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EEPROM?

hifi

August 22, 2014 14:53

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  HiFiBerry team August 22, 2014 15:34

  Hi,
  
  this EEPROM stored information about the board, the GPIOs that are used and which drivers to load. This allows fully automatic configuration of the board. You only need to plug in onto the Raspberry Pi and you're done.
  That's the theory ;-)
  The code for automatic configuration is still in development by the Raspberry Pi foundation. When it is finished, you can upgrade the EEPROM and get this functionality. At the moment it only stored information about the board.
  
  Best regards
  Daniel
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  hifi August 22, 2014 16:30

  OK. What will be the procedure to update it in the future?
  Will it be done manually (SSH) or automatically?
  
  Thanks.
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  HiFiBerry team August 22, 2014 16:32

  Hi,
  
  the software upgrade has to be done manually. We will provide an ISO image and a script for this. However if you have the system configured manually already, there is no urgent need for this upgrade. It is only a convenience feature.
  
  Best regards
  Daniel