04-05-2020, 08:53 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-05-2020, 08:54 AM by moonwalkers.)
(04-05-2020, 02:39 AM)wasgurd Wrote:(12-04-2019, 03:34 AM)danielt Wrote:
2020-03-02: Kernel updated to v5.5 (which will also be delivered to existing installs via apt upgrade), direct installation of buster is supported (and documented) RELEASE=buster is now an install option, installed some extra firmware to help with BT, update to latest u-boot and made it easier to disable panfrost if needed.
To update for this version, should I simply use apt or I have to manually copy the bootloader, firmware and etc from GitHub?
You should first try to use apt, reboot, and run `uname -a`. It's easy, it's quick, and it typically carries no more risk than manually copying the bootloader, firmware, etc., from GitHub. If after you've covered the basics the results are not what you expect - by all means, please ask this question again.
Speaking of U-boot (bootloader and firmware) - it is independent from kernel (and vice versa, kernel is independent from U-boot). There is a package that claims to support rk3399 SoC in Debian repos, but this installer currently uses the binary blob from mrfixit2001's repo. If you have installed your system before danielt@ updated the installer to use v2.0 of mrfixit2001's blob then you should update your bootloader manually - v2.0 has, among other things, a fix that allows to drop the 'maxcpus' workaround from kernel cmdline.