Timeline for Do I still need rpi-update if I am using the latest version of Raspbian?
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| S Feb 2, 2020 at 18:40 | history | suggested | modeset | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Make the text consistent with the warning about rpi-update quoted from forums at top of post
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| Nov 6, 2018 at 2:36 | comment | added | patricktokeeffe |
The provided "fix" command (sudo apt-get install --reinstall raspberrypi-bootloader raspberrypi-kernel) may not work outside Raspbian ("Reinstallation of [...] is not possible, it cannot be downloaded."), but you can install specific firmware revisions by specifying a Git hash as described here: github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-update#options
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| Mar 27, 2018 at 0:04 | history | edited | Milliways | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Add WARNING
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| Apr 25, 2017 at 23:24 | comment | added | Tim Dorr | As stated below, this is no longer true. The things rpi-update provides are now bundled in the raspberrypi-bootloader package. | |
| Jan 6, 2015 at 17:35 | comment | added | goldilocks♦ |
According to raspberrypi.org apt-get upgrade will update the kernel and firmware, albeit possibly not to the most recent one.
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| Jul 3, 2014 at 4:54 | comment | added | Dan Sandberg | When I run rpi-update it seems to update the kernel (including the modules). Is this answer out-dated perhaps? | |
| Apr 27, 2013 at 9:02 | comment | added | Cerber |
Hi Caleb. You say that rpi-update is part of raspbian but I can't find it on my rpi (even with a locate or apt-cache search) do you think this is normal ?
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| S Feb 22, 2013 at 21:20 | history | suggested | Ivo Rocha | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
The firmware used by the Raspberry Pi is on the first partition of the SD card and not on the Raspberry Pi itself as described by the previous answer.
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| Jan 7, 2013 at 23:11 | vote | accept | Scoop | ||
| Jan 7, 2013 at 23:10 | comment | added | Caleb | @Scoop: I edited my answer to answer your other questions. What the firmware updates actually contain would be a question to be answered by the changelog for the version update in question and is outside the scope of your original question. You could consider asking another one along those lines if you want. | |
| Jan 7, 2013 at 23:06 | history | edited | Caleb | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 280 characters in body
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| Jan 7, 2013 at 21:38 | comment | added | Scoop |
thanks for the great answer. So for each physical Pi that I have, I need to run rpi-update. It is not enough to run rpi-update on one sd card and have it work where ever it is plugged in. rpi-update is physical board dependent as opposed to sd card dependent. Is that correct? Then secondly, I'm curious, what does upgraded firmware do? Is it more stable? Is it faster? Does it help support the 512MB architecture?
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| Jan 7, 2013 at 9:40 | history | answered | Caleb | CC BY-SA 3.0 |