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look here https://github.com/hzyitc/armbian-onecloud/releases

Did anyone managed to boot anything other then android on TX6S?

I have an Orange Pi 5 Ultra with Debian 12 (since there is no ARMBIAN version available for this model yet), and I would like to use the connected fan so that it turns on when it reaches a certain temperature and turns off when it cools down. Thank you in advance for your help

From your log, this is the uboot that is booting and it is trying and failing to boot from your mmc1. I would expect your SD to be mmc0, so it doesn't look like it is even trying to boot from your SD card. So you probably need to replace/update the onboard uboot or perhaps wipe the mmc1. But I don't have this board and really am just guessing. But these are directions you could look into.

I have a custom build running to try u-boot 2025.4, some warnings about "no previous prototype for..." are given, for example: [🔨] drivers/net/wireless/rtl8192eu/hal/phydm/phydm.c:434:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'phydm_common_info_self_reset' [-Wmissing-prototypes] [🔨] 434 | void phydm_common_info_self_reset(struct dm_struct *dm) [🔨] | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [🔨] drivers/net/wireless/rtl8192eu/hal/phydm/phydm.c:477:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'phydm_phy_info_update' [-Wmissing-prototypes] [🔨] 477 | void phydm_phy_info_update(struct dm_struct *dm) Is this just a warning or do I need to supply extra info/libraries to build without those warnings?

Hi Installed Armbian_25.2.3_Rpi4b_bookworm_current_6.12.17-homeassistant_minimal.img To work around broken packages dependency run: apt update dpkg --remove --force-all libraspberrypi0 armbian-bsp-cli-rpi4b-current apt --fix-broken install At the end I got this: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.12.17-current-bcm2711 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8156b-2.fw for built-in driver r8152 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8156a-2.fw for built-in driver r8152 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8153c-1.fw for built-in driver r8152 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8153b-2.fw for built-in driver r8152 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8153a-4.fw for built-in driver r8152 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8153a-3.fw for built-in driver r8152 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8153a-2.fw for built-in driver r8152 ERROR: Unsupported initramfs version (6.12.17-current-bcm2711) Armbian_25.2.4_Rpi4b_bookworm_current_6.12.22_minimal.img the same. Any idea anyone what is wrong here? Thanks Chris

I would like to use my device as a VPN client, i.e. connect to a remote OpenVPN server. How can I enable the Tun/Tap module on my board?

Yes, the rock5b work just fine. I also installed the UEFI into the SPI there (I have 2 Rock 5b) - I might want to give the itx a shot installing the UEFI into the SPI one day. There is something in the UEFI image which does not boot from SD; trying to find any docu about that - I came across one article mentioning some HW hack to change the boot order (probably what you described up there). The 5b and itx are quite different (itx is also 10-20% faster with higher clocks and faster RAM) but otherwise once the UEFI is installed, mine run the same OS. Unfortunately to run ACPI one needs a latest OS (Ubuntu 25 or Fedora Rawhide) - I haven't actually tried the mainline Armbian - I run KDE Plasma and while there was a Neon image somewhere most Armbian prebuilts don't run KDE (everytime I post install that, something else breaks). Anyway, I am happy that everything is working now on all my Rock5 boards.

This fixed the issue with Chromium. I simply created a file /etc/armbian/cromium.conf with the contents you provided and chromium opened perfectly.

It appears that the fsck file check reports a clean system then continues to boot? From the above log of the UART console, I see that uboot found the SD card partition and loaded the kernel from it. The kernel saw the root partition of the SD card, but after checking fsck.ext4 -a -C0 /dev/mmcblk0p1, for some reason, it cannot mount it. When you have written the image to the SD card, try to mount it in your running OS and fix it in the file /boot/armbianEnv.txt verbosity=7. After that, boot up and watch the UART. This may provide additional clues.

Briefly tried with Bullseye and the fans don't even come on. Could be the "refusing to boot without drives" behavior mentioned before. Will try both Bullseye and Buster on my original machine on Sunday and see if anything changes.

The same issue with Kernel 6.12.23, my flashdrive can not be found. Kernel 6.6.75 is still doing its work

Armbian packages get updated now, so now upgrading to 25.8.0-trunk.100, from .87 I did earlier yesterday. Also now running 6.15.0-edge-rockchip64 with EDK2-UEFI v1.1 in SPI. Need setting to DeviceTree as the default (Both = ACPI and DeviceTree) seems to confuse 6.15.0-edge-rockchip64, got only serial console only or stall somewhere in boot process.

Jens J, woah, I didn't know that you can just split bootloader like that! I did that, and so far, it looks good! TV Box boots into u-boot with this SD card, and it has a partition table. Thank you so much! Now I'll try to make an SD card with system on it

@ovacikar Did you manage to get this fully working? What does this kernel bring? I saw recently hw acc is now working, did you manage to get this working? Im asking because this weekend im going to try to get mine all up to date and see if i can get it be a simple media player

Have you tried `/boot/dtb/amlogic/meson-gxm-mini-m8s-pro.dtb` ? What is wifi chip? Is it LTM8830? If so this is QCA9377 clone, and this dtb should be fully working.

Hi everyone, I’m working on a custom Armbian build for an RK3588-based board (cm3588-nas) and trying to completely disable the Rockchip crypto driver (rk_crypto2), since it's negatively impacting LUKS (AES-XTS) performance. Despite several attempts, the module continues to register algorithms in /proc/crypto after boot: driver : rk2-sm3 module : rk_crypto2 driver : rk2-sha512 module : rk_crypto2 driver : xts-aes-rk2 module : rk_crypto2 ... ------------------------------------------------------------ What I’ve Tried ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Kernel Config Override - Added CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_ROCKCHIP=n and CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_ROCKCHIP2=n to: userpatches/linux-rockchip-rk3588-edge.config - Verified .config has it set to n after build. - Used CLEAN_LEVEL="make,debs,oldcache" in the build command. 2. Blacklisting & Deletion in customize-image.sh echo "blacklist rk_crypto" > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rk_crypto.conf rm -f /lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/crypto/rockchip/rk_crypto.ko* 3. Post-Boot Verification - lsmod | grep rk_crypto → empty - modinfo rk_crypto → module not found - /proc/crypto still shows rk2-* drivers tied to rk_crypto2 4. Manual Source Removal - Commented out this line in drivers/crypto/rockchip/Makefile: # obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_ROCKCHIP) += rk_crypto.o - Also removed or disabled its Kconfig entry. ------------------------------------------------------------ System Details ------------------------------------------------------------ Board : cm3588-nas (RK3588) Kernel : rockchip-rk3588 edge (Linux 6.8.x) Builder : Official Armbian compile.sh ------------------------------------------------------------ Goal ------------------------------------------------------------ I want to fully disable the Rockchip crypto engine (rk_crypto2): - It should not load, not build, and not register anything in /proc/crypto. - LUKS should fall back to software crypto (cryptd, aesni, or default fallback). ------------------------------------------------------------ Any help is appreciated. I’d love to hear from anyone who’s successfully disabled rk_crypto2 entirely or has ideas for where the registration is coming from even when the module appears removed. Thanks!

Hi @Vodalex, Write down the MAC address of the interface you want to use to wake up the Helios4. ip link show You would need to put the Helios4 in suspend, by either: sudo pm-suspend or: echo 'suspend' | sudo tee /sys/power/state To wake it up, from another system, make sure that wakeonlan is installed. Then: wakeonlan ${HARDWARE_ADDRESS} That should be it. Groetjes,

Did anyone managed to get Linux working on TX6S?

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This is what AI tells: Role of BL30 The BL30 component serves as the firmware for the Amlogic Secure Co-Processor (SCP). Its primary responsibilities include managing system-level operations such as Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) and handling suspend/resume functionalities. These tasks are crucial for optimizing power consumption and ensuring efficient thermal management within the system. lists.denx.de In addition to BL30, there is a closely related component called BL301. BL301 acts as a board-specific firmware "plug-in" that provides customized parameters for DVFS and suspend/resume operations, tailored to the specific hardware configuration of the board. lists.denx.de Integration into the Boot Process The typical boot sequence in Amlogic devices follows this order: BL2 → BL30 → BL31 → BL33. Each stage is responsible for initializing specific aspects of the system, with BL30 focusing on power management and system control tasks. If any stage fails, the boot process may attempt to fall back to an alternative boot medium, although this behavior can vary depending on the specific SoC and its configuration. 7Ji’s Blog+1lists.denx.de+1 Understanding the role of BL30 is essential for developers and system integrators working with Amlogic platforms, especially when customizing firmware or troubleshooting boot-related issues. All Amlogic SoCs boards needs this. AFAIK here we don't have open source alternative. Only from the owner of this file after you sign certain papers https://www.amlogic.com/#Company/Contact/index.html This is complex operation and possible where / when there is a big enough interest and when more people join in this common interest and are willing to sacrifice months of their precious private time. https://github.com/crust-firmware/crust Here is an example of similar feature for some other SoC (allwinner). It works, but it's also not feature complete and probably never will. Many of those SoCs are already commercially obsolete, similar for the one you are asking.

Ver 20250602-legacy kernel 6.6.10

Thanks! Just run upgrade to 6.12.30 - and sounds works! (on 6.12.20 was no sound card in aplay -l )

@MBeck @batoisai I’m selling mine as well (Belgium) if one of you guys are still interested. Work as intended, maintained well (looks as new), no 2.5Gbit LAN mod done either.

Replying to my own post. ... EDK2 has an UEFI BIOS which runs mainline linux - no custom builds. It supports ACPI and device tree. I run this now with Fedora Rawhide 43 with KDE (6.4 Beta) which runs ACPI out of the box, older kernels work with device tree. I haven't used the latest mainline Armbian but that should work, too (at least the latest mainline image). Rawhide runs mainline kernel 6.15/6.16 (latest build) which supports the SOC + GPU out of the box.