WiFi Missing - Armbian_25.5.0-trunk.428_Rpi4b_trixie_current_6.12.22_minimal.img

abcd567 · April 22

WiFi is missing in "Armbian_25.5.0-trunk.428_Rpi4b_trixie_current_6.12.22_minimal.img"

Solved by following commands

```

sudo apt update
sudo apt install firmware-brcm80211 --fix-broken

sudo reboot

```

Werner · April 22

Maybe related

https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/8087

Igor · April 23

Trixie ... let me check and fix this. I only tested Bookworm.

abcd567 · April 23

Upgrading:

pi@pi-1-Armbian-trixie:~$ apt list --upgradable
armbian-bsp-cli-rpi4b-current/trixie 25.5.0-trunk.438 arm64 [upgradable from: 2>
linux-dtb-current-bcm2711/trixie 25.5.0-trunk.438 arm64 [upgradable from: 25.5.>
linux-image-current-bcm2711/trixie 25.5.0-trunk.438 arm64 [upgradable from: 25.>

When issued command "sudo apt upgrade", upgrade did take place, but when it reached finishing stage, got following errors:

Armbian 'linux-image-current-bcm2711' for '6.12.22-current-bcm2711': 'postinst' starting.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.12.22-current-bcm2711
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8156b-2.fw for built-in driver r8152
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8156a-2.fw for built-in driver r8152
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8153c-1.fw for built-in driver r8152
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8153b-2.fw for built-in driver r8152
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8153a-4.fw for built-in driver r8152
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8153a-3.fw for built-in driver r8152
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8153a-2.fw for built-in driver r8152
ERROR: Unsupported initramfs version (6.12.22-current-bcm2711)
ERROR: Unsupported kernel version (6.12.22-current-bcm2711)

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.12.22-current-bcm2711
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8156b-2.fw for built-in driver r8152
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8156a-2.fw for built-in driver r8152
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8153c-1.fw for built-in driver r8152
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8153b-2.fw for built-in driver r8152
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8153a-4.fw for built-in driver r8152
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8153a-3.fw for built-in driver r8152
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8153a-2.fw for built-in driver r8152
ERROR: Unsupported initramfs version (6.12.22-current-bcm2711)

Igor · April 23

Warnings are safe to ignore, happens on other platforms too, but it looks like also error.

CONFIG_USB_RTL8152=y -> m should probably do. I will make a config change: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/8116

I have noticed the initramfs error too, but it doesn't looks it breaks anything. Need to be investigated.

abcd567 · April 23

Thanks @Igor for your prompt attention and help.

Yes, you are right. The error messages I posted in my last post do NOT break anything, but these are very irritating.

abcd567 · April 23

Off-topic, but related to "trixie / sid" on RPi4

On a freshly written 64-bit raspberrypi os bookworm (Lite) image, replaced word "bookworm" by "trixie" in following two files:

"/etc/apt/sources.list"

and

"/etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspi.list" .

After above modifications, ran following commands:

sudo apt update

sudo apt full-upgrade

sudo apt autoremove

sudo apt autoclean

sudo reboot

The upgrade command took about half an hour to complete, and upgraded 470 packages. No issues during & after upgrade. Everything is OK.

Edited April 23 by abcd567

Igor · April 24

First problem was fixed in predicted way. There is no more firmware warnings on upgrade / kernel install. New package is getting to the stable repository in a couple of hours, while it is already present in beta.

10 hours ago, abcd567 said:

but these are very irritating.

Agree. While testing kernel, I installed Ubuntu Noble based image and

ERROR: Unsupported initramfs version

does not manifest there! I suspect this problem is caused by some script that is coming from RaspberryPi OS - on Debian based Armbian, we use userspace and Rpi related firmware packages from RPi OS (which is Bookworm based, so we have great / full packages compatibility). I will try to get to the bottom of this when possible.

Basic problem is that in open source and especially in packages assemblies, there are always (tens of) thousands of potentially irritating issues. You noticed this one, we already have a list of many others that needs attention and there is endless list that well always be somewhere ...