Re: FYI: FreeBSD-14.0-CURRENT-arm-armv7-GENERICSD-20220930-42dc8696df5-258315.img is broken for RPi2 v1.1 (so: armv7)g

bob prohaska <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.arm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 08:54:54AM -0700, Mark Millard wrote:
> [I'd keep Warner out of our exchanges: too higih of a
> volume. So I've dropped Warner from the reply.]
> 

Ok, thanks.

> On 2022-Oct-11, at 08:39, bob prohaska <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > My Pi2B reporting 
> > 
> > FreeBSD www.zefox.com 14.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT #12 main-2b766d5e5a: Mon Jul 11 01:38:59 PDT 2022     [email protected]:/usr/obj/usr/src/arm.armv7/sys/GENERIC arm
> > 
> > is presently running buildworld on -current dated October 9th. If I'm 
> > understanding this thread correctly, running installworld will result
> > in an ubootable system. 
> > 
> > Should I refrain from running installworld for the time being?
> > 
> 
> If you have a working EFI loader in the msdosfs, just do not
> update it. installworld does not update the msdosfs.
> 

I don't see a file by that name in /boot/msdos, but there is a
/boot/msdos/EFI/BOOT/bootarm.efi

It's surprisingly old:
root@www:/usr/src # ls -l /boot/msdos/EFI/BOOT/bootarm.efi
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  674864 Jul  2  2020 /boot/msdos/EFI/BOOT/bootarm.efi

Is that the EFI loader referred to? If so I think it's safe. 

Thanks for reading,

bob prohaska
ps: Just for completeness, at the moment I have on microSD:

root@www:/usr/src # find /mnt
/mnt
/mnt/bootcode.bin [special usb-boot version]
/mnt/timeout
/mnt/unused
/mnt/unused/EFI
/mnt/unused/EFI/BOOT
/mnt/unused/EFI/BOOT/bootarm.efi
/mnt/unused/bcm2709-rpi-2-b.dtb
/mnt/unused/bootcode.bin
/mnt/unused/config.txt
/mnt/unused/dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/allwinner
/mnt/unused/dtb/overlays
/mnt/unused/dtb/overlays/sun8i-a83t-sid.dtbo
/mnt/unused/dtb/overlays/sun8i-h3-i2c0.dtbo
/mnt/unused/dtb/overlays/spigen-rpi-b.dtbo
/mnt/unused/dtb/overlays/spigen-rpi2.dtbo
/mnt/unused/dtb/rockchip
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun4i-a10-cubieboard.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun4i-a10-olinuxino-lime.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun6i-a31s-sinovoip-bpi-m2.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun5i-a13-olinuxino.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun5i-r8-chip.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun7i-a20-bananapi.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun7i-a20-cubieboard2.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun7i-a20-lamobo-r1.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun7i-a20-olimex-som-evb.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun7i-a20-pcduino3.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun8i-a83t-bananapi-m3.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun8i-h2-plus-orangepi-r1.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun8i-h2-plus-orangepi-zero.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun8i-h3-nanopi-m1.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun8i-h3-nanopi-m1-plus.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun8i-h3-orangepi-one.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun8i-h3-orangepi-pc.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun8i-h3-orangepi-plus2e.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/cubieboard.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/olinuxino-lime.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/bananapim2.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/bananapi.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/cubieboard2.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/olimex-a20-som-evb.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/pcduino3.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sinovoip-bpi-m3.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/sun8i-a83t-sinovoip-bpi-m3.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/am335x-bone.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/am335x-boneblack.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/am335x-boneblack-wireless.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/am335x-bonegreen.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/am335x-bonegreen-wireless.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/am335x-boneblue.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/am335x-pocketbeagle.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/ufw.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/imx6dl-cubox-i.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/imx6q-cubox-i.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/imx6dl-hummingboard.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/imx6q-hummingboard.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/imx6dl-nitrogen6x.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/imx6q-nitrogen6_max.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/imx6q-nitrogen6x.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/imx6qp-nitrogen6_max.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/imx6sx-nitrogen6sx.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/imx6dl-riotboard.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/imx6dl-wandboard.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/imx6dl-wandboard-revb1.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/imx6q-wandboard.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/imx6q-wandboard-revb1.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/tegra124-jetson-tk1-fbsd.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/omap4-duovero-parlor.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/omap4-panda.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/omap4-panda-es.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/zedboard.dtb
/mnt/unused/dtb/zybo.dtb
/mnt/unused/fixup.dat
/mnt/unused/fixup_cd.dat
/mnt/unused/fixup_db.dat
/mnt/unused/fixup_x.dat
/mnt/unused/overlays
/mnt/unused/overlays/mmc.dtbo
/mnt/unused/start.elf
/mnt/unused/start_cd.elf
/mnt/unused/start_db.elf
/mnt/unused/start_x.elf
/mnt/unused/u-boot.bin
/mnt/unused/ubldr.bin
/mnt/unused/bootcode.bin-e [not sure where that came from, likely a typo]

and in /boot/msdos is
root@www:/usr/src # find /boot/msdos
/boot/msdos
/boot/msdos/ubldr.bin
/boot/msdos/EFI
/boot/msdos/EFI/BOOT
/boot/msdos/EFI/BOOT/bootarm.efi
/boot/msdos/dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/allwinner
/boot/msdos/dtb/overlays
/boot/msdos/dtb/overlays/sun8i-a83t-sid.dtbo
/boot/msdos/dtb/overlays/sun8i-h3-i2c0.dtbo
/boot/msdos/dtb/overlays/spigen-rpi-b.dtbo
/boot/msdos/dtb/overlays/spigen-rpi2.dtbo
/boot/msdos/dtb/rockchip
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun4i-a10-cubieboard.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun4i-a10-olinuxino-lime.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun6i-a31s-sinovoip-bpi-m2.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun5i-a13-olinuxino.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun5i-r8-chip.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun7i-a20-bananapi.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun7i-a20-cubieboard2.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun7i-a20-lamobo-r1.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun7i-a20-olimex-som-evb.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun7i-a20-pcduino3.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun8i-a83t-bananapi-m3.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun8i-h2-plus-orangepi-r1.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun8i-h2-plus-orangepi-zero.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun8i-h3-nanopi-m1.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun8i-h3-nanopi-m1-plus.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun8i-h3-orangepi-one.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun8i-h3-orangepi-pc.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun8i-h3-orangepi-plus2e.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/cubieboard.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/olinuxino-lime.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/bananapim2.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/bananapi.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/cubieboard2.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/olimex-a20-som-evb.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/pcduino3.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sinovoip-bpi-m3.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/sun8i-a83t-sinovoip-bpi-m3.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/am335x-bone.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/am335x-boneblack.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/am335x-boneblack-wireless.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/am335x-bonegreen.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/am335x-bonegreen-wireless.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/am335x-boneblue.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/am335x-pocketbeagle.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/ufw.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/imx6dl-cubox-i.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/imx6q-cubox-i.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/imx6dl-hummingboard.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/imx6q-hummingboard.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/imx6dl-nitrogen6x.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/imx6q-nitrogen6_max.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/imx6q-nitrogen6x.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/imx6qp-nitrogen6_max.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/imx6sx-nitrogen6sx.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/imx6dl-riotboard.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/imx6dl-wandboard.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/imx6dl-wandboard-revb1.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/imx6q-wandboard.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/imx6q-wandboard-revb1.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/tegra124-jetson-tk1-fbsd.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/omap4-duovero-parlor.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/omap4-panda.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/omap4-panda-es.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/zedboard.dtb
/boot/msdos/dtb/zybo.dtb
/boot/msdos/u-boot.bin
/boot/msdos/bootcode.bin
/boot/msdos/config.txt
/boot/msdos/fixup.dat
/boot/msdos/fixup_cd.dat
/boot/msdos/fixup_db.dat
/boot/msdos/fixup_x.dat
/boot/msdos/start.elf
/boot/msdos/start_cd.elf
/boot/msdos/start_db.elf
/boot/msdos/start_x.elf
/boot/msdos/bcm2709-rpi-2-b.dtb
/boot/msdos/overlays
/boot/msdos/overlays/mmc.dtbo
/boot/msdos/timeout
/boot/msdos/bootcode.bin-e
/boot/msdos/System Volume Information
/boot/msdos/System Volume Information/WPSettings.dat
/boot/msdos/System Volume Information/IndexerVolumeGuid
root@www:/usr/src #
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