[arm-allstar] Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W -- ready to test!

[Patrick Perdue]

Is this not available on the alpha repository? I just tried upgrading on 
an existing image with this enabled, and got "nothing to do". Should I 
just use a new stock image instead?


On 11/20/2021 8:01 PM, "David McGough via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've updated the HamVoIP repositories with the new firmware needed to
> utilize the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W hardware.   For now, you'll need to
> "bootstrap" the firmware image using another RPi2/3/4 board.  Once you've
> installed the firmware image, fully update it using admin menu option #1
> and reboot.  Now check that you've got the 7-1 version of the
> firmware-raspberrypi package. To check this, go to a bash prompt (admin
> menu option #9) and run:
>
> [root at RPiZ2W ~]# pacman -Q firmware-raspberrypi
> firmware-raspberrypi 7-1
>
> Assuming that you have version 7-1, exit from bash, setup and test WiFi.
> Once this is working, shutdown the "bootstrap" RPi and move the SD card to
> the Pi Zero 2 W board.  Now, the Z2W board should boot with WiFi linking
> to your network.
>
> I'll release an updated flash image soon, once I'm sure no additional
> changes are needed.
>
> Happy Thanksgiving!
>
>
> 73, David KB4FXC
>
>
> On Fri, 19 Nov 2021, "David McGough via ARM-allstar" wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> For those users experimenting with the new Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W hardware,
>> I've now got my board up and running the HamVoIP image, at this point,
>> including full WiFi support.
>>
>> Experimentally, I went ahead and enabled cpu_turbo, so the Z2W is running
>> at 1200Mhz. No heating or other issues at all, so far.
>>
>> I need to test the updated firmware pack against all my test boards. Once
>> complete, I'll release it as a pacman update.  Assuming no issues are
>> found (and I doubt there will be),  I'll release the update in the next
>> few days.
>>
>> ....These are really nifty little boards!  Hopefully they'll become
>> readily available soon!
>>
>>
>> 73, David KB4FXC
>>
>>
>>
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