bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

The Pi2 running Bookworm is reporting a software update
including one to rpi-eeprom. AFAIK there is no eeprom on
a Pi2. Any idea what's actually happening?

It's just a package in the standard RPi distro. It'll get updated to a new version which does nothing on your hardware, just like the previous version
did nothing.

Theo

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The Pi2 running Bookworm is reporting a software update
including one to rpi-eeprom. AFAIK there is no eeprom on
a Pi2. Any idea what's actually happening?

Thanks for reading,

bob prohaska

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Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

The Pi2 running Bookworm is reporting a software update
including one to rpi-eeprom. AFAIK there is no eeprom on
a Pi2. Any idea what's actually happening?

It's just a package in the standard RPi distro. It'll get updated to a new version which does nothing on your hardware, just like the previous version did nothing.

Thanks for writing,

bob prohaska

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On 18/09/2024 17:46, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

The Pi2 running Bookworm is reporting a software update
including one to rpi-eeprom. AFAIK there is no eeprom on
a Pi2. Any idea what's actually happening?

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

Thanks for reading,

bob prohaska

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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>

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On 19/09/2024 10:07, yeti 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>

Ah Ok. That makes sense then

Full explanation here:

https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/raspberry-pi.html#raspberry-pi-boot-eeprom

It pereforms essentially the same function as the PC BIOS bootloader does.


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rational mechanisms designed to achieve a healthy environment. Yet
things do occur that make you shake your head and remind yourself that
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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.

Thanks for writing,

bob prohaska

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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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On 18/09/2024 17:46, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

The Pi2 running Bookworm is reporting a software update
including one to rpi-eeprom. AFAIK there is no eeprom on
a Pi2. Any idea what's actually happening?

Thanks for reading,

bob prohaska

It's the same distro and can run on any pi so it keeps everything up to
date whether needed or not.

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On 20/09/2024 00:55, Brian Gregory wrote:

On 18/09/2024 17:46, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

The Pi2 running Bookworm is reporting a software update
including one to rpi-eeprom. AFAIK there is no eeprom on
a Pi2. Any idea what's actually happening?

Thanks for reading,

bob prohaska

It's the same distro and can run on any pi so it keeps everything up to
date whether needed or not.

So sensible and sane its probably true...


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