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Description The BOOTPATCHDIR and KERNELPATCHDIR variables can contain multiple directories names separated by spaces as explained in lib/functions/compilation/uboot-patching.sh and lib/functions/compilation/kernel-patching.sh respectively but when calculating hash we were treating it as a single directory name. Also as ATF and crust gets bundled in u-boot, the hash of their patches must also be considered to determine if we need to rebuild u-boot How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Tested by adding removing patches in patch/u-boot/u-boot-sunxi, pa…

Bumps tj-actions/changed-files from 34 to 35. Release notes Sourced from tj-actions/changed-files's releases. v35 Changes in v35.0.1 What's Changed Upgraded to v35 by @​jackton1 in tj-actions/changed-files#886 chore: code cleanup by @​jackton1 in tj-actions/changed-files#887 chore: update test by @​jackton1 in tj-actions/changed-files#888 Full Changelog: https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v35...v35.0.1 Changes in v35.0.0 🔥 🔥 BREAKING CHANGE 🔥 🔥 Removed input max_fetch_depth What's Changed Upgraded to v34.6.2 by @​jackton1 in tj-actions/changed-files#878 fix: fail when the merge base is not found by @​jackton1 in tj-actions/changed-files#879 fix…

Description Add armbian patches from sunxi-6.7 Adapt the patch series to the new v6.10.5 kernel version Delete unused patches and add newly extracted patches. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build for arm64 & test work on board ____ ____ _ __ __ __ _ _ | __ )| _ \(_) | \/ |/ /_ | || | | _ \| |_) | | | |\/| | '_ \| || |_ | |_) | __/| | | | | | (_) |__ _| |____/|_| |_| |_| |_|\___/ |_| Welcome to Armbian_community 24.8.0-trunk Bookworm with bleeding edge Linux 6.10.5-edge-sunxi64 No end-user support: built from trunk System load: 2% Up time: 11 min Memory usage: 6% of 1.94G …

The last year has seen substantial progress on the DRM infrastructure required to write GPU drivers in Rust. Developed in collaboration with Arm and Google, Tyr is a new Rust-based DRM driver targeting CSF-based Arm Mali GPUs. View the full article

As of 2024 Feb, Github still no allow a source branch to be renamed. Previous PR https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6291 was auto closed by Github upon source branch renaming. This new PR supersedes it. Description Running "uefi-x86" board image on qemu-system-x86_64 --display none --serial stdio ... did not: allow GRUB boot without GUI display display early kernel boot messages on the serial console display the console prompt on serial console Jira reference number: None How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Test A: Boot uefi-x86 board imag…

Description Jira reference number AR-1575 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

InuoMicro G4305L8-S2 is a relatively inexpensive fanless industrial PC box powered by an Intel Celeron 4305U Whiskey Lake processor that offers eight 2.5GbE ports making the system suitable for firewall and other networking applications. The barebone computer supports up to 32GB RAM, one mSATA SSD, one 2.5-inch SATA drive, and also provides interfaces such as HDMI and DisplayPort video outputs and a few USB ports allowing the user as a standard computer. Wireless connectivity can be implemented through mini PCIe and/or M.2 4G LTE and WiFi modules. InuoMicro G4305L8-S2 specifications: SoC – Intel Celeron 4305UE dual-core Whiskey Lake processor @ 2.0 GHz (base, no turbo fre…

Raspberry Pi Today interviews Collabora's Daniel Stone about Collabora and the Raspberry Pi Foundation's work on Wayland and WebKit. View the full article

STMicro ST87M01 is a compact, low-power, programmable LTE Cat NB2 (NB-IoT) industrial cellular module with GNSS geo-location capability for “massive IoT” deployments and asset tracking applications. STMicro already had several LPWAN solutions such as the STM32WL LoRa SoC, a Wi-SUN transceiver, a few SigFox chips, and a bunch of proprietary sub-GHz chips, but no cellular IoT solutions of their own although the STM32 microcontroller can be found in many third-party solutions. The ST87M01 NB-IoT and GNSS module changes that, so let’s have a closer look. ST87M01 NB-IoT module specifications: Cellular LTE, Category NB2, Release 15 Worldwide regional bands coverage Single-tone …

Welcome to the latest Armbian Newsletter: your source for the latest developments, community highlights, and behind-the-scenes updates from the world of open-source ARM and RISC-V computing. Armbian has released images based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, codenamed Resolute Raccoon the latest long-term support base. As always, Armbian applies its own platform-optimized kernel, board-specific patches, and tested drivers on top so what you get is a clean, stable foundation across SBCs, PCs, and cloud environments, with no Snap packages, fully compatible with the Ubuntu ecosystem, and no surprises. SPONSORED …

Shenzhen Xunlong Software, better known under the Orange Pi brand, has launched a 14-inch Full HD portable monitor for $59 plus shipping on Aliexpress, or a little more on Amazon. The company is better known for its low-cost Arm-based single board computers with Rockchip or Allwinner processors, but this time, they launched an accessory with a 14-inch display taking HDMI or USB Type-C input with up to 1920×1080 resolution. Orange Pi portable monitor specifications: Display 14-inch a-Si TFT LCD Resolution – 1920×1080 Refresh rate – 60 Hz Color – 262K, 45% NTSC Contrast – 700:1 Viewing angles – 85°, 85°, 85°, 85° typical Video inputs 1x HDMI port for video and audio 2x USB …

Here is the detail information about the Black Friday big sales in our official stores. Our sale will start from 17th to 25th Nov 2022 For Shopify, our sale promotion is: Save $50 On Orders Over $400 Save $100 On Orders Over $800 Save $200 On Orders Over $1500 Save $250 On Orders Over $2500 And the price of metaCat is $129 (Original price is $219), the MarsCat is $999 (Original price is $1399) The link of our Shopify is: https://elephantrobotics.myshopify.com/pages/black-friday-super-sales-cyber-monday-deals For Amazon, our sale promotion is: myCobot 280 will be in 10% off metaCat will be in 30% off with free shipping The link of our Amazon is: https://www.amazon.com/stor…

Rakwireless Wisblock modular IoT prototyping system will get new modules about once every quarter and the latest Wisblock Summer 2022 event brings some RAK190xx base boards and power modules to support various power sources from solar panels to PoE, two IP65-rated “Unify” enclosures, as well as four new Wisblock sensor modules. Wisblock RAK190XX base boards and power modules The company has launched three base boards designed to take one of the five Wisblock power modules: RAK19009 – A small (47×30 mm) base board with only 2 sensor slots. RAK19010 – The “standard” base board with 4 sensor slots and 1 I/O slot RAK19011 – Version of the Dual IO base board with a power slot…

After three great days attending and catching up with the community at ELCE, Collaborans are continuing their stay in Edinburgh to take part in the GStreamer Conference & Hackfest, the Linux Media Summit and the Automated Testing Summit. View the full article

Description Fix/rewrite-kernel-config two kernel configs (mvebu64-current and sun50iw9-btt-legacy) to adapt them to the latest wireless driver updates in drivers_network.sh. Without doing a rewrite-kernel-config refresh, their kernel builds might potentially fail due to misconfigured wireless driver modules. Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

I have started this months ago, but due to high demand from other subjects (armbian-next) haven't had time to finish. What I did here was take Khadas tree (.66) and rebase it on top of rk3.4/Radxa tree (.110) for the rock-5b, similar to what was done for the OrangePi5. Some patches conflicted and I intervened (those are marked as intervention). This needs review, a board file, a developer with the new Khadas I/O board for UART, and some luck, patience to fix my mistakes, and might just work. Who knows? If it's useless just bin this... There's two patch files, one with stuff I deemed "required" and other with stuff "might be nice". The MCU stuff of Khadas is heavily ent…

It’s now much easier to AI features to your project thanks to better tools, but as we’ve experienced when trying out Edge Impulse machine learning platform on the XIAO BLE Sense board, it still requires some effort and the learning curve may be higher than some expect. But for common tasks like face detection, there’s no reason for the solution to be hard-to-use or expensive, and Pete Warden (Useful Sensors) has designed the $10 Person Sensor fitted with a camera module pre-programmed with algorithms that detect nearby faces and reports the results over an I2C interface. Person Sensor specifications: ASIC – Himax HX6537-A ultra-low-power AI accelerator @ 400 MHz with 2M…

Dear Armbian Community, We’re thrilled to announce that Armbian development is currently at full throttle, with significant improvements to our build framework and daily bug fixes. Our community of regular contributors has grown, and we’re witnessing increased utilization of the build framework. Here are some highlights of what’s been happening lately: Framework Enhancements: We’ve been diligently working on enhancements to our build framework, focusing on areas such as kernel config management, libc generation, kernel debugging, and kernel security checks. Hardware Support: In collaboration with Sinovoip, we’ve added new platinum supported hardware which brings hi…

Power problems are one of the most common causes of instability, boot failures, or random restarts in single board computers (SBCs). Because many modern boards use USB-C connectors for power, it’s important to verify that your power supply is delivering the correct voltage and current before assuming there’s a hardware fault. Check the basicsStart by confirming that your USB-C cable and adapter are rated for your board’s requirements. Most SBCs need 5 V at 3 A (15 W). Some boards, like the Orange Pi 5 or Raspberry Pi 5, may negotiate 9 V or 12 V via USB Power Delivery (PD), depending on their design. If you’re using a phone charger or low-power adapter, it may not provide…

James Brown (aka Ancient) has built a tiny computer inside a LEGO brick with a Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller and a 0.42-inch monochrome OLED display. And yes, it runs Doom. So finally, the LEGO minifigures have access to a computer suitable for their size :). James did not post a lot of information to reproduce the build by yourself, but he still released the “uGrey” code, written in Micropython, to display greyscale on a monochrome OLED. We can learn from the design in a mesmerizing video (embedded at the end of this post) showing how he made a Raspberry Pi RP2040 computer fit into a LEGO brick. The tiny design is comprised of five main boards/modules: Raspberry Pi…

This contribution declares default.code-workspace which is used to open a development environment with tools and configuration needed to make development of armbian more efficien, reliable and easier through integrated linting, formatting, visual improvements and configuration for non-standard file extensions Additionally to that it also implements compatibility for nix(os) which opens the vscod{e,ium} with tools needed for development to avoid issues of missing binaries and dependencies for the build and linting for nix files How Has This Been Tested? Verifying functionality in the editor, checking linting, formatting and adjusting file extension integrations. Checkli…

Description Add new application to the desktop. Jira reference number AR-1417 View the full article

Description remove deprecated scripts Jira reference number AR-817 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Manual runs Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Axiomtek iNA200 is a DIN-rail mountable cybersecurity gateway powered by a choice of Elkhart Lake Atom x6000E-series processor and designed for operational technology (OT) network security. The fanless gateway comes with up to 32GB RAM, supports SATA storage, offers 2.5GbE & Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45/SFP) networking, and as it is designed for industrial settings, can take input from two 9V to 36V power sources and operate in the -40°C to 70°C temperature range. Axiomtek iNA200 specifications: SoC – Intel Atom x6212RE/x6414RE dua-core or quad-core Elkhart Lake processor with 16 EU Intel UHD Graphics; TDP: x6212RE: 6W, x6414RE: 9W System Memory – Up to 32GB DDR4-3200 SO-DI…

Join us in Stuttgart, Germany for XR EXPO 2025! This two-day event will be the meeting place for the XR community to exchange ideas and explore the latest trends. View the full article

grub: add hooks, fix GRUB font & wallpaper, introduce grub-with-dtb extension grub: add hooks, fix GRUB font & wallpaper, introduce grub-with-dtb extension introduce hooks grub_early_config, grub_pre_install and grub_late_config what we see here is an extension that itself has hooks, that just works introduce extension grub-with-dtb, which enables grub extension requires BOOT_FDT_FILE to be set includes /etc/armbian-grub-with-dtb with BOOT_FDT_FILE= in the bsp-cli includes /etc/kernel/postinst.d/armbian-grub-with-dtb in the bsp-cli which reads the above and creates links for /boot/armbian-dtb-<version> when deploying deb's adds implementations of th…

Mount /tmp in docker builder container tmpfs. Makes compilation with ccache in docker builder run faster. Inspired by #4703 View the full article

Description set CONFIG_SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT=y to BRANCH=edge & BRANCH=current Advised for KASLR-enabled kernels complements nicely #7078 (but not depending on each other) - no side effect for non-KASLR-enabled kernel/boards How Has This Been Tested? [X] Built/ran nanopi-r5c current/edge (with patched u-boot from #7078) Checklist: [X] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [X] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

As the holidays approach, the Armbian team continues to bring you exciting updates and improvements to make your development experience even better. Whether you’re tinkering with new boards over the festive break or updating your systems for the new year, here’s what’s new this week: Infrastructure and Community Updates New Mirror in Ukraine A new mirror has been kindly provided by Hostiko to improve download availability in the region. Mirror Status Page A new page has been introduced to show the status of Armbian mirrors. Check it out here. If you have capacity to host our files, you are more then welcome! Kernel Updates and Enhancements Kernel Porting to 6.12.y …

Description Bump 32-bit kernel to 6.3.8. I didn't bumped it for 64-bit sunxi devices as drv-rgb-add-ws2812.patch introduced in #5267 makes use of of_get_named_gpio_flags function which is removed in 6.3. As I don't have a Bigtreetech cb1, I am not comfortable modifying code to fix this patch. The kernel module added by drv-rgb-add-ws2812.patch is not enabled for 32-bit devices and hence it doesn't cause compilation issues on 32-bit sunxi kernel. Excluding drv-rgb-add-ws2812.patch, I have updated any patch that was broken, and have disabled patches where changes were present upstream. Also disabled same rockchip related patches that I disabled in #5326 How Has This Been …

Description Not sure if others are symlinked or they fail silently. Failed to restart sshd.service: Unit sshd.service not found How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested on Jammy, Mantic, Bookworm Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Tested on all models that use this kernel media\station. View the full article

The Storaxa is a multi-purpose device powered by an Intel Celeron N6005 Jasper Lake processor which works as a 5-bay SATA NAS, which also happens to take up to four NVMe SSDs, a 4K media center with HDMI and DisplayPort interfaces, and a WiFi 6 router equipped with four 2.5GbE ports. The solution is fitted with 16GB RAM, comes with four 10 Gbps USB 3.2 ports and two USB 2.0 ports, and runs Proxmox VE to handle both TrueNAS SCALE and OpenWrt for the NAS and router functions respectively. Storaxa specifications: SoC – Intel Celeron N6005 quad-core Jasper Lake processor @ 2.0GHz / 3.3GHz (Turbo) with 32EU Intel UHD graphics @ 450 / 900 MHz (Turbo); 10W TDP System Memory – 16…

Espressif Systems has just announced the Matter-compatible ESP-ZeroCode modules with Wi-Fi and/or Thread (802.15.4) wireless connectivity that are designed as plug-and-play solutions for LED lights, outlets, switches, dimmers, relays, fans, and other lighting and electrical devices. I was only recently introduced to no-code programming in a recent post by Ninephon Kongangkab explaining how to use SenseCraft firmware for no-code programming on Wio Terminal. Basically, there’s no need to know Arduino, MicroPython, or any programming language, as the user just has to press a few buttons to configure an IoT device to meet his/her requirements. With the ESP-ZeroCode modules, E…

Description Switch back to mainline kernel. Use patch to support HDMI. How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build [X] Burn and test Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

AMD has just launched the Ryzen Embedded V3000 family of processors with four to eight Zen3 cores, a DDR5 memory interface, twenty PCIe Gen4 lanes, and two 10GbE interfaces that make it ideal for storage and networking applications, especially since there’s no GPU at all. The new embedded processors succeed the Ryzen Embedded V2000 Zen2 family introduced two years ago, and the Ryzen V1000 processors in 2018. For some reason, AMD decided to compare the new V3000 processors against the latter and claims up to 124% greater CPU performance, 50% improved memory transfer rate, twice the number of CPU cores, and improved I/O connectivity. There are five Ryzen Embedded V3000 SKUs…

Espressif Systems unveiled the ESP32-H2 Bluetooth 5.2 LE & 802.15.4 RISC-V microcontroller in August 2021, but the ESP32-H2-DevKitM-1 development board based on the ESP32-H2-MINI-1 module has only been selling on the official Espressif’s Aliexpress store for $9.90 for a few weeks. The ESP32-H2-DevKitM-1 development board allows the development of applications with Bluetooth 5.2 LE, Zigbee, Thread, and/or Matter connectivity, features two USB Type-C ports, Boot & Reset buttons, and RGB LED, and two rows of 15 pins exposing all I/Os from the ESP32-H2-MINI-1 module. ESP32-H2-DevKitM-1 specifications: Wireless module – ESP32-H2-MINI-1 MCU – Espressif Systems ESP32-H2 …

Two years ago, we reviewed CrowPi 2 Raspberry Pi 4 laptop designed for STEM education with embedded electronics modules and Letscode software with step-by-step tutorials to learn Scratch and Python programming. I found it quite good, but many people were mostly interested in having a Raspberry Pi 4 laptop, and the price tag was a bit high at the time. That’s probably why Elecrow has now designed for CrowPi L laptop shell for Raspberry Pi 4 based on the CrowPi 2 but without all the electronics modules, and with a built-in battery to operate more like an actual laptop. CrowPi L laptop shell specifications: Compatible SBC’s – Raspberry Pi 4 Model B only Storage – Full-size S…

Changes to be committed: deleted: patch/kernel/archive/meson64-6.1/board-bananapim5-002-switch-VDDIO_C-pin-to-OP.patch - Patch upstreamed in 6.1.16: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-sm1-bananapi-m5.dts?h=v6.1.20&id=58dccc65221c6465a35cb6bb2ff41f2b75b367f0 modified: patch/kernel/archive/meson64-6.1/board-bananapim5-003-convert-dts-to-dtsi.patcha - Fixed patch due to upstream change in 6.1.16: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-sm1-bananapi-m5.dts?h=v6.1.20&id=e35feeb3fdbe3eeffae5e75123fa44523b5076b8 deleted: patch/k…

Description Masking old releases. Jira reference number AR-1350 How Has This Been Tested? No need. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Debian Jessie running on Raspberry Pi 2 View the full article

Description ghproxy url is something like https://ghproxy.com/https://gtihub.com/armbian/build, which contains https://gtihub.com. Without this patch git will fetch from https://ghproxy.com/https://ghproxy.com/https://gtihub.com/armbian/build. Just skip modifying the url when ghproxy is set. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Build with GITHUB_MIRROR=ghproxy. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas…

Description Lets try to fix it, then we retire this image as maintainer has too little time to check it at each release cycle. View the full article

Description Add windows dev kit 2023 support Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Tested on windows dev kit 2023 [X] installed on sd card and device is booting fine Checklist: [X] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [X] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [X] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [X] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description RK3588S board. Device Tree and Uboot from @stvhay WIP draft PR for commentary View the full article

M5Stack T-Lite is a Wi-Fi thermal imager with the same MLX90640 IR array thermal camera found in the M5Stack Thermal Camera 2 Unit plus a 1.14-inch color display to visualize the results on the device itself. Based on the ESP32-PICO-D4 system-in-package with WiFi and Bluetooth, the solution allows the user to access the 32×24 pixels thermal image either on the built-in display, or streamed to the local network or the cloud. M5Stack T-Lite specifications: SiP – ESP32-PICO-D4 system-in-package with ESP32 dual-core Tensilica LX6 microcontroller with 448 KB ROM and 520 KB SRAM, 2.4 GHz WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 4.2, and a 4MB SPI flash Thermal camera – Melexis MLX90640 infrared (…

Description Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. To modify the PWM-fan temperature control policy of fine3399 to adjust the fan speed to a lower level. Integrating support for xiaobaonas and fine3399 boards into the rockchip64-6.9 kernel Documentation summary for feature / change Please delete this section if entry to main documentation is not needed. If documentation entry is predicted, please provide key elements for further implementation into main documentation and set label to "Needs Documentation". You are welcome to open a PR …

Description Add cpu-frequency to orangepizero2, allwinner h616. From sunxi 5.16 the drivers and dtsi, dts files have the necessary support. Add: sun50i-h616-cpu-opp.dtsi Additions: sun50i-h616-orangepi-zero2.dts +#include "sun50i-h616-cpu-opp.dtsi" +&cpu0 { +cpu-supply = <&reg_dcdca>; +}; Please advise with going ahead making the additions to the build system How Has This Been Tested? [x] Test A: BUILD compiled and booted [x] Test B: BOARD @orangepizero2:~$ uname -a Linux orangepizero2 5.19.6-sunxi64 #trunk SMP Mon Sep 5 23:16:49 UTC 2022 aarch64 GNU/Linux @orangepizero2:~$ find /sys -name cpufreq /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq /sys/devic…

GEEKOM MiniAir 11 is a mini PC powered by a Celeron N5095 Jasper Lake mini PC that ships with 8GB RAM and a 256GB SSD selling for $199, and placing itself as a competitor of Beelink U59 mini PC. The mini PC offers HDMI 2.0 and mini DisplayPort video outputs, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity, three USB 3.2 ports, and two USB-C ports for data only, as the device is powered by a 19V power adapter, and the USB-C ports do not support DisplayPort Alt Mode. GEEKOM MiniAir 11 specifications: SoC – Intel Celeron N5095 quad-core Jasper Lake processor @ 2.0GHz / 2.9GHz (Turbo) with 4MB cache, 16EU Intel UHD Graphics; 15W TDP System MEmory – 8GB DDR4 upgradea…

Simplifying AGL's existing Wayland-based graphical stack and avoiding the use of modules that aren't maintained upstream has lead to the creation of a new compositor based on libweston, bringing more reliable and fine-grained system control. View the full article

fixes Jetson-nano legacy and installation on emmc in btrfs mode View the full article

Building on our Open Source strengths in AI and data-driven solutions, Collabora's ML team, led by Marcus Edel, Vineet Suryan, & Aaron Boxer, has taken first place in Track 3 of the ICME 2025 Grand Challenge on Video Super-Resolution for Video Conferencing. View the full article

Description The process of installing packages in the base system has been optimized and a minor warning about an unspecified localization has been fixed Checklist: [x] Test build of the root file system archive for all supported operating systems View the full article

Silicon Labs has just announced the tiny BG27 Bluetooth LE and MG27 multiprotocol wireless SoCs designed for small devices, and they will be especially useful in connected health applications, or the so-called Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), as well as wearables, sensors, switches, smart locks, and commercial and LED lighting. Both chips feature a Cortex-M33 core clocked at 76.8 MHz, up to 768KB flash, and up to 64KB RAM, but the BG27 only supports Bluetooth LE, Mesh, and propriety 2.4 GHz connectivity, while the MG27 also adds an 802.15.4 radio for Zigbee, OpenThread, and Matter protocols Silicon Labs BG27 and MG27 specifications: CPU – Arm Cortex-M33 @ 76.8 MHz with …

MediaTek has just launched the Dimensity 9200 octa-core flagship 5G mobile processor with one Cortex-X3 core, two Cortex-A710 cores, and four Cortex-A510 cores, as well as the latest Arm Immortalis-G715 GPU. Manufactured for a TSMC 4nm processor for efficiency, the new flagship processor supports mmWave 5G and sub-6GHz cellular connectivity, LPDDR5x 8,533 Mbps memory, UFS 4.0 storage, and embeds a faster MediaTek APU 690 AI processor MediaTek Dimensity 9200 specifications: Octa-core CPU subsystem 1x Arm Cortex-X3 core at up to 3.05 GHz 3x Arm Cortex-A710 cores at up to 2.85 GHz 4x Arm Cortex-A510 cores up to 1.80GHz 8MB L3 cache 6MB system cache GPU – Arm Immortalis-G71…

I have been working on getting U-boot upstream up to speed for the Radxa Rock-5B Rockchip RK3588 board. One of the cool features that I recently published upstream is the ability to boot the board without any kind of non-volatile media (NVM) used. View the full article

Description fix https://forum.armbian.com/topic/20093-rock-pi-4b-rk3399-sound-broken-after-latest-kernel-update How Has This Been Tested? (TBD) [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: (TBD) [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description As the Linux Kernel maintainers have decided that an exposed SPI interface is not a device, add a compatible device type to fix the intentional breakage of spidev functionality for single board computer usecases Jira reference number AR-1196 How Has This Been Tested? Compilation testing, functional testing proved concept for Sunxi (@The-going), Rockchip64 (@lanefu) Implemented on: [X] Meson64 [X] Sunxi (pre-existing, not part of this PR) [ ] Rockchip64 [ ] Rockchip Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ …

Description Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] USB2, USB3, PCIe2, GMAC, buttons work Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Radair mini gateway is a multiple-purpose gateway with LoRaWAN, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth and Ethernet connectivity, a Quectel GNSS module, the ability to connect to the Helium network to mine HNT cryptocurrency, as well as a 4-in-1 Bosch environmental sensor to monitor temperature, humidity, pressure, and air quality. Radair mini gateway specifications: SoC – Quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 “crypto” CPU System Memory – 2GB DDR3 Storage – 16GB eMMC flash, MicroSD card socket Connectivity WM1302 LoRa concentrator for LoRaWAN support Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 port 802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 via Mediatek MT7921AU module Dual Antenna – Wi-Fi 6E, LoRa GPS – Quectel GNSS modul…

Description Refresh jetson-nano board config and remove no longer used files. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Boots from SD card [x] USB works [x] Ethernet works Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Some patches are modified to get applied to kernel 6.6. Add a new patch 0026-Enable-non-coherent-dst-bufs-for-Venus-V4L2-driver.patch from Justin Green so that chromium will have better performace. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Kernel build success for xiaomi-elish [x] Kerne boots fine on xiaomi-elish Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to …

Join us at electronica 2024! In partnership with Renesas, Collabora will be showcasing GStreamer open source AI video analytics on the Renesas RZ/G2L, leveraging the MYIR RemiPi. View the full article

Description Devicetree is already in https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip so just a board config is enough How Has This Been Tested? [x] ./compile.sh BOARD=rock-5-itx BRANCH=vendor BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no DEB_COMPRESS=xz KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=bookworm KERNEL_GIT=shallow, flashed to emmc and boot Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules Vie…

Cytron Make Feather AIoT S3 is an ESP32-S3 board compatible with the Adafruit Feather form factor and suitable for makers and STEM education with features like LEDs for GPIOs, a buzzer, expansion headers and connectors, and support for CircuitPython & Arduino. The WiFi and Bluetooth LE IoT board also supports LiPo and Li-Ion batteries, includes a USB Type-C port for power/charging and programming, and a few buttons. It’s suitable for machine learning thanks to the vector extensions found in the ESP32-S3 microcontroller. Maker Feather AIoT S3 specifications: Wireless module – Espressif ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N8R8 module with ESP32-S3 dual-core LX7 microprocessor @ up to 240 …

Describes ability of performing work while the machine is in a low power state such as suspend. View the full article

Highlighting some of the key changes Collabora worked on with Valve to improve the system update tooling on SteamOS, including the move to Desync, making applying system updates significantly faster and more reliable. View the full article

Description It seems that dev channel doesn't always produce arm64 chromium packages. Changing to beta channel seems to solve the problem. Jira reference number AR-1169 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generated full Gnome Jammy desktop Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Now that we've studied the mainstream way of developing and using eBPF programs on top of the low-level VM mechanisms, we'll look at projects taking different approaches, attempting solutions to some of the unique problems faced by embedded Linux. View the full article

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Like all software, Open Source software isn't without it's bugs and issues. However, thanks to the nature of Open Source, resolving or mitigating the issue you encountered can be quite the satisfying adventure when it comes to scratching the itch. View the full article

Configuring WirePlumber on embedded Linux systems can be somewhat confusing. We take a moment to demystify this process for a particular use case. View the full article

Description A couple of regressions from #4013 and #3619 was fixed. The first one causes Ambian Sid images to hang until Ctrl+C is pressed at login. The second regression is minor, and Finally, the logic is updated to detect Debian Sid and Bookwork using lsb_release when available. How Has This Been Tested? This was tested on Armbian Sid on a La Frite, by modifying the /etc/update-motd.d/10-armbian-header script before logging in again. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the d…

Description Due to possible transitioning from WPA_Supplicant to Intel's IWD daemon for Linux wireless needs hard dependancy was removed. Based on https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4817 (better to fix this in master and then cherry pick to next) Jira reference number AR-1534 How Has This Been Tested? No needed. Without, tool is not installed anymore but we need it. View the full article

Description Attempt to work towards one U-Boot bootscript for (at least) mvebu, sunxi and rockchip64. This adds: (Aligned) load address calculations This will remove the need to update any kernel_load_addr_r or ramdisk_addr_r in case kernel image increases. Calculation is based on either Flat kernel image image_size + text_offset as specified in the vmlinux(/Image) header info Compressed kernel image filesize (vmlinuz/zImage) Clear warnings to user in case files are not found, not able to load or application failed. Merge of armbianEnv.txt kernel options was attempted for sunxi, mvebu and rockchip64. DT folder determination based on sunxi approach. DT file determinat…

Description Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no ne…

Description Fake vcgencmd allows requesting information from a non-Raspberry Pi board in the same way that can be done via an executable on there. Since this command is now available, the Armbian board can also be monitored, rebooted etc via eht FOSS Android app RasPi Check. See also: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.eidottermihi.raspicheck/ https://github.com/eidottermihi/rpicheck/issues/161 https://forum.armbian.com/topic/17069-android-app-to-monitor-and-restart-boards/#comment-119650 https://github.com/clach04/fake_vcgencmd Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Yes, made a build and it worked, also via the Android app. Checklist: [x] My cod…

Description In this second step (previous one: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4913) of rtl8723cs consolidation, the rtl8723cs driver patches and references have been removed from: sunxi-edge (6.2) @The-going media-edge (6.2) @150balbes media-current (6.1) @150balbes for the sunxi-edge there has been a bit of more work: one patch changed from 6.1 to 6.2 (8723-enable-wowlan): the difference was spotted in hunk a dts file for pinephone. The hunk has been extracted and put into patches.armbian for both 6.1 and 6.2. The same hunk has been removed from the patch in misc. I don't know if it is a good idea though: perhaps on next rtl8723cs patch rebase the hunk may r…

http://blog.armbian.com/content/images/2026/02/githubhighlights-2.webpThis week’s Armbian development saw significant progress across multiple areas, including desktop environment enhancements, kernel updates, and expanded hardware support. Notable changes include the addition of GNOME desktop options, improvements to XFCE organization, and updates to U-Boot for several boards. The team introduced new board images and logos, refined Docker automation and documentation, and standardized numerous software modules for better maintainability. Kernel advancements featured bumps to 6.19-rc8, integration of ZFS v2.4.0, and targeted fixes for Rockchip and Odroid platforms. Commun…

mvebu: 6.1: fix mbox formatting for 12-net-dsa-mv88e6xxx.patch FFrom ... -> \nFrom makes it mbox-valid again detected by armbian-next's Python patching which now matches mbox-to-magic-markers count @Heisath before I forget about this View the full article

Collabora recently had a problem with a project's ARM build farm. In a nice change of pace it was not that the kernel was crashing, nor indeed any of the software or hardware. View the full article

rpardini's dirty laundry, late April/'23 uefi/edge: bump to 6.3 bcm2711/grub: add busybox (for initrd grep/sed) so initramfs-growroot works again on Debian bcm2711: bomb early when RELEASE is set and not supported bcm2711/edge: bump to 6.3 (rpi4b, RPi Foundation Kernel) rockchip-rk3588/edge: bump to 6.3, drop 6.2 patches rk3568-odroid/edge: bump to 6.3 (odroidm1) virtual-qemu: move to eos (replaced by qemu-uboot-x86 and qemu-uboot-arm64) qemu-uboot-arm64/qemu-uboot-x86: split more x86/arm64 differences, add some docs, bump to u-boot 23.04 +update-patches; add arm64 bootscript extensions: introduce u-boot-menu extension, for use with extlinux this is using the default…

Description JetHome: Update u-boot: move to 2023.10 remove old eMMC HACK add upstream RFT emmc patches Only JetHub devices should be affected by the change. Jira reference number AR-1879 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] JetHub H1 boot ok [X] JetHub D1+ boot ok Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warn…

Description Fixes board not properly powering off and rebooting. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboots again [x] Powers off again Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

This is just imported from the old configurator code, and slapped into a module in 10 minutes. There's duplicated code and I should focus on a better folder architecture before writing new modules. Still, this is done and should show you can "just convert function into a module in 10 minutes" or something. Signed-off-by: Myy Miouyouyou myy@miouyouyou.fr View the full article

If you are looking for an ultrawide display to show information on your PC or Raspberry Pi, there’s a 7.9-inch IPS display with 1280×400 resolution that may meet your requirements. The display is powered through a USB port and outputs video through an HDMI 1.4 input port, so it should work with any hardware equipped with HDMI input and a USB port. LR79 display specifications: Display – 7.9-inch TFT-LCD IPS display with 1280×400 resolution @ 60Hz, no touch function 178° field of view 5:16 aspect ratio Response Time: 40ms(Typ.)(Tr+Tf) Contrast Ratio: 900:1 Brightness: 500cd/㎡ Color Gamut: 70% NTSC Display Colors: 16.7M Backlight: WLED (19.2V) Connector: 30-pin ZIF Display I…

Description Radxa has changed the config name for rock-3a: https://github.com/radxa/u-boot/commit/41ffd0087708e3381e7e166c4ca646f31cd9e097. We have to update it. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] u-boot build successfully Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been mer…

Lyra V2 is an update to the open-source Lyra audio codec introduced last year by Google, with a new architecture that offers scalable bitrate capabilities, better performance, higher quality audio, and works on more platforms. Under the hood, Lyra V2 is based on an end-to-end neural audio codec called SoundStream with a “residual vector quantizer” (RVQ) sitting before and after the transmission channel, and that can change the audio bitrate at any time by selecting the number of quantizers to use. Three bitrates are supported: 3.2 kps, 6 kbps, and 9.2 kbps. Lyra V2 leverages artificial intelligence, and a TensorFlow Lite model enables it to run on Android phones, Linux, a…

SiFive HiFive Pro P550 RISC-C motherboard based on Intel “Horse Creek” quad-core SiFive Performance P550 processor will launch this summer with 16GB DDR5 memory, two PCIe expansion slots, Gigabit Ethernet networking, USB 3.x ports, and on-board graphics. Intel Horse Creek platform was first revealed when SiFive unveiled the SiFive Performance P550 64-bit RISC-core with Cortex-A75 class performance in June 2021. The companies then demonstrated an internal Intel Horse Creek board with 8GB DDR5 and PCIe Gen5 at the Intel Innovation 2022 Developer Conference last October, and it looks like the 7nm RISC-V processor will finally be available to developers this summer with the l…

Description The edge kernel for BigTreeTech CB1 was kept back at 6.2 because ws2812 driver was not compiling for 6.3+. This PR brings it up to 6.5 with the fix for compilation issue. As this also removes the need for allwinner 6.2 kernel patches, the same has been removed in this PR as well. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Tested WS2812 driver compiles with 6.5 kernel Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-unde…

Elephants Robotics myBuddy 280, aka myBuddy 280 Pi, is a dual-arm collaborative robot for education with a 7-inch display powered by Raspberry Pi 4 SBC, and also features three ESP32-based M5Stack core modules that help with the internal communication between the motors and the Raspberry Pi board. It builds upon the earlier myCobot 280 Pi robot with a single arm, with the same 280mm working range, but the new robot offers two arms, and a total of 13 degrees of freedom (DoF). The robot is also equipped with two 2MP HD cameras for computer vision, a standard 3.3V expansion I/O interface, a LEGO expansion interface, and can be fitted with a variety of adapters such as sucti…

We’ll be in Frankfurt this Thursday for the AMD Embedded Computing Summit! See a live demo of our AI Magic Mirror for a touchless, real-time experience. View the full article

Description This PR will convert the existing dtb and dtbo patches into dt/overlay directories as in rockchip64 and other families for easier future handling of device trees. Also fixes a weird u-boot bug for device tree overlays and bring full support for R29_MXQ, R2B_MXQ and H20 boards. No other families other than rk322x have been touch by this PR. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Debian Bookworm images built and tested on live machine [x] Compiled current kernel 6.1 and tested on live installation Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to…

u-blox XPLR-IOT-1 explorer kit is an all-in-one IoT evaluation platform with cellular IoT, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy, and GNSS, plus some sensors to evaluate various IoT products and enable proofs of concepts such as logistics container trackers, industrial automation, sensor-to-cloud applications, and fleet management solutions. The device’s main module is the u-blox NORA-B106 with a dual-core Arm Cortex M33 microcontroller and Bluetooth LE 5.2 radio that host the application software and control the other modules, namely the SARA-R510S module for LTE-M and NB-IoT cellular connectivity, NINA-W156 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi module, and the MAX-M10S GNNS module. The XPLR-IOT-1 platfo…

An incredible amount has changed in Mesa and in the Vulkan ecosystems since we wrote the first Vulkan driver in Mesa for Intel hardware back in 2015. Not only has Vulkan grown, but Mesa has as well. View the full article

Description sunxi-5.17: update and switch to version 5.17.11 Checklist: [ ] Test build sunxi [ ] Test build sunxi64 [ ] Test work on the board View the full article

Quantum computing promise a leap in the performance of applications relying upon parallelism using the properties of quantum physics like superposition, interference, and entanglement to perform computation instead of flipping “0” and “1” like traditional transistors. It will be used in scientific simulations, cryptography, machine learning, computational biology, and more. So far, I had seen massive quantum computers in research labs, but companies like Intel and IBM are working on providing quantum processors with hundreds and thousands of qubits that should eventually be found in supercomputers. It’s unclear to me whether we’ll ever see “quantum accelerators” in embedd…

Bumps oras from 0.2.33 to 0.2.37. Release notes Sourced from oras's releases. Oras Python v0.2.37 What's Changed Use correct credsStore/credHelpers binary by @rasmusfaber in oras-project/oras-py#212 Full Changelog: https://github.com/oras-project/oras-py/compare/0.2.36...0.2.37 Oras Python v0.2.36 What's Changed Fix authentication priority: AWS-native -> docker login -> credHelpers -> credsStore by @rasmusfaber in oras-project/oras-py#211 Full Changelog: https://github.com/oras-project/oras-py/compare/0.2.35...0.2.36 Oras Python v0.2.35 What's Changed fix: auth via ECR to be an extra by @tarilabs in oras-project/oras-py#208 Full Changelog: https://git…

I encountered some python path issues when using legacy kernel with edge release. Rock5b Legacy Kernel v5.10 & Ubuntu Kinetic. Debian Bullseye & Ubuntu Kinetic Don't have a /usr/bin/python symlink that points to python2, due to deprecation of Python 2 This breaks some old python scripts etc in linux-headers deb There is also a python-is-python3 that creates a /usr/bin/python symlink pointing to python3 So better to patch the legacy kernel incase cause issues later on. The patchfile is based off radxa kernel linux-5.10-gen-rkr3.4 Note: Any legacy kernel build (version 5.10 and previous) will be effected on a edge release. Sorry if not implemented in correct …

nanopi-r5s: u-boot: pci enum in preboot; disable armbian-led-state nanopi-r5s: u-boot: pci enum in preboot; disable armbian-led-state pci enum in preboot; required for working m.2 when booting some older kernels this board has an overlay (DEFAULT_OVERLAYS="nanopi-r5s-leds") to drive the LEDs, disable armbian-led-state service View the full article