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Description As per subject: bump rockchip64 current kernel to 6.6 and edge kernel to 6.7 Jira reference number AR-2017 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Compile kernel deb packages for 6.6 [ ] Compile kernel deb packages for 6.7 [ ] Build image and test with kernel 6.7 for rk3328 board [ ] Build image and test with kernel 6.7 for rk3399 board 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…

Description bash-completion adds the functionality for autocompleting command when pressing . This is an essential shell functionality and should be enabled even on a minimal image. The package has no dependencies and is slim: https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/bash-completion How Has This Been Tested? [x] Install minimal image without bash-completion: pain 😵‍💫 [x] Install minimal image without bash-completion: nice and efficient 🌈 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Description Add parallel compression for xz with the option XZ_OPT="--threads=0" gzip and bzip were already using parallel compressors. xz has this option built-in, so add the argument to make use of it. Source: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200901151002.988547791@linuxfoundation.org/ Also change KBUILD user and host to make cat /proc/version show something like Linux version 6.9.8 (build@armbian) instead of Linux version 6.9.8 (armbian@next). build@armbian refers to the Armbian build framework (this repository) How Has This Been Tested? [x] ./compile.sh build BOARD=nanopi-r6c BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=trixi…

The latest kernel 6.10 release brings multiple core changes and updates to BH workqueues. Let's examine the developments implemented by Collabora's engineers. View the full article

Description I'm working on integrating the Youyeetoo R1 V3 board into the Armbian ecosystem by writing DTS files and testing system functionality. Here is the hardware that this board supports: Feature Description Model Youyeetoo R1 V3 CPU RK3588S Memory LPDDR4 (up to 32GB) USB 1x USB 3.0, 3x USB 2.0 Ethernet 1x GbE I/O GPIO, UART, NVME PCIe 2.0, eMMC, SD Card, M.2 (WiFi) When the compatibility is fully established, I plan to move it from WIP to CSC. 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] All images are downloaded https://share.s…

Description Fix Type-C DP altmode on some rk3399 boards. Currently only on rockchip64-6.15. The old implementation is tricky, and only works in normal orientation. If the plug is flipped, there will be only USB2.0 connectivity. With the proposed changes, the type-c ports on related rk3399 boards should work in both orientations. A few patches from Megous are picked(some of them already present in sunxi64 kernel patches). The tricky part is how to notify rk3399 cdn-dp driver about DP HPD(hot plug detection), and a workaround is written. A caveat is that the c port has to be OTG mode, otherwise it will behave very similar to the old implementation if DP is enabled. I'm …

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

Description Add emmc related device tree nodes referring to legacy kernel device tree Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. I don't have emmc module on my rock-3a, but one of my friend has. Before this commit emmc is not detected and command lsblk doesn't show emmc block. I compiled a kernel and send it to him to test. After this commit he can install armbian to emmc and boot successfully. [x] Build successfully. [x] Emmc is detected and can install armbian to it. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own c…

With just a few simple steps, you can compile and boot a Raspberry Pi using the Linux kernel mainline source code. Here's how. View the full article

Arm has unveiled the new Immortalis family of flagship GPUs with support for hardware-based ray tracing starting with the Immortalis-G715 GPU, as well as two new premium Mali GPUs namely Arm Mali-G615 and Mali-G715. Software-based ray tracing was already implemented on Arm Mali G710 on SoC’s such as the MediaTek Dimensity 9000, but the hardware-based ray tracing in the Immortalis-G715 delivers over 300 percent performance improvements, and only uses 4% of the shader core area. This will be mostly used in games to generate realistic lighting and shadows as can be seen in the “before vs after” video demo below. While hardware-based ray tracing is only available on the Imm…

Description CSC support for Radxa rock 4b+ only edge kernel using latest ddr4_933 blop using correct device tree. tested NVME works great 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 Add support for plymouth NOTE: The version of bullesys don't support bgrt-fallback. How Has This Been Tested? [X] focal cli with onecloud [X] jammy cli with onecloud [X] buster cli with onecloud [X] bullseye cli with onecloud [X] bullseye xfce with onecloud Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

The else condition will never be met. if [[ "$BETA" == "yes" ]]; then IMAGE_TYPE=nightly elif [[ "$BETA" == "no" ]]; then IMAGE_TYPE=stable else IMAGE_TYPE=user-built fi Description The chroot_build_packages function collects all packages everything for all operating systems and the user is drowning in the amount of code being executed. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Test building with the EXTERNAL_NEW="compile" parameter View the full article

Description Script was chowning all files in the home folder each time desktop package was updated. Jira reference number AR-1403 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Manual run 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

This selection did get disabled by the BUILD_ONLY option implementation This fix will re-enable the KERNEL_ONLY selection for intermediate backward compatibility Description @The-going This PR is due to a comment from @igorpecovnik on #4455, asking, if it was inteded to switch off the interactive KERNEL_ONLY selection. I guess for now we should keep this interactive feature in for backward compatibility. This PR would fix it. This is a followup to fix this introduced by #4455 Test [x] Interactive call of ./compile.sh - the interactive KERNEL_ONLY selection dialog appears again and KERNEL_ONLY=yes is propagated to BUILD_ONLY as expected Checklist: [x] My code follows…

Description mipi_dsi_driver adjust function remove return void on linux6.1 (this patch also add new: orientation custom, reset level custom) How Has This Been Tested? [x] product panel_simple_dsi.ko on linux6.1 and drive my dsi lcd normal 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 [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Linux 6.2 has just been released with Linus Torvalds making the announcement on LKML as usual: So here we are, right on (the extended) schedule, with 6.2 out. Nothing unexpected happened last week, with just a random selection of small fixes spread all over, with nothing really standing out. The shortlog is tiny and appended below, you can scroll through it if you’re bored. Wed have a couple of small things that Thorsten was tracking on the regression side, but I wasn’t going to apply any last-minute patches that weren’t actively pushed by maintainers, so they will have to show up for stable. Nothing seemed even remotely worth trying to delay things for. And this obviousl…

Onyx BOOX Tab Ultra C is an Android 11 tablet with a 10.3-inch E-Ink Kaileo 3 color display with 2480 x 1860 black & white resolution, 1240 x 930 color resolution, a capacitive touchscreen and support for a stylus with 4096 levels of pressure. The tablet is an evolution of the BOOX Tab Ultra black-and-white tablet with a 4096-color E-Ink display using the latest Kaleido 3 screen that increases color saturation by 30 percent and reduces blue light reflections compared to earlier Kaleido Plus displays. BOOX Tab Ultra C specifications: SoC – Unnamed “Qualcomm Advanced” octa-core processor (likely the 2.0 GHz Snapdragon 662 octa-core Cortex-A73/A53 processor like in its b…

Description Rock5a has emmc and spi flash sharing the same pin, so we can't support them in the same devicetree. I've added a new uboot defconfig supporting spi flash: https://github.com/radxa/u-boot/pull/23. We have to build uboot twice for rock5a, the first time supporting spi flash, the second time supporting emmc. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Build image for rock5a and flash it to emmc, boot fine. [x] Flash rkspi_loader.img to spi flash, booting image flashed to nvme SSD, boot fine. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines …

Upstream code has trickled down into 6.5.y, so adjust patching accordingly. NOTE: It is advised that maintainers, if they are using RTW88 and Linux 6.5.y, UPDATE edge kernels to 6.5.5. 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 Maintainace. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Noticed that it breaks on building if this repo is enabled Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Fix build errors on Khadas Edge 2 vendor uboot. GitHub issue reference: https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6862 Jira reference number AR-2402 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Now it builds with DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE="ubuntu:noble" argument. Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [ ] 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description The same configuration has been working fine for the similar NanoPi R6C for a while. Users have reported issues with the vendor U-Boot not able to boot. Ref: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/42105-report-bug-in-nanopi-r6s/ How Has This Been Tested? [x] ./compile.sh BOARD=nanopi-r6s BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=trixie uboot 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and publish…

Description Add all the patches and switch the edge to version 6.15 Make it possible to manage the KERNEL_DRIVERS_SKIP array in the user configuration file. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Test build image GNOME for bananapim4berry [x] Test on board View the full article

Next week we'll be in Prague for a packed Open Source week! We’ll speak at the Linux Plumbers Conference and GStreamer Conference, and present two demos at the ELC Technical Showcase. View the full article

Description As per subject, expecially useful for people that is using docker note: this PR can be squash-merged since there are three commits that all around do the job, no need to keep all three of them in history. How Has This Been Tested? Kernel debs have been produced; people on the forum thread did some testing and they seem happy enough. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merge…

The first major release of Linux for the year 2019 was made available earlier this week, and with it came a new version number: 5.0. Here's a look at contributions made by Collaborans! View the full article

Description Maintenance. Break key implementation changes so our SPACE -> CTRL C patch doesn't work anymore. Jira reference number AR-1319 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build tests [x] Boot test on Opi3LTS, Neo 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 Add cpu-frequency to orangepizero2, allwinner h616. From sunxi 5.16 the drivers and dtsi, dts files have the necessary support. Add: sun50i-h616-cpu-opp.dtsi Additions: sun50i-h616-orangepi-zero2.dts +#include"sun50i-h616-cpu-opp.dtsi" +&cpu0 { + cpu-supply = <&reg_dcdca>; +}; Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Test A Build: compiled and booted [x] Test B Board: test success @orangepizero2:~$ uname -a Linux orangepizero2 5.19.6-sunxi64 #trunk SMP Mon Sep 5 23:16:49 UTC 2022 aarch64 …

Description Bluetooth on PBP is currently broken and this might fix it. No hw to test but: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4608#issuecomment-1364484639 View the full article

Antmicro has designed an open hardware AMD Xilinx Kintex-7 K410T FPGA development board in KiCad 6 mostly to synthesize custom RISC-V-based processing platforms and work on the OpenTitan Root of Trust project. Separately, the company has also launched an open hardware portal sharing some of the KiCad and Blender designs they’ve worked on over the years. Open-source hardware AMD Xilinx Kintex-7 K410T development board Key features and specifications: FPGA – AMD-Xilinx Kintex-7 K410T FPGA with 400K logic cells, 16 Gigabit transceivers operating at 12.5Gb/s. System Memory – 512MB of DDR3L memory, 8MB of SRAM memory Storage – 32MB (256Mbit) of (Q)SPI NOR flash, assembly opti…

Description Add @adeepn to meson64-related stuff Jira reference number AR-1766 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

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 …

Removed WIP status Added CONFIG_R8169=m to defconfig(s) (eth support) Modified and added additional patches (linux 6.1 / 6.4) U-Boot v2023.07.2 (dropped v2022.10) Upstream BT FW (rtl8822cs) is now shared between CM4IO and M2S 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 Simple calculator is must have desktop utility. Jira reference number AR-1834 How Has This Been Tested? Adding simple package which seems to be present everywhere. 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 Hello all, This PR adds support for the Texas Instruments SK-TDA4VM. Features, schematics, and purchase links can be found on the board page[0]. Notable features: 4GB LPDDR4‐4266 with support for inline ECC DisplayPort (v1.4) 4K resolution with MST support and HDMI Two CSI-2 ports compatible with Raspberry Pi 8 TOPS deep learning performance and hardware-accelerated edge AI Three USB 3.0 Type A ports, one USB 3.0 Type C port Gigabit Ethernet and 4x CAN-FD Headers M.2 Key E and M.2 Key M connectors Thanks! [0] https://www.ti.com/tool/SK-TDA4VM Depends on #5686 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build/Boot tested Bookworm CLI/Minimal on Current(v6.1) and Edg…

lib: drop old boot_logo code; keep png/gif as they're used for plymouth lib: drop old boot_logo code; keep png/gif as they're used for plymouth origins of what's being dropped: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/2065 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=…

Description by double quoting ${ENABLE_EXTENSIONS} we make sure framework doesn't crash during initrd build while interpreting a possible space-separated second extension from config file or command line Might be an alternative to PR #7182 Bonus: this also saves armbian-add-overlay from same behavior [x] Succesfully build orangepi5-plus current while multiple extensions were enabled 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 Add support for IMB3588 board. This board based RK3588 SoC, with 4G/8G/16G/32GB LPDDR4 & 16G~128G emmc, 2x 1Gbps Ethernet, 1x HDMI 2.1 output, 1x eDP, 1x mipi display, 1x LVDS, AP6275P wifi 6 & buletooth 5.1 module. IMB3588 board info: https://www.sunshine-tek.com/productinfo/1989232.html Documentation summary for feature / change Only support vendor 6.1 kernel, build with mesa-vpu extensions will get mali GPU worked. ./compile.sh BOARD=imb3588 BRANCH=vendor BUILD_DESKTOP=yes BUILD_MINIMAL=no DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED= DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT=gnome DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG_NAME=config_base ENABLE_EXTENSIONS=mesa-vpu EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=n…

http://blog.armbian.com/content/images/2026/01/githubhighlights-2.png This week’s Armbian development saw a major cleanup of legacy toolchain code, alongside numerous board-specific improvements and kernel updates. Support was added for the Nuvoton MA35D1 NuMaker IoT board, while the BananaPi CM4/M2S and Khadas VIM3L boards received updated U-Boot bootloaders. Several fixes addressed hardware compatibility, including Bluetooth on Orange Pi Zero2, Type-C issues on Helios64, and build stability for the Raspberry Pi 4B. The release also introduced enhanced audio support for Genio devices and new AV1 patches for Rockchip64. Continuous integration workflows were reorganized, a…

The Holo Core aarch64 preview provides early binaries, sources, and containers for an Arch Linux-based aarch64 port, backed by tooling and CI work for reproducible rolling-release builds. View the full article

Since the last Debian release, a number of changes have been made in the Debian Cloud Team, both on the technical & organisational level within the community. Here's a look at what's in store for Buster! View the full article

Description Bump sunxi to align with upstream versions. View the full article

Description Jira reference number AR-1362 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Boot 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

myCobot 280 Pi is a versatile robotic arm with a 6 degree of freedom design. It was developed by Elephant Robotics using the Raspberry Pi 4 board as the main controller. The robot is compact and delivers stable operation making it ideal for confined spaces. It can also be programmed in a variety of languages, is easy to use, and offers a lot of features. It is suitable for those who are interested in learning how to program a robotic arm controller and for engineering projects. Unboxing myCobot 280 Pi The myCobot 280 Pi arm has a working range of 280 mm, weighs 850 grams, and can handle a payload of up to 250 grams. It is powered by 6 servo motors, one for each degree of …

Fix typo: "memebers" -> "members" View the full article

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

Description Remove duplicate codes for extrawifi. How Has This Been Tested? !!! Need to test for all kernel !!! Checklist: [ ] 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

QNAP has been teasing two potentially interesting NAS coming up soon: the TS-AI642 AI NAS leveraging the 6 TOPS NPU in Rockchip RK3588 Arm processor for image and facial recognition, and the TBS-574X NAS powered by an Intel Core i3-1220P Alder Lake CPU and taking up to five hot-swappable E1.S NVMe PCIe SSDs. Details are limited since neither device is available yet, but both NAS are equipped with relatively powerful Arm and Intel processors and offer some innovative features. QNAP TBS-574X NAS with Rockchip RK3588 Preliminary specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3588 octa-core 64-bit Arm processor with 4x Cortex-A76 cores @ 2.2 GHz, 4x Cortex-A55 cores @ 1.8 GHz, 6 TOPS NPU S…

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

Description Panther X2 is a blockchain terminal device:https://shop.panther.global/ I used rock 3c's uboot defconfig and uboot devicetree and it worked fine. I may patch in the future, as the uboot patch is board specific. 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 Additional driver support: Realtek 8822BS SDIO wireless network adapter Realtek 8822BU USB wireless network adapter Realtek 8822CS SDIO wireless network adapter Realtek 8822CU USB wireless network adapter Realtek 8821CS SDIO wireless network adapter Realtek 8821CU USB wireless network adapter Revert "Revert "BPI-CM4 IO: RTW88: Realtek 8822CS SDIO Wireless Support"": This reverts commit 672bd5393af1d8d59cad02462bc52980f1a99dfd. This restore commit 3f169bcae25557e60fe9fec613ab2a5bcf8219ac. Revert: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5257 Based on: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5248 WARNING: This move RTL88x2CS driver to EXTRA_WIFI=no Jira referenc…

Description Fixes ethernet broken for some users on 6.x kernels. It was working fine for me on 6.x kernels. For @AGM1968, it was working fine only on cold boot, while for some users from forum it was not working at all. Hence this PR is raised to fix the same by increasing the startup frequency and specifying clock frequency for motorcomm chip 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 @AGM1968 and also by user on forum that this fixes the broken ethernet [X] In my case, ethernet continues to work fine with this fix as it was working before. C…

The testing ecosystem in the Linux kernel has been steadily growing, but are efforts sufficiently coordinated? How can we help developers and maintainers integrate code more efficiently? How can we mitigate maintainer burnout? View the full article

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

Description The Recore dts patch submitted earlier was not applied since the patch was not not referenced in the series.conf file. The patch adds it to the list. Documentation summary for feature / change [x] short description (copy / paste of PR title) [x] summary (description relevant for end users) [ ] example of usage (how to see this in function) How Has This Been Tested? It has been tested on the following hardware: [x] Recore A8 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 area…

Description Fixes loading light overlay, which was added in cb1-overlays patch. This was encountered while debugging an issue reported on forums: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/44933-unable-to-setup-can-network/ GitHub issue reference: Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build and boot the image on BigTreeTech Pi v1.2 (bigtreetech-cb1) 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…

give the yaml lore link and prefix in 000.patching.config.yaml if prefix not found in any file in main patch dir, will grab full patch using b4 write it out with the prefix to main patch dir force a rewrite if file with prefix found, it will skip just delete the file to re-do prefixes should not ever change, and the full b4-provided slug will be appended; respect the "standard" of the patching dir by using the correct prefix View the full article

Tyr has reached a major milestone by booting the Arm Mali-G610 GPU’s MCU using upstream Rust DRM memory-management abstractions, while helping shape the kernel infrastructure future Rust GPU drivers will rely on. View the full article

I had seen the Edge Impulse development platform for machine learning on edge devices being used by several boards, but I hadn’t had an opportunity to try it out so far. So when Seeed Studio asked me whether I’d be interested to test the nRF52840-powered XIAO BLE Sense board, I thought it might be a good idea to review it with Edge Impulse as I had seen a motion/gesture recognition demo on the board. It was quite a challenge as it took me four months to complete the review from the time Seeed Studio first contacted me, mostly due to poor communications from DHL causing the first boards to go to customs’ heaven, then wasting time with some of the worse instructions I had s…

Collaborans are in Tokyo this week to take part in the AGL All Member Meeting. They'll be discussing the future of IVI Window Management, and also look at the latest upstream work around the PipeWire framework and how it can benefit the automotive industry. View the full article

Besides announcing the new Immortalis-G715, Mali-G715, and Mali-G615 GPUs, Arm has also introduced the second-generation of Armv9 cores with the Cortex-A715 and Cortex-X3 cores with respectively a 20% energy-efficiency improvement (and smaller 5% performance uplift) over the Cortex-A710 core and a 25% peak performance boost against the Cortex-X2 flagship core. The announcement also includes a “refresh” of the Cortex-A510 core announced last year with a 5% improvement in efficiency and the same level of performance. The Cortex-X3 will also be used in (Windows 11) laptop processors with the single-thread performance improved by up to 34% in that case. Armv9 mobile SoC (Tota…

CANduino v3 is the third revision of MassiveButDynamic’s CAN bus board with Arduino Nano form factor based on Microchip ATmega168PA 8-bit AVR microcontroller, Microchip MCP2515 CAN controller with an SPI interface, and Microchip MCP2551 CAN transceiver suitable for 12V and 24V systems. The CANDuino v3 board is now slightly narrower in order to give access to two rows on each side when installed on a breadboard, comes with a USB Type-C port to reduce the number of cables needed, and the CAN bus function can be deactivated via a jumper in order to use the CANduino as a normal Arduino Nano. CANDuino v3 specifications: MCU – Microchip ATmega168PA 8-bit AVR microcontroller @ u…

MSI is better known for its consumer-grade motherboard and mini PCs, but they also have a division called MSI IPC (industrial PC) that makes embedded hardware such as the MS-98M3 3.5-inch single board computer (SBC) powered by an Intel Tiger Lake UP3 processor and designed for autonomous mobile robots (AMR). The SBC supports up to 64GB DDR4 RAM, SATA and NVMe storage, offers two 2.5 Gbps Ethernet ports, up to four display interfaces with HDMI, DisplayPort, LVDS and/or eDP, four USB 3.2 ports, M.2 expansion sockets for storage and wireless connectivity, as well as various other internal headers. MSI MS-98M3 specifications: Tiger Lake UP3 “IoTG” SoC (one or the other) …

Hardkernel have added Intel Alder Lake mini PCs to their ODROID-H series and they are known as the ODROID-H3 and ODROID-H3+. Like the discontinued ODROID-H2/H2+, this new series also supports the Net Card which will add four extra 2.5 gigabit Ethernet ports. Hardkernel kindly sent an ODROID-H3+ together with a selection of accessories for review and I’m going to look at the effect on performance when changing the Power Limit values in the UEFI (BIOS) together with the network performance of the Net Card. ODROID-H3+ hardware overview The ODROID-H3+ physically consists of a 110 x 110 mm (4.33 x 4.33-inch) motherboard complete with an Intel Pentium Silver Jasper Lake mobile …

Most Intel processors do not come with a MIPI CSI camera, but some Alder Lake-N processors do, and Leopard Imaging has designed the LI-ADL-ADP-IMX415-MIPI-081H MIPI CSI camera module that is compatible with the Intel ADL-N CRB (Alder Lake-N Customer Reference Board) and custom Alder Lake-N boards equipped with a compatible MIPI CSI connector. The 13MP camera supports resolutions up to 3864 x 2176 and works with boards and embedded systems based on Intel Atom processors x7000E Series, Intel Core i3-N processors, and Intel Processors N-Series processors. LI-ADL-ADP-IMX415-MIPI-081H specifications: Sony IMX415 CMOS image sensor Diagonal – 6.43 mm (Type 1/2.8) Active Pixels –…

Updated: 6.1 / 6.4 Added: 6.5 For doc sake, this update makes 6.1 slightly different than 6.4 and 6.5 in one particular area of main.c. As shown here: https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw88/commit/7746e2fa87a6687c068c9c746f6efbeee2616496 6.1 requires we use del_timer_sync, where the above releases use timer_delete_sync. Tested-on: ODROID-C4 X96-AIR BPI-CM4 (linux 6.x.y) There is no meson64-6.5 patch dir as of yet, so I didn't run an official test using Armbian. In my own personal builds, these patches all apply clean and the resulting kernel behaves as expected. Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my …

Description Legacy - 5.15.32 -> 5.15.33 Current - 6.1.54 -> 6.1.55 Edge - 6.5.4 -> 6.5.5 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 (sun8i H3) [X] Booted on Orange Pi Prime (sun50i H5) 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 publish…

Description This commit re-applies previously utilized 'HACK' patches aimed at addressing eMMC phase clock configuration issues exclusively on JetHub D1, D1+, and H1 devices. No impact on other devices. Jira reference number AR-2049 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] D1+/H1 boots correctly 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 cha…

Dear Armbian Community, Here are the latest news! With each new Armbian release, we bring you plenty of improvements. However, we also encounter some new bugs along the way. While some are our own doing, most come from various sources. Much of the software we distribute is common and maintained by third parties upstream, with our main focus on single board computers. Challenges and Improvements During the first week after the release, we faced some problems with the package repository. Our system is highly automated, but sometimes things don’t go smoothly. While trying to improve things, we accidentally caused a delay in updates for two weeks. We’re working hard to fi…

Description Use radxa's next-dev-v2024.03 branch for armsom's boards. Note that I have to remove CONFIG_OPTEE_ALWAYS_USE_SECURITY_PARTITION=y from defconfig to boot the board. So boards affected by https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6534 like nanopi6 and nanopc-t6 should also check this. @efectn @Tonymac32 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] ./compile.sh BOARD=armsom-sige7 BRANCH=vendor BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no DEB_COMPRESS=xz KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=bookworm KERNEL_GIT=shallow Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevan…

Description The latest migration to 6.10 broke some functions of Khadas Edge2 board. This PR fixes them. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? [x] Auto fan control works. [x] Typec works again. Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [ ] 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Revert https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/7156 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

I believe this is what causes the red systemd error on console-setup during boot View the full article

This week's updates center on new hardware enablement, a broad U-Boot v2026.07 modernization, and build system hardening for toolchain and infrastructure changes. Board support expanded across multiple SoC families, including the X88 PRO RK3566 TV box, Avnet MaaXBoard 8ULP (i.MX8ULP), EASY EAI Nano (RV1126), and the AYN Odin3. The Youyeetoo R1 v3 was promoted to standard support with named audio outputs, while the Radxa Dragon Q8B gained an edge kernel (7.1) target. Rockchip work included RK3588 CAN support for kernels 6.18/7.1/7.2, HDMI-RX fixes on the OrangePi 5 Ultra, and Mixtile Blade3 refinements on the 7.2 bleeding edge. A coordinated U-Boot bump to v2026.07 landed …

This week's work centers on new board and SoC enablement, a broad wireless driver and firmware overhaul, and continued kernel, boot, and installer refinements. Board support expanded on multiple fronts. A new RK3562 family was introduced alongside the KICKPI K3B with mainline U-Boot and Linux, and mainline 7.2 bring-up landed for the S5P6818 platform covering NanoPC-T3+, NanoPi M3, and Fire3. The FriendlyELEC NanoPi R28S, Wildfire Lubancat 3 v2, OrangePi CM5 Base edition, and SpacemiT Musebook (current branch) were added, while the Mixtile Edge2 and Blade 3, Orange Pi 5 Max/Ultra, and Banana Pi M2 Ultra received targeted fixes for Bluetooth, eMMC, Ethernet, and thermal be…

Collabora authored 111 patches for Linux 7.3, spanning DRM core, Rust, MediaTek, Rockchip, and more. Highlights include a new color format property, per-connector hotplug events, sparse mappings in Panthor, and continued progress on Tyr. View the full article

Description Merge rk35xx edge kernel and config into rockchip64 edge kernel. The only difference at this point is that uboot for rk35xx still does not uses mainline uboot Jira: AR-1180 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Tested on rockpro64 [x] Tested on rock-3a Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [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…

Restrict the GitHub token permissions only to the required ones; this way, even if the attackers will succeed in compromising your workflow, they won’t be able to do much. Included permissions for the action. https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#token-permissions https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#permissions https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-jobs/assigning-permissions-to-jobs Keeping your GitHub Actions and workflows secure Part 1: Preventing pwn requests Signed-off-by: naveen 172697+naveensrinivasan@users.noreply.github.com View the full article

Following two months of work to develop a new kernel driver for Midgard and Bifrost GPUs, the kernel side of Panfrost is now in a form close to be acceptable in the mainline Linux kernel. View the full article

Description Recently a patch solved the problem with /var/log.hdd/journal increasing in size. However, the patch also deletes all files created by logrotate. This makes logrotate useless. This patch can at the same time decrease the size of the journal folder and keeps files created by logrotate. see discussion at https://forum.armbian.com/topic/19995-armbian-ramlog-problems-and-possible-improvements/ How Has This Been Tested? I am using the changed file on my system. No problems so far. 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…

The Home Assistant SkyConnect is a USB stick with support for Zigbee, Matter, and Thread connectivity designed to work with the popular Home Assistant open-source home automation solution, and enables users to bring Home Assistant Yellow (previously known as Home Assistant Amber) functionality to any platform running Home Assistant. The USB dongle is based on a Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 Gecko Series 2 Arm Cortex-M33 wireless microcontroller with an 802.15.4 multi-protocol 2.4 GHz radio that can concurrently run both Zigbee 3.0 (EmberZNet/EZSP) and Thread/Matter (OpenThread/Spinel) stacks/protocols at the same time by using firmware in RCP RCP (Radio Co-Processor) mode. Home …

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 [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no ne…

Allwinner V3LP is a single-core Cortex-A7 processor for dual-camera systems with the exact same specifications as the Allwinner V3S processor introduced in 2016, except it should be more power efficient with a lower DDR operating voltage of 1.5V instead of 1.8V. Sochip explains that procuring the integrated DDR2 in the Allwinner V3s design is challenging, so Allwinner has replaced the memory in the pin-to-pin compatible Allwinner V3LP with more broadly available and lower power RAM. Allwinner V3LP specifications: CPU – ARM Cortex-A7 @ up to 1.2 GHz Memory – Integrated 64MB DDR2 DRAM @ 1.5 V Storage I/F – SD 2.0, eMMC 4.41, SPI NAND flash, SPI NOR flash Audio Codec – 92dB …

Description An attempt to improve review process. Code owners are automatically requested for review when someone opens a pull request that modifies code that they own. Code owners are not automatically requested to review draft pull requests. Jira reference number AR-1435 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Not tested yet 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 downstr…

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 5.4.229. 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

ELECFREAKS micro:bit XGO Robot Kit is a robotic dog designed for robotics education. It moves realistically and acts like a real pet dog, and can help teach various technology concepts related to mechanical engineering, electronics, programming, and artificial intelligence (AI). The kit support both the BBC Micro:bit V1 and V2 boards which can be programmed with Microsoft MakeCode, Python, the Arduino IDE, and other languages. The XGO robot is compact and can be easily used on a desk or table. The robot is made of aluminum metal coated with a beautiful anodized finish. Each leg has 12 high-quality digital servos moving each joint, 3 on each side, totaling 12, helping the …

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

Description BigTreeTech CB1 current(6.1) & edge(6.2) patches. AXP313A PMIC ok Onboard RTL8189FS WIFI ok The Ethernet AC200/AC300 PHY drivers built-in H616 and HDMI have not yet been adapted. In fact, the HDMI of sun50i-h616-orangepi-zero2.dts and the ethernet of sun50i-h616-x96-mate.dts also have the same effect(cannot work) Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Both BRANCH=current and BRANCH=edge have been compiled successfully without any errors and can be started normally when written to the device. 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 m…

Adds official support for the board and solid foundation for the development Description Progress from https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5684 The original work is on https://github.com/Kreyren/armbian-build-kreyren/compare/6cd581c96c0b7b800b6549afe23112d4a662d2a0..811288169004dccacab964129ecaf8cfe891b22d i tried to shorten it as much as possible for the easy merge request review The image boots and seems to work without major issues The fans doesn't work and need to be corrected with: echo 1 > /sys/class/pwm/pwmchip0/export echo 1000000 > /sys/class/pwm/pwmchip0/pwm1/period echo 1000000 > /sys/class/pwm/pwmchip0/pwm1/duty_cycle echo 1 > /sys/class/pwm…

Call the 'passwd' command with the right arguments depending on whether the user entered a password or not. View the full article

Description The latest ATF has several fixes and improvements for the K3 platform. The current default ATFBRANCH is rather old (and should be updated, but I don't have all the other platforms needed to test right now). For now update to the latest stable tag for K3 platforms. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Build and boot SK-AM64B [ ] Build and boot SK-AM62B [ ] Build and boot SK-TDA4VM 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 [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-2050 How Has This Been Tested? Boots current and edge kernel from SDcard images Built-in WiFi works in both cases However, board will not allow clocking >1.0Ghz Built-in WiFi antenna is very weak Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ x ] Generate current image [ x ] Generate edge image Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I hav…

Description Add support to build VIM1S/VIM4 images on arm64 platform. Currently only x86_64 platform was supported as build host as the gcc-linaro-aarch64-elf compiler version 7.3.1-2018.05 was not available for aarch64 platform. I have built the compiler myself on vim4 using the commands given here How Has This Been Tested? [X] Compiled u-boot for VIM1S and VIM4 [X] Created a minimal bookworm image for VIM1S and booted on the same 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 generate no new warnings [ ] Any dep…

mekotronics: u-boot: join rockchip-rk3588's default u-boot-radxa-rk35xx scheme mekotronics: u-boot: join rockchip-rk3588's default u-boot-radxa-rk35xx scheme rebased 2 patches moved null patches for dts & defconfigs to dt / defconfig dirs rename defconfigs since we're at it; use board-specific only defconfigs re-saved View the full article

Description Force netplan to use DHCP only on interface e* and not also on the docker interface Jira reference number AR-2430 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Test by user on forum Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

bcm2711: don't skip deploying firmware if on Debian bcm2711: don't skip deploying firmware if on Debian partial revert of ca1f302ec6dd1e8d80815cdf7b9e69a52517ed2c bcm2711: bump raspfw version to a6827c1b30eabf41d53b3fa5e87d6ff8c0f28ae6 View the full article

This week's updates center on new hardware enablement, a broad U-Boot v2026.07 modernization, and build system hardening for toolchain and infrastructure changes. Board support expanded across multiple SoC families, including the X88 PRO RK3566 TV box, Avnet MaaXBoard 8ULP (i.MX8ULP), EASY EAI Nano (RV1126), and the AYN Odin3. The Youyeetoo R1 v3 was promoted to standard support with named audio outputs, while the Radxa Dragon Q8B gained an edge kernel (7.1) target. Rockchip work included RK3588 CAN support for kernels 6.18/7.1/7.2, HDMI-RX fixes on the OrangePi 5 Ultra, and Mixtile Blade3 refinements on the 7.2 bleeding edge. A coordinated U-Boot bump to v2026.07 landed …