Subj : Re: Rpi-eeprom update on Pi2 ?
To   : bp@www.zefox.net
From : Theo
Date : Thu Sep 19 2024 17:18:31

bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
> yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> wrote:
> > The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> writes:
> >
> >> Some of the things you might plug in might have eeprom.
> >>
> >> I think its like the old days of having PC cards with bios extensions
> >
> > Those are a different thing.
> >
> > See ... <https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom>
>
> A quick (and somewhat uncomprehending) look at github suggests
> the effect is confined to the Pi4 and Pi5.
>
> I was wondering if rpi-eeprom might also effect part of the
> boot process on older Raspberry Pi boards. Not strictly eeprom
> code, but maybe extending to the DOS materials like bootcode.bin.
> It's understood there's no hardware equivalence, but there might
> be some functional equivalence.

Those live in the firmware, which is stored in the raspi-firmware
binary package:

https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/r/raspi-firmware/

Theo

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