The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 09/12/2025 18:58, Knute Johnson wrote:

On 12/9/25 12:52, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

Knute Johnson <knute2025@585ranch.com> wrote:

On 12/9/25 10:29, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

My Pi2 v1.1 running Trixie just announced that updates are availalbe. >>>>> However, they're eeprom updates. To my knowldge a Pi2 has no eeprom. >>>>> Still, if I let the updater run it makes a big ceremony of downloading >>>>> and installing _something_.

What's going on?

Thanks for reading, apologies for the recent flood of questions....

bob prohaska

Only Pi4 and Pi5s have eeprom.ÿ But all get the update so that if you
put that uSD card in a Pi4 or a Pi5 it will update it.

Since there's no eeprom on the Pi2 does the update downloaded and
stashed somewhere on the microSD? Or is it installed to /dev/null ?

Thanks for writing,

bob prohaska

It gets stashed on the card somewhere.

IIRC there is a bunch of machine level stuff in the FAT partition -
mounts as /boot/firmware - in a live SD situation

These might as well be EEprom really! What else is an SD card?

That's a happy thought but I'm skeptical. If it were true I'd have
a lot less trouble booting from USB drives 8-)

Thanks for writing,

bob prohaska


--- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

On 09/12/2025 18:58, Knute Johnson wrote:

On 12/9/25 12:52, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

Knute Johnson <knute2025@585ranch.com> wrote:

On 12/9/25 10:29, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

My Pi2 v1.1 running Trixie just announced that updates are availalbe.
However, they're eeprom updates. To my knowldge a Pi2 has no eeprom.
Still, if I let the updater run it makes a big ceremony of downloading >>>> and installing _something_.

What's going on?

Thanks for reading, apologies for the recent flood of questions....

bob prohaska

Only Pi4 and Pi5s have eeprom.ÿ But all get the update so that if you
put that uSD card in a Pi4 or a Pi5 it will update it.

Since there's no eeprom on the Pi2 does the update downloaded and
stashed somewhere on the microSD? Or is it installed to /dev/null ?

Thanks for writing,

bob prohaska

It gets stashed on the card somewhere.

IIRC there is a bunch of machine level stuff in the FAT partition -
mounts as /boot/firmware - in a live SD situation

These might as well be EEprom really! What else is an SD card?

--
"Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have
forgotten your aim."

George Santayana


--- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

On 12/9/25 12:52, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

Knute Johnson <knute2025@585ranch.com> wrote:

On 12/9/25 10:29, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

My Pi2 v1.1 running Trixie just announced that updates are availalbe.
However, they're eeprom updates. To my knowldge a Pi2 has no eeprom.
Still, if I let the updater run it makes a big ceremony of downloading
and installing _something_.

What's going on?

Thanks for reading, apologies for the recent flood of questions....

bob prohaska

Only Pi4 and Pi5s have eeprom. But all get the update so that if you
put that uSD card in a Pi4 or a Pi5 it will update it.

Since there's no eeprom on the Pi2 does the update downloaded and
stashed somewhere on the microSD? Or is it installed to /dev/null ?

Thanks for writing,

bob prohaska

It gets stashed on the card somewhere.

--

Knute Johnson

--- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

My Pi2 v1.1 running Trixie just announced that updates are availalbe.
However, they're eeprom updates. To my knowldge a Pi2 has no eeprom.
Still, if I let the updater run it makes a big ceremony of downloading
and installing _something_.

What's going on?

Thanks for reading, apologies for the recent flood of questions....

bob prohaska


--- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)