Using LibreElec, will my RPi3B+ firmware be updated to current version

harry_fine · December 27, 2020 at 2:48 AM

New LE user. New Pi3B+. Using current version, LE9.2.6.

It would be nice to know if my hardware is up to date so that I can eliminate old firmware if I have issues.

I'm not sure if I have to run Raspbian to run rpi-update to keep my new PI up to date. In terms of the current version, here's what I have:

# /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd version

Apr 15 2020 11:44:24

version 82f9bb929ce2186eb1824178c1ae82902ad6275c (clean) (release) (start_x)

Any advice would be appreciated.

Hagertyoh · December 27, 2020 at 3:19 AM

Quote from harry_fine

New LE user. New Pi3B+. Using current version, LE9.2.6.
It would be nice to know if my hardware is up to date so that I can eliminate old firmware if I have issues.
I'm not sure if I have to run Raspbian to run rpi-update to keep my new PI up to date. In terms of the current version, here's what I have:
# /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd version
Apr 15 2020 11:44:24
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 82f9bb929ce2186eb1824178c1ae82902ad6275c (clean) (release) (start_x)
Any advice would be appreciated.

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You do not need to update firmware with rpi3. Just load le9.2.6 and all good

JonasStax · December 27, 2020 at 4:00 AM

The official Raspberry Pi site contains enough technical information to make an informed decision.

Read through the Raspberry Pi engineers' advice.

The general engineering advice is "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

harry_fine · December 27, 2020 at 1:31 PM

Thank you

**Da Flex** · December 27, 2020 at 5:55 PM Official Post

LE installs the right firmware at installation process. It's possible to update the firmware after this (using Raspbian is the easiest way), but as mentioned above, don't do this without a good reason.