Subj : Re: Eeprom updates on a Pi2?
To   : All
From : bp
Date : Wed Dec 10 2025 10:00:02

Knute Johnson <knute2025@585ranch.com> wrote:
> On 12/9/25 10:29, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
>> My Pi2 v1.1 running Trixie just announced that updates are availalbe.
>> However, they're eeprom updates. To my knowldge a Pi2 has no eeprom.
>> Still, if I let the updater run it makes a big ceremony of downloading
>> and installing _something_.
>> 
>> What's going on?
>> 
>> Thanks for reading, apologies for the recent flood of questions....
>> 
>> bob prohaska
>> 
> 
> Only Pi4 and Pi5s have eeprom.  But all get the update so that if you 
> put that uSD card in a Pi4 or a Pi5 it will update it.
> 
Since there's no eeprom on the Pi2 does the update downloaded and
stashed somewhere on the microSD? Or is it installed to /dev/null ?

Thanks for writing,

bob prohaska


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