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I have an Orange Pi Zero 3, Opi z2w, Opi z LTS, and Banana Pi M2 Zero. If the OS image is not in your download page, does it mean you don't need help with these boards?

@maxsub no, its hacked. At least from my side. For us, that GPU stuff is closed, patented, tighly licensed and so on. LG // Sven-Ola

@Nick A Yes, I used the MT7601U for a few days, but I wasn’t really satisfied with it. So, with the help of AI, I decided to port the SV6256P anyway—and to my surprise, it actually worked.

@jock The driver-related knowledge is vast and quite complicated, with many pitfalls, so porting really requires strong assistance from AI. I don’t have an SSV6051, so I can’t actually complete the porting myself. Btw, the "ssv6x5x-sw.bin" I’m using is the file you posted on the forum.

So this is built fully from source by patching the xunlong source onto the edge code base? Armbian-unofficial_26.02.0-trunk_Orangepirv2_trixie_edge_6.18.8_minimal+Orangepirv2_1.0.0_ubuntu_noble_desktop_gnome_linux6.6.63.img.xz

I've made some improvements of .dts for H96 MAX M9S, tested on Linux version 6.19.0-edge-rockchip64 (build@armbian) What's new: GPU working USB 3.0 mode working Currently working: both USB ports, incl. USB 3.0 mode GPU (using Panfrost driver) HDMI (audio+video) Ethernet port Wifi (using aic8800 DKMS drivers provided by https://github.com/radxa-pkg/aic8800/releases) Leds Not working: NPU Bluetooth S/PDIF rk3576-evb1-v10-main-h96-v5.dts dmesg-19.0.txt

my bricked tvbox into fel mode, Using linux-fexi tools, I tested my usb2ttl on my tvbox , without any output. I do not know why? Test command: https://github.com/linux-sunxi/sunxi-tools sunxi-fel -p write 0x4000 uart0-helloworld-sdboot.sunxi (succeed) sunxi-fel -p exec 0x4000 picocom -b 115200 /dev/ttyUSB0

armbian-config submenu STO001

Hello friends, in general, a friend gave me an x96q TV set-top box, I want to install armbian on it and then install klipper and use it on my 3d printer, I'm not good at this, maybe someone can help

My USB2TTL is tested on other tvbox such as Amlogic tvbox, works

Yeah, don't do that.. At least read "<application> --help" before doing sensitive stuff like that if you are unfamiliar. If that happened to you, and that is the reason you typed that.. For future reference: If you have a root account, you can change to root user with "su root" and enter passwd. You are then root and can add your user back to the groups needed. Or you can use the debian "child safe" way, "adduser <user> <group>" (only works on already existing users and groups) instead of usermod to begin with. But best is you learn usermod, since that will let you utilize that knowledge on pretty much any unix system.

@Kevin su Excellent work! Porting the SV6256P driver all the way to kernel 6.12 is a huge achievement. Most users usually just give up and plug in a USB Wi-Fi adapter to avoid the headache of legacy drivers.

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What does that mean? What did you do?

I have a nice armbian image on an SSD on a rock5b board. I want to copy it to an sd card for cloning on other boards. Does anyone know how this can be done? It doesn't come out via dd

Hello, congratulations for your achievement! I wonder if you had the chance to give a shot to the ssv6051 sibling... the original drivers (one for ssv6051 and another for ssv6x5x) were really a mess that @ilmich and me did a lot of work at the time to cleanup and fix things in the past time. We concentrated against the ssv6051 driver at the time and in fact the ssv6051 driver already works in mainline kernel (it is in the rockchip 32bit patch directory), although it is still quite a mess. Here it is the repository if you want to take a look to the commits. We also started an attempt to do a clean and proper reimplementation of the ssv6xxx driver, but actually never went over firmware loading (the repo is private since it was a heavy WIP, but can share if you have enough will to take a look to that)

Lately, I've been playing around a bit with computer vision detection. I managed to patch together a PoC script with which I conducted some tests. The results are quite promising. The frame rate is just based on the round trip time of my test script, so it only roughly reflects the inference time. The throughput includes all additional overhead but is sufficiently informative for a relative comparison. Inference on a single CPU core delivers an image throughput of about 4 images: Inference on a single NPU core delivers an image throughput of about 17 images: Inference on eight CPU cores delivers an image throughput of about 21 images. But all eight cores run over 80% during this, and after a short time the fan kicks in. The headroom is also quite limited, for e.g., to perform other tasks concurrently. Running several similar inference tasks concurrently immediately results in a proportional drop in frame rate per task. When six similar inference tasks are executed simultaneously with NPU delegates, they are distributed across the three available NPU cores, and the SoC utilization is moderate enough that the fan doesn't even turn on. The throughput does not degrade and the CPU cores remain available for other tasks as well: For my tests, I used a random video clip. For the inference, I used a model pre-trained with the COCO dataset. With its 4.1MB memory size and its 80 object classes, it delivers surprisingly good results. Using the NPU hardware not only reduces the load on the CPU cores but also provides additional acceleration of processing. But the best part is that only current mainline code is required for use. No dependencies on proprietary implementations or outdated software stacks. It just works out-of-the-box, you just need to know how to use it.

That "rvdisplay" string is found in the following files: libVK_IMG.so, libsutu_display.so, and libpvr_dri_support.so. When comparing the OpiRV2 versions of these files with https://gitee.com/spacemit-buildroot/img-gpu-powervr I got 9a640=spacemit vs 9a2d0=rvdisplay. Thus, Xunlong has source code for these (different offsets, rvdisplay is one char longer). So no need to hack Armbian kernel, I presume GPU works if we use *.so from gitee repo. HTH // Sven-Ola

@c0rnelius then the GPU probably works, since without GPU e.g the Bianbu first time wizard (language, kbd, timezone, user) needs 20 minutes while uptime reports load=10. I'm damn sure you have noticed an extraslow GUI

Yes usermod -aG docker yourusername , then reboot, was what I needed to let the armbian build script continue Warning: if you forget the "a" in -aG, you will get locked out being admin in your own computer Second roadblock: I needed to install qemu as per: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/52127-running-armbian-build-on-x86-64/#findComment-219019 Thank you Werner!

I’m really happy to share that I finally managed to port the SV6256P (SSV6X5X) SDIO Wi-Fi driver from the legacy Linux 4.4 kernel to modern kernels. This repository contains my working port for Linux kernel 6.12 and newer, with updated mac80211/cfg80211 integration so the driver can build and run on recent Armbian systems. The chipset is commonly used in many low-cost TV boxes and embedded devices, but the original driver only supported legacy kernels (4.4). Now it’s functional again on modern systems, at least on my tested hardware (Allwinner H616 / X96 Q via SDIO). Repository link: https://github.com/cdhigh/armbian_sv6256p I’m quite excited to finally see this old Wi-Fi chip working on a 6.x kernel 🙂 [ 4.774151] ssv6x5x: importing configuration from /lib/firmware/ssv6x5x-wifi.cfg [ 4.778281] tu_ssv6xxx_sdio_init, probe @(____ptrval____) [ 4.779483] TU_SSV6XXX_SDIO mmc3:0001:1: Probing SDIO bus [ 4.779513] ssv6xxx_set_sdio_clk: set sdio clk 25000000Hz [ 4.799668] TU_SSV6XXX_SDIO mmc3:0001:1: vendor = 0x3030 device = 0x3030 [ 4.825421] TU_SSV6XXX_SDIO mmc3:0001:1: dataIOPort 0x10000 regIOPort 0x10020 [ 4.849181] TU_SSV6XXX_SDIO mmc3:0001:1: dataIOPort 0x10000 regIOPort 0x10020 [ 4.849530] TU_SSV6XXX_SDIO mmc3:0001:1: CHIP ID: SSV6006C0 [ 4.850373] ssv6x5x ops chk: tx=1 start=1 stop=1 config=1 add_if=1 rm_if=1 conf_filter=1 wake_txq=1 [ 4.850402] ssv6x5x chanctx chk: any=1 all=0 emulate=1 add=1 rm=1 chg=1 assign=0 unassign=0 [ 4.850409] ssv6x5x chanctx ops set but not complete [ 4.850424] Attach SSV6006 family HAL function [ 4.858285] MAC address from e-fuse [ 4.858311] EFUSE configuration [ 4.858315] Read efuse chip identity[79000000] ip link show: 6: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000 link/ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

This morning, the difference is not as big as yesterday, but it is still there. Why isn't it synchronized via NTP? sudo date -s “2026-02-10 04:13:00” Tue, Feb 10, 04:13:00 CET 2026 root@cubietruck ~ > date Tue, Feb 10, 06:11:41 CET 2026

I installed Filebrowser via armbian-config but it didn't work. The container was restarting and there was: Using database: /database/filebrowser.db Error: open /database/filebrowser.db: permission denied in the .log file. The developers of Filebrowser explained they introduced some breaking changes and documented the changes that have to be made to avoid that error: - User: File Browser no longer runs as root, but as user with PID 1000 and GID 1000. You can still change this by using Docker's --user flag [https://www.docker.com/blog/understanding-the-docker-user-instruction/]. - Volumes: the volumes with the database and configuration are now aligned with the s6-overlay images. Instead of mounting the files themselves, which leads to frequent issues, you now mount the surrounding directory. Unfortunately, these are breaking changes and will require updates on your side. Assuming you have a database.db, a .filebrowser.json and the data in /data, do the following: 1. Change the path of database in .filebrowser.json to /database/filebrowser.db 2. Rename database.db to filebrowser.db 3. Rename .filebrowser.json to settings.json 4. Put them in the same directory locally, let's say /app/filebrowser/ 5. Change the permissions of both directories: sudo chown -R 1000:1000 /app/filebrowser /data 6. Mount with the flags -v /app/filebrowser:/database -v /app/filebrowser:/config - you can also choose to put them in separate directories, but it is not needed. If you are still getting errors, please make sure that the paths/volumes you are mounting have read-write permission for user 1000:1000. For more up to date information regarding how you should use the Docker image, check filebrowser.org/installation.html#docker [https://filebrowser.org/installation.html#docker] But how exactly to apply those changes after the container already has been created and started via armbian-config?

http://blog.armbian.com/content/images/2026/02/githubhighlights-2-1.webpThis week in Armbian development saw significant advancements across kernel, firmware, and build targets. The release of 6.18.y kernel UEFI images marks a major update, alongside expanded desktop build options including Cinnamon and KDE Neon for UEFI systems. Notable board support enhancements include the addition of custom build targets for Amlogic TV Boxes, the Raspberry Pi Zero 2W as a virtual board, and improved support for Orange Pi 3 LTS and Odroid M2 devices. Automation improvements streamline inventory rebuilds and board data management, while new features such as Armbian board auto-detection and browser enablement for Riscv64 boards enhance usability. Several bug fixes and configuration updates address issues across Hyper-V images, kernel configs, and u-boot versions. The changelog also highlights upgrades to wireless firmware, dependency management, and support for BTRFS on NanoPi R3S-LTS, reflecting ongoing efforts to broaden compatibility and stability. 6.18.y kernel UEFI images are out. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#221abl: feat: add extraargs from armbianEnv for mkbootimg. by @CodeChenL in armbian/build#9341Add -hyperv suffix to REDI_VARIANT for Hyper-V images. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#216Add Cinnamon and KDE Neon desktop builds for UEFI. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#209Add cloud image extensions to UEFI minimal targets. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#211Add custom build targets for Amlogic TV Boxes. by @SteeManMI in armbian/armbian.github.io#224Add ENABLE_EXTENSIONS to UEFI desktop targets. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#210Add KDE Neon and RISC-V XFCE desktop targets. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#214Add Raspberry Pi Zero 2W board as virtual board. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#223Add remote execution method for inventory rebuild. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#222Add REMOVE_EXTENSIONS blacklist support to generate_targets.py. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#217ath12k: Upgrade to WLAN.HMT.1.1.c5-00302-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICON…. by @kasimling in armbian/firmware#118Automation: when board data changes on push, execute inventory rebuild at armbian.github.io. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#9354BPI-M4-Zero / KickPi K2B: Update u-boot to v2026.01, ATF to lts-v2.12.9 and fixup the KickPi K2B linux DTS. by @pyavitz in armbian/build#9340Enable Browsers on two Riscv64 boards. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#219Extension: Bump Nvidia propriatery driver. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#9338feat: add Armbian board auto-detection and toast notification system. by @SuperKali in armbian/imager#91feat: add Dependabot configuration for dependency management. by @SuperKali in armbian/imager#70File was removed while it remained in series control file. . by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#9339Fix errors in .editorconfig. by @iav in armbian/build#9363Fix file_extension extraction for Hyper-V cloud images. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#215Fix K3 issues - APT Caching, PB2, Missing KConfig. by @Grippy98 in armbian/build#9349KDE Neon: drop conflicting packages in order to assemble KDE desktop. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#9337kernel configs: disable unprivileged BPF. by @neheb in armbian/build#9082khadas-edge2: remove legacy uboot. by @efectn in armbian/build#9367Limit exposed.map to maximum 2 entries per board. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#220meson64: ressurect 6.12 as BRANCH=oldlts. by @rpardini in armbian/build#9350Odroid M2: Move main build target to CURRENT kernel branch. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#9357Odroid-M2: update uboot to v2025.10. by @mlegenovic in armbian/build#9359Orange Pi 3B: Update config. by @dust-7 in armbian/build#9370OrangePi 3 LTS: Add DTS and DEFCONFIG to u-boot v2026.01. by @pyavitz in armbian/build#9352OrangePi 3 LTS: Add ethernet support to u-boot defconfig. by @pyavitz in armbian/build#9365OrangePi 3 LTS: Fixup u-boot LED nodes. by @pyavitz in armbian/build#9358OrangePi 3 LTS: Update crust and u-boot defconfig. by @pyavitz in armbian/build#9372OrangePi 3 LTS: Use extlinux, remove aw859a-wifi.service, update current defconfig, etc.... by @pyavitz in armbian/build#9362Promoting Opi 3LTS and Odroid M2, demoting cubox-i and Jetson Nano. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#9353Radxa E52C: add mainline U-Boot support and kernel target configuration. by @okrc in armbian/build#9366radxa-e54c: board config: remove wayland-sessions-mask extension. by @schwar3kat in armbian/build#9351Refactor mesa-vpu extension: add architecture-specific browser selection. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#9347Remove Rockchip gpio patch, already applied upstream. by @tparys in armbian/build#9368Restore qemu performance fix for Ubuntu Noble. by @tparys in armbian/build#9371Restructured qcom/sm8550/ayn directory. by @Squishy123 in armbian/firmware#117Rock 5B Plus: Add GPIO names to edge dts. by @JohnTheCoolingFan in armbian/build#9348Support BTRFS on NanoPi R3S-LTS. by @clarkmcc in armbian/build#9343View the full article