{"id":4528,"date":"2019-12-16T20:23:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T04:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=4528"},"modified":"2020-02-01T15:12:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T23:12:00","slug":"a-close-to-upstream-firmware-build-for-the-raptor-blackbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/16\/a-close-to-upstream-firmware-build-for-the-raptor-blackbird\/","title":{"rendered":"A close-to-upstream firmware build for the Raptor Blackbird"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UPDATE: A newer version is available here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It goes without saying that using this build is a At Your Own Risk and I make zero warranty. AFAIK it can’t physically destroy your system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My GitHub op-build branch stewart-blackbird-v1<\/a> has all the changes built into this build (the VERSION displayed in firmware will be slightly weird as I did the tagging afterwards… this is not meant to be “howto release firmware to the public”). Follow op-build pull 3341<\/a> for the state of upstreaming everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Binaries are over at https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blackbird\/stewart-blackbird-v1-images\/<\/a> (see the git branch of op-build for source).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To flash it (temporarily), grab blackbird.pnor,<\/a> get it to \/tmp on your BMC and follow the instructions I posted the other day.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’d be interested in any feedback on what does\/does not work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: A newer version is available here It goes without saying that using this build is a At Your Own Risk and I make zero warranty. AFAIK it can’t physically destroy your system. My GitHub op-build branch stewart-blackbird-v1 has all … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,588],"tags":[740,636,587,741],"class_list":["post-4528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool-gadgets","category-opal","tag-blackbird","tag-opal","tag-openpower","tag-raptorcs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5a6n8-1b2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4544,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/01\/another-close-to-upstream-blackbird-firmware-build\/","url_meta":{"origin":4528,"position":0},"title":"Another close-to-upstream Blackbird Firmware Build","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2020-02-01","format":false,"excerpt":"A few weeks ago (okay, close to six), I put up a firmware build for the Raptor Blackbird with close-to-upstream firmware (see here). 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