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Date:      Sun, 3 Jan 2021 11:43:41 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Klaus_K=C3=BCchemann?= <maciphone2@googlemail.com>
To:        Andy McClements <ajm@ip-ether.net>, Robert Crowston <crowston@protonmail.com>, Emmanuel Vadot <manu@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>
Subject:   Re: RPi4b 8GB 13.0-Current, XHCI broken, wrong U-Boot ?
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Hi Andy & friends :-) ,=20
according to https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/rpi-firmware/=20
we are using 20201201 , assumed that releases are compiled on =
amd64(aarch64-port is behind).
20201201 is exactly what I see when I compile sysutils/rpi-firmware =
manually=20
on amd64(for all files).
But when I open =
https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/arm64/aarch64/ISO-IMAGES/13.0/F=
reeBSD-13.0-CURRENT-arm64-aarch64-RPI3-20201210-7578a4862f0.img.xz
I see a mixture of versioning(what has good reason), specially=20
2019/Nov/22 and 2020/Dec./10 .
So the good reason is exactly those problems with different versions of =
special files.
And this let me assume that=20
EMBEDDEDPORTS=3D"sysutils/u-boot-rpi-arm64 sysutils/rpi-firmware=E2=80=9C=20=

In  https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/release/arm64/RPI.conf
is NOT embedded by default, instead we use different files,
The files we deal with are specially bcm2711-rpi-4-b.dts ( the reason =
for https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26853)=20
and start4.elf and fixup4.dat .
So assuming that the firmware is not embedded by default in the sysutils =
-port  and instead uses different HARD-LINKED versions of =
firmware-files,
What we do here is finding the correct files which we have to hard-link =
for the (*.img)releases.
That=E2=80=99s why I sent you the link to :=20
=
https://sourceforge.net/projects/d26853-bcm2711-rpi-4-b-dtb/files/rpi4_pac=
k_freebsd.zip/download
Because currently I assume that start4.elf and fixup4.dat of that link=20=

Will boot up your machine directly from USB/SSD.
So the question is WHICH files should differ from sysutils/rpi-firmware.
While organizing u-boot/firmware/releases is the area of =E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B=
manu@, the hardcoded #0X=E2=80=A6. -driver is the area of PCIE-Boss Rob =
Crowston :-), this two have the last word what is to do.
So finding the right combination of hardcoding, firmware-updates and =
hard-linked firmware-files and organizing the (*.img)-release  is what =
we currently try while I have to browse the fbsd-src again to look for =
WHERE=20
some files are hard-linked.
So giving manu@ a chance to =E2=80=9Ereorganize" the release is possible =
when , let=E2=80=99s say at least 3 Persons=20
( e.g. Rob, YOU & me) say: these are the files we have to go with for =
hard-link.

long story short:=20
Andy, yes, thanks in advance to test =
https://sourceforge.net/projects/d26853-bcm2711-rpi-4-b-dtb/files/rpi4_pac=
k_freebsd.zip/download and=20
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26853=20
against whatever firmware-version from rpi-org you like., but best =
against those which are in the current img-release. (22/November/2019 =
and 10/December/2020) AND the latest release from rip-org.


By the way, it=E2=80=99s an annoying thing with the firmware but we re =
nor the only ones who have to deal with that,
e.g. edkII also has sometimes.

(M. Millard, didn=E2=80=99t you post a link in the past to src where the =
files are hard linked?)

Sorry for my chaotic English
thanks,Regards

K.









> Am 03.01.2021 um 09:45 schrieb Andy McClements <ajm@ip-ether.net>:
>=20
> =E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94
> =E2=80=A6...
> However may I suggest I test with files from one of the previous =
official repository ZIP archives ? That way we can be sure of the =
versioning. eg:
>=20
> https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/releases
>=20
> Should I test with the 1.20201022.zip ?
>=20
> Regards, Andy




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