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Pigi_102 03-09-2024 03:18 AM
rpi-eeprom-update not working.
 
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 (Post 6488679)

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 (Post 6488719)
/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 (Post 6488719)
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 (Post 6488796)
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 (Post 6489846)
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 (Post 6489874)
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.


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