RPi 4 and UEFI Sytem Table firmware settings.
Ramiro Aceves <[email protected]> Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:16:38 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.general,gmane.os.netbsd.ports.arm |
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Hello, I have been using my RPi4 with the UEFI 1.50 firmware from https://github.com/pftf/RPi4 since NetBSD 11.0_RC3, and everything has been working fine. Yesterday I upgraded to RC5 from RC3 using sysupgrade and usual tricks, and by mistake I re-extracted the UEFI firmware over /boot and overwrote RPI_EFI.fd (I forgot to back it up first). After rebooting, I had to connect a HDMI monitor to adjust the default 3 GB RAM limit and boot device order. While doing so, I noticed a BIOS setting that I had previously ignored: Device Manager Raspberry Pi Configuration System Table Mode The available options are: ACPI ACPI + Device Tree Device Tree I have left the default value (ACPI) unchanged, and everything seems to be working correctly so far. My question is: what is the recommended option for my setup? What are the practical advantages or disadvantages of each mode, and what could improve or potentially break by choosing one over the others? Thanks a lot. Ramiro.