rpi4 bootloader update

polo_joe · December 1, 2021 at 3:22 PM

If I try to update bootloader on rpi4 to latest beta I get following output:

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LibreELEC:~ # FIRMWARE_RELEASE_STATUS=beta rpi-eeprom-update -a
*** INSTALLING EEPROM UPDATES ***

BOOTLOADER: update available
   CURRENT: Tue Oct  5 07:53:57 UTC 2021 (1633420437)
    LATEST: Mon Nov 22 11:23:32 UTC 2021 (1637580212)
   RELEASE: beta (/usr/lib/kernel-overlays/base/lib/firmware/raspberrypi/bootloader/beta)
            Use raspi-config to change the release.

  VL805_FW: Dedicated VL805 EEPROM
     VL805: up to date
   CURRENT: 000138a1
    LATEST: 000138a1
   CURRENT: Tue Oct  5 07:53:57 UTC 2021 (1633420437)
    UPDATE: Mon Nov 22 11:23:32 UTC 2021 (1637580212)
    BOOTFS: /flash
xxd not found. Try installing the xxd package.

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I 'm on latest nightly build. Does bootloader update to beta release not work anymore?

ghtester · December 1, 2021 at 3:42 PM

Well, I tried to upgrade to latest beta bootloader on my RPi 4B/2GB (rev. 1.1) couple days ago from a fresh LE 11 Nightly and despite there was no error returned by rpi-eeprom-update, after the reboot the previous bootloader remained.

Did not have time to investigate the issue so far, just tried again several times with the same result.

So it looks there's an issue really.

**HiassofT** · December 1, 2021 at 4:28 PM

This seems to be a bug introduced by the recent rpi-eeprom package update. I'll have a look.

so long,

Hias

ghtester · December 1, 2021 at 6:23 PM

I am not sure if it helps but there are 2 parts of log from 2 different RPi 4B boards:

Board 1 - RPi 4B / 2GB, bootloader upgrade unsuccessful (run on nightly-20211127-e3a7c06):

LE:/tmp # rpi-eeprom-update -f /tmp/pieeprom

*** INSTALLING /tmp/pieeprom ***

CURRENT: Tue Jul 6 10:44:53 UTC 2021 (1625568293)

UPDATE: Mon Nov 22 11:23:32 UTC 2021 (1637580212)

BOOTFS: /flash

EEPROM updates pending. Please reboot to apply the update.

To cancel a pending update run "sudo rpi-eeprom-update -r".

LE:/tmp # reboot

Board 1 - RPi 4B / 4GB, bootloader upgrade successful (run on nightly-20211124-7ef3241):

LibreELEC:/tmp # rpi-eeprom-update -d -f /tmp/pieeprom

*** INSTALLING /tmp/pieeprom ***

CURRENT: Tue Jul 6 10:44:53 UTC 2021 (1625568293)

UPDATE: Mon Nov 22 11:23:32 UTC 2021 (1637580212)

BOOTFS: /tmp/tmp.ibhge2

EEPROM updates pending. Please reboot to apply the update.

To cancel a pending update run "sudo rpi-eeprom-update -r".

LibreELEC:/tmp #

**HiassofT** · December 1, 2021 at 8:09 PM

I could reproduce the issue and opened a bug report here https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom/issues/383

so long,

Hias

**HiassofT** · December 1, 2021 at 10:08 PM

Tim was quick, we already got a fix, PR with rpi-eeprom update is here https://github.com/LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv/pull/5936 and should be in nightly builds soon.

so long,

Hias

polo_joe · December 3, 2021 at 3:23 PM

Thanks, update works again!

ghtester · December 4, 2021 at 3:25 AM

Unfortunately it still does not work on my RPi 4B / 2GB & LE 11 Nightly 20211203 (even if performed manually by rpi-eeprom-update -f /tmp/pieeprom)

LE:~ # FIRMWARE_RELEASE_STATUS=stable rpi-eeprom-update -a

*** INSTALLING EEPROM UPDATES ***

BOOTLOADER: update available

CURRENT: Tue Jul 6 10:44:53 UTC 2021 (1625568293)

LATEST: Mon Nov 22 11:23:32 UTC 2021 (1637580212)

RELEASE: stable (/usr/lib/kernel-overlays/base/lib/firmware/raspberrypi/bootloader/stable)

Use raspi-config to change the release.

VL805_FW: Dedicated VL805 EEPROM

VL805: up to date

CURRENT: 000138a1

LATEST: 000138a1

CURRENT: Tue Jul 6 10:44:53 UTC 2021 (1625568293)

UPDATE: Mon Nov 22 11:23:32 UTC 2021 (1637580212)

BOOTFS: /flash

EEPROM updates pending. Please reboot to apply the update.

To cancel a pending update run "sudo rpi-eeprom-update -r".

LE:~ #

LE:~ # reboot

LE:~ #

login as: root

root@le's password:

##############################################

# LibreELEC #

# https://libreelec.tv #

##############################################

LibreELEC (community): nightly-20211203-53a5e7f (RPi4.arm)

LE:~ # rpi-eeprom-update

BOOTLOADER: up to date

CURRENT: Tue Jul 6 10:44:53 UTC 2021 (1625568293)

LATEST: Thu Apr 29 16:11:25 UTC 2021 (1619712685)

RELEASE: default (/usr/lib/kernel-overlays/base/lib/firmware/raspberrypi/bootloader/default)

Use raspi-config to change the release.

VL805_FW: Dedicated VL805 EEPROM

VL805: up to date

CURRENT: 000138a1

LATEST: 000138a1

I'll have to try with another OS.

Not sure if this could be due to ENABLE_SELF_UPDATE=0 option present n my current bootloader config but in past there was no issue with the bootloader manual upgrade & this setting.

At least there's a mess with LATEST bootloader versions as outlined above (the bootloader dated Thu Apr 29 16:11:25 UTC 2021 is not the latest for sure, maybe it is latest tested but there're some more stable versions already released and the real LATEST stable dated Mon Nov 22 11:23:32 UTC 2021 is present in the latest LE 11 Nightly image yet).

**HiassofT** · December 4, 2021 at 10:44 AM

Are you booting from USB or network? If yes, then ENABLE_SELF_UPDATE=0 will surely prevent updating, it needs to be set to 1.

so long,

Hias

ghtester · December 4, 2021 at 10:48 AM

Thanks for the confirmation.

Yes I am booting from HDD connected to USB/SATA adapter. The problem is the config is part of the bootloader so now it's locked forever... :-]

I'll try to look at the script...

**HiassofT** · December 4, 2021 at 10:51 AM

You can fix it by booting from SD, either with LE or the eeprom recovery image.

so long,

Hias

ghtester · December 4, 2021 at 10:59 AM

Yeah I know, thank you but I believe I should be able to do it without opening the box (a non-standard, hand-made so the SD card slot is inside )

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