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hashed-OCI-revisioned-debs: introduce "reversioning" of .deb packages trap-logging: just discard logs dir when ANSI_COLOR=none repo-reprepro.py: set -e & pipefail prepare_host: handle PRE_PREPARED_HOST inside prepare_host_init() so WORKDIR etc is always available kernel-debs: avoid showing tree of kernel modules if they've not been built for example EXT=nomod causes no modules to be built debs: all produced debs now get a placeholder DEBIAN/changelog and a usr/share/doc .gz changelog with hash artifacts: don't keep deb-tar's .tar after uploading to OCI they won't ever be used after this, and just accumulate trash for no reason hashed-OCI-revisioned-debs: get co…

Kraid is now the default Panfrost compiler for Valhall and newer Mali GPUs, delivering major reductions in shader instructions, spilling, compile time, and memory use while providing a stronger foundation for future compiler optimization. View the full article

Description phytium_embedded: update kernel config from phytium repo. The kernel repository has patched the rtw88 driver, so set EXTRAWIFI="no". 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

Updates for Radxa's Amlogic boards (radxa-zero and radxa-zero2) A few updates, mostly from https://github.com/radxa-repo/bsp; also bump u-boot to v2202.10 with a clearly-non-existing patchdir so it's pure mainline. Also required: https://github.com/armbian/firmware/pull/40 (merged, Wifi firmware) https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4408 (merged, allows using SDXC cards) Still not working: SDIO Wifi on my Zero (rev 1.51, 2gb RAM/32gb eMMC) which is failing; see https://discord.com/channels/855634073376260096/855657603378839582/1040610755671756911 ; it's very possible other boards work. View the full article

Description We don’t need to scare people with displaying odd hash version. Before: _ _ _____ _____ ___ ___ __ | | | | ____| ___|_ _| __ _( _ ) / /_ | | | | _| | |_ | | \ \/ / _ \| '_ \ | |_| | |___| _| | | > < (_) | (_) | \___/|_____|_| |___| /_/\_\___/ \___/ Welcome to Armbian 23.05.0-trunk--1-PC7446-V521e-H1f65-Be6c1 Jammy with Linux 5.15.106-x86 No end-user support: built from trunk After: _ _ _____ _____ ___ ___ __ | | | | ____| ___|_ _| __ _( _ ) / /_ | | | | _| | |_ | | \ \/ / _ \| '_ \ | |_| | |___| _| | | > < (_) | (_) | \___/|_____|_| |___|…

Description A lot of people has been asking on the forums for host mode not working on the otg port in 6.1+ kernel. It seems to be caused by patches.megous/usb-musb-sunxi-Avoid-enabling-host-side-code-on-SoCs-where-it-s.patch. The patch claims to solve sleep issue (rtcwake not working) on pinephone. As we don't support pinephone, I don't see any issue disabling 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 host mode works on otg port on Orange Pi Zero (H3) and NanoPi Duo2 (H3) [X] Tested rtcwake continues to work on NanoPi Duo2 (H3), Orange…

mekotronics 3588: fix entering RK LOADER mode by keeping the RECOVERY button pressed during boot mekotronics 3588: fix entering RK LOADER mode by keeping the RECOVERY button pressed during boot those patches are a mess, hopefully I'll find time to squash soon mekotronics 3588: squash u-boot patches same as before but not touching the same file twice+ View the full article

Bumps setuptools from 74.1.0 to 74.1.2. Changelog Sourced from setuptools's changelog. v74.1.2 Bugfixes Fixed TypeError in sdist filelist processing by adding support for pathlib Paths for the build_base. (#4615) Removed degraded and deprecated test_integration (easy_install) from the test suite. (#4632) v74.1.1 Bugfixes Fixed TypeError in msvc.EnvironmentInfo.return_env when no runtime redistributables are installed. (#1902) Commits 3b2ef1e Removed test_integration tests (for easy_install). c484f9e Bump version: 74.1.1 → 74.1.2 d8933c5 Merge pull request #4630 from pypa/bugfix/4615 a07de2b Skip test on stdlib distutils 6bf20d9 Add news fragment. 9d4b288 Enabl…

armbian-kernel: further insist on disabling kernel debug, since DEBUG_INFO is auto-enabled by DEBUG_INFO_DWARF5 and others armbian-kernel: further insist on disabling kernel debug, since DEBUG_INFO is auto-enabled by DEBUG_INFO_DWARF5 and others View the full article

Over the past few months, I've been working on a side project to improve Meson sub-project support. The best stress test is to build projects on Windows, without msys2, because it has no dependencies or tools installed (e.g. pkg-config). View the full article

Description This partially fixes #3762 as if DEB_COMPRESS=xz is used. Jira reference number AR-1194 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Installed created packages on an Odroid HC1 running Debian bullseye [x] Ran ./compile REPOSITORY_UPDATE="update" 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Maintenance. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test of all variants manually [x] Build in CI 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

Standing on the shoulders of giants. As Collabora turns 10 years this month, we are forced to stop and marvel at the accomplishments of GNU in its 30 years of existence. Happy 30th anniversary GNU View the full article

Description General rk322x current and edge device tree tidying up: added proper coolings maps to handle overheating enabled DEVFREQ_THERMAL config option to let devfreq devices be used in cooling maps generic tvbox ir remote kernel mappings were missing in current 5.15 kernel, added patch removed unneded patches restored AUFS config options for edge kernel How Has This Been Tested? [x] Current kernel debs built and tested on live system [x] Edge kernel debs built and tested on live system 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-underst…

Collabora is excited to see Monado at the heart of the new OpenXR runtime for Android XR, a major milestone for Open Source XR interoperability. View the full article

Bumps dtschema from 2025.2 to 2025.6.1. Commits 18ac2d8 validator: Fix ordering issue with properties referencing another property 4dbacd6 tests: Add test for DTSchema.check_schema_refs() 2c5f057 schema: Rework instantiating DTSchema.validator 19c88b9 schemas: gpio-nexus-node: Fix schema $ref paths fb770c7 schema: Fix a false positive unevaluatedProperties/additionalProperties check b7f612c schemas: reset: Add '#reset-cells' into schema 7e3ef3e schemas: reset: Add descriptions from original text binding 53a2132 meta-schemas: nodes: Allow if-then-else directly in patternProperties objects 9d1305d schemas: PCI: Add standard PCIe WAKE# signal 49451a5 schemas: root-node: A…

Motorola Defy Satellite Link is a Bluetooth device that can affordably bring 2-way satellite communication to any smartphone thanks to the latest 3GPP NTN (Non-Terrestrial Network) technology implemented in the MediaTek MT6825 connecting to the Bullitt Satellite Connect platform. Satellite phones and hotspot has been around for years through products such as the Iridium Go! Satellite Wi-Fi hotspot that goes for over $1,000 without a data plan, pricing that does not make it conducive to mass adoption. But silicon vendors and phone manufacturers have started to add more affordable 2-way satellite connectivity to smartphones, for example with the Snapdragon Satellite initiat…

Description as the RK3328 USB3 phy driver adaptation from legacy kernel is no longer needed or compatible with Mainline, remove it. 2 affected boards: Station M1 is no longer supported by the Rockchip64 kernel, remove it's specific patches OrangePi R1 LTS refers to the PHY driver-introduced node to control an LED. remove that node. How Has This Been Tested? Build tested 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 depe…

Earlier this year, the Rust compiler gained support for LLVM source-base code coverage. In this post we'll explain how to setup a CI job in a Rust project to feed source-base coverage information to GitLab. View the full article

Description Update u-boot patches for JetHub D1/D1+ add rescue boot from microSD revert JetHub D1 eth mac generation with manufacturer OUI Jira reference number AR-1448 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been m…

Description thead: fix bluetooth problem, update to linux 6.7-rc3 Add RTL bluetooth firmware for LicheePi 4A. Update prebuilt opensbi binary. Update linux version and kernel config(fix SD-slot, cpufreq). 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 [ ] 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

Most mini PCs ship with Windows, or no OS at all for barebone models, but Linux-hardware specialist System76 offers the Meerkat mini PC with either Pop!_OS 22.04 or Ubuntu 22.04 with a choice of processors from the 12th Gen Alder Lake, 11th Gen Tiger Lake, or 10th Gen Comet Lake families. All models support up to 64GB RAM, M.2 NVMe SSD storage, and are equipped with four HDMI/DisplayPort video outputs, Ethernet, and USB ports. There’s also a Tall version of the Meerkat that adds a 2.5-inch SATA bat, and the Alder Lake models, called Meer7, specifically supports the more recent USB4 and 2.5GbE interfaces. System76 Meerkat “Meer7” (Alder Lake) specifications: Alder Lake P-S…

Tested on models of the media\station group View the full article

Kontron D3724-R mSTX is an upcoming industrial Mini-STX motherboard powered by an AMD Ryzen Embedded R2000 Series SoC and designed for applications with high graphical requirements such as casino gaming, medical displays, thin clients, and compact industrial PCs. The motherboard supports up to 32GB RAM, SATA & NVMe storage, and is equipped with up to three DisplayPort outputs, one HDMI port, as well as eDP and dual-channel LVDS interfaces to support up to four independent 4K displays. Kontron D3724-R mSTX specifications: SoC (One or the other) D3724-R1 – AMD Embedded R2312 dual-core/quad-thread processor @ 2.7 / 3.5 GHz (Turbo) with 3-core AMD Radeon Vega Graphics; 12…

Collabora is headed to Nuremberg, Germany to take part in this year's edition of Embedded World, the leading international fair for embedded systems! Come say hello, booth 4-280! View the full article

Description Current Armbian images has partitions without labels. If I want to mount them inside script, I have to find somehow the UUIDs. But with labels it will be easier to use something like mount -v LABEL="armbian_root" /mnt/armbian 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] created image with ./compile.sh, recorded to SD-card with dd. 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 correspon…

extension: c-plus-plus-compiler: include g++ package as well as g++-aarch64-linux-gnu -- so host arch g++ compiler is also available compilation: uboot: manage shopt nullglob same way as IFS, so UBOOT_TARGET_MAP's with * somewhere are not skipped (as is the case for mvebu64) mvebu64: enable_extension "c-plus-plus-compiler"; fix refs to u-boot sources that changed; (try to) add colored logs these need testing, both on mvebu64 itself, but also on other families to make sure I didn't break anything View the full article

Description station-m3: use radxa's new u-boot. Fix station-m3 audio issue. 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

A year of online conferences that began with linux.conf.au will end on a high note next week as Collaborans present three talks at Open Source Summit Japan + Automotive Linux Summit 2021. Join us! View the full article

Earlier this year I worked on a certain GStreamer plugin that is called “ipcpipeline”. This plugin provides elements that make it possible to interconnect GStreamer pipelines that run in different processes. In this blog post I am going to explain how this plugin works and the reason why you might want to use it in your application. View the full article

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. This PR adds the RT kernel config file for TI devices. If RT_KERNEL=yes is passed as an argument to ./compile.sh, a PREEMPT_RT image is built. 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. Tested this on SK-AM62B. Test 1: boot test: the board successfully booted Test 2: uname -a test: PREEMPT_RT string was present in the output, thus suggesting that its indeed an RT image Test…

nanopct6: Kwiboo 24.07 u-boot for edge; bump blobs for all branches nanopct6: Kwiboo 24.07 u-boot for edge; bump blobs for all branches exclusive for edge / Kwiboo: enable UMS / RockUSB and other gadget stuff enable TCP networking features, wget etc enable EFI debugging stuff store environment in SPI uses preboot to flash led briefly this code pattern is becoming copypasta fast and needs refactor before it spreads too much also for all branches (legacy/vendor/edge): BOOTDELAY=1 so we can stop u-boot via UART a bit easier (also for nanopc-cm3588-nas board) can still do it with zero, but it's so much harder; and it's utility outweighs the 1-second delay IMHO nanopc…

For those who like their I/O packetised, GLib now has a companion for its GIOStream class — the GDatagramBasedinterface, which we’ve implemented as part of R&D work at Collabora. View the full article

Description Jira reference number AR-2079 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generated KDE desktop image for Odroid M1. Firstrun goes without password and after reboot (system must be up 1m) login is not automatic anymore. 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

Nessie Circuits’ Riotee board combines Raspberry Pi R2040 microcontroller and a Riotee module based on Nordic nRF52833 WiSoC with a 2.4 GHz radio and targets batteryless IoT applications thanks to a stackable design taking a capacitors add-on board and a solar panel. Batteries introduce maintenance costs and environmental issues with millions of batteries disposed of every day. That’s why companies are trying to provide solutions for batteryless IoT designs such as the Everactive batteryless IoT devkit or Telink energy harvesting wireless module for remote controls. The Riotee module, board, and ecosystem also aim to play their part in reducing the use of batteries in wir…

Description Collabora has added PCIe 3 support, enable in NanoPC-T6 How Has This Been Tested? NVMe detected/functional 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 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-1248 How Has This Been Tested? Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Linux 6.1.y (current) / Linux 6.4.y (edge) meson-g12a-radxa-zero-gpio-10-led.dtbo (rev 1.51 enable led) meson-g12a-radxa-zero-gpio-8-led.dtbo (rev 1.4 enable led) meson-g12b-odroid-n2-spi.dtbo (SPI-NOR enable via overlay) Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Collabora is proud to once again be sponsoring the latest round (Round 14) of Outreachy internships, which began earlier this week! More specifically, Collabora has chosen to sponsor the Linux kernel projects for the May-August semester. View the full article

Description Some older U-Boot versions don't use semantic versioning in their code and will fail when building libfdt. This is fixed by hardcoding a semantic version. rk35xx used a very old branch from Radxa vendor U-Boot and won't build with GCC13. Bump it to the latest version. GitHub issue reference: https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6862 Jira reference number AR-2402 How Has This Been Tested? [x] ./compile.sh uboot BOARD=radxa-e25 BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=noble ARTIFACT_IGNORE_CACHE=yes [x] ./compile.sh uboot BOARD=nanopi-r2s BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=…

Blues Wireless Sparrow is a LoRaWAN solution designed to connect a group of low-cost, low-power device sensors for shared data backhaul to the cloud. It is comprised of STMicro STM32WLE5 LoRa-based sensors whose data is then routed through the company’s Notecard-powered WiFi or cellular gateway and ultimately a cloud app hosted on AWS, Microsoft Azure, or other IoT cloud platforms. The company claims the Notecard and Sparrow solutions ease the development of IoT networks in a way that was previously only available “to sophisticated engineering firms”, and now Blues Wireless supports cellular, WiFi, and LPWAN technologies. Let’s have a look at the “Sparrow Essentials” boar…

SmartCow, an AI engineering company specializing in video analytics, AIoT devices, and smart city solutions, and an NVIDIA Metropolis partner, has released a new version of the Ultron controller. Smartcow Ultron is an AI-enabled controller with sensor fusion capabilities that empowers industrial applications of vision AI at the edge. Powered by the NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX system-on-module and compatible with Jetson Orin NX, Ultron is suitable for smart traffic and manufacturing that can leverage its high computing power and low latency for vision AI applications in various configurations. It is also applicable in smart factories, smart cities, smart buildings, and smart a…

Released last week, Weston 12.0 brings a number of highlights including two new backends, support for multiple scanout devices, and the addition of new protocol implementations. Here's a look at some of the changes that have landed in this new version. View the full article

Latronics has just unveiled two new System-in-Packages (SiP) with the entry-level Open-Q 2290CS SIP based on Qualcomm QCS2290 quad-core Cortex-A53 processor designed for industrial IoT applications and safety vehicle equipment control, and the pin-compatible, mid-range Open-Q 4290CS SIP based on Qualcomm QCS4290 octa-core Kryo 260 CPU for applications requiring artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities. The Open-Q 2290CS module comes with 2GB LPDDR4, 16GB eMMC flash, WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, while the Open-Q 4290CS module is equipped with up to 6GB LPDDR4, up to 256GB eMMC flash., and Wi-Fi 5 with some Wi-Fi 6 features (TWT & 8SS), and Bl…

Description Add new megouse patches, adaptation to the new version. Checklist: [ ] Test build sunxi [ ] Test build sunxi64 View the full article

artifact-armbian-bsp-cli: hash more variables included in /etc/armbian-release View the full article

AMD Alveo MA35D media accelerator PCIe card is based on a 5nm ASIC capable of transcoding up to 32 Full HD (1080p60) AV1 streams in real-time and designed for low-latency, high-volume interactive streaming applications such as watch parties, live shopping, online auctions, and social streaming. AMD says the Alveo MA35D utilizes a purpose-built VPU to accelerate the entire video pipeline, and the ASIC can also handle up to 8x 4Kp60, or 4x 8Kp30 AV1 streams per card. H.264 and H.265 codecs are also supported, and the company claims its “next-generation AV1 transcoder engines” deliver up to a 52% reduction in bitrate at the same video quality against “an open source x264 ver…

The 3rd revision of the patch has been applied upstream. https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/87cyvqsabo.fsf@kernel.org/T/#t I've been using this revision for about week now and all seems fine. Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description This PR enabled USB port present on the expansion board for the OrangePi Zero 2 sbc. This change applies to the current edge variant of the OS for this board (Kernel 6.2.y). How Has This Been Tested? Requirements: Any USB stick with basic file system present (eg. exFAT) and some files / folders on it Logged in as root or as a user with sudo priviledges [x] Test A: make sure the change does not break the board when used WITHOUT the expansion board Boot up the board Check whether the base USB port still works correctly lsusb shows the USB stick when plugged into the port mount /dev/sda1 /media/<mountpoint> is able to mount the USB stick plugge…

The Linux Foundation has just announced the full schedule for the Embedded Open Source Summit, which will take place on June 27-30, 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic, as well as virtually starting on June 26. Over 175 sessions, birds of a feather (BoF) tracks, and workshops related to embedded and open-source innovation will be presented at the event itself comprised of six micro conferences: Automotive Linux Summit Europe, Embedded IoT Summit, Embedded Linux Conference, LF Energy Embedded Summit, Safety-Critical Software Summit, and Zephyr Project Developer Summit. Even though I’m not going to attend personally, I’ve gone through the schedule to create my own little virtual…

Description This PR configures onboard button as power button on NanoPi Duo2 so that the board can be brought back from suspended state or can be rebooted after shutdown. Also enables ethernet as request on the forum How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Booted on NanoPi Duo2 and tested button works at sleep and poweroff 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 …

Description This script is for manual work. It facilitates the creation of a series of non-numbered patches. Why is this the case? Just watch a little recent story: armbian-build> gitk -- patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-5.15 It is very easy to see which scripts have changed. View the full article

Modify both weak password warning messages to be consistent Formatted as follows: "Warning: Weak password, !". Jira reference number AR-1385 Tested on a board (Orange Pi Zero Plus) Create root password: ****** Repeat root password: ****** Warning: Weak password, it does not contain enough DIFFERENT characters! Create user (testuser) password: ****** Repeat user (testuser) password: ****** Warning: Weak password, it does not contain enough DIFFERENT characters! 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 cor…

Description Ubuntu variants were somehow forgotten when adding systemd-resolved in https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6142 Jira reference number AR-1657 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generating Ubuntu Jammy image Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

desktop: jammy: kde-neon: more basic packages needed desktop: jammy: kde-neon: more basic packages needed add network-manager & pulseaudio settings add discover, otherwise there is a broken icon on the dock add vault/scdaemon for gpg wallet enable debugs in create_desktop_package.sh; disable old postinst pa hack View the full article

Bumps geekyeggo/delete-artifact from 1 to 2. Release notes Sourced from geekyeggo/delete-artifact's releases. v2.0.0 Glob support 🚨 Breaking Artifact names are now matched using glob pattern matching by default. ⭐ Added Add support for glob pattern matching (fulfilled by minimatch). ♻ Changed Updated action to use node v16 Updated dependencies. 🏠 Housekeeping Action is now written in TypeScript. Commits 54ab544 Add warning for glob support on by default 3328f8f Merge pull request #10 from GeekyEggo/v2-wip d546443 Update action info, and bump to node 16 424f35a Add glob support, switch to TypeScript, and bump deps 442f120 Update dev environment 56e063d Adde…

Description Cherrypicked from https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5689 Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [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 drivers:regulator:fan53555 When I use fan53555, I see an error: FAN53555-regulator 0-0060: Chip ID 0 with rev 12 not supported! So I fixed this bug 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 [ ] restart Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in…

Starting from Linux kernel v5.4, the HAVEGED inspired algorithm has been included in the Linux kernel, see the LKML article and the Linux Kernel commit. Additionally, since v5.6, as soon as the CRNG (the Linux cryptographic-strength random number generator) gets ready, /dev/random does not block on reads anymore: see this commit. SOURCE: jirka-h/haveged How Has This Been Tested? [x] Succesfully built nanopi-r5c BRANCH="current" RELEASE="jammy, bookworm, noble, trixie" Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Seattle is hosting this year's Embedded Open Source Summit, the umbrella conference for a collection of open source events. This is the premier space for the open source community and we'll be there with 6 talks! View the full article

Description Does following cleanup for series.* files from patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-*/ Disabled Revert-net-Remove-net-ipx.h-and-uapi-linux-ipx.h-header-files.patch as its also applied from patch/misc For 6.2+, series.armbian file also had list of patches from patches.fixes directory. As we have series.fixes file for that, removed the same from series. armbian Some patches were disabled in series.conf file, but were not disabled in the corresponding series.* files. Synced the same so that concatenating series.megous, series.fixes and series.armbian file produces matching series.conf file. These are just cosmetic fixes/cleanup, doesn't change anything on code level or …

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Description bump edge to thirdparty linux-5.18-rc7 bump current to linux-5.15 change legacy back to LTS linux-5.10 edge and current enable NTFS3 driver. How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build [X] Run 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 [X] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Disable config_ion for better compatibility with modern android containers like redroid Description Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas…

Before: Summary: kernel patching: 62 total patches; 62 applied; 5 with problems; 1 not_mbox; 4 needs_rebase After: Summary: kernel patching: 62 total patches; 62 applied; 0 with problems View the full article

Linux Kernel 4.6 was released this week, with a total of 9 Collabora engineers taking part in its development, Collabora’s highest number of engineers contributing to a single Linux Kernel release yet! View the full article

Description Allow to use Docker credentials for oras-cli push artifacts when CI=true is set, but not in GitHub action. TODO: fix GITHUB_OUTPUT use if CI=true is set. Jira reference number AR-2357 How Has This Been Tested? [X] correct push to external container registry with CI=true Checklist: [X] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [X] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Description address wrong target we can expose two targets max Jira reference number AR-1386 How Has This Been Tested? This is fixing after the test Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

meson64 / rockchip64 / uefi / rk3568-odroid: edge 6.6: bump to 6.6.y; rebase patches to v6.6(.0) meson64 / rockchip64 / uefi / rk3568-odroid: edge 6.6: bump to 6.6.y; rebase patches to v6.6(.0) View the full article

Description Four fixes: 1, board-pbp-add-dp-alt-mode.patch: there is an upstream change, so fix this patch to fit current kernel 2, board-rock3a-cec.patch: there is an already merged commit, so delete it 3, board-rock3a-hdmi-sound.patch already merged, delete it 4, board-rock3a-pcie.patch pcie2 part already merged, and pcie3 part is on the way. I deleted the pcie2 part and use pcie3 patch from upstream Still failed patch: wifi-4003-uwe5622-adjust-for-rockchip.patch. This is because base patch patch/misc/wireless-driver-for-uwe5622-allwinner.patch is not applied because of armbian-next merged to main and lib/functions/compilation/patch/kernel-drivers.sh has been drooped.…

removed linked dir for bookworm under desktops put new bookworm desktops into place put new skel files into place for themeing of desktops pre how Igor wants desktops themed added new desktops to the armbian.firstlogin script so new desktops are supported. I took out any duplicate files and shrunk it down to 1 cairo-doc dir in the skel.all dir users can add their file managers to the cairo if they want to. Cinnamon/gnome/icemw/lxde/lxqt/mate/xfce desktops. I fallowed the task-(desktop)-desktop install debian now uses installing all proper files the desktops require . I have run test builds on current desktop and they all build correctly. View the full article

Description Some kernel patch folders were forgotten to delete when the kernel version was bumped and are now unused leftovers from the past. Please let me know if I accidentally deleted a folder that is still in use. I have checked these for reference: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/sources/families/rockchip.conf https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/sources/families/include/meson64_common.inc https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/sources/families/include/rockchip64_common.inc GitHub issue reference: https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6821 Jira reference number AR-2392 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelin…

IEI’s WAFER-TGL-U is a 3.5-inch SBC based on a choice of Intel Tiger Lake UP3 processors with up to 32GB RAM, SATA storage, three 2.5 Gbps Ethernet ports, four display interfaces including HDMI, DisplayPort, and the company’s custom iDPM 3040 slot for eDP/LVDS/VGA, as well as four USB 3.2 ports. The board also comes with M.2 sockets to add 4G LTE or 5G cellular connectivity, a few RS232/RS422/RS485 ports, and IEI says it is ideal for space-constrained applications such as AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle), AMR (Autonomous Mobile Robot), and small cabinets in factories. WAFER-TGL-U specifications: Tiger Lake UP3 SoC (One or the other) Intel Core i7-1185G7E quad-core processor…

Description Adjust mainlined patches that prevent compilation. Didn't try to compile, just a quick check to verify it passes patching phase without failures. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Patching completes for rk322x family [x] Patching completes for rockchip family 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 Disable saving state of leds such as: enP1p1s0-0::lan enP1p1s0-1::lan enP1p1s0-2::lan enP1p1s0-3::lan enP2p1s0-0::lan enP2p1s0-1::lan enP2p1s0-2::lan enP2p1s0-3::lan These leds are not manageable and when restored trow up errors in kernel ring buffer [ 13.964507] leds enP1p1s0-0::lan: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-524) [ 13.989055] leds enP1p1s0-0::lan: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-524) [ 13.989100] leds enP1p1s0-1::lan: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-524) [ 14.021133] leds enP1p1s0-1::lan: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-524) [ 14.021176] leds enP1p1s0-2::lan: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-524) [ 14.070622] l…

This important milestone is a step forward for the open source driver, as it now certifies Panfrost for use in commercial products containing Mali G52 and paves the way for further conformance submissions on other Mali GPUs. View the full article

This week saw significant development activity across the Armbian ecosystem, with numerous enhancements to desktop environment support, including the addition of KDE Neon, KDE Plasma, MATE, and i3-wm, as well as improved branding and menu documentation. The desktop module was refactored for greater modularity and YAML-driven configuration, alongside fixes for theming and package removal tracking. Hardware support expanded with new device trees for NanoPC-T6 LTS Plus and Gateway DK, plus initial support for Arduino UNO Q (Qualcomm QRB2210) and additional USB Ethernet drivers. The build system received updates for kernel versions and distribution releases, notably bumping U…

Thanks to sponsors like STMicroelectronics, Netflix, Living Optics, and ChromeOS, Collabora once again came in first place with the most contributors for this release, with 16 developers taking part. View the full article

fixed 2 lines that had merged to 1 View the full article

How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test View the full article

Description We have a broken cache set. Force rebuild it. View the full article

Description This fixes the recently broken patch. See #4261 and https://forum.armbian.com/topic/23824-fancontrol-service-fails-to-start-with-kernel-version-51572/ Needs to be tested on actual hardware! How Has This Been Tested? build runs ok. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

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…

desktop: amd64: drop nvidia-drivers forced ppa (focal stuff? no thanks) desktop: amd64: drop nvidia-drivers forced ppa (focal stuff? no thanks) View the full article

Avnet RASynBoard is a tiny board that packs a lot of features in a 30x25mm form factor with a Renesas RA6M4 Cortex-M33 microcontroller, a Syntiant NDP120 Neural Decision Processor, a Renesas (Previously Dialog Semi) DA16600 Wi-Fi 4 & Bluetooth 5.1 combo module, and a 6-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU) and digital microphone from TDK. The RASynBoard is offered as part of an EVK with the Core Board described above plus an IO board with headers, a Pmod connector, a MikroE Shuttle Click header, a microSD card slot for storage, and a built-in debugger, plus two buttons and an RGB LED. RASynBoard specifications: Main microcontroller – Renesas RA6M4 Arm Cortex-M33 micr…

ZPE Systems Nodegrid Mini SR is a compact cloud-orchestrated gateway designed for the secure management of Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational Technology (OT) infrastructures. Power by a dual-core Intel processor, the Linux-based device is equipped with 4GB RAM, a 16GB encrypted storage device, and whose hardware looks to be very similar to the Compulab Fitlet2 mini PC with two Gigabit Ethernet ports, four USB 3.0/2.0 ports, and optional support for WiFi 6 and 4G LTE. ZPE Nodegrid mini SR specifications: SoC – Unnamed Intel x86 64-bit dual-core processor, most likely Intel Atom x5-E3930 dual-core Apollo Lake processor (upgrades can be provided) System Memory – 4GB DD…

Description Maint & not supported target. Jira reference number AR-1334 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build and boot 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

RFC: rockpro64: blobless with 2.8.5 ATF, 2023.01 u-boot RFC: rockpro64: blobless with 2.8.5 ATF, 2023.01 u-boot 2023.04 fails during USB init, thus using 23.01 (23.07 untested) blobless with newer 2.8.5 ATF the previous problems with PCIe are not totally solved by this View the full article

EVerest is a software project initiated by PIONIX GmbH, but now part of the Linux Foundation’s LFEnergy initiative, whose primary goal is to develop and maintain an open-source software stack for EV charging infrastructure. EVerest supports multiple standards and it will run on any device from AC home chargers to public DC charging stations. I noticed the EVerest project in an upcoming talk at the Embedded Open Source Summit 2023 entitled ” EVerest: Electric Vehicle Chargers With Open Hardware and Software” and whose abstract reads in part: You will learn how to build your own electric vehicle charger using open hardware designs in combination with the EVerest open-source…

Description Current boot loader is broken anyway. At least for my device. Jira reference number AR-1157 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build, many reboots, install to emmc 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 Just enabling build target. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [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 Update JetHub D1 (j100) u-boot patchset to buildable state. Jira reference number AR-1310 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] fixes jethub_j100 build [X] no other changes View the full article

The Hantro Video4Linux2 (V4L2) kernel module has gained support for another SoC! The Microchip SAMA5D4 features a single decode unit supporting MPEG2, VP8 and H.264 streams, alongside the built-in post-processing unit. View the full article

artifact-kernel: log what is the actual ${USERPATCHES_PATH}/kernel/${KERNELPATCHDIR} so people can find it artifact-kernel: log what is the actual ${USERPATCHES_PATH}/kernel/${KERNELPATCHDIR} so people can find it case in point: some families point KERNELPATCHDIR to something like archive/sunxi-5.15 which makes it harder to find than sunxi-legacy View the full article

Description add CONTRIBUTING.md document View the full article

Linux Kernel 4.15 was released yesterday, and it once again contained patches contributed by Collabora, including bigger patchsets like V4L2 Explicit Synchronization and UTF-8 case insensitive lookups for EXT4. View the full article

In our previous post, we presented a project backed by INVEST-AI which introduces a multi-stage neural network-based solution. Now let's dive into the machine learning details of our innovative, open source hand-tracking pipeline. 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

Description Maint. Jira reference number AR-1341 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build 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 FriendlyElec ships their devices with the latest blobs. Trying to run an Armbian image on this board with the old blobs might cause issues. @rpardini run into those issues with the NanoPC T6 and fixed it in https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6711 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