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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Rpi-eeprom update on Pi2 ?
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 10:14:27 +0100
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On 19/09/2024 10:07, yeti wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> writes:
> 
>> Some of the things you might plug in might have eeprom.
>>
>> I think its like the old days of having PC cards with bios extensions
> 
> Those are a different thing.
> 
> See ... <https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom>
> 

Ah Ok. That makes sense then

Full explanation here:

https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/raspberry-pi.html#raspberry-pi-boot-eeprom

It pereforms essentially the same function as the PC BIOS bootloader does.


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