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rockchip-rk3588-legacy: switch to 48-bit virtual address; enable more eBPF/net stuff enable more eBPF/net stuff for Cilium switch to 48-bit virtual addresses, so we're tcmalloc compatible - see https://github.com/cilium/cilium/issues/17467 - see https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/issues/15235#issuecomment-850516622 View the full article

Description Maint. There are few patches that are failing ... :whale:|:hammer:] Problem with ->patches.armbian/drv-rtc-sun6i-Add-Allwinner-H616-support(:1) (+18/-0)[1M] {rtc-sun6i.c}<-: Failed to apply patch /armbian/patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-6.1/patches.armbian/drv-rtc-sun6i-Add-Allwinner-H616-support.patch: [:whale:|:hammer:] STDOUT: patching file "drivers/rtc/rtc-sun6i.c" [:whale:|:hammer:] STDOUT: Hunk #1 succeeded at 389 (offset -7 lines). [:whale:|:hammer:] STDOUT: Hunk #2 FAILED at 858. [:whale:|:hammer:] STDOUT: 1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file "/tmp/tmpftce59g7" what is the best procedure to handle this in new FW? where are re…

Reverts armbian/build#7137 overlay throws a kernel compilation error (??!?) Need to investigate; apologies for the inconvenience :( View the full article

Description Continuation of work on the development of a unified package installation function in the armbian build system. Sometimes we need to install a package as a package file that is located in the local directory. Now the function will independently calculate the package dependencies and install these dependencies and the package file itself. How Has This Been Tested? It is well tested. We can start using this new opportunity. [x] The installation of packages that are not available in the available repositories has been tested. The packages were taken\downloaded from third-party sources. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I…

Description nanopct4 rt5651 sound repeat pinctrl cause problem [ 7.395164] rockchip-pinctrl pinctrl: pin gpio4-0 already requested by ff880000.i2s; cannot claim for 1-001a [ 7.395192] rockchip-pinctrl pinctrl: could not request pin 128 (gpio4-0) from group i2s-8ch-mclk on device rockchip-pinctrl wlan-platdata,bluetooth-platdata is from legacy kernel, it not in mainline kernel (wireless,bluetooth drive by sdio,bluethooth node in dts), now remove it from dts general-add-panel-simple-dsi.patch is a general patch drive DSI lcd display pannel by dts easy, now add this to media edge for some people's need By the way, [board-pbp-fix-wonky-wifi-bt.patch] this p…

Description This PR adds some patches from Collabora and upstream kernel branch and add initial support for opi5 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] OPi5 boots fine [x] SD Card, GMAC, USB, PCIe2, Sata 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 change…

Description As per subject, plus kernel configs have been updated and enabled rtl8xxx untested wifi chips How Has This Been Tested? [x] Kernel patches apply with current kernel [x] Kernel patches apply with edge kernel 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 Currently, dtbo path in boot.ini is wrong. So we cannot load device tree blob overlays for cloudshell2. This commit fix this path in boot.ini How Has This Been Tested? Path was tested and dtbo's are succesfully loaded. 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 View the full article

We’ve written a couple of articles about Time-of-Flight (ToF) technology in recent weeks notably about ranging sensors such as VL53L8 dToF sensor and Toppan hybrid ToF sensor, but Orbbec has used the technology in their Femto camera line designed to capture 3D objects and scenes. The Femto 3D cameras support a depth-of-field (DoF) from 0.2 to 5 meters, multi-camera synchronization, can be used in complete darkness, and are equipped with a 6-Axis IMU tracking sensor for motion tracking. The ToF cameras should find their way into applications for healthcare, warehousing/shipping, autonomous robotics, augmented reality, and other sectors. Three models are available with the …

Description As per subject, fixes the esp8089 driver to allow module remove without errors and leave the hardware in cold state to allow further module insertion. Not a great deal, can even wait after release, but only deal with CSC boards so should not be too worrisome. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Module has been tested [x] Current kernel debian packages compile [x] Edge kernel debian packages compile 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 gene…

Join us at the NürnbergMesse in Nuremberg, Germany, as we take part in Embedded World 2025, one of the largest trade fairs of its kind, and a global platform for the embedded community! View the full article

rockchip-rk3588 edge: bump to 6.7-rc7; add overlays rockchip-rk3588 edge 6.7-rc4: rewrite/rebase patches in the process, MAINTAINERS file patches are dropped rockchip-rk3588 edge 6.7: bump to 6.4-rc7; rebase patches rockchip-rk3588 edge 6.7: add overlay support; add rockchip-rk3588-sata2 overlay rockchip-rk3588 edge 6.7-rc7: update .config, no changes View the full article

orangepi3b: rockchip64/edge 6.5: enable uart2 (debug pins and 40-pin pins 6/8) orangepi3b: rockchip64/edge 6.5: enable uart2 (debug pins and 40-pin pins 6/8) (debug) uart2 has connectors near the usb-c power, but also on the 40-pin pins 6 (tx) and 8 (rx) - don't wire both View the full article

Description Allow to disable boot partition by explicit BOOTSIZE=0. This would help when bootloader known to support rootfs FS. Allow image_size < rootfs_size for (potentially compressed) btrfs. 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] Built compressed btrfs-rootfs image with FIXED_IMAGE_SIZE=$((rootfs_size/2)) and without boot partition 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 corresp…

Today we all read the announcement of Ubuntu's decision to refocus on cloud and IoT activities, dropping Unity 8 to move back to a GNOME-based desktop for the 17.04 LTS. View the full article

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev rosenp@gmail.com View the full article

Description Fix the peripheral aliases to ensure consistent allocation when enabled, so that kernel assignment matches the numbering convention of the SOC. This targets the Allwinner A10 and A20 and ensures, that for example if enabling UART2 exposes it correctly in userspace as ttyS2 rather than dynamically assigning it to the first avaliable ttySx slot. Secondly spidev overlays creates an instance of spidevX.Y based on the bus specified with armbianEnv.txt however it does not correctly configure the corresponding pins into spi mode. To resolve this the individual spi bus overlays have been include in the makefile. The desired bus must be enabled alongside spidev or sepe…

Collabora contributions to the Linux kernel 3.17 View the full article

Dear Armbians, It’s been a month since our last newsletter. We hope you are enjoying our new release! Here are the topics we are working on: Infra We are aware that our primary repository management and rsync servers need serious upgrades, as it takes hours and hours to deliver a release. Past week we have enabled two additional servers and several others are waiting for the upgrade. This will further improve time to deliver updates and new images. Documentation We are working on improving the documentation, focusing on the build framework. The current build framework documentation is largely outdated, which poses a challenge for those unfamiliar with the tool. Builds …

Description This PR fixed usb_host1_xhci port on Orange Pi 5 Plus with edge kernel. We have to use host mode by default since OPi makes the port USB3 host and connect it to USB hub. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build 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

New Cosmos’ DeNova Detect is a wireless natural gas alarm that works with the Amazon Sidewalk network designed for low-power, low-bandwidth IoT devices in and around the house, benefiting from free connectivity thanks to the installation base of Amazon devices such as the Echo Show acting as gateways. DeNova Detect does not require wiring to mains, and the device is expected to achieve an extended battery life of seven years, so customers can choose the optimal location for a gas alarm in their homes without needing to be close to an electrical outlet. There’s no need to have an additional gateway such as with LoRaWAN solutions as well as the customer owns one or more Sid…

Description armbian-install should mask installing to root partition. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Manual run To do: fix labels change executing bit after transferring script to the target. View the full article

Arduino boards have traditionally been programmed with C-like language in the Arduino IDE, but with the Arduino Lab for MicroPython, Arduino added MicroPython to several official Arduino boards. In the words of the Arduino Team, “not an official product yet, an experimental tool”, but I would not be surprised if it becomes an official IDE eventually as the company collaborated with Damien George, the creator of MicroPython, to port the official the virtual machine to a number of Arduino products, and Murilo Polese to develop the Arduino Lab for MicroPython cross-platform IDE for MicroPython. The IDE looks familiar… Oh yes, I see it now, it’s basically the Arduino IDE, b…

Chips may suddenly disappear from the supply chain or get really expensive due to the recurring supply shortage, companies are now designing their PCBs to support multiple chips either selecting drop-in replacements or creating multiple footprints to cater to at least one alternative part. That means one PCB and multiple bill-of-materials are needed to be more resilient to any supply disruption. Radxa did that on the ROCK 3A board for the USB PD circuitry with the ability to use either Injoinic IP2315 or WCH CH224D IC. Those are not pin-to-pin compatible chips, and two circuitry were made for the board requiring two BoMs as it’s not just possible to only replace IP2315 by…

RAKwireless RAK2560 WisNode Sensor Hub is a modular sensor gateway based on the RAK4630 WisDuo Stamp module with Nordic Semi nRF52840 Bluetooth 5.0 LE MCU and Semtech SX1262 LoRa/LoRaWAN transceiver and equipped with two sensor probe ports to connect a range of sensors. It ships with various sensors from a temperature and humidity sensor to a water level sensor, and is designed for outdoor operation with an IP66 design, waterproof probe connectors, and the ability to support a solar panel as the power source. RAK2560 WisNode Sensor Hub specifications: Core module – RAK4630 WisDuo Stamp Module with LoRa/LoRaWAN and BLE 5.0 connectivity through nRF52840 MCU and SX1262 radi…

Description Add latest Linux Mint versions, Virginia and Wilma, to supported hosts. Add virginia and wilma in host-release.sh Add wilma (noble) in prepare-host.sh. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Linux Mint Virginia (xfce) - ./compile.sh build BOARD=orangepizeroplus BRANCH=edge RELEASE=bookworm [x] Linux Mint Wilma (xfce) - ./compile.sh build BOARD=orangepizeroplus BRANCH=edge RELEASE=bookworm Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Description ArmSoM Sige3 is rk3568 version of the sige series boards. It is a board supporting pd negotiation with fusb302, so I add pd negotiation in uboot. This pr depends on https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/236 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.sh BOARD=armsom-sige3 BRANCH=vendor BUILD_MINIMAL=no DEB_COMPRESS=xz KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=noble KERNEL_GIT=shallow BUILD_DESKTOP=yes DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED= DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT=gnome DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG_NAME=config_base Checklist: Please delete options that ar…

Description A bunch of patches did not apply anymore to rk322x/rockchip familes due to small upstream changes. This PR fixes the annoyance. How Has This Been Tested? [x] rk322x family patches apply cleanly for current kernel [x] rockchip family patches apply cleanly for current kernel 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

KiCad 7.0.0 open-source EDA software has just been released with a range of new features from custom fonts to 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse integration to opt-in Sentry crash reporting, and many more. It took over three years between KiCad 5.0.0 and KiCad 6.0.0 announcements, but only a little over a year for the release of KiCad 7.0.0. Did KiCad developers acquire superhuman abilities or did AI get involved in the development somehow? Most probably not, and instead they change the release schedule to a yearly one, so we should get annual releases of the open-source EDA suite going forward, with KiCad 8.0.0 to be released in Q1 2024. Some notable changes to KiCad 7.0 include: Cu…

Description Adjusting XFCE skel to add WindowScalingFactor and few additional monitor cominations. Jira reference number AR-1324 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested on x86 xfce 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 [ ] 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 https://github.com/cli/cli/issues/6175 Jira reference number AR-1318 How Has This Been Tested? [x] apt update 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 Add config and device-trees for rock3c Only for AP6256 versions,not for AIC8800 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. [ ] Can boot [ ] most of the devices on board works well including pcie usb3 Gbit Eth 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 ch…

Description I want to add a ppa to a new appgroup. I need ca-certificates before running apt update or I will get No system certificates available. Try installing ca-certificates.. Log: https://paste.armbian.com/oponabanom 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] apt update success with ppa 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 g…

Dear Armbians, Some fresh news for you! Smaller and Leaner Minimal Images Our minimal images have been further optimized, now featuring the smallest possible footprint while maintaining core OS functionality. We’ve decoupled networking from the main build framework, enabling the use of systemd-networkd, essential for keeping images lean. Network Manager is still present on server and desktop images and an option for those who need it. For more details, refer to our updated Network Management documentation. We have recompiled minimal images for all stable build targets and push out bugfix v24.5.3 update. Armbian on Bananapi F3 We’re working on supporting the Bananapi …

Description set correct boot script for modern kernels add current build target add current build option Jira reference number AR-1200 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generated and booted Focal CLI 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 [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Google Open Source have chosen their second group of winners for the 2023 Google Open Source Peer Bonus Program, and Arnaud Ferraris, Senior Software Engineer at Collabora and Mobian project lead, is among the recipients! View the full article

Description Add support for sd card for Rock 5 (mainline linux) Remove tegra from kernel config Update Linux kernel to rc2 How Has This Been Tested? I builded image and Rock 5 boot up from sd card/emmc and I was able to reboot [x] boot up from emmc [x] boot up from sd card [x] reboot 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 Bumped legacy, current and edge kernel. Legacy - 5.15.127 -> 5.15.130 Current - 6.1.47 -> 6.1.51 Edge - 6.5 -> 6.5.1 Fixed compilation of xradio and as its working fine, disabled cw1200 driver that I added for edge last week. Refreshed kernel configs. Also uwe5622 patches needed for orange pi 3 lts were not being applied as least kernel version was set to 6.0. Moved it back to 5.15. Not sure if it works though will test next week once I receive my orangepi 3 lts. Also for edge kernel, enabled rtw88 based drivers and disabled their corresponding legacy counterparts. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your cha…

Nordic Semiconductor nRF5340 Audio DK is a Bluetooth LE audio development kit that enables better audio quality with LC3 codec, longer playtime, and new features such as Multi-Stream Audio and and Broadcast Audio. Equipped with the nRF5340 dual-core Cortex-M33 SoC, nPM1100 PMIC, and Cirrus Logic’s CS47L63 Audio DSP, the kit can be configured as a True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbud, an LE Audio USB dongle, an enterprise headset, or a broadcast receiver. nRF5340 Audio DK specifications: WiSoC – Nordic Semi nRF5340 dual-core Arm Cortex-M33 multi-protocol microcontroller with support for Bluetooth 5.1 LE, Bluetooth mesh, NFC, Thread, Zigbee, 802.15.4, ANT, and 2.4 GHz propriet…

Description Maintenance View the full article

Collabora has been working with the Raspberry Pi Foundation on various projects including a web browser optimised for the Raspberry Pi. Since the first beta release we have made huge improvements; now the browser is more responsive, it’s faster, and videos work much better (the first beta could play 640×360 videos at 0.5fps, now we can play 25fps 1280×720 videos smoothly). View the full article

Description Fix Raspberry Pi 5 DSI functionality. Context: A display connected to the DSI connector of Raspberry Pi 5 does not work. Dmesg reveals the following information: [ 13.283052] mipi-dsi 1f00118000.dsi.0: deferred probe pending: mipi-dsi: supplier 2.reg_bridge not ready [ 13.283060] platform 1.panel_disp: deferred probe pending: platform: wait for supplier /axi/pcie@120000/rp1/i2c@88000/reg_display@45 The problem could be traced back to a missing I2C Driver. See: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/50963-dsi-display-does-not-work-on-raspberry-pi-5/ Documentation summary for feature / change Add module to kernel configuration: CONFIG_I2C_DESIGNWARE_CORE How …

rockchip64_common: use ttyFIQ0 as default SERIALCON for both legacy and vendor BRANCHes rockchip64_common: use ttyFIQ0 as default SERIALCON for both legacy and vendor BRANCHes View the full article

After over five years of development and collaboration across the Open Source community, mainline Linux support for Rockchip RK3588's video capture hardware has finally landed. View the full article

After a particularly long cycle of over 10 months, GStreamer accumulated many improvements that are now available in the 1.14 release. Here's a look at some of the contributions from Collabora's engineers that we're particularly proud of. View the full article

Description phytium_embedded: update phytium u-boot binary to support 50Mhz SDIO WiFi. Phytium has not open-sourced the u-boot they use, so I have to use the non-free u-boot binary file they provide. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Successfully built. [x] System startup. 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] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Adjusted patching in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c to reflect update in Linux 6.3.13 (EOL) https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/diff/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c?id=v6.3.13&id2=v6.3.12 [ ] 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 new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Enabling Armbian Live patch within build framework by default was not a good idea. Moving it to extensions so we can use it only when making images for Armbian OS. Jira reference number AR-1984 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Make image, boot and see if it works 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 Also update bcm2711 config. Small maintenance issue. How Has This Been Tested? [x] build test on all affected 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 Bumped Allwinner kernels. legacy - 5.15.137 -> 5.15.139 current - 6.1.62 -> 6.1.63 edge - 6.6.1 -> 6.6.2 Updated ov5640 camera patches to fix patch application failure. Also rebased the config files. 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] Both 32-bit and 64-bit kernel builds fine. [X] Tested 32-bit kernel on NanoPi Duo2(H3). All 3 kernels seems to work fine. [X] Tested ov5640 camera with current and edge kernels. Autofocus didn't worked for me, but its possible that I might have damaged my camera by placing something on it. Hav…

Description Rebase action fails to work after bulk security changes. View the full article

Description This reverts commit 8d16d9f8104492bfaf99359ea0118069f1486c2d. which seems to cause problems. View the full article

Introductory talk on libnice (done as part of Collabora's tea time training) View the full article

Description Removed slick-greeter on desktop environments that have gdm3 or sddm installed. Installing slick greeter installs back lightdm as well. On vim4 during first boot with gnome images, lightdm was getting started immediately on boot hiding the firstlogin setup screen. This fixes 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] Tested bookworm gnome image on vim4 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…

Description As per subject, fix rtl8811cu on kernel 6.3 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] Compilation 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 [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 station-m3: move to rockchip-rk3588 family. Add UEFI_EDK2 support for station-m3. Remove the fan control binary file because automatic fan control has been added in this commit. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Almost all hardware functions(HDMI, WiFi, BT, GbE, USB...). [x] System startup. 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 th…

Spotpear’s Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W to Raspberry Pi 3/4 adapters would not exist in a “normal” world of abundance that still existed a little less than 3 years ago. But I suppose extraordinary times require extraordinary adapters… If you have a spare Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W lying around but would rather like getting the ports from a Raspberry Pi 3 or Raspberry Pi 4, Spotpear has designed three adapters that can also be used as USB docks from a computer or mobile phone. The first adapter the “ZERO to 4B” will get you a Raspberry Pi 4-looking SBC with a Raspberry Pi RP3A0 system-in-package (Quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU + 512 MB RAM), and most of the same ports, except only three US…

Over the last few days I've been at the GNOME Developer Experience hackfest in Brussels, looking into xdg-app and how best to use it in Debian and Debian derivatives. View the full article

Once again the NetSurf developers congregated in Cambridge at the Collabora offices where we were made welcome in a nice environment for the event. View the full article

Description As per subject, fix rtl8723du on kernel 6.3, useful until upstream driver get patched How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compilation for kernel 6.3 works [x] Compilation for kernel 6.1 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 [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 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 This hack is needed for Radxa Zero to boot from Kingston eMMC. Foresee eMMC (which is what we used originally) appears to be unaffected. No kernel modification is required, which is explained here. Pinging @rpardini How Has This Been Tested? Several affected users including @lanefu had manually flashed a custom U-Boot with this hack and got board booting. View the full article

rockpro64: bump u-boot to 2024.07; make fancy configs; drop bin size limit as fix landed upstream rockpro64: bump u-boot to 2024.07; make fancy configs; drop bin size limit as fix landed upstream View the full article

MYIR has introduced the MYC-J1028X CPU module based on NXP LS1028A dual Cortex-A72 processor with time-sensitive networking (TSN) support, as well as the MYD-J1028X development board with five Gigabit Ethernet ports, and other interfaces to evaluate the solution. The MYC-J1028X is equipped with 2GB DDR4, 8GB eMMC flash, a 32Kbit EEPROM, and a temperature sensor by default, and exposes all I/Os through a 314-pin MXM 3.0 edge connector. The module also comes with footprints to solder a QSPI NAND Flash, XSPI NOR Flash, and/or ECC memory. Typical applications include industrial routers, industrial control, edge computing, automotive electronics, industrial IoT, and more. MYC-…

It’s not often we come across an Intel Xeon SBC, but that’s just what AAEON EPIC-TGH7 single board computer offers thanks to a choice of Intel Tiger Lake H processors up to the Xeon W-11865MRE octa-core/16-thread processor. So far, we had only written about Tiger Lake H-based COM Express and COM HPC modules from companies such as ADLink, Congatec, and Portwell, and the EPIC-TGH7 is the first proper SBC we’ve seen with the industrial processors. It supports up to 64GB RAM through two SO-DIMM sockets, SATA and NVME storage, offers 2.5GbE and Gigabit Ethernet ports, five video interfaces, eight USB 3.2/2.0 interfaces, and more. AAEON EPIC-TGH7 specifications: Tiger Lake-H So…

Description Add node sprd-mtty to mainline devicetree. And add userspace binary hciattach_opi to enable uart bluetooth. 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: [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 published in downstream modules View the …

Description Jira reference number AR-1342 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build Sid images View the full article

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 6.1.76. How Has This Been Tested? not yet, just committing current work. 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

rkbin-tools: allow using custom rkbin RKBIN_GIT_BRANCH as well as RKBIN_GIT_URL rkbin-tools: allow using custom rkbin RKBIN_GIT_BRANCH as well as RKBIN_GIT_URL notice: the rkbin repo or the bins themselves are not hashed or included in the u-boot version (yet) make sure to avoid caching when building with those custom git/branch (ARTIFACT_IGNORE_CACHE=yes CLEAN_LEVEL=make-uboot) View the full article

rockchip-rk3588: add -Wno-error=address to u-boot CFLAGS so it builds with gcc 12+ rockchip-rk3588: add -Wno-error=address to u-boot CFLAGS so it builds with gcc 12+ this applies to all u-boots in this family this is in addition to the the -Wno-error=enum-int-mismatch needed for gcc 13+ View the full article

Description Addressing cosmetic / warning from locales. Jira reference number AR-1299 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Boot Debian SID minimal image [x] Boot Ubuntu Jammy CLI image [x] Boot Ubuntu Bullseye Gnome 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 modules View the full article

Description We are using this: PRIMARY_INTERFACE="$(ls -1 /sys/class/net/ | grep -v lo | egrep "enp|eth" | head -1)" to detect primary interface. Sometimes it doesn't find proper one. This add additional check. Before: System load: 5% Up time: 11 minLocal users: 2 Memory usage: 14% of 982M IP: 10.0.30.126 CPU temp: 35°C Usage of /: 11% of 28G RX today: Error: No interface matching "--oneline" found in database. After: System load: 5% Up time: 15 minLocal users: 2 Memory usage: 14% of 982M IP: 10.0.30.126 CPU temp: 34°C Usage of /: 11% of 28G …

Without this, when mkimage fails (for example because the boot partition is too small), install.log shows an error like: mkimage: Write only 16310208/17794920 bytes, probably no space left on the device But this does not terminate the build, so the compile script shows no error and an image is generated, but it is unbootable. This runs the script with -e, so when mkimage fails, the script fails, which makes update-initramfs fail, which makes the build fail. 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 image for Orange Pi PC with BOOTFS_TYPE="fat" …

Description Affected: Orangepi 3 LTS and Zero 2 Jira reference number AR-1396 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Opizero2 red led light up at once 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 Minor fixes: limit creation of git-sources.json file to following commands - targets, debs-to-repo-json, gha-matrix and gha-workflow Solve slowness when building Ubuntu Noble images. Fixes #6531 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 Ubuntu noble rootfs creation speed improvement using ./compile.sh BOARD=khadas-vim4 BRANCH=legacy KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no BUILD_MINIMAL=yes RELEASE=noble ARTIFACT_IGNORE_CACHE=yes rootfs. It reduced build time from 26 minutes down to only 8 minutes. Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant…

Description Added arguments --cap-add MKNOD to docker run command to allow losetup -f to create the loop device node. Fixes #6568 GitHub issue reference: https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6568 Jira reference number AR-2132 How Has This Been Tested? Running ./compile.sh build BOARD=odroidm1 BRANCH=current BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no KERNEL_GIT=shallow RELEASE=bookworm 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 [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream…

Description This allows us so successfully boot Armbian, ROCKNIX and Android. How Has This Been Tested? Booted all three systems from SD card with this U-Boot in eMMC. View the full article

Linus has released the 5.4 kernel and Collabora was once again a very active contributor with 12 Collaborans authoring 95 commits while also helping the kernel maintainers by contributing 124 Reviewed-by tags. View the full article

Description Continuing from https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6229 RK repo is dead, moving to pure mainline bump EDGE to 6.10.y disable broken patches update kernel config AR-2015 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Boot device with kernel 6.10.3 [x] Boot device with kernel 6.6.44 Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Another two months and a half have passed, Linux Kernel v4.18 has been released, which means it's time to stop along the way and make a little retrospective. This time around, seven Collaborans have contributed to the kernel, authoring 61 commits. View the full article

shellfmt/.editorconfig: enable trim whitespaces, run shellfmt, no actual code changes shellfmt: bump to 3.6.0 (run with bash lib/tools/shellfmt.sh) .editorconfig: rationalize, remove duplicated logic .editorconfig: add .py stuff I (rpardini) had on my own fork for armbian-next Python development View the full article

Every file system used in production has tools to try to recover from system crashes. To provide a better infrastructure for those tools, our kernel team developed FAN_FS_ERROR, a new fanotify event which monitors error notifications. View the full article

rockchip64/edge 6.3.y: manually fix Radxa E25/CM3 patches, rebase to v6.3.3, update .config fix E25/CM3 patches from https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5165#issuecomment-1560666066 rebase all patches to v6.3.3, archeology for missing mboxes update .config, no actual changes Still trying to keep edge clean & patching working... View the full article

uboot: allow adding/changing uboot CFLAGS with post_config_uboot_target() hook uboot: allow adding/changing uboot CFLAGS with post_config_uboot_target() hook View the full article

ASRock Industrial has just launched the 4X4 BOX 7000/D5 Series mini PCs powered by AMD Ryzen 7000U-Series laptop APUs offering up to eight Zen3+ cores clocked at up to 4.75GHz. The mini PC supports up to 64GB dual-channel DDR5 4800MHz memory and SATA 3.0 plus M.2 NVMe storage, offers four display outputs with one 8K capable HDMI 2.1 port and three DisplayPort 1.4a outputs, five USB ports including two USB4 ports, as well as 2.5GbE and Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity. Two models are currently available, 4X4 BOX-7735U/D5 and 4X4 BOX-7535U/D5, with the following specifications: SoC (one or the other) 4X4 BOX-7535U/D5 – AMD Ryzen 5 7535U hexa-core/1…

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-1690 How Has This Been Tested? Testing is WIP right now. [X] Booted on Nanopiduo2. U-boot reports starting of crust and also shows crust version 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 hav…

Description Jira reference number AR-1639 How Has This Been Tested? [🐳|🔨] dpkg-deb: building package 'armbian-config' in '/armbian/.tmp/work-c83920b4-8982-4007-933f-d08866c61443/tmp.Qoc0Tbqyxh/armbian-config_23.05.0-trunk_all.deb'. [🐳|💥] error! [ Artifact file /armbian/output/debs/armbian-config_23.05.0-trunk--1-SAce33-B21b2_all.deb did not exist, after artifact_build_from_sources(). ] [ ] 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 …

With over 350 patches authored and nearly 200 reviewed and tested in multiple subsystems, 2021 was a great year for Linux kernel development at Collabora. Here is a look at some of our achievements during the year. View the full article

BPI-M2S is a small form factor SBC based on the Amlogic A311D chipset (or s922x, not supported yet): Amlogic A311D (Quad A73 + Dual A53) CPU 4GB LPDDR4 RAM 16GB eMMC Mali G52-MP4 GPU HDMI 2.1 output 2 Gigabit ports 40 pins GPIO 1x USB-A 2.0 1 USB-C (5V power) Not working/tested: 2nd ethernet port MIPI DSI/CSI Description I created a dts from existing A311D board (vim3 and radxa zero2). I use the radxa zero2 u-boot that allows to launch armbian linux kernel for this board. The dts is basic for now, since I'm not an expert with device trees. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Pleas…

Description Minor fix for MGLRU armhf patch on kernel v5.17 and v5.18 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Kernel compilation completes 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

Robustel R5020 Lite is an industrial 5G router with 4G LTE Cat 18 fallback, two Gigabit Ethernet ports and WiFi 5 connectivity, as well as features such as an RS232 or RS485 serial port, wide 12-36V DC power input, and support for an extended temperature range. The company says the R5020 Lite is especially well suited for “Enterprise / SD-WAN applications as a ‘5G managed modem'”, and it can also be used as a backup for fixed line broadband, for primary broadband access, as well as for Industrial IoT (IIoT) applications like industrial automation, autonomous robots, and Smart Transportation applications. Robustel R5020 Lite 5G router specifications: SoC – Undisclosed Sys…

Description Show more informations in first-login Jira reference number AR-1216 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

Description I was checking this Actions workflow https://github.com/armbian/build/actions/runs/8309150018/job/22740183634 and noticed [!] ERROR: failed to detect microarchitecture Reason: RISC-V is not yet supported by kernel-hardening-checker. See https://github.com/a13xp0p0v/kernel-hardening-checker/issues/56 In their README: Supported microarchitectures X86_64 X86_32 ARM64 ARM TODO: RISC-V (issue https://github.com/a13xp0p0v/kernel-hardening-checker/issues/56) How Has This Been Tested? Ran manual in CLI: file=config/kernel/linux-uefi-risc64-edge.config and then if [[ "${file}" = config/kernel/*.config && ! "${file}" =~ riscv ]]; then echo yes; fi Don't …

Next week Collabora will be covering a lot of ground, attending 3 separate events in 3 different time zones: ISC High Performance, Augmented World Expo, and InfoComm! Catch up with us at one of these events. View the full article

Since our previous update on Panfrost, the open source stack for Arm's Mali Midgard and Bifrost GPUs, we've focused on taking our driver from its reverse-engineered origins on Midgard to a mature stack. View the full article

Description hides out hassio interface from IP list improve command verification in displaying recommended commands when using CLI / minimal image, show MOTD right after initial 1st run config How Has This Been Tested? Manual execution of a script. 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] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Key performance improvements and fixes to GStreamer's RTP stack have landed in GStreamer 1.18, due in the coming months. The latest enhancements provide an important boost in throughput, opening the gate to high bitrate video streaming. View the full article

Description As per subject, expecially useful for people that is using docker note: this PR can be squash-merged since there are three commits that all around do the job, no need to keep all three of them in history. How Has This Been Tested? Kernel debs have been produced; people on the forum thread did some testing and they seem happy enough. 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 merge…

Description Hello all, This PR adds support for the Texas Instruments SK-TDA4VM. Features, schematics, and purchase links can be found on the board page[0]. Notable features: 4GB LPDDR4‐4266 with support for inline ECC DisplayPort (v1.4) 4K resolution with MST support and HDMI Two CSI-2 ports compatible with Raspberry Pi 8 TOPS deep learning performance and hardware-accelerated edge AI Three USB 3.0 Type A ports, one USB 3.0 Type C port Gigabit Ethernet and 4x CAN-FD Headers M.2 Key E and M.2 Key M connectors Thanks! [0] https://www.ti.com/tool/SK-TDA4VM Depends on #5686 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build/Boot tested Bookworm CLI/Minimal on Current(v6.1) and Edg…

Description Some users reported bluetooth not working sometimes after reboot. Turns out that sometimes hciattach binary that we use segfaults during reboot. Replacing the binary with the one present in orangepi_build repository as it seems it solves the issue. 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 the user by rebooting their device 5 times. Bluetooth worked fine consistently after every reboot. Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my cod…