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This week's updates center on expanded board support, Rockchip and Qualcomm platform maturation, and build system refinements. New hardware coverage grew across multiple SoC families, with the Lubancat 5IO (RK3588), KickPi K3B, Mellow Fly C5 3D printer board, and community support for the Orange Pi Zero 3W (Allwinner A733). The Arduino UNO Q advanced to mainline 7.1 on the edge kernel and gained desktop hardware acceleration via Mesa pinned to Trixie backports, while the BeagleY-AI received ISP, IMX219, and VPAC patches. Companion fixes addressed NVMe/SD boot conflicts on the NanoPi M6, Ethernet on the BigTreeTech CB1, and AIC8800 UART Bluetooth on Orange Pi A733 hardware. Rockchip work concentrated on the YY3588 and CM3588-NAS platforms, with device tree cleanups, a corrected HDMI-RX detect GPIO, and quieter DRM logging for dw-hdmi-qp and dw-dp bridges. Newer bl31, bl32, and DDR blobs landed for RK3576, and stale U-Boot was refreshed fleet-wide to resolve a SWIG build break. On the Qualcomm side, SC8280XP was refactored from a board to a family configuration, and the Radxa Dragon Q8B gained UFS image provisioning, QDL flashing support via the imager, and a mainline 7.1 edge target for the Q6A variant. Build and tooling improvements included a new show-extensions CLI command, a switch from the adduser suite to useradd/groupadd during first login, non-interactive Dpkg conffile handling in chroot, and clang compatibility fixes for carried Rockchip64 patches and SpacemiT RTL8852BS builds. The mainline kernel target advanced to 7.2-rc2, and MGLRU was enabled across sunxi, sunxi64, and sun60iw2 kernel configurations. #Armbian #EmbeddedLinux #Rockchip #Qualcomm #SBC ChangesAdd board: Lubancat 5IO (RK3588). by @lch08 in armbian/build#10029Add kickpi-k3b board and KICKPI vendor image. by @retro98boy in armbian/armbian.github.io#355Arduino UNO Q: bump edge kernel to mainline 7.1. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#10171arduino-uno-q: add BOARD_MAINTAINER, INTRODUCED, KERNEL_TEST_TARGET. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#10161arduino-uno-q: enable desktop hardware acceleration in Debian Trixie by pinning Mesa to trixie-backports. by @sdeleeuw in armbian/build#10160arm64: dts: rockchip: fix dynamic dclk for CM3588-NAS. by @rpardini in armbian/linux-rockchip#502arm64: dts: rockchip: overlay: yy3588: disable eDP overlay temporarily. by @SuperKali in armbian/linux-rockchip#509arm64: dts: rockchip: yy3588: drop non-existent SPI NOR flash. by @SuperKali in armbian/linux-rockchip#512arm64: dts: rockchip: yy3588: drop unused wifi_disable regulator. by @SuperKali in armbian/linux-rockchip#510BeagleY-AI Add Patches for ISP + IMX219 & VPAC. by @Grippy98 in armbian/build#10129Bigtreetech CB2: bump u-boot to 2026.04. by @JohnTheCoolingFan in armbian/build#10144boards/youyeetoo-yy3588: name audio outputs on pipewire too. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#10146cli: add show-extensions command to list extension hook points. by @iav in armbian/build#10023config: build and expose q8b UFS images on the debian:trixie base. by @SuperKali in armbian/os#478config: drop radxa-dragon-q6a from apps and community trixie base. by @SuperKali in armbian/os#479desktops: add libspa-0.2-bluetooth for OOB Bluetooth headphone audio. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#948drm/bridge: dw-hdmi-qp: limit DDC i2c retries on NACK. by @SuperKali in armbian/linux-rockchip#513drm/rockchip: dw-dp: ratelimit AUX timeout logging. by @SuperKali in armbian/linux-rockchip#514feat(qdl): serve the board registry from the API. by @SuperKali in armbian/imager#163Feat: Add support for the Mellow Fly C5 3D Printer board. by @deece in armbian/build#9584feat: flash locally-built UFS images over QDL. by @SuperKali in armbian/imager#164firstlogin: use useradd/groupadd instead of the adduser suite. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#10127Fix ethernet on BigTreeTech CB1. by @JohnTheCoolingFan in armbian/build#10155fix(chroot): add Dpkg conffile options to prevent interactive prompts. by @Grippy98 in armbian/build#10134fix: stop setting LC_ALL in armbian-lang.sh. by @saschabuehrle in armbian/build#10132generate-build-lists: only gate manual runs on team membership. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#353jethome: fix jethub-burn extension: add BETA=yes support. by @adeepn in armbian/build#10152k3-beagle: fix malformed csi0-imx219 overlay patch (bad hunk count). by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#10136kde-neon: switch to resolute base, then disable (broken). by @igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#949kickpik2b: Change vendor from SoC-level to board-level (KICKPI). by @retro98boy in armbian/build#10143mainline: bump to 7.2-rc2. by @EvilOlaf in armbian/build#10150Makena: add SC8280XP firehose and Radxa Dragon Q8B UFS provisioning. by @SuperKali in armbian/qcombin#3media: rockchip: hdmirx: quiet signal-not-lock polling spam. by @SuperKali in armbian/linux-rockchip#515Meson64: Update Waveshare CM4-IO-BASE-B DTS and add emc2305 fixups for driver to BLEEDINGEDGE branch. by @pyavitz in armbian/build#10169nanopi-m6: fix nvme prevents sd card from booting. by @efectn in armbian/build#10170orangepizero3w: Add community support for Orange Pi Zero 3W (Allwinner A733). by @shkolnik in armbian/build#10103Radxa Dragon Q6A: add mainline 7.1 edge kernel target. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#10162release-targets: add radxa-dragon-q8b with ufs extension. by @SuperKali in armbian/armbian.github.io#354rk3576: newer blobs bl31/bl32/ddr. by @rpardini in armbian/rkbin#49rockchip64: fix clang -Wincompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers in carried patches. by @iav in armbian/build#10140rockchip64: yy3588: fix HDMI-RX detect GPIO to GPIO1_D5. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#10151rockchip: bump stale u-boot to fix the SWIG build break (fleet). by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#10107SC8280XP: Initial refactor from board to family config. by @HeyMeco in armbian/build#9818SpacemiT: Add a current branch to the K3 and update K1 current kernel source URL. by @pyavitz in armbian/build#10138spacemit: rtl8852bs: guard GCC-only warning flags for clang builds. by @iav in armbian/build#10139sun60iw2: bring up AIC8800 UART Bluetooth on the Orange Pi A733 boards. by @shkolnik in armbian/build#10149sunxi, sunxi64, sun60iw2: enable MGLRU in kernel config. by @ValdikSS in armbian/build#10133sunxi: mellowflyc5: port U-Boot to v2026.07 & enable network boot. by @deece in armbian/build#10165Use relative symbolic links for some BSP files. by @retro98boy in armbian/build#10145View the full article

This week's updates center on expanded board support, Rockchip and Qualcomm platform maturation, and build system refinements. New hardware coverage grew across multiple SoC families, with the Lubancat 5IO (RK3588), KickPi K3B, Mellow Fly C5 3D printer board, and community support for the Orange Pi Zero 3W (Allwinner A733). The Arduino UNO Q advanced to mainline 7.1 on the edge kernel and gained desktop hardware acceleration via Mesa pinned to Trixie backports, while the BeagleY-AI received ISP, IMX219, and VPAC patches. Companion fixes addressed NVMe/SD boot conflicts on the NanoPi M6, Ethernet on the BigTreeTech CB1, and AIC8800 UART Bluetooth on Orange Pi A733 hardware. Rockchip work concentrated on the YY3588 and CM3588-NAS platforms, with device tree cleanups, a corrected HDMI-RX detect GPIO, and quieter DRM logging for dw-hdmi-qp and dw-dp bridges. Newer bl31, bl32, and DDR blobs landed for RK3576, and stale U-Boot was refreshed fleet-wide to resolve a SWIG build break. On the Qualcomm side, SC8280XP was refactored from a board to a family configuration, and the Radxa Dragon Q8B gained UFS image provisioning, QDL flashing support via the imager, and a mainline 7.1 edge target for the Q6A variant. Build and tooling improvements included a new show-extensions CLI command, a switch from the adduser suite to useradd/groupadd during first login, non-interactive Dpkg conffile handling in chroot, and clang compatibility fixes for carried Rockchip64 patches and SpacemiT RTL8852BS builds. The mainline kernel target advanced to 7.2-rc2, and MGLRU was enabled across sunxi, sunxi64, and sun60iw2 kernel configurations. #Armbian #EmbeddedLinux #Rockchip #Qualcomm #SBC ChangesAdd board: Lubancat 5IO (RK3588). by @lch08 in armbian/build#10029Add kickpi-k3b board and KICKPI vendor image. by @retro98boy in armbian/armbian.github.io#355Arduino UNO Q: bump edge kernel to mainline 7.1. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#10171arduino-uno-q: add BOARD_MAINTAINER, INTRODUCED, KERNEL_TEST_TARGET. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#10161arduino-uno-q: enable desktop hardware acceleration in Debian Trixie by pinning Mesa to trixie-backports. by @sdeleeuw in armbian/build#10160arm64: dts: rockchip: fix dynamic dclk for CM3588-NAS. by @rpardini in armbian/linux-rockchip#502arm64: dts: rockchip: overlay: yy3588: disable eDP overlay temporarily. by @SuperKali in armbian/linux-rockchip#509arm64: dts: rockchip: yy3588: drop non-existent SPI NOR flash. by @SuperKali in armbian/linux-rockchip#512arm64: dts: rockchip: yy3588: drop unused wifi_disable regulator. by @SuperKali in armbian/linux-rockchip#510BeagleY-AI Add Patches for ISP + IMX219 & VPAC. by @Grippy98 in armbian/build#10129Bigtreetech CB2: bump u-boot to 2026.04. by @JohnTheCoolingFan in armbian/build#10144boards/youyeetoo-yy3588: name audio outputs on pipewire too. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#10146cli: add show-extensions command to list extension hook points. by @iav in armbian/build#10023config: build and expose q8b UFS images on the debian:trixie base. by @SuperKali in armbian/os#478config: drop radxa-dragon-q6a from apps and community trixie base. by @SuperKali in armbian/os#479desktops: add libspa-0.2-bluetooth for OOB Bluetooth headphone audio. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#948drm/bridge: dw-hdmi-qp: limit DDC i2c retries on NACK. by @SuperKali in armbian/linux-rockchip#513drm/rockchip: dw-dp: ratelimit AUX timeout logging. by @SuperKali in armbian/linux-rockchip#514feat(qdl): serve the board registry from the API. by @SuperKali in armbian/imager#163Feat: Add support for the Mellow Fly C5 3D Printer board. by @deece in armbian/build#9584feat: flash locally-built UFS images over QDL. by @SuperKali in armbian/imager#164firstlogin: use useradd/groupadd instead of the adduser suite. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#10127Fix ethernet on BigTreeTech CB1. by @JohnTheCoolingFan in armbian/build#10155fix(chroot): add Dpkg conffile options to prevent interactive prompts. by @Grippy98 in armbian/build#10134fix: stop setting LC_ALL in armbian-lang.sh. by @saschabuehrle in armbian/build#10132generate-build-lists: only gate manual runs on team membership. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#353jethome: fix jethub-burn extension: add BETA=yes support. by @adeepn in armbian/build#10152k3-beagle: fix malformed csi0-imx219 overlay patch (bad hunk count). by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#10136kde-neon: switch to resolute base, then disable (broken). by @igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#949kickpik2b: Change vendor from SoC-level to board-level (KICKPI). by @retro98boy in armbian/build#10143mainline: bump to 7.2-rc2. by @EvilOlaf in armbian/build#10150Makena: add SC8280XP firehose and Radxa Dragon Q8B UFS provisioning. by @SuperKali in armbian/qcombin#3media: rockchip: hdmirx: quiet signal-not-lock polling spam. by @SuperKali in armbian/linux-rockchip#515Meson64: Update Waveshare CM4-IO-BASE-B DTS and add emc2305 fixups for driver to BLEEDINGEDGE branch. by @pyavitz in armbian/build#10169nanopi-m6: fix nvme prevents sd card from booting. by @efectn in armbian/build#10170orangepizero3w: Add community support for Orange Pi Zero 3W (Allwinner A733). by @shkolnik in armbian/build#10103Radxa Dragon Q6A: add mainline 7.1 edge kernel target. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#10162release-targets: add radxa-dragon-q8b with ufs extension. by @SuperKali in armbian/armbian.github.io#354rk3576: newer blobs bl31/bl32/ddr. by @rpardini in armbian/rkbin#49rockchip64: fix clang -Wincompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers in carried patches. by @iav in armbian/build#10140rockchip64: yy3588: fix HDMI-RX detect GPIO to GPIO1_D5. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#10151rockchip: bump stale u-boot to fix the SWIG build break (fleet). by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#10107SC8280XP: Initial refactor from board to family config. by @HeyMeco in armbian/build#9818SpacemiT: Add a current branch to the K3 and update K1 current kernel source URL. by @pyavitz in armbian/build#10138spacemit: rtl8852bs: guard GCC-only warning flags for clang builds. by @iav in armbian/build#10139sun60iw2: bring up AIC8800 UART Bluetooth on the Orange Pi A733 boards. by @shkolnik in armbian/build#10149sunxi, sunxi64, sun60iw2: enable MGLRU in kernel config. by @ValdikSS in armbian/build#10133sunxi: mellowflyc5: port U-Boot to v2026.07 & enable network boot. by @deece in armbian/build#10165Use relative symbolic links for some BSP files. by @retro98boy in armbian/build#10145View the full article

Link Star H68K is, according to multiple sources, exactly the same as Hinlink H68K. But that's not the problem (yet). I'd been using an old version of RKDevTool (2.84 IIRC) which was unable to load the .img file from the Armbian site, but uninformative as to the nature of the problem. Updating to RKDevTool 3.37 at least yielded an error message when attempting to load the image: Googling this suggests a corrupted download (not the problem here, the SHA sum matches) or a raw .img format rather than the packed .img format expected by RKDevTool. So I compiled an image according to the Armbian Build Framework instructions. Same error message. More Googling suggests that a couple of Linux CLI utilities, upgrade_tool or rkdeveloptool, may be able to flash a raw image to the board's EMMC. More later...

After boot, check systemctl status easy-eai-nano-bcmdhd.service --no-pager journalctl -u easy-eai-nano-bcmdhd.service -b --no-pager ls -l /lib/firmware/fw_bcm43455c0_ag.bin /lib/firmware/nvram_ap6255.txt dmesg | grep -Ei 'bcmdhd|dhd|4345|ap6255|firmware|nvram|wlan|sdio' iw dev rfkill list tr -d '\0' </proc/device-tree/wireless-wlan/wifi_chip_type; echo dmesg | grep -Ei 'rfkill_wlan|bcmdhd|dhd|4345|ap6255|firmware|nvram|wlan' lsmod | grep -E 'bcmdhd|dhd_static|rfkill' iw dev rfkill list modinfo bcmdhd_sdio cat /etc/modprobe.d/bcmdhd-easy-eai-nano.conf dmesg | grep -Ei 'bcmdhd|dhd|43430|43438|ap6212|firmware|nvram|wlan' iw dev rfkill list

With the aid of Claude.Ai .. v26.5.1 for Rock 5A running Armbian Linux 6.18.35-current-rockchip64 Starting Point is the Radxa DTS needed to add an include ... #include <dt-bindings/soc/rockchip,vop2.h> Modified this section. Changed the compatible string, added the power-supply key and fixed the active area (width and height) dsi0_panel: panel@0 { status = "okay"; compatible = "panel-dsi-simple"; reg = <0>; backlight = <&dsi0_backlight>; power-supply = <&vcc_lcd_mipi0>; vdd-supply = <&vcc_lcd_mipi0>; vccio-supply = <&vcc_1v8_s0>; reset-gpios = <&gpio3 RK_PC1 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; pinctrl-names = "default"; pinctrl-0 = <&dsi0_lcd_rst_gpio>; prepare-delay-ms = <120>; reset-delay-ms = <120>; init-delay-ms = <120>; enable-delay-ms = <100>; disable-delay-ms = <120>; unprepare-delay-ms = <120>; width-mm = <135>; height-mm = <217>; Modified this section (renamed the endpoint) &mipi_dcphy0 { status = "okay"; }; &route_dsi0 { status = "okay"; connect = <&vp3_out_dsi0>; }; &dsi0_in_vp2 { status = "disabled"; }; &dsi0_in_vp3 { status = "okay"; }; to simply &mipidcphy0 { status = "okay"; }; Added this section / endpoint &vp3 { #address-cells = <1>; #size-cells = <0>; vp3_out_dsi0: endpoint@ROCKCHIP_VOP2_EP_MIPI0 { reg = <ROCKCHIP_VOP2_EP_MIPI0>; remote-endpoint = <&dsi0_in_vp3>; }; }; And then completely redid the i2c touch controller section to be &i2c5 { status = "okay"; pinctrl-names = "default"; pinctrl-0 = <&i2c5m2_xfer>; clock-frequency = <400000>; #address-cells = <1>; #size-cells = <0>; gt9xx: gt9271@14 { status = "okay"; compatible = "goodix,gt9271"; reg = <0x14>; pinctrl-names = "default"; pinctrl-0 = <&gt9xx_gpio>; interrupt-parent = <&gpio3>; interrupts = <RK_PC6 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING>; irq-gpios = <&gpio3 RK_PC6 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; reset-gpios = <&gpio3 RK_PC5 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; touchscreen-size-x = <1200>; touchscreen-size-y = <1920>; AVDD28-supply = <&vcc_tp>; VDDIO-supply = <&vcc_tp>; }; Final DTS is attached. Worked for 6.18.53. I had Claude write a bash script to pull everything and make the required changes and compile the device tree and can make it available, if needed. rock-5a-radxa-display-10fhd.dts

@Guido Giuntoli You are a candidate to test the new feature. https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/10113

I successfully got the Radxa Display10FHD display working this weekend on Armbian 26.5.1 (Gnome) after extensive Claude AI help in fixing default Radxa DTS. I'll do a separate post / topic for that but it involved refactoring some of the endpoints, adding a missing header and fixing the touchscreen driver name. I used Claude and it was really helpful.

Hi @Nick A — great work on these builds, I've been testing both your BSP (v0.6.4, kernel 6.6.98) and Mainline (V0.1, kernel 6.18.19) images on a Cubie A7Z with a custom carrier board. Both work well for general use. I've been trying to get a W5500 SPI-to-Ethernet chip working on SPI2 and ran into a consistent issue across both kernels that might be worth looking at. Issue: sunxi-spi-ng child device never gets probed The SPI2 controller itself initialises correctly on both kernels: sunxi-spi-ng 2542000.spi: probe success (Version 2.5.4) But the child device (spi2.0) never gets a driver bound to it. The w5100-spi driver is loaded, the modalias matches (spi:w5500), fw_devlink=off is set, yet: echo spi2.0 | tee /sys/bus/spi/drivers/w5100/bind → No such device echo spi2.0 | tee /sys/bus/spi/drivers_probe → accepted, no effect, zero dmesg output Dynamic debug enabled (module w5100 +p) → zero probe activity This reproduces on: Radxa BSP kernel 5.15.147-21-a733 (official r6 image) Your BSP build kernel 6.6.98 Your Mainline build kernel 6.18.19 All three use the same spi-sunxi-ng.ko / spi_sunxi_ng driver (same allwinner,sunxi-spi-v1.3 compatible string). Hardware confirmed good: the same W5500 chip on the same physical pins works perfectly when an ESP32-S3 is plugged in instead — DHCP, real network data, everything. Raw spidev access on the Radxa also reads correct W5500 registers. The bug is specifically in sunxi-spi-ng's child device registration preventing any driver from binding. Overlay used: dts /dts-v1/; /plugin/; &spi2 { status = "okay"; sunxi,spi-bus-mode = <1>; sunxi,spi-cs-mode = <0>; eth0: ethernet@0 { compatible = "wiznet,w5500"; reg = <0>; spi-max-frequency = <20000000>; }; }; Note: sunxi,spi-bus-mode = <0> is rejected at probe time with error -22 ("unsupport hw bus mode 0x0"), so <1> is the only accepted value. Has anyone else seen this? Is there a known workaround for getting SPI child devices to bind under sunxi-spi-ng on A733?

nevermind, it can infact run armbian, but only by booting using a usb stick(change root drive using bootargs) only. The fx6 still have an un-bypassable secure boot, so booting using usb stick is the only option here, also it works great with the banana pi m4's firmware

@erebus041 were you able to install Armbian on the TV box?

No. There is basically no open source resources going to the amlogic CPUs these days. Generally Amlogic doesn't support or help open source development, so most developers have moved on to other platforms (rockchip and allwinner) that are somewhat more supportive.

split into new topic for the reason above.

Sorry Ryzer, I missed your last post. For the WiFi, I use morrow_nr drivers, it is a lengthy process to compile the driver, but it works. This is the wifi dongle, using RTL8812BU: https://www.amazon.com.au/Adapter-（AC1200-867Mbps-WPS，Support-10-6-10-15/dp/B09BNJPQYT What I also found is that a significant change has happened between kernel 5 and 6 with regards to OTG. I tried to lay with that a bit, but I am out of my depth and didn't get anywhere with it: &usbotg_hs { compatible = "st,stm32mp15-hsotg", "snps,dwc2"; dr_mode = "otg"; usb-role-switch; <------ this is the major change between kernel 5 and 6 wrt OTG /* Other DWC2 specific properties and PHY configuration / ... }; Then on the user side, setting up the gadget requires the following: To switch to device mode echo "device" > /sys/class/usb_role/.dwc2-role-switch/role To switch to host mode echo "host" > /sys/class/usb_role/*.dwc2-role-switch/role

@y52 very cool!

Hey, thanks for the PSU suggestion! I actually tested the power theory by stripping all USB accessories (dongles, hubs, keyboard) and running just the board + HDMI, but it still drops to initramfs. I also know the PSU and hardware are 100% good because DietPi boots perfectly on this exact same setup. I dug around in the initramfs shell and ran blkid. Here is the output: /dev/mmcblk1: PTUUID="[uuid]" PTTYPE="gpt" The issue: The kernel sees the raw SD card, but it's completely blind to the partitions (p1, p2). It looks like this specific build might be missing the ext4 drivers in the initramfs, which is why it can't find the UUID to mount the rootfs. For the devs, here is the exact image causing the issue: Armbian_26.2.1_Radxa-zero3_trixie_vendor_6.1.115_minimal.img (Flashed via BalenaEtcher, verified successfully, and ignored all Windows format prompts). I'm switching over to the official Radxa Debian image for now so I can finally get my onboard AIC8800 Wi-Fi working, but I wanted to drop these debug notes here in case this is a regression in the recent build.

It's and old Allwinner chip, ARMv7-based. GPU is PowerVR SGX544MP1, which is not supported in Mesa and will not work in Armbian. Wi-Fi is AP6212, a Broadcom/Synaptics SYN43436S chip, should work fine. Armbian build for M3 is community-supported, by @AaronNGray. Maybe they'll shed more light on this board.

I've also encountered this. SATA fails on some drives but not others. Possibly related to how much power they draw.

I've added a ton of info. I can provide logs if needed. This is a bug with Armbian and/or uboot. I believe I've traced it to the preboot code, so that would be uboot? https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/9532 https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2026-July/624426.html I have two versions of Armbian, one works and one doesn't: Armbian_26.5.1_Odroidhc4_trixie_current_6.18.33_minimal.img.xz - fails Armbian_25.8.1_Odroidhc4_bookworm_current_6.12.41_minimal.img.xz - works

Moved post to the correct forum section

Does anyone have an image version 24.11.0-trunk.351? It seems they have been purged. Also, what is the latest working image for jetson nano?

Hello @4A studio ,I'm sorry for the late reply. I accidentally installed the image to a partition on the Micro SD card using the `dd` command (of=/dev/sd*2). I eventually resolved the issue by using the correct `dd` command (of=/dev/sd*).

@bedna Thanks for the pointers, I'll try tonight or tomorrow. And yes, my plan was to set up a swap file on the SSD. @SteeMan I don't know if I'm doing something else wrong, but on my /etc/default/armbian-zram-config I have ENABLED=false and SWAP=false, but I keep seeing the swap mounted on lsblk and listed on htop

Similar quick test here: N100 with PCIe ethernt and wifi HW, already a br0 with enslaved ethernet, I set up a working hostapd.conf, enabled hostapd.service and added /etc/systemd/network/22-wlp2s0.network [Match] Name=wlp2s0 [Network] Bridge=br0 ConfigureWithoutCarrier=yes Then reboot and properly working AP. Is Opensuse Tumbleweed. But it is rather 'static', not as flexible/dynamic as with NM. For example, if I do networkctl down wlp2s0 ; sleep 30 ; networkctl up wlp2s0 the AP still works, but network list shows failed for wlp2s0 I though maybe it has to do with the fact that Tumbleweed has no sysV compatibility anymore (folder /etc/init.d/ is not there), so no option that something goes wrong potentially due to some sync issues, but I think I cannot draw that conclusion. Quick check shows no relation between hostapd.service and systemd-networkd, but it is much more extensive than for debian13 for sure.

It has been offically supported. Thanks! https://armbian.com/boards/norco-emb-3531

This should be specified down to just 2 things: Armbian U-Boot package and kernel package. The DTB package is redundant as the .dtb file is in the kernel package. For more low-level tests, I usually rename boot.scr and use manual extlinux, so easy to select a certain kernel+initrd+dtb(o). This also works for example with Opensuse Tumbleweed as userspace although (Wayland KDE ) GUI not anymore with vendor 6.1.115. For just standard Ext4 rootfs, note that multiple kernels is automatically handled by standard Debian package u-boot-menu (see its config in /etc/default/u-boot).