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port-arm/56372: Distributed Raspberry Pi 4 firmware files do not work with recent Raspberry Pi 4 / 400 units



>Number:         56372
>Category:       port-arm
>Synopsis:       Distributed Raspberry Pi 4 firmware files do not work with recent Raspberry Pi 4 / 400 units
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    port-arm-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Aug 22 21:55:01 +0000 2021
>Originator:     Jason Thorpe
>Release:        NetBSD daily build August 19, 2021
>Organization:
RISCy Business
>Environment:
NetBSD/evbarm arm64.img.gz or arm64mbr.img.gz from above build
>Description:
The firmware files for Raspberry Pi 4 that are distributed in NetBSD/evbarm install images are no longer compatible with recent Raspberry Pi 4 or 400 units.  See photograph of error screen on a bone stock Raspberry Pi 400:

     https://share.icloud.com/photos/0qac-6vWuHPX3-VzLYArN6Cvw

(Note: This link will expire Sept 21, 2021.)
>How-To-Repeat:
Image arm64mbr.img.gz onto a micro SD, insert into Raspberry Pi 400 and boot.  Alternatively, this can be reproduced on a regular Raspberry Pi 4 Model B after applying the latest Raspberry Pi 4 EEPROM update available here:

    https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom/releases

>Fix:
Not provided.  Probably a simply matter of grabbing new firmware blobs from Raspberry Pi.



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