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Okay, thanks for the explanation! So, I got Armbian compiled and running by just adding the .dts file and the .csc file. The .csc file is a copy of the ODROID M1 .config file, but with some modifications: I threw out the SPI-related stuff, because the M1S does not have a SPI flash to boot from and it gave me arrors during compilation. I tested basic functionality with a Ubuntu Noble Cinnamon desktop image as well as a headless server image. Is this enough to create a pull request? How is the Download page created? Is that made by the Armbian team or do I need to add it there as well (how?) ? Greetings

Same answer and further reasoning as here:

better in which way? performance? driver support? size? from our pov the better the support conditions, the more likely to recommend. https://www.armbian.com/download/?device_support=Standard support Is one platinum? Go for it? If not, check standard support. If one is in this category, go for it. If not, check further down for community support.

Yes. In the past everything was added as patch. The problem was (and still is for other reasons) that some patches modifying a dt build on top of each other or stuff breaks. Now the dt can be edited directly and using git blame it is documented who edited what for whatever reason. Of course sometimes there is an almost perfect dt upstream that needs minor adjustments. Those can be perfectly fine done with a patch. Also both patches and our dt files only stay for as long as there is no proper equivalent upstream. Once everything is in mainline they are no longer needed.

I think the upstream kernel has fixed it recently. Could your try the patch? https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=a28352cf2d2f8380e7aca8cb61682396dca7a991

Thank you for the answer. @Nick A

orange pi 5, orange pi 5 pro, orange pi 5 ultra or orange pi 5 max?

I'm currently in the process of deciding between the Orange Pi 3B and the Raspberry Pi 4, and i'd love to hear your thoughts. I know that Raspberry Pi has a huge community and a ton of resources, which is super appealing for someone like me who's looking to learn and tinker. The support from the community is definitely a big selling point, especially since I'm just starting out. That said, l'm also considering the Orange Pi because it's much more affordable. The price difference is hard to ignore and l have heard it's a pretty solid option for DlY projects and development. Plus, l'm thinking ahead - l might want to stick with Orange Pi for future projects as well, since it seems like a great budget-friendly option for other boards down the road. I'm curious if anyone here has experience with both, and if so, how does Orange Pi compare to Raspberry Pi in terms of performance, compatibility, and overall experience? ls the community support for Orange Pi on the same level, or does it feel a bit lacking? Any advice or personal experiences would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

@snow https://linux-sunxi.org/FEL/USBBoot I haven’t tried this before.

WebGL1 and WebGL2 is reported to be working. But the performance is horrible...

Hello everyone, my name is Virgilio. I've been here for 3 days fighting against the RK3229 to install Armbian... My equipment is an RK3229 (R329Q_V3.1). I've already followed as many procedures as possible until I could run the image directly via OTG with RKdevtools, but I can't get anything working. I admit I tried Lakka, PostmarketOS, legacy versions, current versions, everything related to 322x I've tried... but nothing works, I'm almost giving up. adc: wifi sv6051p

uhm, there is misconfiguration in the server actually; I see users.armbian.com is serving the certificate for stpete-mirror.armbian.com, perhaps @Igor can fix the issue

@Nick A Shoot, I don't think it actually has an SD card slot: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006258812291.html I am holding it in my hand now, unless it's somehow obscured or hidden then it looks like there's only a USB-A port and then a USB-C port for input power

Understood, all good. That is a good example for something that is not that clear. I tried to find a ready-to-use dts file for the M1S in the mainline repo, but it is not one single dts file, but a composition of several files where one file refers to the next one and so on (here). I was confused and so I asked ChatGPT how to merge the mainline dts into Armbian. This was how my patches were created. After compilation there was indeed one single all-in-one dts file for my board but not before... EDIT: I just tried another build with just taking the top-level dts file from the mainline repo and placing it in the location you mentioned. Worked like a charm, despite my confusion... 😅 From my point of view it seemed better to have the patches in place to be sure to always pull the most recent DT from the mainline kernel (that of course would require a defined place to put those patches). But what you say sounds as if it would be preferable to have dts files instead of patches. Is that correct and why?

Thanks let me try that

Agreed. A check if the package is installed (and if not install it beforehand) would be sufficient too. PRs to fix this are highly appreciated. https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/packages/bsp/common/usr/bin/armbian-install

I suggest to retry later

I suggest to build desktop images with code { font-family: Consolas,"courier new"; color: crimson; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); padding: 2px; font-size: 105%; } ENABLE_EXTENSIONS=mesa-vpu to have necessary stuff built-in automatically.

We're aware that our documentation isn't great (also about adding new hw: https://docs.armbian.com/Process_Contribute/#adding-a-new-board) but it is hard to find time for such tasks when we're crowded with other stuff already. The file extension defines a boards support status. https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Board-Support-Rules/ Anyone can add .csc boards. For dts files we have dedicated folders to avoid having a patch necessary for them: https://github.com/armbian/build/tree/main/patch/kernel/archive/rockchip64-6.12/dt https://github.com/armbian/build/tree/main/patch/kernel/archive/rockchip64-6.18/dt

Thank you for your reply! No, I did not check THIS SPECIFIC PR. But of course the other ones, for example those @Igor already pointed to. And because of the fact, that I already checked several PR and still being not sure how to do it correctly, I hoped for a more general explanation than just another link to another PR... I wished for some explanations about good practice and how/why things are done the way they are done. "Path xyz is the place for your .csc files. Path abc for your .dts files because of blablabla..." That would just have been nice to get a better overview. Beside all the respect and appreciation that I have for you and your colleagues at Armbian, please understand that it is sometimes somewhat exhausting when guys like me try their very best to contribute and then often get calmed by link-drops... Anyway, I'll check out your referred PR and see if that helps.

Hi Guys, I just did a new custom Armbian build ./compile.sh BOARD=orangepi5-plus BRANCH=vendor RELEASE=noble KERNEL_ONLY=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no. The image is Armbian-unofficial_25.11.0-trunk_Orangepi5-plus_noble_vendor_6.1.115_cinnamon_desktop and when I installed it on orangepi I see it is not supporting Panfrost/Mail: glxinfo | grep -E "OpenGL renderer|OpenGL version" OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.2, 128 bits) OpenGL version string: 4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 25.0.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 but for older image Old_Armbian-unofficial_25.08.0-trunk_Orangepi5-plus_noble_vendor_6.1.115_cinnamon_desktop All was well glxinfo | grep -E "OpenGL renderer|OpenGL version" OpenGL renderer string: Mali-G610 (Panfrost) OpenGL version string: 3.1 Mesa 25.0.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 I did need to enable "ARM Mail Display Processor" under Device Drivers -> Graphics support -> ARM devices before I perform custom build. And I did this for both OS version 25.11.0 and 25.08.0. But newer version is not able to use it. Thanks Manish

I've seen this post before but the link is "404 Not Found" thats why i resorted to trying to build my own multitool and armbian hahahahahha @jock The post mentions this link: https://users.armbian.com/jock/web/rk322x/armbian/beta/Armbian-unofficial_24.11.0-trunk_Rk322x-box_noble_current_6.6.56_xfce_desktop.img.xz Is there a mirror?

@snow download balena etcher and flash the image onto a sdcard. This will boot armbian off the sdcard. Unless you use armbian-config and write to emmc you will be fine.

Starting today Oct 27 2025 I'm not able to upgrade armbian on Radxa 5C for any version from 6.12 and up with the multiple exceptions like this: Err:6 http://apt.armbian.com trixie/main arm64 armbian-plymouth-theme all 25.8.2 Hash Sum mismatch Hashes of expected file: - SHA512:718d46957b9e9940ba7569761069864c46b07bd5570db462894b81d2730803dc9f9b0618ed45104c6357b92ddf00600a9664b93bd3eaca8c453b4724ba495688 - SHA256:3ee8733f28c38f66f3a1328c93bf75d00416f8e2d1e7a5c91f4727489d7c1b00 - SHA1:2ad501942596de1a53e9339284635a712346a245 [weak] - MD5Sum:a7dc1e7a3ff05af314e49c0b841ce240 [weak] - Filesize:112140 [weak] Hashes of received file: - SHA512:f37ac430cdadcacde0d016447ff82f58ee81f9142523a39252096fc09cdb90542346bfb496be7993502ac309cfae68d22a740b4d5aadb66b687b89ad88ed4d80 - SHA256:b9a7ed2ceebe4cce4aab2f4366c8a1bd3479dec7923294b231cf529bfff137eb - SHA1:76b110fec39b59188a68e1c7e67aeb18de411bc3 [weak] - MD5Sum:3bc7dc9b0ba091d9227cc3693847ed97 [weak] - Filesize:112140 [weak]

@Nick A Thank you for the reply! I am still eager to try and load a different OS onto these two sticks. Sorry for the delay, somehow I just found the e-mail notifying me of your response now I'm not familiar with the process of trying to flash an image so I will start there, but before I do, is there a possibility whatever changes are made won't work, can't be undone and then brick the device? I'd probably rather not risk it if that's a possibility. But if there's always a way to re-flash them, I'm totally interested in trying anything I possibly can I'll wait to hear back from you before I attempt anything -- thank you!!