[Buildroot] [git commit] board/raspberrypi/readme.txt: add videocore note
Julien Olivain
ju.o at free.fr
Wed Apr 16 19:14:21 UTC 2025
commit: https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=7ebcfe3cb99ba536b5dcce7704956aeb11b6a57b
branch: https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=refs/heads/master
The VideoCore blobs for the Raspberry Pi 1, 2, 3, Zero, Zero W and Zero
2 W are differents from the ones for the Raspberry Pi 4 and the Compute
Module 4.
The VideoCore blobs for the Raspberry Pi 4 are named with a 4[1] (i.e.
start4.elf, start4x.elf, start4db.elf and start4cd.elf).
This precises which VideoCore firmware blob files are present on the
Raspberry Pi 1, 2, 3, Zero W, Zero 2 W and which files are present on
the the Rapsberry Pi 4 and the Compute Module 4.
Note: The VideoCore blobs for the Raspberry Pi 5 are self-contained in
its bootloader EEPROM[1][2]; there is no additional files for pi5.
[1]: https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html#start-elf
[2]: https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/config_txt.html#start_file-fixup_file
Signed-off-by: Gaël PORTAY <gael.portay+rtone at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Julien Olivain <ju.o at free.fr>
---
board/raspberrypi/readme.txt | 16 ++++++++++------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/readme.txt b/board/raspberrypi/readme.txt
index 0f3ec9d8bb..c12a8969f1 100644
--- a/board/raspberrypi/readme.txt
+++ b/board/raspberrypi/readme.txt
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ After building, you should obtain this tree:
| +-- bootcode.bin [2]
| +-- cmdline.txt
| +-- config.txt
- | +-- fixup.dat [1]
- | +-- fixup4.dat [1]
- | +-- start.elf [1]
- | +-- start4.elf [1]
- | `-- overlays/ [3]
+ | +-- fixup.dat [3]
+ | +-- fixup4.dat [4]
+ | +-- start.elf [3]
+ | +-- start4.elf [4]
+ | `-- overlays/ [5]
+-- sdcard.img
+-- Image [1]
`-- zImage [1]
@@ -131,7 +131,11 @@ After building, you should obtain this tree:
Pi 4, 400, 5 and the Compute Module 4, 4s and 5 load the second stage
bootloader from a SPI flash EEPROM.
-[3] Only for the Raspberry Pi installing device-tree overlays. The Raspberry Pi
+[3] Only for the Raspberry Pi 1, 2, 3, Zero and Zero 2.
+
+[4] Only for the Raspberry Pi 4, 400, Compute Module 4 and 4s.
+
+[5] Only for the Raspberry Pi installing device-tree overlays. The Raspberry Pi
with Bluetooth connectivity (Zero W, Zero 2 W, 3, 4, 400, Compute Module 4
and 4s) use the miniuart-bt overlay to enable UART0 for the serial console;
the Bluetooth uses the mini-UART instead. Alternative would be to disable
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