New Raspberry Pi Kernels & Related Packages

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#281

An upgraded rpi-eeprom-git 20210112-1 package has been pushed to the unstable branch when the mirrors sync for those who like to live on the edge. The beta firmware folder was updated to a new image yesterday:

[ray@pi4 ~]$ sudo rpi-eeprom-update -r
Removing temporary files from previous EEPROM update
[ray@pi4 ~]$  
[ray@pi4 ~]$ sudo rpi-eeprom-update
BCM2711 detected
VL805 firmware in bootloader EEPROM
BOOTLOADER: up-to-date
CURRENT: Mon Jan 11 03:44:33 PM UTC 2021 (1610379873)
 LATEST: Mon Jan 11 03:44:33 PM UTC 2021 (1610379873)
 FW DIR: /lib/firmware/raspberrypi/bootloader/beta
VL805: up-to-date
CURRENT: 000138a1
 LATEST: 000138a1
Support for mesa with Vulkan update in Raspberry Pi 4
#282

Hello! I have a quick question–I want to make sure I’m interpreting the output of rpi-eeprom-update correctly. Here’s my current output:

~]$ sudo rpi-eeprom-update
BCM2711 detected
Dedicated VL805 EEPROM detected
BOOTLOADER: up-to-date
CURRENT: Thu Sep 3 12:11:43 PM UTC 2020 (1599135103)
LATEST: Thu Sep 3 12:11:43 PM UTC 2020 (1599135103)

FW DIR: /lib/firmware/raspberrypi/bootloader/stable

VL805: up-to-date
CURRENT: 000138a1
LATEST: 000138a1

The way I’m reading it, the VL805 firmware has not changed in the beta branch, but the bootloader has?

#283

Correct but you need to be in the beta FW directory to change it instead of stable.

#284

Thanks. I only switched to the stable branch to get USB boot support and the 5.10 kernel. I’m wary of installing beta firmware. :slight_smile:

Is there a changelog somewhere for the boot loader?

#285

https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom/blob/master/firmware/release-notes.md

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#286

Thanks!

EDIT: Since installing an SSD and booting from USB to that drive, I have run into the issue of timeouts on restart with the USB drive preventing boot.

I just switch off the Pi, then switch it back on, and it comes up fine.

Is that what the release notes for the boot loader are referring to?

#287

Sounds like it to me.

#288

Linuxrpi4-mainline kernel was upgraded again today. So the new kernel related packages has been pushed to the unstable branch when the mirrors sync.

No new activity involving the raspberrypi-bootloader packages as of this post.

linux-rpi4-mainline 5.10.7-1
linux-rpi4-mainline-headers 5.10.7-1
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#289

These latest kernel/kernel-headers and rpi bootloader packages have been pushed to the unstable branch when the mirrors sync:

linux-rpi4-mainline 5.10.9-1
linux-rpi4-mainline-headers 5.10.9-1
linux-rpi4-rc 5.11.rc4-1
linux-rpi4-rc-headers 5.11.rc4-1
raspberrypi-bootloader 20210121-1
raspberrypi-bootloader-x 20210121-1
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#290

rc and bootloader update were uneventful, thank you. :slight_smile:

Edit: I then switch to mainline and it too went smoothly.

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#291

5.10.10 is out.

#292

So is 5.11-rc5. Today was my go to town day for groceries. I just got home.

#293

The latest kernel/kernel-headers/bootloader packages has been pushed to the unstable branch when the mirrors sync.

linux-rpi4-mainline 5.10.10-1
linux-rpi4-mainline-headers 5.10.10-1
linux-rpi4-rc 5.11.rc5-1
linux-rpi4-rc-headers 5.11.rc5-1
raspberrypi-bootloader 20210125-1
raspberrypi-bootloader-x 20210125-1
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#294

Update went smoothly, both kernels tested.

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#295

PiOS update /lib/firmware/brcm files, which package manjaro concern?

#296

An example for one file:

$ pacman -Qo /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4329-sdio.bin
/usr/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4329-sdio.bin is owned by linux-firmware 20201218.646f159-1
#297

firmware-raspberrypi

This package has the latest pi firmware built from the RPi tree and is installed in /usr/lib/firmware/updates/brcm/ so the latest gets picked up first. The linux-firmware package has some but are not always the latest that the RPi folks have.