Re: BOOT LOADER IS TOO OLD. PLEASE UPGRADE.

From: Kyle Evans <kevans_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 04:28:15 UTC
On 8/2/24 22:08, Warner Losh wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 2, 2024, 8:52 PM bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net 
> <mailto:fbsd@www.zefox.net>> wrote:
> 
>     After a build/install of -current on a Raspberry Pi 2 (so, armv7) the
>     console output reported:
> 
>     **********************************************************************
>     **********************************************************************
>     *****                                                            *****
>     *****           BOOT LOADER IS TOO OLD. PLEASE UPGRADE.          *****
>     *****                                                            *****
>     **********************************************************************
>     **********************************************************************
> 
>     The statement is likely true, but it's a bit hard to guess exactly
>     what needs upgrading. The boot process succeeded. Is it wiser to
>     heed the command, or leave well enough alone? AFAIK there's no
>     firmware to upgrade on the Pi2.
> 
> 
> loader.efi in the ESP in this case. In almost every case, really, but we 
> can't tell in lua AFAICT what is out of date without some more lua 
> bindings..
> 

I'm enjoying the irony in that we can fix this, but you'd have a loader 
too old to be able to tell you which loader binary is too old.

Thanks,

Kyle Evans