[Feature Request] Enable autoupdate of bootloader and via usb on every reboot

MartinX3 · May 10, 2021 at 5:06 PM

Currently i can update the EEPROM-Bootloader and VIA USB 3.0 Firmware once on a reboot and need to reactivate each time.

I administrate the libre elec installations of family member and would need to manually search for updates and upgrade them everytime at their location.

I would like to have an option to autoupdate the stuff on every reboot instead only once.

The raspianOS does it automatically on every reboot.

And since I use the the auto updater of LE, it would be nice to upgrade the other stuff on every automatical LE reboot as well.

**Klojum** · May 10, 2021 at 7:45 PM Official Post

Quote from MartinX3

I would like to have an option to autoupdate the stuff on every reboot instead only once.

Considering the low number of bootloader and USB firmware updates for the RPi4B devices (the current one is from September 2020), I'd say such a feature is a bit overkill.

**lrusak** · May 10, 2021 at 7:58 PM Official Post

just use /storage/.config/autostart.sh

MartinX3 · May 10, 2021 at 9:05 PM

Quote from Klojum

Considering the low number of bootloader and USB firmware updates for the RPi4B devices (the current one is from September 2020), I'd say such a feature is a bit overkill.

Mine is from may 2021 or do I look at the wrong place?

MartinX3 · May 10, 2021 at 9:06 PM

Quote from lrusak

just use /storage/.config/autostart.sh

Thank you.
It's a bit enduser unfriendly, since there is an updater menu in the settungs, but good, that this is a possible way.

**Klojum** · May 10, 2021 at 9:15 PM Official Post

I merely checked LibreELEC. The LE Settings add-on said the firmware was up-to-date.

But perhaps that firmware update section uses the wrong wording...

I tried updating both firmwares, but something failed IF there are more recent updates. Mine is still at 2020-09-03.

I'll check with the devs.

**Klojum** · May 10, 2021 at 9:55 PM Official Post

Quote from MartinX3

Mine is from may 2021 or do I look at the wrong place?

Apparently you already upgraded via RPi OS. LibreELEC's 9.95.2 branch still used the older firmwares.

With the current nightlies (or the upcoming beta3), the still-not-updated RPi4B should get upgraded to 2021-03-18.

So we were both right.

MartinX3 · May 10, 2021 at 10:15 PM

Quote from Klojum

Apparently you already upgraded via RPi OS. LibreELEC's 9.95.2 branch still used the older firmwares.
With the current nightlies (or the upcoming beta3), the still-not-updated RPi4B should get upgraded to 2021-03-18.
So we were both right.

Since LE is my first system on the RPi 4 it must got its firmware in the shop.

ghtester · May 10, 2021 at 10:16 PM

The latest bootloader and VL805 USB firmware releases are here: Releases · raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom · GitHub

The bootloader Release Notes: rpi-eeprom/release-notes.md at master · raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom · GitHub

And the firmware itself (which is located on filesystem): GitHub - raspberrypi/firmware: This repository contains pre-compiled binaries of the current Raspberry Pi kernel and modules, userspace libraries, and bootloader/GPU firmware.