rpi-eeprom-update on the Pi4 - unusual output?

[john_alan]

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BCM2711 detected
BOOTLOADER: up-to-date
CURRENT: Thu Jan  9 18:25:54 UTC 2020 (1578594354)
 LATEST: Tue Sep 10 10:41:50 UTC 2019 (1568112110)
VL805: up-to-date
CURRENT: 000137ad
 LATEST: 000137ad

I see the above, running sudo

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rpi-eeprom-update

on my Pi4, why would current be greater than latest?

Do I need to clear some cache?

Thanks
John

[Solskogen]

New install with a old image, perhaps? Try a "apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade -fu && reboot" and try again.

[timg236]

It looks like a beta image was installed on that board at some point in the past but the /etc/default/rpi-eeprom-update is pointing at the 'critical' release folder instead

[john_alan]

thanks @timg236 - what can I do to get this board to the right version?

[PeterO]

I get the same output so I too would like to know if it is a problem , and if so how to fix it.
PeterO

[RonR]

How 'bout this instead?:

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root@FreePBX:~# rpi-eeprom-update
BCM2711 detected
BOOTLOADER: up-to-date
CURRENT: Fri 17 Jan 17:37:11 UTC 2020 (1579282631)
 LATEST: Tue 10 Sep 10:41:50 UTC 2019 (1568112110)
VL805: up-to-date
CURRENT: 000137ad
 LATEST: 000137ad

[PeterO]

It looks like a beta image was installed on that board at some point in the past but the /etc/default/rpi-eeprom-update is pointing at the 'critical' release folder instead

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pi@raspberrypi:/etc/default $ cat rpi-eeprom-update 
FIRMWARE_RELEASE_STATUS="critical"
pi@raspberrypi:/etc/default $

So what should it say ?
PeterO

[DirkS]

It looks like a beta image was installed on that board at some point in the past but the /etc/default/rpi-eeprom-update is pointing at the 'critical' release folder instead

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pi@raspberrypi:/etc/default $ cat rpi-eeprom-update 
FIRMWARE_RELEASE_STATUS="critical"
pi@raspberrypi:/etc/default $

So what should it say ?
PeterO

Mine says

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FIRMWARE_RELEASE_STATUS=beta

and seems to be ok

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pi@raspiserver:~$ sudo rpi-eeprom-update
BCM2711 detected
BOOTLOADER: up-to-date
CURRENT: Fri 17 Jan 17:37:11 UTC 2020 (1579282631)
 LATEST: Fri 17 Jan 17:37:11 UTC 2020 (1579282631)
VL805: up-to-date
CURRENT: 000137ad
 LATEST: 000137ad

[PeterO]

It seems unlikely it should "beta" or "critical" ?

Can anyone explain what these mean and what it should say ?

PeterO

[andrum99]

It seems unlikely it should "beta" or "critical" ?

Can anyone explain what these mean and what it should say ?

PeterO

'Current' shows the bootloader and VL805 firmware that are currently installed in the EEPROM chips on that Pi. 'Latest' shows the newest firmware on the branch you have selected: 'critical' is the default. There are also 'beta' and now 'stable' branches. You select which branch to install by setting the FIRMWARE_RELEASE_STATUS variable in the file '/etc/default/rpi-eeprom-update'.

If you previously chose the 'beta' branch, then changed back to 'critical' then this would explain why 'current' is later than 'latest' - the 'beta' branch was updated more recently.

If you have never changed the value of FIRMWARE_RELEASE_STATUS, and 'current' is newer than 'latest' then that's a bug.