A op-build v2.5-rc1 based Raptor Blackbird Build

I have done a few builds of firmware for the Raptor Blackbird since I got mine, each of them based on upstream op-build plus a few patches. The previous one was Yet another near-upstream Raptor Blackbird firmware build that I built a couple of months ago. This new build is based off the release candidate of op-build v2.5. Here’s what’s changed:

PackageOld VersionNew Version
hcodehw030220a.opmsthw050520a.opmst
hostbootacdff8a390a2654dd52fed67bdebe2b5
kexec-lite18ec88310c4134e6b0130b3c1ea489e
libflashv6.5-228-g82aed17av6.6
linuxv5.4.22v5.4.33
linux-headersv5.4.22v5.4.33
machine-xml17e9e84d504582c88e782e30829e0d6be
occ3ab29212518e65740ab4dc96fd6cf584c42
openpower-pnor6fb8d914134d544a84175f00d9c6dc395faf3
sbec318ab00116d92f08c78fb7838495ad0aab7
skibootv6.5-228-g82aed17av6.6
Changes in my latest Blackbird build

Go grab blackbird.pnor from https://www.flamingspork.com/blackbird/stewart-blackbird-6-images/, and give it a go! Just scp it to your BMC, and flash it:

pflash -E -p /tmp/blackbird.pnor

There’s two differences from upstream op-build: my pull request to op-build, and the fixing of the (old) buildroot so that it’ll build on Fedora 32. From discussions on the openpower-firmware mailing list, it seems that one hopeful thing is to have all the Blackbird support merged in before the final op-build v2.5 is tagged. The previous op-build release (v2.4) was tagged in July 2019, so we’re about 10 months into what was a 2 month release cycle, so speculating on when that final release will be is somewhat difficult.

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