From nobody Sat Aug 03 04:59:50 2024 X-Original-To: freebsd-arm@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4WbVqn5qPcz5Ry2m for ; Sat, 03 Aug 2024 04:59:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: from www.zefox.net (www.zefox.net [50.1.20.27]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "generic", Issuer "generic" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4WbVqn2bHZz4Sl0 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2024 04:59:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from www.zefox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.zefox.net (8.17.1/8.17.1) with ESMTPS id 4734xoCX061843 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 2 Aug 2024 21:59:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: (from fbsd@localhost) by www.zefox.net (8.17.1/8.17.1/Submit) id 4734xoI3061842; Fri, 2 Aug 2024 21:59:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 21:59:50 -0700 From: bob prohaska To: Mark Millard Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BOOT LOADER IS TOO OLD. PLEASE UPGRADE. Message-ID: References: List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arm List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7065, ipnet:50.1.16.0/20, country:US] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4WbVqn2bHZz4Sl0 On Fri, Aug 02, 2024 at 09:02:46PM -0700, Mark Millard wrote: > On Aug 2, 2024, at 19:19, bob prohaska 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. > > The message is about the likes of: > > RPi2 v1.1 (armv7)? /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/bootarm.efi > RPi2 v1.2 (aarch64)? /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/bootaa64.efi > > Those are not RPi* firmware, nor armstub* , nor are they U-Boot. > > They are code from FreeBSD: FreeBSD UEFI loader code. So, yes, > there is new code to update to. > Where can I find the newer version? Following buildworld/kernel find / -name bootarm.efi locates only /boot/msdos/EFI/BOOT/bootarm.efi which I imagine is the obsolete version. Apologies if this is naive, something suggests it might be.... bob prohaska