b= roadcom >drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 8192 Sep 27 21:05:00 2018 /usb_efi/EFI > >Note the "Sep 1" dates. What are the dates for yours (presuming that you >have handled things to preserve the original dates instead of showing >when you copied things)? some appear to be different to yours. ignore those with prefix old- : /mnt# ls -ldTt * -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2224160 Sep 24 18:53:12 2020 start4.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5418 Sep 24 18:52:56 2020 fixup4.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 179 Sep 24 14:48:02 2020 config.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 176 Sep 7 14:01:24 2020 orig.config_rpi4.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 147 Sep 7 14:01:12 2020 orig.config.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 176 Sep 5 00:09:06 2020 config_rpi4.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2277376 Sep 4 21:08:16 2020 old-start4.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5407 Sep 4 21:08:06 2020 old-fixup4.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 517160 Sep 4 21:07:58 2020 u-boot.bin drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4096 Aug 27 10:57:24 2020 overlays drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4096 Aug 27 10:57:14 2020 EFI drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4096 Aug 27 10:57:14 2020 dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5888 Aug 27 05:20:16 2020 armstub8-gic.bin -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5888 Aug 27 05:20:16 2020 armstub8.bin -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 124 Aug 27 05:02:24 2020 README -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1594 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 LICENCE.broadcom -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 25265 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 bcm2709-rpi-2-b.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 27054 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 bcm2710-rpi-3-b-plus.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 26435 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 bcm2710-rpi-3-b.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 40659 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 bcm2711-rpi-4-b.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 52304 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 bootcode.bin -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 6744 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 fixup.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3089 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 fixup4cd.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9181 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 fixup4db.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9183 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 fixup4x.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2655 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 fixup_cd.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9816 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 fixup_db.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9816 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 fixup_x.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2880356 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 start.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 775872 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 start4cd.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4582664 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 start4db.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3536680 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 start4x.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 688068 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 start_cd.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4857160 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 start_db.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3794600 Nov 22 16:06:44 2019 start_x.elf bear in mind I'm booting u-boot with sdcard. I do have a hd attached but it= 's not being booted from. >https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom/blob/master/firmware/release-not= es.md >reports: > >QUOTE >USB MSD boot also requires the firmware from Raspberry Pi OS 2020-08-20 or= newer. >https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bcm2711_boo= tloader_config.md > >2020-09-14 Promote the 2020-09-03 release to be the default EEPROM images. > > =E2=80=A2 Promote the 2020-09-03 bootloader EEPROM and VLI 0138A1 as the = default release (critical folder). >END QUOTE > >The 2020-08-20 date was also present during the end of the BETA/stable >sequence as well. > >(UEFI/ACPI may well require something not too old as well, although >it might tolerate older and MSD does.) > >FreeBSD and its port sysutils/rpi-firmware are not yet up to >date for such things so to use the UEFI/ACPI and USB MSD together >you need to manage your own materials. I do not remember if: > >https://github.com/pftf/RPi4/releases/download/v1.20/RPi4_UEFI_Firmware_v1= =2E20.zip > >supplies 2020-Aug-20 or later files or not. I've updated mine separately >at times and so I might have more recent materials than in the .zip file. > >I expect that "it says that I need to upgrade the software" means >that you need to do something to update the relevant files on the >msdos file system on the USB SSD that you are trying to boot from. I grabbed that zipfile and the files appear to be dated 1st September. In order to get =3D> 2GHz speeds from the pi4, is UFEI a requirement? --=20 J. --uZ3hkaAS1mZxFaxD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEE8n3tWhxW11Ccvv9/s8o7QhFzNAUFAl9s6hMACgkQs8o7QhFz NAWH/BAAmZlPZKJrKPm7T68ndc1qKDOmlYm/gfgF3uotMxuTi8tbGg4NCRmrek/0 +VgtMP1KRApZhTl8szOGR79MrvAB6HRnTPEALur9qvwOUY4MkhkLHxHcaiWvmLh5 mksRWe8gavHFTisxxUDh40MVWgLn041oPjGcuGVrKGxzUJvHSF5anQp4oqXBM03t OvY8hh5idBH0YExmEmFRf03C/S/U8m9KGzMakhY/DV8cmK9m9/TzIGy1DOx9Vcmu HGJDUNHdNd0PLsiJoGgHkcxHcT7P1294pOPeid/rzAtMasBB+fq1r+/c2QTgNwxf xlul0SOWxOcWfgbDEotd9S1COjTfu0S7x2et9VbbEAqWYS7PiVyW3utdw9ZZyO2R xpe8WbfMwqFHESugS2akuyf9qo+lEdiUIiihsPxkJFf79ipbsmrJBP/xUHDriYB7 9qww6q/GnwuQH1C2UNaabA52qpv3nmPOHt6OfvHmsTtyskcgFBXMTb8VsXK2Vm4b OJU+MetOs1RRW2Um+LpvqJ8PN3viaDGIvktQD56aj52k1GAQVwPWKFxnmdzEkceC Fx3IVOFd+yErsLd1OPv+oV+tvOyJkUXFomYRD0j9/46Ze90iImlNINMLnuKD+U7a GvjOr9Qh0dGuMycx2x/ityX6cFvB7oJibzft8ZIrZjmxRxfbxjQ= =lzD8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --uZ3hkaAS1mZxFaxD--
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