Getting RPi4b (8GB) to boot from a microSD card?

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

On Sun, 17 Jan 2021 04:25:51 +0100
Klaus Küchemann <maciphone2 at googlemail.com> wrote:

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> > Am 16.01.2021 um 23:27 schrieb Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen at getmail.no>:
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> > ...
> > ok, with updated firmware (same way as the other images) this image now boots. Unfortunately, usb doesn't work, so no local keyboard. ssh works fine?
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> You may have to do an eeprom update:
> https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/booteeprom.md
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According to rpi-eeprom-update under RaspiOS, my Pi4 has the latest production (= "critical") firmware:
tingo at silent-pi4:~ $ sudo rpi-eeprom-update
BCM2711 detected
VL805 firmware in bootloader EEPROM
BOOTLOADER: up-to-date
CURRENT: Thu 03 Sep 2020 12:11:43 PM UTC (1599135103)
 LATEST: Thu 03 Sep 2020 12:11:43 PM UTC (1599135103)
 FW DIR: /lib/firmware/raspberrypi/bootloader/default
VL805: up-to-date
CURRENT: 000138a1
 LATEST: 000138a1

Do I need something newer than that (from STABLE or BETA)? Looking at the release notes, they talk about USB MSD, not anything about usb devices like keyboards and mice.

> If nothing has changed in the meantime in bcm2711-rpi-4-b.dts/dtb, you can use the following if you want to boot from USB via u-boot:
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26853
> 

Will that give me a working local (ie. usb) keyboard?
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Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen at getmail.no>