Re: RPI4-4Gb Boot fails from SD card (both my build AND the official 14.3 build)

On Jul 27, 2025, at 10:07, Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> wrote:

> root@NewFS:/work/OBJ/ARM64-14-NTP-STABLE # pkg info|grep rpi
> rpi-firmware-1.20230405.g20230405 Firmware for RaspberryPi Single Board Computer
> u-boot-rpi2-2025.04            Cross-build das u-boot for model rpi2
> u-boot-rpi3-2025.04            Cross-build das u-boot for model rpi3
> u-boot-rpi4-2025.04            Cross-build das u-boot for model rpi4

By the way: I'll note that

FreeBSD-14.3-STABLE-arm64-aarch64-RPI-20250724-f0a7a1bda375-272016.img.xz

contains a 2024.07 u-boot --but dated dates "Jul 24 2025"-- not a more
modern version:

# strings /boot/efi/u-boot.bin | grep "U-Boot 20"
         _+{}|~:"~<>?2H53F6CDBAU-Boot 2024.07 (Jul 24 2025 - 04:47:08 +0000)

It looks like official builds have not updated the source vintage that
is built in some time.

There could be other observable differences vs. what you are using.

> I do not have the other one you referenced on my build box -- I will add it.....
> u-boot-rpi4 does not boot the "4" but does boot on the "3".
> u-boot-rpi3 does boot both.
> Neither implicates the firmware group of files which is from 2023 and has not been disturbed.
> After grabbing the other u-boot package all three have distinct sizes and checksums and all three claim to be from the same 2025.04 date.
> Only the u-boot-rpi3-2025.04 copy of uboot will boot and run both the "3" and "4" I have here.
> . . .

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Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com