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With 11 engineers authoring, reviewing and testing nearly 170 patches for this latest release, Collabora ranked 8th in the list of most active employers by lines changed, sharing ranks with some of the prominent employers in Linux kernel development. View the full article

Differences between pkg-config variables, the use of AX_PKG_CHECK_MODULES, and what to include in custom variables. automake and autoconf snippets are provided View the full article

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

Lolin S3 is the first ESP32-S3 board from the company, but instead of using the more compact D1 mini form factor, the board features a longer design with two rows of 20 pins offering up to 31 GPIOs. Based on ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 module, the board features 16MB QSPI flash, 8MB SPRAM, two USB Type-C OTG and UART ports, a Lolin I2C port, an RGB LED, as well as Reset and user buttons. Lolin S3 specifications: Wireless module – ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 module with: Espressif Systems ESP32-S3 dual-core Tensilica LX7 @ up to 240 MHz with vector instructions for AI acceleration, 512KB RAM, 2.4 GHz WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 5.0 LE with support for long-range, up to 2Mbps data rate, mesh networking…

Description This code have 2 issues. The argument -f ${binary:Package} will be treated as varibale. So the command is incorrent and output nothing to stdout. But debsums will check all package when we don't specify any package. So it happens to work. What's more, when we silense it by default (#4080) , we leave a } after '>/dev/null 2>/dev/null'. It's really strange how it can work. lol 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 documen…

The FNIRSI 1013D is a dual-channel flat-panel oscilloscope with a rich set of features. It is cost-effective and useful to people in the maintenance and R&D industries. Although it has been on the market for a few years, I purchased one, and I decided to introduce it and disassemble it to check out the hardware design. FNIRSI describes its oscilloscope as “small and portable”, so I assume it should include a lithium battery, a TFT LCD screen, a processor to handle the display, and another chip to process the digital signals. Let’s take it apart first to find out. FNIRSI 1013D oscilloscope unboxing FNIRSI 1013D package content: 1x FNIRSI 1013D oscilloscope 2x 100MHz ma…

meson64-6.1 - rebased patches 3 were mainlined: JetHub device was mainlined 👏 ODROID's hack for pwm1_enable was re-done differently in mainline few fixes for overlays etc rebased @adeepn clock phase patches [ ] please review? should be simple but there were conflicts I resolved switch current to 6.0 (please also merge #4546 for consistency/patch formatting) Tested devices: [x] Khadas VIM3 [x] Khadas VIM3L [x] Radxa Zero [x] Radxa Zero2 [x] ODROID N2 [x] ODROID HC4 [x] S912 (not-really VIM2) View the full article

Hello Armbian Community, We are already in May! As we approach the code freeze, we begin the bug-hunting phase, with all our efforts focused on one final check. Our primary focus is on the boards that our vendors assist us with, labelled as platinum support. We apply the same level of service to “supported” boards, but we carry the biggest burden of board maintenance. If we still have time, at the end of the process, we will also evaluate the status of boards that are still in development and those that we have officially deemed as unsupported. We are continuing with the development and testing of our CI! It has been completely rewritten to significantly improve the re…

mekotronics-r58x-4g: enable pcie3x4 and nvme boot for vendor u-boot mekotronics-r58x-4g: enable pcie3x4 and nvme boot for vendor u-boot switch back from rockchip#next-dev to radxa#next-dev add patch with defconfig and kernel-derived dtb NVMe boot works USB3 boot doesnt View the full article

Description JetHome: fix u-boot patches for rescue button. Applies only to JetHub devices Jira reference number AR-2081 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] Fixed JetHub D1/D1+ [ ] Test B Checklist: [X] 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 modu…

Description Add panthor support to rockchip-rk3588-edge with panthor v6 patch. [x] gpu node is enabled for rock5b by collabora's patch [x] ubuntu user can use mesa from oibaf's ppa 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 kernel BOARD=rock-5b BRANCH=edge DEB_COMPRESS=xz GHCR_MIRROR=dockerproxy GITHUB_MIRROR=ghproxy KERNEL_GIT=shallow [x] panthor works on rock5b 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 c…

Description Adds the Radxa E20C board, which is based on the Rockchip RK3528 SoC. U-Boot config from https://github.com/radxa/u-boot/commit/5202c429714e34dcaeb6ea2a76822fb8447e1409 Depends on https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/231 (which, as of writing, is not merged) How Has This Been Tested? [x] Boots (from microSD) [x] USB serial via debug port works (see note) [x] LAN port works (RK3528 Ethernet) [x] WAN port works (RTL8168 Ethernet) [x] Debug USB-C port works (can run USB gadgets) [x] USB-A port works (can use USB devices) [x] User button works (via /dev/input/event0) [x] LED control works (via /sys/class/leds) [x] eMMC access works Not tested: RKMPP…

This week's work centers on a large-scale kernel CVE backporting program for the 6.1 and 6.12 LTS series, a CPU tuning and frequency framework overhaul, and sustained board, SoC, and vendor-kernel maintenance across the Rockchip, MediaTek, and Allwinner ecosystems. The CVE effort dominates activity, with more than one hundred reviewed backport sets landing across 6.1 and 6.12 covering networking (mac80211, cfg80211, Bluetooth, netfilter, mlx5, stmmac), filesystems (btrfs, f2fs, ext4, smb client, ksmbd), virtualization (KVM SVM/SEV, vhost, virtio), graphics (amdgpu, i915, vc4, msm), and core subsystems (bpf, mm, io_uring). Supporting this is a new fasttrack CI pipeline wit…

DepthVista is a USB Time-of-Flight (ToF) camera designed for precise 3D depth measurement in close range mode (1.2m) and person and/or object detection in far-range mode up to 6 meters away. This ToF camera combines a 3D depth camera capable of 640 x 480 @ 30fps, and an Onsemi AR0234 color global shutter sensor supporting HD and FHD at up to 30fps, plus an 850nm VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser) for safety and the ability to operate in complete darkness. e-con Systems’ DepthVista (See3CAM_TOF_25CUG) specifications: Depth camera 3D camera technology: Time-of-Flight Depth range Near mode – 0.2m to 1.2m Far mode – 1m to 6m Illumination: 850nm pulsed laser (Indoo…

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

A Coruña, Spain - December 7-10, 2014: Collabora are pleased to be sponsoring and attending the upcoming Web Engines Hackfest, which will bring together members from all parts of the Web Platform community. View the full article

Description Back in the days we were using internal parallel executing. This feature is not maintained nor used anymore as we are using CI functionality for parallel execution. This commit removes last leftovers. Jira reference number AR-1073 How Has This Been Tested? Just files and one if sentence removal. No need. 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…

SolidRun has launched two SolidWAN Linux-based system-level solutions for software-defined wide area networks and network security applications with the SolidWAN Single LX2162 based on NXP LX2162 16-core Cortex-A72 SoC designed for small offices (SoHo) and SMBs, and the SolidWAN Dual LX2160 equipped with two NXP LX2160A 16-core Cortex-A72 networking processors targetting enterprise and edge data center applications. SolidWAN Single LX2162 Hardware specifications: SoC – NXP Layerscape LX2162A 16-core Arm Cortex A72 processor @ up to 2GHz System Memory – Up to 32GB DDR4 Storage – 8GB eMMC flash, MicroSD card slot Networking 8x dedicated Gigabit Ethernet ports 2x SFP 10GbE c…

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

Everactive has launched a batteryless IoT devkit to let engineers evaluate its ultra-low-power energy harvesting solution and the Evernet wireless protocol for the “Hyperscale” Internet of Things. The kit is comprised of two environment sensors (ENV+ Eversensor) with a low-light photovoltaic harvester, one USB Evergateway, and an unlimited number of accounts to the Everactive developer console for data visualization. The ENV+ Eversensor features temperature, humidity, and pressure sensors, as well as a 3-axis accelerometer, supports the Evernet IoT protocol, and instead of using a battery for power, the device relies on a photovoltaic cell that provides enough energy for …

CNX Software’s Giveaway Week 2022 has just ended, and it’s time to announce the winners. Just like last year, some companies added to the review samples I offered with Rakwireless and ELECFREAKS offering a LoRaWAN devkit and an educational robot respectively. If you check out the photo of the items given away below you’ll find quite more than seven because the SONOFF NSPanel kit includes four Zigbee modules, and more importantly, we also organized a parallel giveaway week on CNX Software Thailand with small boards such as the Raspberry Pi Zero W or XIAO BLE. We had eight winners on CNX Software: NanoPi R5S gateway – Ingmar, GERMANY e-con Systems e-CAM20_CURB camera – John…

Description During the investigation of the issue, was found that the rk3399-rock-pi-4.dtsi file had undergone significant changes, which created a mess in the code during the patch application and unstable pcie operation. &pcie0 { ep-gpios = <&gpio4 RK_PD3 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; num-lanes = <4>; max-link-speed = <1>; pinctrl-names = "default"; pinctrl-0 = <&pcie_clkreqnb_cpm>; vpcie12v-supply = <&vcc12v_dcin>; vpcie3v3-supply = <&vcc3v3_pcie>; status = "okay"; }; &pcie_phy { status = "okay"; }; &pmu_io_domains { status = "okay"; pmu1830-supply = <&vcc_3v0>; }; &pcie_phy { status = "okay"; }; …

Just over a year has passed since the futex_waitv() syscall, part of the new futex2 systems calls, landed in Linux 5.16. But why are both needed? What role do they play in the context of gaming on Linux? Let's find out. View the full article

Octavo Systems OSD62x is a system-in-package (SiP) combining the Texas Instruments AM62x processor with LPDDR4 RAM, EEPROM, power management, oscillators, and passive components, plus optional features such as an RTC and an 8-channel ADC. At least that’s true for the OSD62x Max Integration SiP (22×22 mm BGA), but Octavo Systems also have a smaller 14x9mm package called the OSD62x Size Optimized with “just’ the AM62x processor, LPDDR4 memory, and passive components. OSD62x “Max Integration” specifications: SoC – Texas Instruments AM62x (AM623/AM625) CPU – Up to 4x Arm Cortex-A53 @ 1.4GHz MCU – Arm Cortex-M4F GPU – 3D graphics up to 2048×1080 @ 60 fps (AM625 only) Storage I…

Released earlier this week, Linux Kernel 6.3 brings thousands of new lines of code to improve the core kernel, architectural support, networking and filesystems. View the full article

Description Bump u-boot version to v2022.10 and refreshed the u-boot-sunxi patches wherever needed. I had to remove the add-zeropi.patch as the support already seemed to be there in upstream u-boot. I was not able to check all the supported functionality of zeropi though as I don't have the board myself How Has This Been Tested? [X] Checked that all patches gets applied successfully [X] Tested by booting on nanopiduo2 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…

Adjusted patching in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac80211.c and drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c to reflect update in Linux 6.4.4 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/diff/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac80211.c?id=v6.4.4&id2=v6.4.3 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/diff/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c?id=v6.4.4&id2=v6.4.3 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 …

Description Internal switch change. View the full article

rockchip64 + rk3568-odroid / edge 6.6: update montjoie's rk crypto v2 patches to crypto-rk3588-03-10-2023 rockchip64 + rk3568-odroid / edge 6.6: update montjoie's rk crypto v2 patches to crypto-rk3588-03-10-2023 View the full article

Description Move tv-box based rk3318-box and rk322x-box target to use u-boot v2024.07-rc5 from v2024.01, mostly for experimentation and also because v2024.07 contains some fixes for rockchip devices explained in this previous PR: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6731, in particular we can leverage uboot relocation for rockchip 64 bit devices and rk3328 hdmi/vop/phy drivers are now mainlined. This PR also rework hdmi/vop/phy patches for rk322x and fixes usb issues on rk3318-box The changes does not affect any other board, since none of them actually use v2024.07 of uboot (at the moment of writing the comment, it is still in RC5). The v2024.07 patch directory has bee…

An AI-assisted side project turned a missing KDE tablet feature into a working handwriting mode, combining open source recognition, stylus input, and human-led debugging across an unfamiliar software stack. View the full article

Description Preparing for sunxi EDGE migration to version 5.18 Checklist: [x] Test build ./compile.sh KERNEL_VERSION_LEVEL=5.18 KERNELSWITCHOBJ=v5.18 View the full article

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

libnice upstream improvements done at Collabora View the full article

At the beginning of the year, we wrote about WCH CH32V307 RISC-V microcontroller and a development board with 8 UART ports controlled over Ethernet. I’ve now been informed of a similar, but much more compact by VCC-GND Studio named “YD-CH32V307VCT6”. Besides the 144 MHz RISC-V microcontroller, the board features a 10Mbps Ethernet port, two USB Type-C ports, SPI flash, EEPROM, a microSD card socket, and four rows of 24 pins each for a total of 96 pins exposing all pins out of the LQFP100 package. YD-CH32V307VCT6 board specifications: MCU – WCH CH32V307VCT6 32-bit RISC-V microcontroller @ 144 MHz with 256K Flash, 64K SRAM Storage – 32Mbit SPI NOR flash (W25Q32), 64kbit EEPR…

Description As the tittle. Solution / workaround = attach it to last known working commit id. Jira reference number AR-1282 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested with 5.4.y and 5.19.y 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

fixing the creation of correct partition numbers for EFI. View the full article

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The PineTab-V is a RISC-V tablet, or rather a tablet development kit, based on StarFive JH7110 quad-core RISC-V SoC, and with the same design as the upcoming Arm-based PineTab2 tablet that’s scheduled to launch on April 11. Pine64 just launched the Star64 single board computer to help with software development on Linux-capable RISC-V hardware, and they took the opportunity to lay out a tablet board based on the same JH7110 to replace the Rockchip RK3566 board found in the PineTab2, so eventually, a working sample should look like that… PineTab-V preliminary specifications: SoC – StarFive JH7110 with CPU – Quad-core 64-bit RISC-V (SiFive U74 – RV64GC) processor @ up to 1.5…

Description CSC target, not tested on hardware View the full article

Create a overlay_prefix to h616 for orangepizero3. Description There are no overlays nor fixup scripts for h618. Since the orangepizero3 is i/o hardware identical to the orangepizero2, it makes sense to just point the zero3 to the zero2 overlays. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? An image for orangepizero3 with this change was generated. It ran the fixup script on boot. Armbian-config -> System-> Hardware was used to enable an spidev. On reboot the overlay was loaded. 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…

With adversity comes the need to rise to the challenge. As the tech climate continues to shift, our talented new joiners have readily jumped in to advance the open source mission. View the full article

Description The app icon of armbian-config is broken for a long time, fix it. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Just editing ~/.local/share/applications/armbian-config.desktop, and see armbian-config icon from app menu of gnome3. 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 a…

Description Support partner. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Was reported as working good. Checklist: [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Add a patch series to support VEPU121/VPU121, which mainly enables hardware decoding for H.264. It can also decode MPEG2 and VP8 as well as do JPEG encoding. Usually I am against bloating the kernel with patches since it makes it more difficult to maintain. But having access to the RK3588's H.264 decoder is really useful for day to day tasks. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Needs some testing View the full article

Description We really, really don't need to keep legacy factory Allwinner wonder SDK 4.9.y in our framework. Jira reference number AR-2399 How Has This Been Tested? [x] CI Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description added support for board core3566 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] vendor kernel 6.1 with ubuntu 24.04, server build. OK, with eth works. [x] edge kernel 6.10 with ubuntu 24.04, server build. Failed to boot. Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [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 publish…

JetHome (Shenzhen JetHome Technology Co.) donated a build server for Armbian. The server compiles Armbian images, kernels and U-Boot packages. Thank you, JetHome. HW Specifications CPU 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 6148, 80 threads Memory 384 GB Storage 3.84 TB SSD, plus 20 TB of disk Network 2 × 1 Gbit/s, bonded Build runners 40 That is about a tenth of the fleet's capacity, running up to 3 kernel or 40 full image builds at once. The server also remembers work it has already done: Compiled code is reused. A rebuild takes under a minute instead of three.Software packages are downloaded once and shared by all 40 b…

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

Morpheans ShaRPiKeebo is a portable Linux computer based on Raspberry Pi Zero W or Zero 2 W SBC that reminds me of the Allwinner R8 powered PocketCHIP handheld computer that was introduced in 2016, and was quite popular (for a niche product) at the time. The ShaRPiKeebo comes with a physical QWERTY keyboard, a daylight-readable screen, and Wi-Fi & Bluetooth connectivity, but also adds a 433 MHz LoRa radio that should make it usable as an off-the-grid communicator. Just like PocketCHIP, the ShaRPiKeebo can be used for system administration, retro-gaming, pen testing, STEM education, and all sort of maker projects. ShaRPiKeebo specifications: Supported SBCs via 40-pin G…

For many, June 21, day of the Solstice, is a day of celebrations. At Collabora, we're also celebrating, as we take a moment to welcome all the newest members of our engineering and administration teams who've joined over the last year! View the full article

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

Description Fixing: cat: /home/runner/.gitconfig: No such file or directory How Has This Been Tested? Manual execution 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 full article

Fixes Ethernet initialization issue. Description Ethernet MAC was not being set from the hardware serial number. Bumping the version of U-Boot to the latest version fixed this 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] Compiled and booted via SD 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 depende…

Sphery vs. shapes is an open-source 3D raytraced game written in C and translated into FPGA bitstream that runs 50 times more efficiently on FPGA hardware than on an AMD Ryzen processor. Verilog and VHDL languages typically used on FPGA are not well-suited to game development or other complex applications, so instead, Victor Suarez Rovere and Julian Kemmerer relied on Julian’s “PipelineC” C-like hardware description language (HDL) and Victor’s CflexHDL tool that include parser/generator and math types library in order to run the same code on PC with a standard compile, and on FPGA through a custom C to VHDL translator. More details about the game development and results a…

We started the review of GL.inet GL-MT2500A security gateway, aka Brume 2, with an unboxing and teardown, and I’ve now had time to test the router in more detail so I’ll report my experience using the router with OpenVPN and WireGuard VPN, Tor, Adguard Home, and more. In a nutshell, it’s super easy to use, unless your ISP causes troubles, which it did in this case. Brume 2 connection and initial setup I connected the WAN port of the Brume 2 router to 3BB’s modem router (3BB is an ISP in Thailand), the LAN port to my laptop, and finally the USB-C power supply (power draws is 2.3 Watts at idle). Let’s now go to the dashboard using the default IP (192.168.8.1). This will tak…

PICMG has announced that the COM-HPC Mini form factor’s pinout and dimensions definitions were finalized, with the tiny credit card-sized modules able to handle PCIe Gen4 and Gen5 interfaces, of course, depending on whether the selected CPU supports those. The COM-HPC “High-Performance Computing” form factor was created a few years ago due to the lack of interfaces on the COM Express form factor with “only” 440-pins and potential issues to handle PCIe Gen 4 clock speeds and throughputs. So far, we had COM-HPC Client Type modules from 95 x 120mm (Size A) to 160 x 120mm (Size C) and Server Type modules with either 160 x 160mm (Size D) or 200 x 160mm (Size E) dimensions. The…

Beelink upgraded their earlier SER6, which used an AMD Ryzen 5 6600H processor with integrated AMD Radeon 660M graphics, and released the SER6 Pro which has a faster AMD Ryzen 7 6800H processor with much more powerful integrated AMD Radeon 680M graphics. Beelink kindly sent a SER6 Pro unit for review however since receiving the mini PC, Beelink have ‘refreshed’ the processor to use an AMD Ryzen 7 7735H also with AMD Radeon 680M graphics, and called it the SER6 Pro Refresh. As a result, this review looks at Windows performance which should be indicative for both versions, together with a quick look at running Ubuntu and also a more detailed look at the USB4 port which is a…

Description Current u-boot is a bit unstable, so this bump can't hurt. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generated image, survived several reboots. Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Description Extending https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5484 to K6.1.y How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test on 6.1 and 6.4 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

After rtw_usb_alloc_rx_bufs() has been called rx urbs have been allocated and must be freed in the error path. After rtw_usb_init_rx() has been called they are submitted, so they also must be killed. Add these forgotten steps to the probe error path. Besides the lost memory this also fixes a problem when the driver fails to download the firmware in rtw_chip_info_setup(). In this case it can happen that the completion of the rx urbs handler runs at a time when we already freed our data structures resulting in a kernel crash. This has been applied to wireless-next https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/8b4b4228bfd140119665417137a087ea@realtek.com/T/#t [ ] My code follo…

Description This fixes montior not working after its turned off and on again. This also helps getting the monitors working that doesn't work by default by setting hdmimode=1080p60hz and outputmode=1080p60hz in boot/armbianEnv.txt file. The fix is based on hdmitx21 commit used on vim4. The same change was missing for hdmitx20 that is used on vim1s. 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 vim1s. Monitor hotplug works. Non-working monitor now works with manual configuration Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project […

There is no B model (yet). rpi4b has the b attached since it is FK__MACHINE_MODEL="Raspberry Pi 4 Model B" View the full article

Update maintainers and board status synced status from the database rename to .csc where we don't have anyone If you want to become a board maintainer, adjust data here. Ref: Board Maintainers Procedures and Guidelines View the full article

Running Gemma 4 E2B on a Mali GPU with LiteRT-LMThis guide should work on any armbian minimal/console (trixie) system with a working Mali-g610 GPU. DO NOT USE DESKTOP Verified on: Orange Pi 5 Max (Rockchip RK3588, Arm Mali-G610 MC4), Armbian/Debian 13 (trixie), aarch64, 8 GB RAM. Status summary: Both CPU (XNNPACK) and GPU (WebGPU/Dawn → Vulkan → panvk → panthor) work on the mainline panthor kernel — numbers below. The GPU path needed one line of local patching in Mesa's panvk driver (raise maxImageDimension3D 512 → 2048 to meet the WebGPU minimums that LiteRT's Dawn library enforces; recipe in §5, rationale in §7.1). The model is multimodal (Text + Vision + Audio): the …

This resolves a bug that affects r8153b USB network interface causing the RX interface to hang on load. On some xHCI controllers (e.g. Rockchip RK3399/RK3328/RK1808), they need to enable the ENT flag in the TRB data structure to force xHC to prefetch the next TRB of a TD. The quirk patch is already applied to dwc3 xhci usb on rockchip64, and enabled for rk3399. Enable the quirk on RK3328 through device tree node properties in rk3328.dtsi Description This resolves a bug that affects r8153b USB network interface causing the RX interface to hang on load on Orange Pi R1plus LTS and has been reported in Nano Pi R2S and probably affects Orange Pi R1plus and others using USB3…

Description Sorry for uplifting the discussion again around the PWM patch for rockchip64 again, but I did some further tests and I'm not convinced. The patch rk3568-pwm-rockchip.patch looks like a copy-paste patch from rockchip v5.10 kernel and I can't find it on patchwork.kernel.org patches, so I guess it is not suitable for mainline. There is some weird behaviour I'm experiencing. My test board is the rk3318 tvbox, but this is not a cons; instead this is a pro and I'm going to explain why: these tvboxes lacks proper voltage regulator chips (like rk805 or rk808) and instead heavily relies on PWM to do power regulation for CPU and Logic planes. When PWM goes nuts, the bo…

Both the Le Potato and OrangePi Zero Plus2 boards are already supported by Armbian. But how do you get a minimal Debian upstream image with only the packages you want? Debos is the perfect tool to do this. 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

Description Prepare for support JetHub D1p device. All working now. uboot 2022.07 (only jethome devices) update uboot jethome patches (add support for amlogic unifykey in eMMC, rewrite is needed) some updates for kernel patchset (update in jethub device tree) all changes only for jethub devices. Work will be progress. Jira reference number AR-1232 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] JetHub D1p [] 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 m…

AAEON GENE-ADP6 is a 3.5-inch SBC equipped with a choice of Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake-P (and Alder Lake-U) processors and the first from the company to support DDR5 memory, of which up to 64GB can be installed through two SO-DIMM sockets. The single board computer also supports SATA and NVMe storage, up to two 8K displays (and up to four independent displays), 2.5GbE networking, USB 3.2 ports, four RS232/RS422/RS485 interfaces, and further expansion through three M.2 sockets for wireless connectivity (WiFi, 5Gm, 4G LTE…) as well as the already mentioned NVMe SSD storage. GENE-ADP6 SBC specifications: Intel Alder Lake-P SoC (one or the other) Core i7-1270PE 12-core/16-thre…

Description Add GH action to execute remote workflow on config changes Jira reference number AR-1656 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested in different repository Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

python2/python3: symlink python3 as python/python2 if python2 is not found in host python2/python3: symlink python3 as python/python2 if python2 is not found in host this might allow some u-boots to build on bookworm/sid/etc (python2-less build hosts) View the full article

config/kernel: add .gitignore for *.config.defconfig config/kernel: add .gitignore for *.config.defconfig View the full article

Description Status maintenance tasks. Jira reference number AR-2000 How Has This Been Tested? n/a View the full article

Description Bump all mainline based kernels. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Build test within CI Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] My changes generate no new warnings 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 Move meson edge from 6.9 to 6.10. Note that I don't have any meson 32bit hardware so this builds, but isn't otherwise tested. 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. [ ] Build onecloud image and kernel debs 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 View the full article

Google's AndroidXR. Qualcomm's Snapdragon Spaces. NVIDIA CloudXR. What do they have in common? Monado, the Open Source, cross-platform OpenXR runtime Collabora launched as an alternative to proprietary XR stacks. View the full article

This week's work advances on three fronts: kernel and bleedingedge alignment across Rockchip and Sunxi trees, board and platform enablement spanning RV1106 to SpacemiT, and CI hardening with self-hosted runner maintenance. On the kernel side, bleedingedge was bumped to 7.1-rc3, accompanied by cfg80211 API fixes and re-enablement of the rtl8189fs and rtl8852bs drivers for the new release. Both the rockchip64 and sunxi patch stacks for current and edge were rewritten, an upstream ptrace fix for CVE-2026-46333 was backported to linux-rockchip, and the odroidxu4-current kernel moved to 6.6.139. Platform enablement was broad. The Ayn Odin2 gained 7.0 kernel support, the Mekotr…

JetHome (Shenzhen JetHome Technology Co.) donated a build server for Armbian. The server compiles Armbian images, kernels and U-Boot packages. Thank you, JetHome. HW Specifications CPU 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 6148, 80 threads Memory 384 GB Storage 3.84 TB SSD, plus 20 TB of disk Network 2 × 1 Gbit/s, bonded Build runners 40 That is about a tenth of the fleet's capacity, running up to 3 kernel or 40 full image builds at once. The server also remembers work it has already done: Compiled code is reused. A rebuild takes under a minute instead of three.Software packages are downloaded once and shared by all 40 b…

STMicro VL53L8 multi-zone direct Time-of-Flight (dToF) sensor doubles the ranging performance of VL53L5 sensor – up to 4 meters – or reduces the power consumption by half when operating in common conditions. STMicro ToF sensors are some of the most popular devices to accurately measure distance in real-time, and the earlier VL53L0X and VL53L1X sensors integrated a single photon avalanche diode. STMicro VL53L5 changed that with multi-zone support (up to 64 zones), and VL53L8 FlightSense sensor builds on the solution with improvements in terms of range and efficiency. STMicro VL53L8 ToF sensor specifications: Low-power 32-bit microcontroller running the firmware 940 nm invi…

Years ago, I joined the open-source community with a passion and a mission: to enable equal access to high-quality computing via open-source software. With this mission, I co-founded Panfrost, aiming to create an open-source driver for the Mali GPU. View the full article

Collabora contributions to the Linux kernel 3.17 View the full article

Description We need at least one build target in the family & it doesn't need to build image. View the full article

Description Maint. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Patches applies well View the full article

Creality Ender-3 S1 Pro is a 3D printer that can be converted into a laser engraver thanks to a choice of 1.6W, 5W, and 10W laser modules, making it in theory a space-saving machine that can print 3D objects and engrave & cut materials. The company sent me a full kit with a 10W laser module, so after looking at the 3D printer’s specifications, I’ll check the various packages, and report my experience assembling the 3D printer, and then converting it into a laser engraver in this article, before actually testing both functions in the second part of the review. Since Karl reviewed the Ender-3 Pro 3D printer over two years ago, I asked about the difference and was told t…

ESP32 MPY-Jama is a cross-platform MicroPython IDE specifically designed for ESP32 boards with a file manager, a REPL terminal, real-time dashboards, and various ESP32-specific features. The IDE is an open-source Python program using pyWebView and pySerial plus some JavaScript for the user interface, and the developer of the program, Jean-Christophe Bos, provides binaries for Windows 64-bit and macOS 64-bit Arm or x86. It’s also possible to use it in Linux but needs to be built from source. Some of the key features of the ESP32 MPY-Jama IDE include: MicroPython code editor with syntax highlighting REPL interface Access to information dashboards with real-time data about …

rockchip64 legacy: fix, rebase, archeology, update .config kernel: wifi driver_uwe5622_allwinner: only ever apply for kernels >= 6.0 case in point, rockchip64-legacy, which is 4.4-something and can't handle this rockchip64 legacy: drop duplicated patch rockchip64 legacy: rebase+archeology all patches against ayufan's refs/tags/4.4.202-1237-rockchip-ayufan rockchip64 legacy: update .config, no changes View the full article

docker: default COLUMNS env var to 160 if unset / not-interactive docker: default COLUMNS env var to 160 if unset / not-interactive View the full article

artifact: kernel: force D0000 drivers hash for artifact_version if EXTRAWIFI=no artifact: kernel: force D0000 drivers hash for artifact_version if EXTRAWIFI=no View the full article

Description Removed lcd node when screen is not attached. Turns out the Khadas u-boot has some code hidden deep within pxe.c file to enable and disable lcd screen. As we don't use extlinux for vim1s and vim4, that doesn't get executed for us leaving the device to detect ghost screens. Hence copied the code to bootscript in order to disable the lcd screens when they are not really present. This makes the vim4 and vim1s a lot more responsive. Also fixes issue where we can't login to gnome because login screen was being rendered on non-existent lcd screen. Fixed issue that prevented armbian-bsp-cli package for meson-s4t7 family to uninstall because of the added /etc/initram…

Bumps setuptools from 71.1.0 to 72.1.0. Changelog Sourced from setuptools's changelog. v72.1.0 Features Restore the tests command and deprecate access to the module. (#4519) (#4520) v72.0.0 Deprecations and Removals The test command has been removed. Users relying on 'setup.py test' will need to migrate to another test runner or pin setuptools before this version. (#931) Commits 441799f Bump version: 72.0.0 → 72.1.0 59aff44 Merge pull request #4522 from pypa/feature/graceful-drop-tests c437aaa Restore the tests command and deprecate access to the module. a6726b9 Add celery and requests to the packages that test integration. Ref #4520 5e1b3c4 Bump version: 71.1…

This week's work advances on three fronts: kernel and bleedingedge alignment across Rockchip and Sunxi trees, board and platform enablement spanning RV1106 to SpacemiT, and CI hardening with self-hosted runner maintenance. On the kernel side, bleedingedge was bumped to 7.1-rc3, accompanied by cfg80211 API fixes and re-enablement of the rtl8189fs and rtl8852bs drivers for the new release. Both the rockchip64 and sunxi patch stacks for current and edge were rewritten, an upstream ptrace fix for CVE-2026-46333 was backported to linux-rockchip, and the odroidxu4-current kernel moved to 6.6.139. Platform enablement was broad. The Ayn Odin2 gained 7.0 kernel support, the Mekotr…

Running Gemma 4 E2B on a Mali GPU with LiteRT-LMThis guide should work on any armbian minimal/console (trixie) system with a working Mali-g610 GPU. DO NOT USE DESKTOP Verified on: Orange Pi 5 Max (Rockchip RK3588, Arm Mali-G610 MC4), Armbian/Debian 13 (trixie), aarch64, 8 GB RAM. Status summary: Both CPU (XNNPACK) and GPU (WebGPU/Dawn → Vulkan → panvk → panthor) work on the mainline panthor kernel — numbers below. The GPU path needed one line of local patching in Mesa's panvk driver (raise maxImageDimension3D 512 → 2048 to meet the WebGPU minimums that LiteRT's Dawn library enforces; recipe in §5, rationale in §7.1). The model is multimodal (Text + Vision + Audio): the …

This week's work centers on expanded board support, Rockchip and Realtek platform maturation, and continued refinement of installation and BSP tooling. New hardware enablement spans several SoC families. Initial build support arrives for the Altera Agilex 5 SoCDK, Banana Pi R3 Mini, Firefly AIBOX-K3, and the Allwinner H5 PBS TV Stick, while a new realtek-rtd129x family brings mainline kernel and U-Boot to the Banana Pi W2. The MangoPi MQ Pro gains Debian GRUB EFI boot and a proper maintainer, and the Radxa CM5-IO transitions to mainline kernel and U-Boot. Supporting firmware updates include Tegra210 USB, GPU and VIC blobs, Amlogic VDEC firmware, Realtek rtl8261c, and Qual…

Raspberry Pi has announced yet another price increase, this time for most models with 16GB of RAM. The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB now sells for $385, an $80 increase compared to the last price hike in April, and the Raspberry Pi CM5 system-on-module gets a $40 increase, starting at $375 for the Lite model without wireless. The “good news” is that the Raspberry Pi 500+ mechanical keyboard PC stays at the same price, starting at $410. I suppose they can afford it on that model, because it’s already richly priced and the demand must be lower than for single board computers and compute modules. Here’s the updated price list for the Compute Module 5 16GB variants. Interestingly, the …

Qualcomm unveiled a new Wireless AR Smart Viewer Reference Design powered by the Snapdragon XR2 platform last week with very few details, but the company has now demonstrated the system to some members of the press, so let’s have a closer look. The reference design aims to provide a similar level of performance as a headset connected to PC or premium smartphone, but with some of the processing offloaded to the Snapdragon XR2 processor, thereby eliminating the need for a cord while still achieving lag-free experiences in combination with the Qualcomm FastConnect 6900 WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3 solution. It is supposed to offer a 40% thinner profile and a more balanced weight…

A few days ago, coding began for this year's Google Summer of Code (GSoC) projects. Along with four GStreamer and Wayland related projects, this year's edition also includes two Debian projects for which Collaborans will be mentors. View the full article

Eight security issues were discovered, fixed and attributed a CVE. View the full article