6100 Firmware 03.00.00.03t-uc-126

[luckman212]

Updated my 6100 to 25.07 RC today, and just clicking around I noticed a new Firmware seems to have been installed: 03.00.00.03t-uc-126

Is this expected? I note the "latest" version appears to be an older build (uc-18):

Also, on my Dashboard, it shows BIOS CORDOBA-03.00.00.03t - with a date of 2023-03-17 - do these BIOS and Firmware versions align?

[stephenw10]

Hmm, nope. 18 is the latest microcontroller code version.

[25.07-RC] [admin@6100.stevew.lan]/root: ls -ls /usr/local/share/pfSense-pkg-Netgate_Firmware_Upgrade/roms/
total 10695
 817 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel  8388608 Nov 12  2024 ADI_DFF2-01.00.00.17-nodebug.rom
3257 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel 16777216 Nov 12  2024 ADI_PLCC-01.00.00.20.bin
1073 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel 16777216 Nov 12  2024 ADI_RCC-01.00.00.18-nodebug-16m.rom
 817 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel  8388608 Nov 12  2024 ADI_RCCVE-01.00.00.17-nodebug.rom
2361 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel  8388608 Nov 12  2024 CORDOBA-03.00.00.01-2Ct-uc-15.fd
2373 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel  8388608 Nov 12  2024 CORDOBA-03.00.00.03t-uc-18.fd

[25.07-RC][admin@6100.stevew.lan]/root: sysctl dev.cordbuc.0.version
dev.cordbuc.0.version: 18

Try a full power cycle if you haven't already.

[luckman212]

Thanks Steve, the full power cycle / cold boot got things sorted:

[stephenw10]

Nice. Weird though.

[luckman212]

@stephenw10 Updated to 25.11.a.20250916.0600 yesterday and noticed this came up again (little different this time, now it says 03.00.00.03t-uc-254)

Cold boot fixed it again. Strange.

[stephenw10]

Hmm, if you see it again check the version reported in the sysctl:

[25.07.1-RELEASE][admin@6100.stevew.lan]/root: sysctl dev.cordbuc.0.version
dev.cordbuc.0.version: 18

[luckman212]

@stephenw10 Yeah, damn, I had that in my notes from the last time, but I forgot. I'll try to remember next time!

[stephenw10]

It pretty much has to be reporting incorrectly there since that's what the gui uses but it would be good to confirm.

[luckman212]

@stephenw10 fast forward a bit! just had this happen again on a different 6100 after an upgrade from 25.07 → 26.03.1. Haven't rebooted yet in case there are any other commands you want me to run. Things seem to be working fine.

from the console:

# sysctl dev.cordbuc.0.version
dev.cordbuc.0.version: 190

# ls -ls /usr/local/share/pfSense-pkg-Netgate_Firmware_Upgrade/roms/
total 10695
 817 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel  8388608 May 15 19:08 ADI_DFF2-01.00.00.17-nodebug.rom
3257 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel 16777216 May 15 19:08 ADI_PLCC-01.00.00.20.bin
1073 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel 16777216 May 15 19:08 ADI_RCC-01.00.00.18-nodebug-16m.rom
 817 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel  8388608 May 15 19:08 ADI_RCCVE-01.00.00.17-nodebug.rom
2361 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel  8388608 May 15 19:08 CORDOBA-03.00.00.01-2Ct-uc-15.fd
2373 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel  8388608 May 15 19:08 CORDOBA-03.00.00.03t-uc-18.fd

# sysctl -a | grep -Ei 'cordob|cordb'
Netgate Cordoba GPIO Driver 0.4 loaded
cordbuc0: <Netgate Cordoba IO controller> at port 0x800 on isa0
gpio0: <Cordoba uC GPIO controller> on cordbuc0
dev.gpio.0.%parent: cordbuc0
dev.gpio.0.%desc: Cordoba uC GPIO controller
dev.cordbuc.0.version: 190
dev.cordbuc.0.%iommu:
dev.cordbuc.0.%parent: isa0
dev.cordbuc.0.%pnpinfo:
dev.cordbuc.0.%location:
dev.cordbuc.0.%driver: cordbuc
dev.cordbuc.0.%desc: Netgate Cordoba IO controller
dev.cordbuc.%parent:

[stephenw10]

Hmm, well that confirms the driver is reporting incorrectly.

If you reboot without power cycling does it still show that?

If you then power cycle does it show the expected value?

[luckman212]

@stephenw10 thanks I will check tonight when everyone goes home

[luckman212]

@stephenw10 update: after warm reboot, still reporting 03.00.00.03t-uc-190

I'm not onsite to do a cold reboot, but will ask them to do it on Monday. I assume that will clear whatever this strange condition is.

[stephenw10]

Hmm, interesting. That implies it's actually the microcontroller reporting that value to the driver.