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https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/patch/kernel/archive/rockchip64-6.18/dt/rk3568-yy3568.dts

Simple GPIO toggling has been a long term issue and it is clear to me that it need continued attention. I only use pin toggle on RPi1 and NanoPi-NEO, so BCM2735 and AllwinnerH3. I use generic Linux gpiod, still a bit a workaround for really proper handling, but it is OK for non-critical tasks at home. I used orignal WiringPi on RPi before (from Gordon), but many forks now. See also: https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=369361 'latest' seems to be here: https://github.com/WiringPi/WiringPi?tab=readme-ov-file Note what is written under Ports w.r.t. Python. I guess Werner's guess is correct. I am not good at Python so prepared a bit for own C-code implementation, also w.r.t. high speed PWM. On AllwinnerH3 running Armbian Trixie, using the lgpio examples was easy to toggle a pin. I currently have Domoticz doing it, so also easy MQTT messaging, but it is overkill and also Domoticz build for ARMv6 is not available anymore (needed for RPi0/1), so already replaced that.

Thanks @eselarm for the details, very helpful! That's what i was expecting, but not sure. There is a /dev/media# device separated for each decoder and encoder, each with the source / proc / sink pipeline plus /dev/video# for each. Meanwhile i figured out there is a bug inside the sunxi_cedrus driver (enc by bootlin) but im still not done with the fix. As of now, since this morning i've now both video# devices where video0 appears as the decoder (as before) and now there is video2, encoder! T. btw. Thanks Paul @ bootlin 😃 👏 👍

Okay, I tested, but it works kind of weird: they work in tandem, but the boot messages were only output to the video console, not on the serial one. Once after the initial automatic login, the output started to go to both consoles, but the initial and systemd boot messages were only output to the video console, which would have made sharing the details of the initial problem difficult.

We don't deal with android. I suggest to ask at xda developer forums or similar.

Success! It's still showing that first error, but using meson-gxbb-wetek-play2.dtb it was able to boot up and configure. Wifi works also. You guys are amazing! Thanks for all your inputs.

Hello everyone! First of all, thanks for the useful thread. I'd like to know if you got the files for the SD card, Guillaume lopéré. And if installing this armbian I'd be able to use the tv box as a home server, deploying a Node.js project and using Docker. Best Regards, Gilliard

Just for fun? for Vendor u-boot I like the ArmSom RK3568 SDK https://github.com/gitacodes/armsom_rk3568_SDK it works fine in all my boards... for mainline U-boot, https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Overview/

Error trying to run apt upgrade. Here is the error I receive: The following packages have unmet dependencies: armbian-bsp-cli-rpi4b-current : Depends: base-files (>= 25.8.2) but 25.8.1-12.4+deb12u11-bookworm is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. I am not sure how to resolve this. Help will be greatly appreciated.

Hi, I am quite familiar with github, I'll submit a PR asap.

@laibsch - I have my clearfog booting directly off SATA at this point. I achieved this a while ago by writing a "special" uboot binary to the very start of my SATA SSD, and later by writing an enhanced uboot image via `armbian-config` to SPI flash which doesn't require anything else. It's a very simple configuration now and much preferred over the old way. Good luck keeping your system operational and running well!

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@jock this is the user-overlay patch I am using to enable both leds on the board. The "working" led is as usual a couple of alternating leds of red/blue. The led-ir is a standalone blue, I have triggered one to the "timer" and the other to "activity" , both running. I can confirm bluetooth, IR remote receiver are also working. Bluetooth needs BCM.hd (I have used BCM43342.hcd). For the wifi 2/5G the correct overlay is rk3318-box-wlan-ap6334. HDMI, despite apparently is initialized correctly and answering to all commands still gives a black screen. rk3318-box-led-overlay-ledA.dtso.txt

Is i2c-1 actually mapped out to i2c-1? It should be if the aliases are setup correctly. Secondly even if the i2c bus is enabled, have the pins been successful muxed into i2c mode? You should be able to check by: sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/pinctrl/300b000.pinctrl/pinmux-pins | grep i2c

I have a RK3228A TV Box which is able to properly boot armbian when flashed to its eMMC (no rknand) . However I don't use Armbian much often, probably a maximum of two to three times a month. I want to keep stock Android on eMMC, for video playback on the YouTube app is much faster compared to in firefox and Android has proper remote support which Armbian lacks. I tried flashing the armbian community image on the sdcard but the device didn't boot from sdcard unless the eMMC was wiped. I found that multitool is able to always boot from sdcard irrespective of whatever is in the emmc. After doing some research on the multitool build process, I think I need a properly configured idbloader, uboot and tee binary and then place them at proper offsets in the image, however the Armbian image already contains different data at those offsets. So, how can I build an Armbian image that can be booted from sdcard without wiping the eMMC ?

Hello everyone! Saw that some luckfox boards were getting supported and I was like: YES!!! Flashed an sd-card with the community image. Latest I could find is 25.11.0-trunk.413. And plonked in my working Luckfox Lyra Zero W and it failed to boot. From what I gather there seems to be a missing partition called "misc" and I think it is expected about after the current unallocated 16MB(16,777,216 bytes). I tried creating a 4MB partition after the current unallocated space but it complained about something called "Magic" and my limited u-boot/rockchip/embedded linux experience made me get lost there. This is the serial output: Where the "No misc partition" is where I began. My current board has buildroot flashed to the SPI and boots if i don't have any sd-card inserted. DDR 0ac6b06a19 typ 24/11/13-17:22:47,fwver: v1.04 tREFI:4x, sr_idle:93, pd_idle:13 PHY drv:clk:40,ca:48,DQ:40,odt:240 vrefinner:50%, vrefout:50% dram drv:40,odt:120 sr_dq:0, sr_ca:0, sr_clk:0 rg:0xc-0x1-0x2, 0x3d-0x0-0x2,status:a007 rdtrn:0x14-0x30-0x4c(0x38) wrtrn:0x3-0x20-0x3d(0x3a) DDR3, 750MHz BW=16 Col=10 Bk=8 CS0 Row=15 CS=1 Size=512MB out U-Boot SPL board init U-Boot SPL 2017.09-g4d88b0a #hxj (Jul 30 2025 - 20:08:42) sfc cmd=03H(6BH-x4) SPI Nand ID ef aa 22 unrecognized JEDEC id bytes: ff, ef, aa Trying to boot from MMC1 No misc partition spl: partition error Trying fit image at 0x4000 sector ## Verified-boot: 0 ## Checking op-tee 0x00001000 ... sha256(93603ca22c...) + OK ## Checking u-boot 0x00100000 ... sha256(606b868a00...) + OK ## Checking fdt-1 0x0018baf0 ... sha256(6ae9f912c7...) + OK Jumping to U-Boot(0x00001000) I/TC: I/TC: OP-TEE version: 3.13.0-958-g46dcf51e88a #chenjh (gcc version 10.2.1 20201103 (GNU Toolchain for the A-profile Architecture 10.2-2020.11 (arm-10.16))) #2 Thu Mar 6 10:17:27 CST 2025 arm, fwver: v2.10 I/TC: Status: cluster=0xc00, core=0xe100, bootcpu=0 I/TC: Next entry point address: 0x03f011a7 I/TC: OP-TEE memory size: TEEOS 0x5e000 TA 0x1000 SHM 0x1000 I/TC: Primary CPU initializing I/TC: Primary CPU switching to normal world boot

I put it together, bumped kernels, uboot, briefly test. Anyone volunteer to become a maintainer? https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/8873 https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Board-Support-Rules/#standard-support

Debian 12 and 13 have trouble establishing the correct EDID for the monitor, which is why it doesn't recognize resolutions correctly. I spent two weeks reading and testing everything until I found the solution. You need to connect the monitor to a Windows PC, install and run the CRU program. This program correctly reads the monitor's EDID. Simply export the data and save it as a BIN file. Then, reconnect the monitor to your Orange Pi device. Copy the exported .bin file to this directory: /lib/firmware/edid/ Next, you need to load the parameters into the kernel: Edit the armbianEnv.txt file and add: extraargs=drm.edid_firmware=HDMI-A-1:edid/you_file.bin video=HDMI-A-1:1024x600@60 Set your chosen resolution. Restart and verify: `cat /proc/cmdline` Check that the string loading your custom EDID appears.

Integrated with bump of uboot and kernel. https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/8873 Test image: https://k-space.ee.armbian.com/incoming/igorpecovnik/ebin/Armbian-unofficial_25.11.0-trunk_Espressobin_trixie_current_6.12.57_minimal.img.xz

Thanks for the effort and sharing! I'll do the testing in my device when I can get some time I'll probably need some help building or applying patches to the images.

As of now, the answer is no. Same CPU means very little in terms of ease of getting it supported.

Mangix, are you still around? Where is the code you are referring to in openwrt? I see exactly one commit in 2020 about the Helios4 and then nothing after that. I also don't see any specific patches applied.

@Sergey Lepeshkin thanks for the information.After a while search for soldering shops i didnt have any results, it seems like there is no soldering shop in my city (there are but very far away). I was expecting a alot of them since im in the center. What to do now? EDIT: I tried your modified update.zip, and it regonized it, i clicked the the Settings > device info > local update > mmcblk0 (the sd card with the update file) and it rebooted, after that that, the box didnt update anything 😕

Have you looked into hosting your own deb package cache locally? You can set the MANAGE_ACNG build switch for that purpose and have a prepopulated apt-cacher-ng proxy in your LAN. Let us know how it goes.

@Deoptimhow to build the current u-boot ? and how build MiniLoaderAll.bin?