General discussion • Re: Open Letter to the Raspberry Pi Foundation Development Team

Would anyone like to address the actual technical need for EEPROM recovery, or shall we continue the circular blame game?

What part of

Pi Zero 2W has no onboard nonvolatile storage

(ie, no EEPROM) did you not understand?

RE: "Pi Zero 2W has no EEPROM"

This statement is absolutely, fundamentally wrong.

The Zero 2 W Hardware:
1. RP3A0-AU processor
2. SPI EEPROM required for:
- Bootloader storage
- USB boot functionality
- Network boot capability
- Boot configuration

Without EEPROM, the Zero 2 W literally couldn't:
- Boot from USB
- Handle network boot
- Store boot configurations
- Function as designed

This is Basic Hardware Architecture:
- Primary boot ROM in silicon
- Secondary boot from SPI EEPROM
- Bootloader chain requires EEPROM
- This is documented in RPi specs

Making incorrect statements about hardware architecture while defending it is... interesting. especially when you are dead flat wrong!!

Here's the real question:
Why does the Zero 2 W have an EEPROM vital for operation but no way to recover it when it fails, unlike the Pi 4?

Let's stick to technical facts rather than spreading misinformation about hardware you're attempting to defend.

Statistics: Posted by blackforestdev — Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:39 pm

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