From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Thu Oct 20 20:08:58 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78FF5C1ABB5 for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2016 20:08:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markmi@dsl-only.net) Received: from asp.reflexion.net (outbound-mail-210-39.reflexion.net [208.70.210.39]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2EB41323 for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2016 20:08:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markmi@dsl-only.net) Received: (qmail 6683 invoked from network); 20 Oct 2016 19:08:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail-cs-01.app.dca.reflexion.local) (10.81.19.1) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with SMTP; 20 Oct 2016 19:08:41 -0000 Received: by mail-cs-01.app.dca.reflexion.local (Reflexion email security v8.10.0) with SMTP; Thu, 20 Oct 2016 15:08:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 26730 invoked from network); 20 Oct 2016 19:08:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO iron2.pdx.net) (69.64.224.71) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 20 Oct 2016 19:08:58 -0000 Received: from [192.168.1.107] (c-76-115-7-162.hsd1.or.comcast.net [76.115.7.162]) by iron2.pdx.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9FA91EC9039; Thu, 20 Oct 2016 12:08:50 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Subject: Re: Issue booting RPI2 B (v1.2) [V1.2 is BVM2837 and quad-core Cortex-A53 based] From: Mark Millard In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 12:08:50 -0700 Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <053B3B99-E4D9-4714-ACCF-AA846E1855CE@dsl-only.net> References: To: Kris Moore X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 20:08:58 -0000 On 2016-Oct-20, at 11:22 AM, Kris Moore wrote: > I've been toying around with a bunch of RPI2's here (using > 11.0-RELEASE), and so far so good. However I just ordered a new batch = of > them and they all get stuck at the "rainbow" screen. After further > investigation, I noticed that they were marked as "Raspberry Pi 2 = Model > B V1.2", and all my other units are V1.1. Just for kicks, I tried > rasbian, and that works fine. >=20 > Is this possibly an issue with U-Boot being too old for this revision? > Any other ideas? >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Kris Moore > iXsystems > Enterprise Storage & Servers Driven By Open Source https://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi/raspberrypi2 = says: > Raspberry Pi 2 Model B v1.2 > Previous versions of Raspberry Pi 2 Model B use the BCM2836 SoC, which = contains a quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 processor. The Raspberry Pi 2 Model B = v1.2 board uses BCM2837, which contains a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 = processor. It is necessary to update to the latest (October 2016) = version of the device firmware and Linux kernel to allow the board to = boot up properly. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.net