Re: upgrading 13-stable on rpi4b/8GB

Van: void <void@f-m.fm>
Datum: woensdag, 9 augustus 2023 03:21
Aan: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Onderwerp: Re: upgrading 13-stable on rpi4b/8GB
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Aug 08, 2023 at 09:10:35PM +0200, Ronald Klop wrote:
> >On 8/1/23 16:19, void wrote:
> >>Hi list,
> >>
> >>Is it reasonably safe to upgrade 13-stable/rpi4 at the moment?
> >>The system runs zfs.
> 
> >My rpi4/8GB runs 14-current. Although with an older uboot. As uboot >is not upgraded by a build/install of the kernel and world things >should be save AFAIK.
> 
> I was worried the efi/uboot might be upgraded. The upgrade I'm
> considering is from earlier to later stable. Then there were some
> zfs issues IIRC but I think these were only in -current.
> 
> ty
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Yes, AFAIK no ZFS issues are in -stable.
Uboot comes from a port. So nothing happens there as long as you don't do anything with the port. And even if you have the u-boot-rpi4 port/pkg installed it still needs a manual copy of the ports files to your boot filesystem/partition.

NB: Are you using https://wiki.freebsd.org/BootEnvironments ? That really helps to upgrade with confidence even if experimenting a bit. Primarily because a downgrade is really easy. :-)
NB2: coincidentally u-boot and rpi-firmware just got an update in ports. [1] But I would recommend to first upgrade kernel and world and if that works you can try updating uboot/rpi-firmware.

Regards,
Ronald.

[1] rpi-firmware: https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=998bcddc942d1a7fea7b58baca5fa4c599a37f15
u-boot: https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=c1baa2b4d8d63c4369e4e53422914ea515dbd1e2