rpi-eeprom-update not working.

Pigi_102 · 03-09-2024, 03:18 AM

Hello all,
I have a "sarpi" slackware 15+ installed on a rpi4 and being that I'm facing recently some trouble with boot, my first idea was to upgrade eeprom to a more recent version ( I have the one from 2020 as soon as the usb boot came out ).
So I tried with the rpi-eeprom-update -a as found elsewher on net but it complains about :

Code:

root@casa aarch64:/var/log/packages# rpi-eeprom-update -a
BOOTFS: "/boot/platform/hwm_bw" is not a directory

which, in my case, is true:

Code:

root@casa aarch64:/var/log/packages# ls -l /boot/platform
/bin/ls: cannot access '/boot/platform': No such file or directory

I'm not sure how this came, as eveything is working ( almost ) well, but, is there a way to fix this, or eventually a way to update firmware manually ?

Thanks in advance.

Pierluigi

glorsplitz · 03-09-2024, 07:30 PM

That might be because sarpi is installed little differently than Slackware ARM & AArch64.

My Slackware ARM & AArch64 rpi4 install not sarpi, I see

Quote:

locate rpi-eeprom-update
/etc/rpi-eeprom-update
/usr/bin/rpi-eeprom-update
/usr/share/hwm-bw-raspberrypi/eeprom-firmware/bootloader/rpi-eeprom-update-default

your mileage has varied?

Pigi_102 · 03-10-2024, 03:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glorsplitz

your mileage has varied?

Not al all ( as per locate ):

Code:

root@casa aarch64:~# locate rpi-eeprom-update
/etc/rpi-eeprom-update
/usr/bin/rpi-eeprom-update
/usr/share/hwm-bw-raspberrypi/eeprom-firmware/bootloader/rpi-eeprom-update-default

but rpi-eeprom-update searcho for a directory in /boot:

Code:

root@casa aarch64:/var/log/packages# rpi-eeprom-update -a
BOOTFS: "/boot/platform/hwm_bw" is not a directory

which in my case is missing.

What about your installation ?

glorsplitz · 03-10-2024, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pigi_102

/usr/bin/rpi-eeprom-update

What about your installation ?

run that one

Quote:

which rpi-eeprom-update
/usr/bin/rpi-eeprom-update

as in

Quote:

# rpi-eeprom-update -a
BOOTLOADER: up to date
CURRENT: Wed Jan 11 17:40:52 UTC 2023 (1673458852)
LATEST: Wed Jan 11 17:40:52 UTC 2023 (1673458852)
RELEASE: critical (/usr/share/hwm-bw-raspberrypi/eeprom-firmware/bootloader/critical)
Use a text editor to modify /etc/rpi-eeprom-update to change the release.

VL805_FW: Using bootloader EEPROM
VL805: up to date
CURRENT: 000138c0
LATEST: 000138c0

and on pbp

Quote:

# rpi-eeprom-update -a
This tool only works with a Raspberry Pi 4

Exaga · 03-10-2024, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pigi_102

What about your installation ?

Try these... https://sarpi.penthux.net/index.php?p=rpispecpkgs

These packages are not device specific and should work fine. They do on my RPi5.

Pigi_102 · 03-15-2024, 05:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exaga

Try these... https://sarpi.penthux.net/index.php?p=rpispecpkgs

These packages are not device specific and should work fine. They do on my RPi5.

I will give a try on this.

Thanks !

drmozes · 03-15-2024, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pigi_102

I will give a try on this.

Thanks !

Or you could just edit the config file:

Code:

sed -i 's?/boot/platform/hwm_bw?/boot?g' /etc/rpi-eeprom-update

drmozes · 03-16-2024, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drmozes

Or you could just edit the config file:

Code:

sed -i 's?/boot/platform/hwm_bw?/boot?g' /etc/rpi-eeprom-update

I've updated the rpi-eeprom package for new installations to automatically adjust the config at install time if /boot/platform/hwm_bw isn't mounted.