Hi All,
As there is no raspi-config on LE, how does one update firmware to the latest channel instead of the default one?
Thanks.
How to update RPi5 firmware to latest instead of default channel?
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January 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM - Thread is Resolved
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LE delivers fitting firmware versions with LE updates. Manual updates can break dependencies, so not suggested.
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set the FIRMWARE_RELEASE_STATUS environment variable. eg
CodeFIRMWARE_RELEASE_STATUS=latest rpi-eeprom-updateNote though that rpi-eeprom and bootloader firmwares are included in the images so if you want to use current bootloader versions you have to use nightly images (LE 12.0.1 ships with latest firmware from about half a year ago, current LE12 and LE13 nightlies have 2025-01-08 latest bootloader ATM)
If you want to use more recent versions just download them from rpi-eeprom github and use rpi-eeprom-update -f YOUR_PI_EEPROM.BIN
GitHub - raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom: Installation scripts and binaries for the closed sourced Raspberry Pi 4 EEPROMsInstallation scripts and binaries for the closed sourced Raspberry Pi 4 EEPROMs - GitHub - raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom: Installation scripts and binaries for the…github.comso long,
Hias
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set the FIRMWARE_RELEASE_STATUS environment variable. eg
CodeFIRMWARE_RELEASE_STATUS=latest rpi-eeprom-updateNote though that rpi-eeprom and bootloader firmwares are included in the images so if you want to use current bootloader versions you have to use nightly images (LE 12.0.1 ships with latest firmware from about half a year ago, current LE12 and LE13 nightlies have 2025-01-08 latest bootloader ATM)
If you want to use more recent versions just download them from rpi-eeprom github and use rpi-eeprom-update -f YOUR_PI_EEPROM.BIN
https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom
so long,
Hias
Thanks a lot for -f tip and for the variable. Variable indeed works so when you do rpi-eeprom-update it shows version from 'latest' channel. However in current nightly build'lastest' firmware is datet as Wed Jan 8 17:52:48 UTC 2025. That is why -f is coolest thing ever as I was able to flash Tue Jan 14 00:16:48 UTC 2025 version without waiting for new nightly build. I can see also that flashing firmware -f does not clear bootloader configuration and it stays as it was configured before. Thanks a lot for your help.
