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Description Forgot to shift kernel configs for rockchip family when switching current to 6.6 and edge 6.7; done right now. Curiously I noticed this after hitting "buggy" behaviour on rk322x board with several rcu_scheduler debug messages while board was under high load, vnstatd process was often at 100% cpu usage and reading /proc/net/dev file (which is a simple text file with some network interface stats) stalls vnstatd. Turning off eth0 interface solved the problem but of course it was not solution. I shifted the kernel config, recompiled kernel 6.6 and this apparently solved the problem (maybe thanks to CONFIG_NEED_SRCU_NMI_SAFE=y ?) If it is so, the consideration …

Description Fix boot from btrfs fs in uboot 2024.07 (backport patch from uboot.next https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/ee1941e4fec601a8444f49c7dad04ad700d501a6) 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] Compile image and boot from (zstd-compressed) btrfs sole rootfs/bootfs partition Checklist: [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code View the full article

Description phytium-embedded: add .wip support for Phytium PhytiumPi 4GB board. Phytium has not open-sourced the u-boot they use, so I have to use the non-free u-boot binary file they provide. https://www.phytium.com.cn/homepage/phytium_pie/ How Has This Been Tested? [x] Successfully built. [x] System startup. [x] WiFi. [x] Bluetooth. [x] Ethernet. [x] HDMI. 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…

Progress in they VC4 graphics camp and the Wayland camp now enables us to run Weston on top of the drm backend for VC4 platforms. Previously software acceleration using pixman was needed, but this is no longer the case. Let's explore running hardware accelerated Weston on the Raspberry Pi. View the full article

odroidm1 / rk3568-odroid: recover overlays from 6.1; update .config; fix patch dir name I had inadvertently: used wrong naming for the patch folder completely left behind the patches in 6.1 folder when moved to 6.2 made it worse by moving to 6.3 This recovers the patches (confirmed working), updates the .config (no changes), and fixes the patch dir name. View the full article

Description 8822bu would need adjustment for legacy kernels, but we don't need that Jira reference number AR-1179 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test on meson64-legacy [x] Build test on mvebu-legacy [x] Build test on rk322x-legacy [x] Build test on rk35xx-legacy 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 In the case when there are more than one pair of brackets, the regular expression removes the names between the extreme pair brackets. And dependencies cannot be installed. Currently, the syntactic analysis of the resulting dependency string is performed correctly by the installation function itself. A regular expression is not needed here. Checklist: [x] Tested by building a new library package View the full article

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 …

Description 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] I compiled a own build from my repository [x] Booting the system and the system booting up without any error in dmesg 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 [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Innodisk, better known for its embedded storage and memory chips, had announced its intention to turn to the AI market earlier and started with the launch of USB camera modules last month, but the company has gone a step (or two, or three) further with the introduction of the EXMU-X261 FPGA machine vision platform. The EXMU-X261 is powered by an AMD Xilink Kria K26 system-on-module and features HDMI 1.4 video output, Gigabit Ethernet, four USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports for the cameras and other peripherals, as well as two M.2 sockets and a terminal block for expansion. EXMU-X261 specifications: System-on-module – AMD Xilinx Kria K26 FPGA module powered by a Zynq UltraScale+ XCK26 F…

rockpro64: bump u-boot to v2024.04-rc4; use binman-produced bins rockpro64: bump u-boot to v2024.04-rc4; use binman-produced bins mmc-sdhci-allow-disabling-sdma-in-spl.patch has landed in https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/3cd664dc92ca832506f1a4e7769cb5ee6a88137d use binman-produced binaries use flashcp -p to write fast to spi also: bump ATF (TF-A) to lts-v2.8.16 also: enable TCP networking cmds in u-boot also: configure /etc/fw_env.config userspace to SPI env coordinates configure /etc/fw_env.config userspace to SPI env coordinates include libubootenv-tool userspace for fw_printenv and fw_setenv View the full article

Description Current U-Boot compile on SUNXI 32-bit boards comes up with a couple of CONFIG_ redefined warnings. Root cause is allwinner-boot-splash.patch. If CONFIG_VIDEO or CONFIG_DM_VIDEO is defined, then this patch is defining a couple of dependent configs - regardless if those are defined already. Solution Wrap those defines with an appropriate if !defined pattern. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Test 1: Compile for a SUNXI 32-bit board - e.g.: /compile.sh u-boot BOARD=bananapipro BRANCH=current RELEASE=focal BUILD_MINIMAL=yes BUILD_DESKTOP=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no COMPRESS_OUTPUTIMAGE=sha,gpg,7z SYNC_CLOCK=no CREATE_PATCHES=no [x] Test 2: Compile for a SUNXI 64-b…

The TinyLlama x86 retro computer board is designed to run DOS games on a DM&P Vortex86EX 32-bit x86 processor and integrates a MIDI synthesizer based on Raspberry Pi Zero 2 running MT32-Pi firmware. Growing up playing games on 386/486-era computers, Eivind Bohler looked for similar recent hardware to play DOS games and after discovering the 86Duino x86 Arduino-compatible board, he decided to use the SOM-128-EX module powering the board to create the TinyLlama board with a Sound Blaster Pro-compatible Crystal CS4237B sound chip and a MIDI synthesizer. TinyLlama specifications: D&MP SOM-128-EX system-on-module with Processor – DM&P Vortex86EX 32-bit x86 processo…

Description In first run script we show image support status but only in case image is not supported (nightly, self build, edge). We rely on information that is stored in /etc/armbian-distribution-status which is a part of BSP package. Jira reference number AR-1197 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Generated image 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 modu…

Mele PCG02 Pro is a mini PC stick / PC-on-a-stick powered by either an Intel Celeron J4125 Gemini Lake processor or a more recent Celeron N5105 Jasper Lake processor, with support for M.2 NVMe/SSD storage, but only for the Gemini Lake model. The computer is also equipped with 8GB LPDDR4 memory, 128GB to 512GB eMMC flash, two HDMI 2.0 ports capable of driving two independent displays, a Gigabit Ethernet port, WiFi 5 or 6 connectivity, and more. MeLE PCG02 Pro specifications: SoC (one or the other) Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core Gemini Lake Refresh processor @ 2.0 / 2.7 GHz (Boost) with 12EU Intel UHD 600 graphics @ 250 / 750 MHz; 10W TDP Intel Celeron N5105 quad-core Jasp…

Description I'm running ./conmpile.sh on a CentOS7 host with selinux. I got this error when I have a fat32 boot partition: rsync: [receiver] rsync_xal_set: lsetxattr("/armbian/.tmp/mount-9164f469-ce45-41ce-af3d-07556d8996aa/boot","security.selinux") failed: Operation not supported (95) Since we will rsync boot partition later it should be harmless if we just exclude the whole /boot directory. Related issue from other project: https://github.com/RPi-Distro/pi-gen/pull/261 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 success on my selinux enabled cento…

Description Adds LVM support for Armbian. Root partition will be created in an LVM volume group, VG name can be configured. Implements issue #6188. The feature has been tested in all targets I have available. Jira reference number AR-2032 View the full article

The Balthazar Personal Computing Device (BPCD) is an open-source hardware 13.3-inch laptop with a RISC-V, Arm, or FPGA module and designed to be upgradable, expandable, and sustainable. The developers say the laptop is based on a few concepts inspired by the EOMA68 project. The EOMA68 is a CPU module based on the PCMCIA form factor, and an Allwinner A20 EOMA68 module was showcased in a prototype of the Rhombus Tech 15.6-inch Libre Laptop but I don’t think the project was ever manufactured. Balthazar laptop features: SoM with RISC-V, FPGA, or Arm Cortex-A7x processor plus memory and flash Storage – SATA SSD, eSATA connector, microSD card socket Display – 13.3-inch non-glar…

fixes and squash warnings, mid May/'23: All not-eos artifacts & boards now build OK Board/family fixes for non-building stuff mt7623: remove packages/extras-buildpkgs/mmc-utils/debian/rules install that does not exist anymore (should fix bananapir2) no idea where this went... ❓ rootfs/aggregation/helios64: fix: include PACKAGE_LIST_BOARD_REMOVE (and FAMILY version) into rootfs' artifact_input_variables PACKAGE_LIST_BOARD_REMOVE is used only in helios64 board the fact is PACKAGE_LIST_BOARD_REMOVE removes the packages from the rootfs and not from the image (this is a breaking, unwanted, change in aggregation that happened during armbian_next, that should be fixe…

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. [x ] armbianmonitor -m 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 [x ] My changes generate no …

“Adafruit Feather RP2040 with DVI Output Port” is another Raspberry Pi RP2040 board with an HDMI port that can output DVI video signal (no audio) to most TVs or monitors with an HDMI input port thanks to the PicoDVI project. The board builds upon the company’s Adafruit Feather RP2040 with the HDMI port adding just a few dollars. Adafruit Feather RP2040 with DVI Output Port specifications: MCU – Raspberry Pi RP2040 dual-core Arm Cortex M0+ microcontroller ~125 MHz (but it should be overclocked for DVI output) with 264 KB RAM Storage – 8MB SPI flash Video Output – 1x HDMI port for DVI output up to 320×240 or 400×240 resolution with 16-bit pixels, I2C signals to read EDID da…

Enhancing the graphic software stack for the Raspberry Pi. View the full article

Description Maintainace. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Noticed that it breaks on building if this repo is enabled Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

The beauty of Open Source is that we can reuse code written by many other people, keep their authorship, and credit them for their work, without needing to reinvent anything! View the full article

Description sunxi-6.6: switch to v6.6.50, re-extract patches The four patch files were renamed automatically and now correspond to the field in the Subject: line. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Test build arm [ ] Test build arm64 View the full article

The weekend saw some of the NetSurf developers gather once again to do battle against the Red Queen...no, wait. I mean plan and write code. View the full article

Linux 6.0 has just been released by Linus Torvalds: So, as is hopefully clear to everybody, the major version number change is more about me running out of fingers and toes than it is about any big fundamental changes. But of course there’s a lot of various changes in 6.0 – we’ve got over 15k non-merge commits in there in total, after all, and as such 6.0 is one of the bigger releases at least in numbers of commits in a while. The shortlog of changes below is only the last week since 6.0-rc7. A little bit of everything, although the diffstat is dominated by drm (mostly amd new chip support) and networking drivers. And this obviously means that tomorrow I’ll open the merge…

Description Minor fixes to led-conf6, default phase shifting for emmc controller se to 90° instead of 180° that was causing some eMCP to be not detected even in high-speed mode How Has This Been Tested? Quick check directly on a 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-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

We're proud to announce that Whisper is now available in Hindi! With 2,500 hours of Hindi speech data and innovative techniques like Indic Normalization, this model sets a new benchmark for Hindi ASR. View the full article

It's enabled in the Radxa config View the full article

Showcasing two new software demonstrations featuring machine learning, including backend video compression that runs on Panfrost, and a data quality assurance tool designed to integrate into the annotation pipeline. View the full article

UP Squared 2 is a compact single board computer powered by either an Intel Celeron N6210 or Pentium J6426 “Elkhart Lake” processor with up to 16GB RAM, 64GB eMMC flash, 4K capable HDMI and DisplayPort video outputs, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, and more. Slightly smaller than two business cards, the UP Squared 2 is an upgrade of the UP Squared SBC introduced in 2016 with Intel Celeron N3350 or Pentium N4200 “Apollo Lake” processor. The new board offers virtually the same features, except the two HDMI ports, have been replaced by one HDMI port, and one DisplayPort connector, the mini PCIe slot is gone in favor of an M.2 NVMe socket, the Altera FPGA has been removed, and the…

Description Jira reference number AR-1360 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test 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

Description 6.1 vendor kernel is not bootable on opi3b. There is a post in forum: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/36332-orangepi3b-kernel-panic-when-trying-to-boot-with-the-new-vendor-kernel6143/#comment-186436 Opi3b is using mainline uboot for all branches which is not compatibale with vendor kernel's npu, ~so I use radxa's rockchip uboot instead and limit mainline uboot to branch edge~. I find that setting vdd_npu with property regulator-always-on will fix the issue. There is also a missing uwe5622 patch on rk35xx family, which will cause kernel panic of sprdbt_tty kernel module. Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relev…

Description We have disabled this since base-files were downgrading when MESA extension was used. I still down know why this happens, but holding base-files before and unholding after solves the problem. KDE Neon builds and works fine. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generate image and playing around with Checklist: [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description For lichee-pi 4A has pwm-fan node in devicetree such as: fan: pwm-fan { compatible = "pwm-fan"; #cooling-cells = <2>; pwms = <&pwm 1 10000000 0>; cooling-levels = <0 64 192 255>; }; So enable pwm-fan support default with licheepi-4a. And I test it's worked on my licheepi 4a board with 8GB ddr. 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] Test on licheepi 4A board with 8GB ddr Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review …

Monado now has initial support for 6DoF ("inside-out") tracking for devices with cameras and an IMU! Three free and open source SLAM/VIO solutions were integrated and adapted to work on XR: Kimera-VIO, ORB-SLAM3, and Basalt. View the full article

rpi4b/bcm2711: introduce RPI_DEBUG_CONSOLE=yes which at once disables bt, enables uart, and adds ttyAMA0 Enabling uart debug on rpi4b requires a bunch of seemingly unrelated changes. The UART stuff on bcm is a bit cuckoo. View the full article

Description In follow-up to #7183 after the merge of #7127 How Has This Been Tested? [x] build and boot with overlay on bigtreetech pi v1.2 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 [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

rockchip64-edge (6.8.y): enable CONFIG_RTW88_PCI and all the RTW88 PCI cards rockchip64-edge (6.8.y): enable CONFIG_RTW88_PCI and all the RTW88 PCI cards needed for the Tinkerboard-2 (8822CE) didn't touch SDIO or USB ones View the full article

Description We are storing logs at our pastebin server(s). Switching back to primary as secondary is failing. paste.next.armbian.com -> paste.armbian.com How Has This Been Tested? Made one test build with SHARE_LOG=yes which generated logs on paste bin server. 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

Description Jira reference number AR-1602 Closing https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/4943 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build image 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

Linux Torvalds has just announced the release of Linux 6.3 on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML): It’s been a calm release this time around, and the last week was really no different. So here we are, right on schedule, with the 6.3 release out and ready for your enjoyment. That doesn’t mean that something nasty couldn’t have been lurking all these weeks, of course, but let’s just take things at face value and hope it all means that everything is fine, and it really was a nice controlled release cycle. It happens. This also obviously means the merge window for 6.4 will open tomorrow. I already have two dozen pull requests waiting for me to start doing my pulls, and I app…

Actinius Icarus SoM DK development board follows the Arduino Uno form factor and is equipped with the company’s Icacus SoM based on Nordic Semi nRF9160 system-in-package with LTE Cat-M, NB-IoT, and GPS connectivity. The development kit provides an eSIM on the module and an additional Nano SIM socket on the mainboard, Arduino headers for a wide range of I/Os and compatibility with Arduino Shields, a set of user LEDs, reset and user buttons, and a battery charging port. Icarus SoM DK specifications: Icarus SoM SiP – Nordic Semi nRF9160-SICA system-in-package with Arm Cortex-M33 MCU, 1024 KB flash, 256 KB SRAM, and LTE Cat-M1 (eMTC), Cat-NB1 (NB-IoT), and GPS connectivity S…

Dummy_hcd which consists of a software-emulated host controller and a UDC chip. In other words, this means you can play with USB gadgets even if you don't have the appropriate hardware, because your PC can act as both a USB host and a USB device. View the full article

Remove stmmac change from net-phy-Support-yt8531c.patch as its causing 32-bit allwinner boards to hang on boot Description The 32-bit allwinner boards are known to hang with 6.1.30 kernel. On investigation, I was able to narrow the issue down to the above mentioned patch. The patch is supposed to add support for yt8531c, but it was also modifying stmmac ethernet driver to add a fix for realtek chip. This doesn't make sense to me and removing that code solved the issue. Jira reference number AR-1764 How Has This Been Tested? Created an bookworm current image for nanopi duo2 with and without stmmac part removed. [X] Removing the stmmac part of the patch results into bo…

X96Q LPDDR3 Improvements 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. Improvements include EMMC detection Bluetooth LED functionality USB functionality Now boots on edge Miniarch had a much better setup for X96Q than my original, so used those dts files with minimal changes. View the full article

Collabora's Board Farm demo, showcasing our recent hardware enablement and continuous integration efforts, has undergone serious development over the years. Here's a look at notable changes, and improvements, made for Embedded World 2025. View the full article

In my last Panfrost blog post, I announced my internship goal: improve Panfrost to run GNOME3. GNOME is a popular Linux desktop making heavy use of OpenGL; to use GNOME with only free and open source software on a machine with Mali graphics, Panfrost is necessary. View the full article

Googulator's midline kernel repo w/ monka's kernel config View the full article

Description As per description. Jira reference number AR-1751 View the full article

Description Jira reference number AR-1214 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 new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

SONOFF ZBMINI Extreme (aka ZBMINI-L2) is an ultra-compact Zigbee smart switch that can control home appliances and lights without a neutral wire and can fit into almost any mounting box. The tiny wireless switch can fit into the smallest EU-type/86-type/120-type mounting box, and works with gateways supporting the Zigbee 3.0 protocol such as ZBBridge Pro, NSPanel Pro, SmartThings Hub, Amazon Alexa Echo speaker, and so on. It also supports external switches, voice control, eWelink app control, and other features. SONOFF ZBMINI Extreme (ZBMINI-L2) specifications: MCU – Silicon Labs EFR32MG22 Arm Cortex-M33 @ 76.8 MHz Zigbee microcontroller with up to 512 kB flash, up to 32 …

Single Board Computers (SBCs) have revolutionized embedded computing, offering powerful capabilities in compact, low-power packages. However, unlike traditional desktops with their readily swappable hard drives, storage on SBCs comes in various forms, each with its own trade-offs in terms of performance, cost, and reliability. Understanding these differences is crucial for any project, from a simple home automation hub to a demanding edge AI device. microSD cards: the ubiquitous entry point For many, the microSD card is the first encounter with SBC storage. Its low cost and universal compatibility with most boards, including the popular Raspberry Pi series, make it an acc…

Description fix: Fix duplicate nodes for sun50i-h5-orangepi-pc2 board The patch must be registered in the series.conf file Checklist: [x] Test on board View the full article

It's unwanted impurity, don't touch my git config 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. Running on NixOS, current causes fatal error 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 [X] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [X] My changes generate no new warnings [X] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Developing Linux for Android on Qemu allows you to do some things that are not necessarily possible using the stock emulator. For my purposes I need access to a GPU and be able to modify the driver, which is where Virgilrenderer and Qemu comes in handy. View the full article

Description Due to changes in Opi legacy kernel, one out of the tree wireless driver broke down. We have patch it for modern kernel, but for this one another patch or adjustment is needed. This can be done later, but in order to have things build-able, lets disable it. Jira reference number AR-1179 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test 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 [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and…

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 6.1.63. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 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 [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Now we support to download rootfs-cache from Github. NOTE: it seem like that some mirrors is outdated. So we use Github API first. We don't need to care about these mirrors, since we support multi-origin download. How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build 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

The world of AI has made leaps and bounds from what it once was, but there are still some adjustments required for the optimal outcome. With the help of WhisperLive, VoxAI was able to improve its response time and oratory abilities. View the full article

This is a critical fix, without it, all images with extlinux.conf will be broken and will not be able to run the system normally. View the full article

Today, we are delighted to announce a growing collaboration with MediaTek which will enable Collabora to introduce, improve, and maintain MediaTek's IoT Edge AI Genio platforms upstream. View the full article

Backport updates from Linux 6.3. In my testing this has no ill effects on SDIO 8822CS and fixes USB 8821CU dmesg | grep rtw [ 8.684999] rtw_8821cu 4-1:1.0: Firmware version 24.11.0, H2C version 12 [ 9.426555] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtw_8821cu lsmod | grep rtw88 rtw88_8821cu 16384 0 rtw88_8821c 81920 1 rtw88_8821cu rtw88_usb 20480 1 rtw88_8821cu rtw88_core 131072 2 rtw88_usb,rtw88_8821c mac80211 458752 2 rtw88_core,rtw88_usb cfg80211 331776 2 rtw88_core,mac80211 Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my o…

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main-config.sh: workaround: set the default ARCH to arm64 (replacing armhf) main-config.sh: workaround: set the default ARCH to arm64 (replacing armhf) armhf was disabled for some releases and now we get spurious failures building certain artifacts (firmware) Signed-off-by: Ricardo Pardini ricardo@pardini.net View the full article

Sharing latest packages, images or application deployments can be tedious and time-consuming. Mistakes are made very easily when time is not on our side. And as containerized micro-services increase, it becomes challenging to detect integration issues, which can impact release timelines and extend lead time for changes or LTC (Lead Time to Change). Armbian is a community-driven open-source operating system that solves this challenge by providing optimized Debian and Ubuntu Linux images for ARM development boards and ARM-based single board computers. This allows software teams to streamline the development process, speed up release to production, and deploy and maintain…

Description Added a call to losetup -f which would make sure that there is a loop device that exists and available for use. See #6568 Added doas support to is_root_or_sudo_prefix function. I will understand if this change would be asked to be removed, added just because I use doas. Jira reference number AR-2132 How Has This Been Tested? Building using the command ./compile.sh BOARD=orangepi5 BRANCH=legacy BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no KERNEL_GIT=shallow RELEASE=bookworm on my machine. For some reason fails on the first try, creating the device and not finding it, but the second run succeeds. Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevan…

Bumps ossf/scorecard-action from 2.2.0 to 2.3.0. Release notes Sourced from ossf/scorecard-action's releases. v2.3.0 What's Changed :seedling: Bump github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4 from v4.11.0 to v4.13.0 by @​spencerschrock in ossf/scorecard-action#1270 For a full changelist of what this includes, see the v4.12.0 and v4.13.0 release notes :sparkles: Send rekor tlog index to webapp when publishing results by @​spencerschrock in ossf/scorecard-action#1169 :bug: Prevent url clipping for GHES instances by @​rajbos in ossf/scorecard-action#1225 Documentation :book: Update access rights needed to see the results in code scanning by @​rajbos in ossf/scorecard-action#1229 …

New boards & fixes; this de-media-fies the khadas-edge2 khadas-edge2: switch to rockchip-rk3588 legacy kernel add bluetooth-hciattach for working bluetooth most of the work done by @monkaBlyat mekotronics (all boards): use new bluetooth-hciattach extension for out-of-the-box working bluetooth rock-5a: add support for Rock-5A, WiP, using rockchip-rk3588 - by @monkaBlyat bluetooth-hciattach: new generic extension to facilitate adding hciattach systemd service, given the correct params this is not specific to rk3588 and can be reused by others View the full article

odroidhc4: bump to u-boot v2024.04; drop most defconfig patches in favor of hooks odroidhc4: bump to u-boot v2024.04; drop most defconfig patches in favor of hooks add pre_config_uboot_target hook for switching BOOTCONFIG across the two targets adapt UBOOT_TARGET_MAP to not call the defconfig Makefile targets directly, instead, just do a variable assignment (ignored by Make) otherwise, when using the defconfig directly in the UBOOT_TARGET_MAP, the post_config_uboot_target .config changes are overwritten when Make is called only patch left is boot usb-nvme-scsi/sata first (still done in meson64.h) remove FIP handling from family file meson-sm1.conf into board file hoo…

Description Resolving 3d and multimedia extensions confusions. Replacement for: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/extensions/mesa-oibaf.sh https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/extensions/rk-multimedia-amazingfate.sh https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/extensions/rk-panthor.sh and custom one: https://github.com/armbian/os/blob/main/userpatches/extensions/amazingfated-rk3588.sh How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Made all test images with enabled extension Checklist: [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Gustavo Noronha helps break down C++ and shows how that knowledge can open up new possibilities with Rust. View the full article

Making its debut this week at Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Long Beach, ElectricMaple is an innovative project by Collabora and PlutoVR designed to enhance standalone XR experiences through remote-rendering. View the full article

Description Instead of requesting to install gcc-or1k-bin package unconditionally, request it only when building images with crust support. Also consolidated crust related configuration into a separate file. Jira reference number AR-1786 How Has This Been Tested? [X] ./compile.sh DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE="debian:bullseye" BOARD=nanopineo works as it doesn't need crust support [X] ./compile.sh DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE="debian:bullseye" BOARD=nanopiduo2 fails as it bullseye doesn't include gcc-or1k-bin package and hence reported as unsupported system [X] ./compile.sh BOARD=nanopiduo2 works as default release is jammy that has the required package Checklist: [X] My co…

armbian-desktop/aggregation: introduce DESKTOP_COMMON aggregation variant, where arch/config/appgroups are ignored; see #5439 (re-submitted) armbian-desktop/aggregation: introduce DESKTOP_COMMON aggregation variant, where arch/config/appgroups are ignored; see #5439 (re-submitted) this has been tested with complete/default targets and works View the full article

And fixing the "Adding a module" documentation... It still will require a full fledged guide at some point, though. View the full article

rockchip-rk3588 6.8.y: nanopct6: Add NanoPC T6 SPI Flash (v6.8.y version) rockchip-rk3588 6.8.y: nanopct6: Add NanoPC T6 SPI Flash (v6.8.y version) View the full article

Arduino has launched the MKR IoT Carrier Rev2 board for Arduino MKR boards with a Bosch SensorTech BME688 4-in-1 pressure, humidity, temperature, and gas sensor replacing the HTS221 humidity sensor and LP22HB barometric pressure sensor, and the LSM6DSOX taking the place of the LSM6DS3, among other some other small changes. First sold as part of the Arduino Oplà IoT Kit, the Arduino MKR IoT Carrier eventually became available on its own in February 2021 offering a display, sensors, and I/Os for Arduino MKR boards with wireless connectivity. The company has now introduced a second revision for the Arduino MKR IoT Carrier with new sensors and repositioning of some of the com…

Distec BoxPC Pro NPA-2009 is an embedded Box PC powered by a Celeron 6305E, Intel Core-i3 1115G4E, Core i5-1145G7E, or Core-i7-1185G7E Tiger Lake processor that offers both V-by-One and eDP interfaces to connect to high-resolution displays. The system supports up to 64GB RAM, NVMe stoage, dual Gigabit Ethernet, and optional WiFi and cellular connectivity, and is suitable for info terminals, medical equipment, and transportation applications. Distec BoxPC Pro NPA-2009 specifications: Tiger Lake SoC (one or the other) Intel Core i5-1145G7E (default) quad-core/8-thread processor @ 1.50 GHz / 4.10 GHz (Turbo) with 80 EU Intel Iris Xe Graphics; TDP: 12W to 28W Intel Core i7-…

The MNT Pocket Reform, a smaller version of the MNT Reform laptop, with a 7-inch display has just launched on Crowd Supply with an NXP i.MX8M Plus system-on-module, but also compatible with an NXP Layerscape LS1028A module, Raspberry Pi CM4, Pine64 SOQuartz, and an AMD Kintex-7 FGPA module. The open-source modular laptop also comes with a 128GB eMMC flash, 8GB RAM, WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity on-module, an optional 1TB NVMe SSD, a backlit 60-key mechanical keyboard with an optical trackball and four buttons, a micro HDMI port to connect an external display, a few USB ports, and Ethernet through an ix industrial connector. MNT Pocket Reform specifications: SoM – …

A while back I presented USB 2.0 host support that was added to U-boot for the Radxa Rock-5B RK3588 Rockchip board. This time, USB 3.0 was added with support for the host and gadget. View the full article

We're releasing Armbian Imager 2.0. We rebuilt the whole thing, the interface and the flashing engine underneath it. The part you'll notice first: your board boots already set up. Username, password, Wi-Fi, timezone, language. You tell Imager once, it writes that into the image, and the board comes up configured on first boot. No monitor, no keyboard, none of that blind first login. Set it up once. It configures itself.This is the big change in 2.0. You build a profile in settings: username and password, an SSH key, your Wi-Fi network and country code, timezone, locale, shell. Imager writes it straight into the image's filesystem while it flashes. Power on the board, it r…

Description Hotfix for rk3399 targets which use the default configuration cannot boot because usbplug loader has been used in place of miniloader. I can confirm the current images don't boot because I tried a bookworm minimal image from download page for Orange Pi 4 LTS (https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-4-lts/) and it didn't get past the ddrbin. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Built OrangePi4 LTS image from scratch and tested on board Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code View the full article

KIOXIA Corporation, previously known as, Toshiba Memory Corporation, has started sampling of the XFMEXPRESS XT2 removable PCIe/NVMe storage device compliant with XFM DEVICE Ver.1.0-standard with dimensions of just 18×14 mm. The new storage standard and device are mostly designed for space-constrained applications ranging from ultra-mobile PCs to IoT devices and various embedded applications that may require fast, removable storage. We do not have the full specifications for the XFMEXPRESS XT2, but here are the highlights: Host interface – PCIe 4.0 x 2 lanes, NVMe 1.4b interface with similar performance to M.2 SSDs Removable storage similar to microSD card Dimensions 18 x …

Description Enabled CONFIG_RCU_TRACE as a workaround to fix booting 6.1.64 kernel on 32-bit allwinner boards. Edge kernel is not having this issue and hence workaround was not added for the same. 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] Booted on Orange Pi Zero (sun8i H3) 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…

Vecow EAC-5000 is a rugged AI computing system powered by NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Orin 32GB or 64GB system-on-module designed for advanced edge AI applications such as in-vehicle computing, robotic control, machine vision, intelligent video analytics, and mobile robots. The embedded computer delivers up to 275 TOPS of AI performance thanks to the NVIDIA module, supports up to eight GMSL2 cameras, various wireless connectivity options with 6 antennas, 9V to 50V wide range DC power input, and operates in the -20°C to 70°C temperature range. Vecow EAC-5000 specifications: System-on-Module EAC-5000-R32 – NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 32GB with CPU – 8-core Arm Cortex-A78AE v8.2 64-bit p…

This week we merged support for the VK_EXT_image_drm_format_modifier extension in NVK, the new open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware. We've also back-ported the code to the Mesa 24.1 staging branch, part of the upcoming Mesa 24.1 release. View the full article

Introducing new common code for Mesa Vulkan drivers to support a new Vulkan extension, making it easier for app and game authors to manage Vulkan state - and easier for our drivers too. View the full article

Collabora's involvement in Open Source XR development continues to grow today as we welcome the libsurvive project, the open source lighthouse tracking system, into the fold! View the full article

Software engineering, quality assurance, project management, and Finance are all looking for great and talented people. Please check us out. https://www.collabora.com/about-us/careers.html View the full article

rpardini's bag-of-stuff incl fixes - early June/'23 I'm back at it, fixing and breaking stuff. Fixing: prepare-host: check_host_has_enough_disk_space(): don't check if dir does not exist; fixes #5246 distro-agnostic: don't assume armbian.list exists when seding for beta pipeline: repo-reprepro: run clearvanished & check before adding to repo Breaking: BREAKING CHANGE: patches failing to apply now break the build. fixes #4958 also break on legacy process_patch_file() failure, remove EXIT_PATCHING_ERROR repo: split image apt .list deployment into image-early (after rootfs extract, before building) and image-late (after building) rationale: having the re…

Bumps actions/checkout from 3 to 4. Release notes Sourced from actions/checkout's releases. v4.0.0 What's Changed Update default runtime to node20 by @​takost in actions/checkout#1436 Support fetching without the --progress option by @​simonbaird in actions/checkout#1067 Release 4.0.0 by @​takost in actions/checkout#1447 New Contributors @​takost made their first contribution in actions/checkout#1436 @​simonbaird made their first contribution in actions/checkout#1067 Full Changelog: https://github.com/actions/checkout/compare/v3...v4.0.0 v3.6.0 What's Changed Mark test scripts with Bash'isms to be run via Bash by @​dscho in actions/checkout#1377 Add option to fe…

Dear Armbians, Here are the latest updates! Device Support, Enhancements, and Progress We’re excited to announce the addition of support for several new devices, including Khadas VIM1S, VIM4, TI AM26, and Licheepi 4a. To enhance user experience, all Khadas images are now available in their “oowow” format, streamlining the installation process. Bananapi M5 and M2PRO users can look forward to numerous fixes that enhance stability and performance. Updates for the Thinkpad X13s have transformed it into a highly usable device. Additionally, thermal support for Opi4 has been fixed, eliminating issues with high-load operation. Our latest release introduces overlays for the A…

Description meson: branch current and legacy support HDMI How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build and burn 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

Description sunxi-5.19: Initial state for megous patches Checklist: [ ] Test build for sunxi [ ] Test build for sunxi64 View the full article

Description These two blob files have been in repo armbian/rkbin for a long time: armbian/rkbin#8. I test them on rock-3a today. Should be okay to update. 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 on rock-3a 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 merged and publish…

Description This merge request implements an official support for OLIMEX Teres-A64 by Armbian and assigns myself as the maintainer. Solves the following issues: OS breaking after reboot that is currently present on the weekly builds No audio (Solved through including needed packages and updating debian and community olimex wiki) No active maintainer Removes bloatware introduced from armbian-firmware Before Merge Checklist (Reviewer) [ ] Continuous Deployment [ ] Add weekly build for: [ ] minimal stable debian CLI e.g. BOARD=olimex-teres-a64 BRANCH=current RELEASE=bookworm BUILD_MINIMAL=yes BUILD_DESKTOP=no KERNEL_ONLY=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no [ ] Debian testing …

AAEON’s UP Bridge the Gap community has partnered with Intel to release two robotic development kits based on either UP Xtreme i11 or UP Squared 6000 single board computers in order to simplify robotics evaluation and development. Both robotic development kits come with a four-wheeled robot prototype that can move omnidirectionally, sense and map its environment, avoid obstacles, and detect people and objects. Since those capabilities are already implemented, users can save time and money working on further customization for specific use cases. Key features and specifications: SBC UP Squared 6000 SBC – Recommended for power efficiency and extended battery power SoC – Inte…

Description On my samsung TV, Rock 5b disconnects the CEC communication after TV restart. This patch fixes that. 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 ] Rock 5b using Samsung TV 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 [x ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x ] My changes generate no new warnings [x ] Any dependent changes have been merged and pub…