Firmware is the code usually stored in flash ROM and contains the instructions for communicating with the other computer hardware.
Questions tagged [firmware]
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How can I determine the current firmware version number?
Is there a way to find the current firmware version number? Either the running version or the version currently installed in /boot?
uname -a shows only the kernel version, not the GPU "binary blob."
Related: How do I update software and firmware?
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How do I find the firmware repository commit which matches the firmware version reported by vcgencmd?
For example, vcgencmd version might report:
Feb 14 2015 22:20:17
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 7789db485409720b0e523a3d6b86b12ed56fd152 (clean) (release)
How do I determine which commit in the firmware repository matches this…
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Error at firmware update
I got this error when run this firmware update command. Before this update was succesfully completed by this command: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
pi@Raspi-2 ~ $ sudo rpi-update
Raspberry Pi firmware updater by Hexxeh, enhanced by…
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Raspberry Field Firmware update?
I have a question regards a field firmware update; namely a firmware update from 0.24.0.54xxx to 1.0.0.55xxx. What do I have to consider when doing this?
Which files do I have to update? overlays, system0/devtree, kernel.img?
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With Raspberry Pi is the Linux OS running in the firmware?
With Raspberry Pi is the Linux OS running in the firmware (like an OS on a cell phone) or on top of a firmware (like on a regular PC)?
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Does Raspberry Pi count as firmware
Say you make a system/gadget with a Pi and a bunch of sensors that the Pi gathers data from. Is the software on the Pi reading the data count as firmware? or the Raspbian OS itself?
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vcgencmd is missing in arch linux
I have recently acquired a Raspberry Pi 3B+, and I have installed arch linux on it. So far, so good, but vcgencmd is missing, and I am not able to find a way to get it installed. Can somebody help me?
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How to install firmware manually?
I've compiled a kernel for Raspberry Pi 4 (CM4 on IO board) and made a sd card and installed overlays, modules, copied the kernel to fat32 etc.
When i boot, it gives only some messages to the point where it reads the "config.txt" but says "Firmware…
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Get raspberry firmware version
I want to know what is my raspberry pi firmware version.
I have read some documentations and i have found 2 ways to get this version number:
/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd version
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FIRMWARE_HASH=$(zgrep "* firmware as of"…
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