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 USB MSD boot also requires the firmware from Raspberry Pi OS 2020-08-20 or newer.
 https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bcm2711_bootloader_config.md
 
+## 2021-10-04 - Add support for GPT FAT16 and increase USB timeouts - BETA
+  * Update the FAT detection to support FAT16 for EFI/ESD paritions with
+    GPT instead of assuming FAT32. The latest firmware is also required
+    for a similar update.
+  * Increase the timeouts for MSD SCSI commands to reduce the risk of
+    timeouts when probing the capacity of slow to start devices
+    e.g. USB RAID with spinning disks.
+
 ## 2021-09-27 - Fix recovery.bin rename issue and EEPROM netconsole - BETA
   * Fix recovery.bin rename issue
   * Update pieeprom-2021-09-27.bin to fix netconsole