{"id":4561,"date":"2020-03-08T14:47:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T21:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=4561"},"modified":"2020-03-08T14:47:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T21:47:57","slug":"yet-another-near-upstream-raptor-blackbird-firmware-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/08\/yet-another-near-upstream-raptor-blackbird-firmware-build\/","title":{"rendered":"Yet another near-upstream Raptor Blackbird firmware build"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In what is coming a month occurance, I’ve put up yet another firmware build for the Raptor Blackbird with close-to-upstream firmware (see here<\/a> and here<\/a> for previous ones).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve done another build! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s current op-build<\/a> (as of yesterday), but my branch<\/a> with patches for the Raptor Blackbird. The skiboot patch is there, the SBE speedup<\/a> patch is now upstream. The machine-xml which is straight from Raptor but in my repo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the current versions of everything:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$ lsprop \/sys\/firmware\/devicetree\/base\/ibm,firmware-versions\/\nskiboot          \"v6.5-228-g82aed17a-p4360f95\"\nbmc-firmware-version\n                 \"0.00\"\nocc              \"3ab2921\"\nhostboot         \"acdff8a-pe7e80e1\"\nbuildroot        \"2019.05.3-15-g3a4fc2a888\"\ncapp-ucode       \"p9-dd2-v4\"\nmachine-xml      \"site_local-stewart-a0efd66\"\nhostboot-binaries\n                 \"hw013120a.opmst\"\nsbe              \"c318ab0-p1ddf83c\"\nhcode            \"hw030220a.opmst\"\npetitboot        \"v1.12\"\nphandle          0000064c (1612)\nversion          \"blackbird-v2.4-514-g62d1a941\"\nlinux            \"5.4.22-openpower1-pdbbf8c8\"\nname             \"ibm,firmware-versions\"<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
If we compare this to the last build<\/a> I put up, we have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Component<\/th>old<\/th>new<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
skiboot<\/td>v6.5-209-g179d53df-p4360f95<\/code><\/td>v6.5-228-g82aed17a-p4360f95<\/td><\/tr>
linux<\/td>5.4.13-openpower1-pa361bec<\/code><\/td>5.4.22-openpower1-pdbbf8c8<\/td><\/tr>
occ<\/td>3ab2921<\/code><\/td>no change<\/td><\/tr>
hostboot<\/td>779761d-pe7e80e1<\/code><\/td>acdff8a-pe7e80e1<\/td><\/tr>
buildroot<\/td>2019.05.3-14-g17f117295f<\/code><\/td>2019.05.3-15-g3a4fc2a888<\/td><\/tr>
capp-ucode<\/td>p9-dd2-v4<\/td>no change<\/td><\/tr>
machine-xml<\/td>site_local-stewart-a0efd66<\/td>no change<\/td><\/tr>
hostboot-binaries<\/td>hw011120a.opmst<\/code><\/td>hw013120a.opmst<\/td><\/tr>
sbe<\/td>166b70c-p06fc80c<\/code><\/td>c318ab0-p1ddf83c<\/td><\/tr>
hcode<\/td>hw011520a.opmst<\/code><\/td>hw030220a.opmst<\/td><\/tr>
petitboot<\/td>v1.11<\/td>v1.12<\/td><\/tr>
version<\/td>blackbird-v2.4-415-gb63b36ef<\/code><\/td>blackbird-v2.4-514-g62d1a941<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
So, what do those changes mean? Not too much changed over the past month. Kernel bump, new petitboot (although I can’t find release notes but it doesn’t look like there’s a lot of changes), and slight bumps to other firmware components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grab blackbird.pnor from https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blackbird\/stewart-blackbird-4-images\/<\/a> and give it a whirl!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To flash it, copy blackbird.pnor<\/code> to your Blackbird’s BMC in \/tmp\/ (important! the \/tmp filesystem has enough room, the home directory for root does not), and then run:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
pflash -E -p \/tmp\/blackbird.pnor<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Which will ask you to confirm and then flash:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About to erase chip !\nWARNING ! This will modify your HOST flash chip content !\nEnter \"yes\" to confirm:yes\nErasing... (may take a while)\n[==================================================] 99% ETA:1s      \ndone !\nAbout to program \"\/tmp\/blackbird.pnor\" at 0x00000000..0x04000000 !\nProgramming & Verifying...\n[==================================================] 100% ETA:0s   <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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In what is coming a month occurance, I’ve put up yet another firmware build for the Raptor Blackbird with close-to-upstream firmware (see here and here for previous ones). Well, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve done another build! 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