Re: BOOT LOADER IS TOO OLD. PLEASE UPGRADE.

On Aug 2, 2024, at 21:59, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 02, 2024 at 09:02:46PM -0700, Mark Millard wrote:
>> On Aug 2, 2024, at 19:19, bob prohaska <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.
>> 
>> 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....

Presuming a self-hosted build was done and was installed to
update that system, the updates could be done via:


On armv7 (RPi2 v1.1 --or RPi2 v1.2 used with an armv7 kernel/world):

# cp /boot/loader.efi /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/bootarm.efi


On aarch64 (RPi2 v1.2 used with aarch64 kernel/world):

# cp /boot/loader.efi /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/bootaa64.efi


In other words, they are copies of the FreeBSD boot loader
but under other path and naming conventions on the msdosfs
that is involved.

===
Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com