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GStreamer's logging system is an incredibly powerful ally when debugging but it can sometimes be a bit daunting to dig through the massive amount of generated logs. I often find myself writing small scripts processing gst logs when debugging. View the full article

It is no great secret that my colleagues at Collabora have been doing work with the Raspberry Pi Foundation. View the full article

Description Jira reference number AR-1361 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Booting both kernels [ ] Check basic functions: BT, audio, 3D acceleration, ... Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 5.4.225. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] 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 Maintanace. Jira reference number AR-1444 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Run View the full article

Description Just a couple of fixes to a video4linux2 patch for rk322x and rockchip, plus some kernel option fixes to rk322x. Should be harmless. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Built rk322x image without issues 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

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Add possibility of nilfs2 fs based image generation. nilfs2 automatically does snapshots and allow to restore any file to state back in time until it purged. 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 [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and publ…

Description Bumped kernel versions Current: 6.1.38 -> 6.1.39 Edge: 6.4.2 -> 6.4.4 Modified thermal-sun8i-Be-loud-when-probe-fails.patch to fix patch application failure Disabled drm-sun4i-Fix-wrong-location-of-clk_prepare_enable.patch to fix patch failure and as its not needed after the upstream change Rest of the disabled patches for 6.4.4 are upstreamed U-boot: 2023.07 -> 2023.07.02. This is very trivial bump. It only removes the -rc6 extra version from the Makefile which was not removed when 2023.07 was released. 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 r…

In Debian and derivative systems, there are many ways to build images. The simplest tool of choice is often debootstrap. It works by downloading the .deb files from a mirror and unpacking them into a directory which can eventually be chrooted into. View the full article

Description Small followup fix https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6006 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 and boot rk3318-box from second partition Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made 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 This PR makes Khadas Edge 2 usable on mainline and update USB patches on rk3588 edge. What is not working: MCU fan control. The driver is exists on upstream kernel but VIM3 has different fan control register and logic, needs new implementation. Type-C port Wlan and Bluetooth Jira reference number AR-2082 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-und…

add gmac0 ethernet support add poweroff support fix typo in dts 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-5a BRANCH=edge COMPRESS_OUTPUTIMAGE=sha,gpg,xz DEB_COMPRESS=xz [x] gmac0 ethernet is enabled on h88k [x] poweroff command can shut down h88k now 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 warning…

mainline-kernel: bump to 6.10-rc7 mainline-kernel: bump to 6.10-rc7 just rockchip-rk3588 for now rockchip-rk3588 / edge: rebase onto 6.10-rc7 win: notice how one can actually spot relevant changes now case in point, 1022-arm64-dts-rockchip-support-poweroff-on-rock-5a.patch -- will drop it in separate commit rockchip-rk3588 / edge: drop patch that landed in 6.10-rc7 1022-arm64-dts-rockchip-support-poweroff-on-rock-5a.patch landed https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d05f7aff7ac23884ed9103a876325047ff9049aa View the full article

Avnet RZBoard V2L is an Arm Linux SBC for AI vision applications that’s about the size of a business card (or a Raspberry Pi), and powered by a Renesas RZ/V2L Cortex-A55/M33 processor with an on-chip DRP-AI accelerator. The board also comes with 2GB DDR4, 32GB eMMC flash, 16MB QSPI flash, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0, multiple USB ports, MIPI DSI/CSI interfaces, as well as a Pi HAT compatible 40-pin GPIO header. RZBoard V2L specifications: SoC – Renesas RZ/V2L with 2x Arm Cortex A55 cores @ up to 1.2 GHz, 1x Arm Cortex M33 real-time core @ 200 MHz, Arm Mali G31 GPU @ 500MHz, DRP-AI accelerator, DRP Simple ISP (full HD), and a H.264 Hardware Video Enc/Dec (fu…

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

The recent release of version 6 of the Weston compositor has brought with it the weston-debug protocol, a new feature that allows developers and users alike to display on-the-fly various debugging (logging) information generated by the compositor. View the full article

Tokyo, Japan July 1-2, 2014: The Automotive Linux Summit will bring together the most innovative minds from automotive expertise and open-source excellence. View the full article

Pine64 Star64 is an upcoming single board computer (SBC) powered by StarFive JH7110 quad-core 64-bit RISC-V processor equipped with an Imagination BXE-2-32 GPU, and in a form factor similar to the earlier Pin64 model B boards such as the Quartz64 Model A. The Star64 SBC will be offered with either 4GB or 8GB of RAM, an HDMI 2.0 video output connector, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, a WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 module, USB 3.0 ports, a PCIe slot, and a GPIO header for expansion. Star64 preliminary specifications: SoC – StarFive JH7110 quad-core 64-bit RISC-V (SiFive U74 – RV64GC) processor @ up to 1.5 GHz with Imagination BXE-2-32 GPU supporting OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 1.2, Vulka…

We often write about business card or credit card-sized boards, but it’s only true for 2D dimensions, as most boards are over a centimeter thick, with possibly the thinnest we’ve covered being the Khadas Edge2 SBC that’s just 7mm thick. So Kn/vD took it upon himself to build a DIY computer that was really about the size of a credit card, and came up with the ELLO LC1 based on a Microchip PIC18 8-bit microcontroller, featuring an integrated display and keyboard, and powered by a coin-cell battery. It’s just 2mm thin. ELLO LC1 specifications: MCU – Microchip PIC18 (PIC18F47Q83-I/PT) 8-bit microcontroller with 13KB RAM and 128KB flash, out of which 64KB are reserved as user …

Clear your schedules, this weekend's Capitole du Libre is calling your name for all things open source! Gathering in the "Pink City" of Toulouse, participants are welcome to attend with free admission from November 19 to 20 at the INP-ENSEEIHT View the full article

Commit c90986492252a85db3357362594e5c40b80fbf95 removed a prompt asking the user if they want to change display settings, but didn't remove the checks that later used the answer. Since it's been like this for 2 years now apparently without issue, remove the checks and the shellcheck workaround. View the full article

Description Jira reference number AR-1434 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Build test Wireless driver fixes needs to be merged before Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

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

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

HIGOLE PC STICK is a mini PC that looks like a large flash drive, is smaller than a regular mini PC, and is easier to carry around. You can connect it directly to a monitor or TV with an HDMI input, and use it like any computer right away. In part 1 of the HIGOLE PC STICK review, we will go through the specifications, unbox the design, check its hardware design with a teardown, and go through the first boot. HIGOLE PC STICK specifications The HIGOLE PC STICK is powered by an Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core Gemini Lake Refresh processor with 8GB RAM, 128GB flash, and microSD card slot for storage expansion. The mini PC comes with a Gigabit Ethernet port, WiFi 6 and Bluetooth…

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

Description This might help diverting users from abusing issue tracker for seeking support. How Has This Been Tested? UX / guide change. 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

Bumps ossf/scorecard-action from 2.3.0 to 2.3.1. Release notes Sourced from ossf/scorecard-action's releases. v2.3.1 What's Changed :seedling: Bump github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4 from v4.13.0 to v4.13.1 by @​spencerschrock in ossf/scorecard-action#1282 Adds additional Fuzzing detection and fixes a SAST bug related to detecting CodeQL. For a full changelist of what this includes, see the v4.13.1 release notes Full Changelog: https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action/compare/v2.3.0...v2.3.1 Commits 0864cf1 :seedling: Bump docker tag to for v2.3.1 release (#1284) 72df3bf :seedling: Bump github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4 from v4.13.0 to v4.13.1 (#1282) 0ea411f :seedlin…

Description In our linux-dtb-* package, we put our dtbs at /boot/dtb-<kernel_version>. The flash kernel script also uses the same location to create a symlink for dtb to be used. This causes a conflict during upgrade resulting into upgrade failure. This PR adds a workaround to handle the same. Jira reference number AR-1911 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. [ ] Testing is in progress. 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, particular…

Description The "optional/boards" directory seems to have been deprecated and actually never used so much. Remove the last board support package there (rk3318-box) and move into extension as suggested by @rpardini. Ancillary BSP files have been removed too. The extension may have global interest because it was a workaround for X.Org and Lima driver: the former was not able to autodetect the latter with some revision combinations. That configuration fixes the autodetection. At the moment, it has been enabled in rk3318-box board and rk322x family. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compile debian bookworm image for rk3318-box and verify 40-serverflags.conf presence [x] Compi…

Collabora's kernel team made a number of key contributions including a new kselftest for verifying driver probe of Devicetree-based platforms, multiple improvements to further improve support for MediaTek SoCs found in Chromebooks, and more. View the full article

The latest Linux Kernel 6.8 release brings thousands of new lines of code, improving the core kernel, architecture support, networking, file systems, and more. View the full article

thinkpad-x13s: bump to jhovold's wip/sc8280xp-6.10-rc7 thinkpad-x13s: bump to jhovold's wip/sc8280xp-6.10-rc7 View the full article

LilyGO has been very busy in recent weeks, and their latest product is the “T-Dongle ESP32-S2” development board that looks very much like Espressif ESP32-S3-USB-OTG board development board but is equipped with the single-core WiFi-only ESP32-S2 processor instead of the dual-core ESP32-S3 SoC with WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 5.0. The T-Dongle ESP32-S2 board is designed for the development of USB applications and comes with USB OTG female and male ports, as well as the same 1.14-inch color display found on T-Display RP2040/ESP32 and T-PicoC3 boards. T-Dongle ESP32-S2 development board specifications: Wireless SoC – Espressif Systems ESP32-S2 single-core Xtensa LX7 processor @ up …

A well-known Linux kernel developer once said, a poor craftsman famously complains about his tools, but a good craftsman knows how to choose excellent tools. Here's a python-based tool that integrates git and patchwork, and can greatly improve your toolbox. View the full article

Collabora introduces our new brand and logo View the full article

Startup SMLIGHT has launched the SLZB-06 Zigbee 3.0 to Ethernet, USB, and WiFi adapter with PoE support that works out of the box with open-source software such as Home Assistant and Zigbee2MQTT. The device combines Texas Instruments’ СС2652Р microcontroller for Zigbee with ESP32 for WiFi, data transfer to Ethernet or USB, and peripheral functions such as LEDs and a button.The design is complemented with Microchip LAN8720 for Ethernet. SMLIGHT SLZB-06 specifications: Wireless SoCs Texas Instruments CC2652P1FRGZR Arm Cortex-M4F microcontroller @ 48 MHz with 352KB flash, 256KB ROM for protocols and library functions, 80+8KB SRAM, integrated power amplifier, Bluetooth 5.2…

Description The BUILD_ONLY option can be set as a comma separated list of build artifact names to filter build artifacts being compiled. The following artifact names are supported: u-boot, kernel, armbian-config, armbian-zsh, plymouth-theme-armbian, armbian-firmware, armbian-bsp, chroot, bootstrap GH issue reference #4421 Test Results Following tests have been performed with the according output: [x] Test 1 - U-Boot only build - BUILD_ONLY="u-boot": ./compile.sh BOARD=cubietruck BRANCH=current RELEASE=focal BUILD_MINIMAL=yes BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_ONLY="u-boot" KERNEL_ONLY=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no COMPRESS_OUTPUTIMAGE=sha,gpg,7z ... MKIMAGE u-boot.img MKIMAGE u-bo…

Espressif Systems has finally launched the ESP32-W6 WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0 LE, and 802.15.4 IoT microcontroller by making the ESP32-C6-WROOM-1 module available on Aliexpress for $14.25 as well as the ESP32-C6-DevKitC-1 development board that’s out of stock on the official store at the time of writing. but somehow listed in another store for $16.22 plus shipping. Besides the availability announcement, another surprise is the 802.15.4 radio for Zigbee and Thread that was not part of the original ESP32-C6 announcement in April 2021. The ESP32-C6-DevKitC-1 development board comes with a module with 8MB flash, exposes most of the I/O’s from the ESP32-C3, and comes with two USB-…

drivers_network rtl8812au: skip removal for odroidxu4/current so it patches OK again drivers_network rtl8812au: skip removal for odroidxu4/current so it patches OK again# Brief detour. Turns out that HardKernel's vendor odroidxu4 kernel already has this driver # "slipstreamed" into it, complete with a bunch of PDF files and other junk. # See https://github.com/hardkernel/linux/tree/odroid-5.4.y/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8812au # If we remove them here, the resulting patch will contain binary diffs which are unsupported by patch(1). # So if building for the odroidxu4/current, we'll leave the original files in place, and just overwrite # the possibly-updated source files (no…

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

Collabora continues to relentlessly shift the needle to make high-quality open-source software not just an aspiration, but an expectation. We're pleased to announce an extension of our collaboration with Arm, providing more surety and capability for Panfrost. View the full article

thinkpad-x13s: use steev's 6.3.y for working audio; fix Bluetooth; fix core temperature sensors; add modules & fw to initrd; pin & keep x13s PPA (fixes #5550) x13s: pin & keep x13s PPA (fixes #5550) x13s: initialize bluetooth's public-addr, thus allowing BT to work linux-arm64-sc8280xp.config: enable per-core temperature sensors x13s: disable snapd.seeded service so boot won't hang if clock's < 2017 (switching from Windows?) x13s: back to steev's 6.3.y, since 6.4.y's audio drivers don't match alsa-ucm-conf View the full article

BPI-CM4: Add support for the waveshare cm4-io-base-b https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/CM4-IO-BASE-B BPI-CM4: Enable usb support on waveshare baseboards via overlay BPI-SM1: Removed UART_B overlay. Short of it being an available option in the vendor kernel via overlay. I can't find any docs to support why that is. I feel it is safer that we just remove it. BPI-SM1: Add UART_A "pin-ctrl: cts rts" 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 …

Bumps tj-actions/changed-files from 39 to 40. Release notes Sourced from tj-actions/changed-files's releases. v40 Changes in v40.0.0 🔥 🔥 Breaking Change 🔥 🔥 Directory patterns now require explicit specification of the globstar pattern to match all sub paths. ... - name: Get specific changed files id: changed-files-specific uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v40 with: files: | - dir + dir/** What's Changed Upgraded to v39.2.4 by @​tj-actions-bot in tj-actions/changed-files#1664 chore(deps): lock file maintenance by @​renovate in tj-actions/changed-files#1665 Bump @​types/node from 20.8.7 to 20.8.8 by @​dep…

Description rtl8723cs driver need some little changes to compile on kernel 6.7; it was breaking rockchip and allwinner families This pull request contains those changes. Jira reference number AR-2025 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Patch applies correclty on kernel 6.7 [x] Kernel deb packages correctly built 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 …

Description station-m2: move to rk35xx family Add legacy-5.10 and vendor-6.1 kernel for station-m2 This PR is depend on https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/187 and https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/186 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Almost all hardware functions(HDMI, WiFi, BT, GbE, USB...). [x] System startup. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Using our XR expertise, Collabora created a standalone XR experience for our 1% for the Planet partner, SOMAR, to showcase the direct impact of underwater noise pollution on marine life. View the full article

The second part of this series takes a more in-depth look at the eBPF VM and program studied in the first part. Having this low level knowledge is not mandatory but can be a very useful foundation for the rest of the series. View the full article

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

Allwinner H618 processor has started to show up in several TV boxes running Android 12, and capable of playing 6K/4K VP9 and H.265 videos with devices such as T95Z Plus and T95 Max, which may be confusing, as companies are reusing those model numbers over and over. Featuring a quad-core Cortex-A53 processor, an Arm Mali-G31 MP2 GPU, and 6K video support, the Allwinner H618 looks exactly like the Allwinner H616 processor except it can run the more recent Android 12 operating system. There’s not much public information about Allwinner H618 at the time of writing, but let’s check T95Z Plus specifications to see if we can find any other new hidden features: SoC – Allwinner H6…

Syncbotic Syncbot is a four-wheel autonomous mobile robot (AMR) platform for research and education that can be fitted with an NVIDIA Xavier NX or an Intel Apollo Lake/Tiger Lake-based controller running Ubuntu 20.04 operating system with ROS 2 framework, and comes with an motion control MCU board with an EtherCat master and running Zephyr OS. The robot comes with four 400W TECO servo motors, can handle up to 80kg payloads for sensors and a robotic arm, features 12V and 24V power output for sensors, four USB 3.0 ports, and can also be equipped with an eight-camera kit with Intel RealSense and ToF cameras. Syncbot AMR specifications: Robot Controller Platform (one or the o…

The challenge with TinyML is to extract the maximum performance/efficiency at the lowest footprint for AI workloads on microcontroller-class hardware. The TinyML-CAM pipeline, developed by a team of machine learning researchers in Europe, demonstrates what’s possible to achieve on relatively low-end hardware with a camera. Most specifically, they managed to reach over 80 FPS image recognition on the sub-$10 ESP32-CAM board with the open-source TinyML-CAM pipeline taking just about 1KB of RAM. It should work on other MCU boards with a camera, and training does not seem complex since we are told it takes around 30 minutes to implement a customized task. The researchers note…

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

Description Jira reference number AR-1449 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Tested in working branch Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Adjust due to upstream kernel change. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Build test at CI 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

Elfin EW11/EW11A is a small WiFi to RS485 unit with Modbus TCP/IP support that works either in the 5 to 18V DC (EW11) or the 5 to 36V DC (EW11A) input range. The WiFi to RS485 adapter is offered with either an internal or external WiFi antenna, the RS485 interface is exposed through an RJ45 port, and an RJ45 to terminal block cable is usually included, as well as a DIN Rail mount. Elfin EW11/EW11A specifications: MCU (I’m not sure which one is used, and the specs depend on where you look..) Unnamed Arm Cortex-M3 microcontroller @ 96 MHz with 2MB flash, 128KB SRAM (on the product page) OR Unnamed microcontroller @ up to 160MHz with 2MB flash, 352KB SRAM (on Aliexpress) Net…

orangepizero2/sun50iw9/legacy: trying to fix legacy bootloader build; re-do from vendor code; bring busybox dependency with inline hook View the full article

Description Bump rk322x-edge to kernel 6.3 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Successfully compiled kernel deb packages 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 There are many rk3588 boards using u-boot from radxa, and they share the same patch fix_source_so_boot_scr_works.patch. It's better to have just one patch in the repo. So I create one common patch dir legacy/u-boot-radxa-rk3588 for all boards using radxa's u-boot. Since 0001-Add-defconfig-and-dtb-of-nanopi6.patch and add-board-mekotronics-r58.patch won't harm other boards so I also move them to the common dir. If someone want board specfic patches, he can put them to patch/u-boot/legacy/u-boot-radxa-rk3588/board_${BOARD}, just like patch/u-boot/legacy/u-boot-radxa-rk3588/board_hinlink-h88k/uboot-hinlink-h88k-config.patch. How Has This Been Tested? Please desc…

Description When crust is enabled on H3 and H5 boards, when booting, the following error is displayed during u-boot spl stage. ns16550_serial serial@1c28000: pinctrl_select_state_full: uclass_get_device_by_phandle_id: err=-19 The error is quite benign and doesn't impact functionality in any way. Still for user experience sake, this PR 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] Booted on Nanopiduo2 and verified that error is no longer produced Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a se…

Description add PSI, ashmem, binder, binderfs to kernel config on meson64 to make Waydroid work on Amlogic S9xx. I just cherry-picked and copy/pasted changes from here: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4806 How Has This Been Tested? I build a ubuntu 22.04 image with Gnome, installed Waydroid, it works. View the full article

Collabora contributes elements implementing the RIST Simple Profile to GStreamer. This specification adds retransmissions to RTP streams in a way that it compatible with existing broadcast encoders and decoders. View the full article

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

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

This year's X. Org Developer's Conference (XDC) is teaming up with WineConf and FOSS XR in Minneapolis at the University of St. Thomas' Opus Hall for a jam-packed three day event. View the full article

Description Since systemd journal can have its persistent files in /var/log/journal and may be softlinked to /var/log/journal, it needs to be safely recreated during the installation process. 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] installed fix on up-to-date neo2 apt update && apt upgrade on nanopi neo2, copied updated nand-sata-install and exclude.txt, run nand-sata-install to install image to nand, restarted from NAND verified that /var/log.hdd/journal is a folder for persistent journald logging verified that /var/log/journal is symlink to…

LOLIN S3 Pro is a WiFi & Bluetooth LE IoT board built around the ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 modules with various I/Os including a display port, a microSD card slot, and a LOLIN I2C connector. The wireless module ships with 16MB QSPI flash and 8MB PSRAM, and the board also features two 16-pin headers with ADC, DAC, I2C, SPI, UART, etc…, a USB Type-C port, and support for a LiPo batteries with 500mA charging. LOLIN S3 Pro 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 2…

Eoxys Xeno+ Nano ML is a wireless machine learning (ML) board with either Nuvoton NuMicro M2354 or STMicro STM32L4 microcontroller, InnoPhase IoT’s Talaria TWO ultra-low power Wi-Fi and BLE 5.0 module, and the Syntiant Core 2 NDP120 neural decision processor we first noticed in the Arduino Nicla Voice module a few weeks ago. The boards/modules are designed for intelligent and secure IoT devices for smart home, industrial, and medical automation applications, and the company claims it can be used in Wi-Fi IoT sensors with up to 10+ years thanks to the low-power chips and circuitry used in the design. Eoxys Xeno+ Nano ML specifications: General purpose MCU (one or the other…

Description Input method such as fcitx5 requires applications running under gtk or qt. We have another choice libreoffice-qt5, but I think preinstalled libreoffice-gtk3 should be okay. 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

Description As per subject, fix rtl8723cs on kernel 6.3 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compilation for kernel 6.3 works [x] Compilation for kernel 6.1 works Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Move the BPI-M2PRO off the BPI-M5 U-Boot. The BananaPi M5 supports the RTL8822CS Mezzanine, so let us provide the proper bluetooth firmware. NOTE: Boot needs verifying. 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 The size labeler is failing on PRs. Adding permissions to fix the same. 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

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

aml-s9xx-box uses the u-boot shipped with the TV Box instead of installing a new u-boot. Because of this, armbian-install will make the box unbootable if it is run to install to emmc. This change prevents running armbian-install on aml-s9xx-box boards Changes to be committed: modified: packages/bsp/common/usr/sbin/armbian-install 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 de…

Description Update JetHome JetHub D2 support: add patchset for u-boot update kernel patches Update #6725 Jira reference number AR-2028 View the full article

Bump sharkdp/bat from 0.23.0 to 0.24.0 by bumping BATCAT_VERSION in lib/functions/general/bat-cat.sh. Release notes Sourced from sharkdp/bat's releases. Please note that this only shows the release notes for the latest release. v0.24.0 Features Add environment variable BAT_PAGING, see sharkdp/bat#2629 (@einfachIrgendwer0815) Add opt-in (--features lessopen) support for LESSOPEN and LESSCLOSE. See sharkdp/bat#1597, sharkdp/bat#1739, sharkdp/bat#2444, sharkdp/bat#2602, and sharkdp/bat#2662 (@Anomalocaridid) Bugfixes Fix more not being found on Windows when provided via BAT_PAGER, see sharkdp/bat#2570, sharkdp/bat#2580, and sharkdp/bat#2651 (@mataha) Switched default …

Amlogic A113X 1Gb RAM eMMC 8Gb USB (1 port) Ethernet Wireless Realtek 8189FSTV / Z-WAVE There is currently no easy way to flash the IMG. In order to test the build Flash Jethub D1 IMG using the aml-flash-tool Flash Gateway-gz80x IMG to a USB stick Power on unit and input user information or bypass Insert USB stick, reboot sudo reboot. (You should now be booting from the USB stick) Input user information and execute sudo armbian-install and transfer to eMMC When done; power down, pull USB stick and power on. In the future we need to be able to generate IMGs that can be flashed using the aml-flash-tool. NOTE: USB storage isn't detected in U-Boot, when cold booting fro…

Description This reverts commit 49e0ec5d0ec6096292fc3b0e13c855d4297cbcb9. @glneo @3V3RYONE How Has This Been Tested? Ti GIT is accessible. Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Get the recap of Nicolas Frattaroli's FOSDEM talk detailing Rockchip’s mainline progress, including Vulkan 1.4 and NPU support as a vital path to sustainable, affordable hardware. View the full article

Nordic Semi has just announced the nRF71 Series of ultra-low-power SoCs with ultra-low-power Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth Low Energy (LE), and Thread connectivity, as well as an Axon NPU for edge AI workloads. The company claims the new chips, starting with the dual-band nRF7120 and tri-band nRF7120E, deliver up to 20 times lower standby power usage than current-generation nRF70 Series Wi-Fi products. This should allow nRF71 devices to run for years on battery, whether they use BLE, Thread, or Wi-Fi, for Smart Home, wearables, and industrial IoT applications. Nordic Semi nRF7120/nRF7120E specifications: MCU cores Arm Cortex-M33 @ up to 256 MHz RISC-V coprocessor @ up to 256 MHz wit…

Description Trunk to next release version. View the full article

Interested in learning more about low-level specifics of the eBPF stack? Read on as we take a deep dive, from its VM mechanisms and tools, to running traces on remote, resource-constrained embedded devices. View the full article

Collabora Brings Wayland and X11 Graphics Performance to Raspberry Pi Ability to run X11 and Wayland clients on Raspberry Pi effectively with low CPU and memory consumption. CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND - (May 23, 2013) - The Raspberry Pi Foundation and Collabora today announce that they have been working together in order to improve the graphics software capabilities of the Raspberry Pi. The collaboration between the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Collabora enables graphically intensive applications to run with low CPU and memory consumption. The Raspberry Pi has… View the full article

With the Star64 and VisionFive 2 single board computers, we’ve already got two hardware platforms based on the StarFive JH7110 quad-core RISC-V processor, but somehow we did not get the detailed specifications of the new processor, and some details such as the presence of AI accelerators or exact PCIe specifications were lacking. Some documentation for the StarFive JH7100 processor has been released and answers some of those questions. It’s actually an SoC with six RISC-V cores, of which four 64-bit RISC-V cores run the main OS, plus a 64-bit RISC-V monitoring core, and a 32-bit RISC-V real-time core. The AI accelerators found in the JH7100 (Neural Network Engine and NVDL…

Arduino has recently announced the Opta micro PLC with industrial IoT capabilities adding yet another solution to the Arduino Pro family. Arduino used to focus on the hobbyist crowd, but with the launch of the Arduino Pro family in 2020 starting with the Portenta H7 board, the company switched its main focus to the more profitable enterprise market. Since then they’ve launched several other boards designed in-house, and last year started collaborating with the introduction of the Arduino WisGate Edge LoRaWAN gateways based on RAKwireless hardware. The Arduino Opta is another one of those collaborations as it was designed together with Finder, who calls their devices PLR (…

Description We need to activate USB 2 port that shared as type-c using echo host > /sys/kernel/debug/usb/fc000000.usb/mode. It's already exists in Orange Pi's build repo but not exists here. Probably, we also need TCPM patch for Type-C but i don't have an OTG cable so i can't test it but someone verified it on https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4582#issuecomment-1363709144 How Has This Been Tested? [x] USB2 works on my Orange Pi 5 with these changes 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 correspond…

Intel has just launched the Alder Lake-N processors and a duo of ACER Aspire 3 laptops are some of the first platforms to feature the Core i3-N305 octa-core processor, after the introduction of the MSI Cubi N ADL mini PC last week. Both models are equipped with 8GB RAM and a 256GB SSD, but the Aspire 3 A314-36P-360X comes with a 14-inch display while the Aspire 3 A315-510P-3905 features a 15.6-inch display both at Full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution. ACER Aspire 3 “Alder Lake-N” laptop specifications: SoC – Intel Core i3-N305 octa-core processor @ 1.80 GHz / 3.80 GHz (Turbo) with 32EU Intel UHD graphics @ 1.25 GHz; TDP: 15W System Memory – 8 GB LPDDR5 Storage – 256GB NVMe …

Description As per subject, fix rtl88x2bu on kernel 6.3, useful until upstream driver get patched How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compilation for kernel 6.3 works [x] Compilation for kernel 6.1 works Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Resolves #5890 Jira reference number AR-1906 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Test on RPi5 with mantic image. The iwconfig shows output shows that power management is off as expected 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 down…

rk35xx-legacy: 0000.patching_config.yaml with incremental: true for rk 5.10 vendor kernel patching: support 'incremental' Makefile auto-patching, for vendor kernels without incremental: true: we replace the DT Makefile based on *.dts at the DT directory after all patching/copying is done overlay target is added if overlays present with incremental: true: we parse the Makefile, parse the DTs being built, and only add .dts's we have added from 'dt' directory overlays target are not added; we assume smth else already added them rk35xx-legacy: 0000.patching_config.yaml with incremental: true for rk 5.10 vendor kernel allows users to put .dts files bare in userpatch…

Description sid and unstable are synonyms of the same repository Credits: going --> https://forum.armbian.com/topic/37503-kali-linux-as-supported-distro/ [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

Description sunxi64-current had been frozen since release. Bump it to most recent tag at this date. Documentation summary for feature / change Removed a patch from Megi's which per description saves 20ms per something on boot which caused kernel compile breakage between 6.6.34 and .35. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build kernel for Orange Pi Zero 2 with current: https://paste.armbian.de/domaniqife [ ] Boot tests on various sunxi64 boards should be done before merge! Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes …

Bump oras-project/oras from 0.16.0 to 1.2.0 by bumping ORAS_VERSION in lib/functions/general/oci-oras.sh. Release notes Sourced from oras-project/oras's releases. Please note that this only shows the release notes for the latest release. New Features oras is compliant with OCI image-spec v1.1.0 and distribution-spec v1.1.0 Introduce brand-new default terminal experience Show live progress for the following commands: oras copy oras pull oras push oras attach oras blob fetch oras blob push The new terminal experience can be turned off via the preview flag --no-tty Support deletion of manifests and blobs in OCI image layout Support X.509 mTLS authentication with O…

Description @150balbes @paolosabatino @The-going if anyone finds time to check this. (media:media:current:firefly-rk3399) (rockchip64:rockchip64:current:clockworkpi-a06) drivers/spi/spi-rockchip.c:767:12: error: redefinition of ‘rockchip_spi_setup’ make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:288: drivers/spi/spi-rockchip.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:550: drivers/spi] Error 2 (rk322x:rk322x:current:rk322x-box) (rockchip:rockchip:current:tinkerboard) make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:288: drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:551: drivers/staging/media/rkvdec] Error 2 (sunxi64:sunxi64:edge:bananapim64) (sunxi:s…

It's now possible to run Android applications in the same graphical environment as regular Wayland Linux applications with full 3D acceleration. Here's a look at SPURV, our experimental containerized Android environment. View the full article

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

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Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 5.4.215. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] 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