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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 …

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

Description As long as the rockchip-inno-usb3 phy driver has been removed from current kernel, remove it from edge kernel as well. This affects only rk3328 devices, but so far none of them has enabled the driver except roc-pc and station-m1; station-m1 dts file has been removed since it does not appear in CURRENT kernel patch directory, roc-pc device tree has been adapted. So far I tested the phy driver a bit going into the OTG journey. It turned out that does not work at all with the dwc3 USB3 core driver; The phy driver presence is somewhat necessary to attach the proper OTG vbus regulator for OTG function, thus removing the driver will probably hinder future OTG func…

Description Current Armbian images has partitions without labels. If I want to mount them inside script, I have to find somehow the UUIDs. But with labels it will be easier to use something like mount -v LABEL="armbian_root" /mnt/armbian How has this been tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] created image with ./compile.sh, recorded to SD-card with dd. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made correspon…

In the conclusion of our SenseCAP K1100 Sensor Prototype kit review with LoRaWAN and Vision AI, the author suggested that it would be great if SeeedStudio could develop a new firmware that can connect without coding instead of using Arduino programming: I had to rely on my knowledge and experience with LoRaWAN to transmit data wirelessly over long distances. That’s because LoRaWAN has a more complicated connection process than Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. It would be great if Seeed Studio could develop a new firmware that can connect without any coding It did not take long, as SeeedStudio very recently released the first version of SenseCraft open source smart sensor software for …

Description Switch sunxi EDGE to version 6.0 Checklist: [ ] Test build [ ] Checking the operation on the device. 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-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…

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

Description sunxi: switch EDGE to v6.1.5, CURRENT to v5.15.87 Checklist: [ ] Test build sunxi [ ] Test build sunxi64 View the full article

LibreELEC 11 lightweight media center Linux distribution based on Kodi 20 “Nexus” has just been released with various improvements on x86 and Arm platforms. Kodi 20 was released and available for download in January with AV1 hardware video decoding in Android and x86 (VAAPI) platforms with AV1-capable GPU or VPU, FFMPEG 4.4, Pipewire support in Linux, and a few others. LibreELEC 11 enables you to have a dedicated, and fast booting, HTPC based on a mini PC, a Raspberry Pi SBC, or an Arm-based TV box with all features from the latest Kodi release. LibreELEC 11 supports Raspberry Pi 2 to 4 SBCs, 64-bit x86 hardware, various Allwinner, Rockchip, and Amlogic SBCs and TV boxes …

Pimoroni Plasma Stick 2040 W is a “Pico W Aboard” kit that adds a 5V RGB LED strip controller to the Raspberry Pi Pico W board, as well as a Reset button, and a Qwiic/STEMMA QT connector for expansion. Plasma Stick 2040 W specifications: Raspberry Pi Pico W MCU – Dual Arm Cortex M0+ running at up to 133Mhz with 264kB of SRAM Storage – 2MB of QSPI flash supporting XiP Connectivity – 2.4GHz wireless module with WiFi 4 and Bluetooth Classic + LE USB – 1x micro USB port for power and programming LED strip connector – 3-pin screw terminal block compatible with 5V WS2812/Neopixel/SK6812 LEDs Expansion – Qw/ST (Qwiic/STEMMA QT) I2C connector Misc – Reset button Power Supply – 5…

KinCony IoT’s KC868-A566 is an ESP32 WiFi & BLE IoT board with a massive 512 GPIOs, more specifically with 256 12V/24V digital outputs and 256 digital inputs that should meet most people’s requirements, except for its price, as it is currently selling for $1,000 on Aliexpress. The board is based on ESP32-WROOM-32E, and besides the massive numbers of GPIOs, also adds four analog input ports, an Ethernet port, and an RS485 connector. The company also made sure it can run ESPHome open-source firmware and integrates well with Home Assistant open-source home automation framework. KinCony IoT KC868-A566 board specifications: Wireless module – ESP32-WROOM-32E with ESP32 dual…

Description Just updating kernel configs. View the full article

Event Dispatcher, part of the upcoming WirePlumber 0.5 configuration system refactoring, is a custom PipeWire event scheduling mechanism designed to address many of the fundamental issues in WirePlumber. View the full article

It doesn't need that and screams at you if you try View the full article

Description There are many changes in this file and its impossible to cover this with a patch for now current and all kernels back We are using same hack in UWE drivers. This fixes compilation breaking for kernel 6.7.y How Has This Been Tested? [x] Patch test [ ] Build test View the full article

Description On older kernels like v6.1.x the TI devices are better supported by the TI vendor kernel than the upstream kernel. For the current kernel let's use the TI kernel for these boards. While here bump the edge kernel to v6.6.x which also has better support for features found on these platforms than v6.5.x. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build and boot SK-AM64B with current kernel [ ] Build and boot SK-AM62B with current kernel [x] Build and boot SK-TDA4VM with current kernel [x] Build and boot SK-AM64B with edge kernel [ ] Build and boot SK-AM62B with edge kernel [ ] Build and boot SK-TDA4VM with edge kernel Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of…

Description Bumping Khadas vim1s and vim4 kernel to 5.15. This seems to resolve the display issue on cinnamon, but this seems to have the same edid parsing based monitor filtering and hence some monitors are back to not working. I am working on figuring that out and will raise a separate PR for that later. This also solves the issue where disconnecting wifi was raising kernel oops 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 vim1s and vim4 Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of …

Description Add huawei matebook e go support How Has This Been Tested? Tested on HUAWEI MateBook E Go installed on sd card and device is booting 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 My changes generate no new warnings Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

mixtile-blade3: u-boot: join rockchip-rk3588's default u-boot-radxa-rk35xx scheme mixtile-blade3: u-boot: join rockchip-rk3588's default u-boot-radxa-rk35xx scheme rebased 3 patches moved null patches for dts & defconfigs to dt / defconfig dirs don't rename defconfigs: those are shared with Joshua Riek (ubuntu-rockchip) defconfigs re-saved View the full article

Description A (very poorly made) attempt to address https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/8161 It spits out some sort of kernel source package, but I think {version} is still missing since I couldn't get it to work and probably needs more fixes until production-ready. I probably won't go further here due to lacking expertise in framework and bash foo. Maybe someone want to pick it up from here. Also to do: Re-enable BUILD_KSRC switch to enable the extension. How Has This Been Tested? [x] enable extension [x] see some sort of kernel package being created [ ] ??? [ ] Profit! Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project - Well...kind of? [ ] I…

Visit us at the STMicroelectronics booth, where Collabora will highlight how the STM32MP2 chip empowers edge AI solutions for industrial applications. View the full article

Description This hack is needed for Radxa Zero to boot from Kingston eMMC. Foresee eMMC (which is what we used originally) appears to be unaffected. No kernel modification is required, which is explained here. Pinging @rpardini How Has This Been Tested? Several affected users including @lanefu had manually flashed a custom U-Boot with this hack and got board booting. View the full article

Description Radxa has changed the config name for rock-3a: https://github.com/radxa/u-boot/commit/41ffd0087708e3381e7e166c4ca646f31cd9e097. We have to update it. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] u-boot build successfully 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 mer…

Topcon “N5105/N6005 NAS board” is a mini-ITX motherboard powered by an Intel Celeron N5105 or N6005 Jasper Lake processor, equipped with six SATA 3.0 ports, two M.2 NVMe sockets, and four Intel i226-V 2.5GbE controllers. The board also comes with two SO-DIMM DDR4 slots for up to 64GB RAM, HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort video outputs, and several USB 3.0/2.0 interfaces. As its name implies, it is designed for network access storage (NAS), but I could also see it used as a networked video recorder (NVR), a network appliance, or a multi-purpose machine. Topcon “N5105/N6005 NAS board” specifications: SoC (One or the other) Intel Celeron N5105 quad-core Jasper Lake processor @ 2.0GH…

MYIR Tech has launched the MYC-JX8MMA7 system-on-module combining an NXP i.MX 8M Mini quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor with an AMD Xilinx XC7A25T Artix-7 FPGA. The 82 x 45mm CPU module comes with 2GB LPDDR4, 8GB eMMC flash, and 32MB QSPI Flash for the Arm processor and 256MB DDR3 and 32MB QSPI Flash for FPGA. It exposes I/Os through an MXM 3.0 edge connector and can operate in the industrial temperature range (-40 to 85°C). MYC-JX8MMA7 CPU module specifications: SoC – NXP i.MX 8M Mini with quad-core Cortex-A53 processor @ up to 1.6 (industrial) or 1.8 GHz, Cortex-M4F real-time core @ 400 MHz, Vivante GC320 and Vivante GCNanoUltra 3D/2D GPUs, 1080p60 H.265, H.264, VP8, V…

MediaTek Kompanio 520 and Kompanio 528 octa-core Arm processors are designed for entry-level Chromebooks with all-day battery life and a display up to 2520 x 1080 resolutions. As time passes “entry-level” gets a new meaning as the new SoCs are equipped with two Cortex-A76 cores @ up to 2.2 GHz, six Cortex-A55 cores @ 2.0 GHz, and an Arm Mali-G52 GPU. That’s almost Rockchip RK3588 territory although not quite… MediaTek Kompanio 528 and 520 specifications: Octa-core CPU 2x Arm Cortex-A76 cores up to 2.2GHz (Kompanio 520 is limited to 2.0 GHz) 6x Arm Cortex-A55 cores up to 2GHz GPU – Arm Mali G52 MC2 2EE AI accelerator – Dual-core AI processing unit (APU) Memory – LPDDR4x u…

There’s a plethora of mini PCs on the market, but due to their size, the ports are often placed on several sides which may make cable management troublesome. The JX1 mini PC, equipped with an Intel Celeron N5105 Jasper Lake processor, does not have this issue since all ports are accessible on the rear panel. The computer ships with 8GB RAM, up to 256GB SSD, and the rear panel comes with two USB Type-C port, one for power only, a Gigabit Ethernet port, a 3.5mm headphone jack, an HDMI ports, and three USB 3.0 ports. You’ll still find the power button on the front panel, and wireless connectivity is supported through a WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 module. JX1 mini PC specificati…

Description This PR adds some missing overlays of Orange Pi 5 that doesn't exists on Radxa's kernel source. I didn't add pwm13-m2 and pwm14-m1 because of they were already exists. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Checked availability of PWM, I2C, SPI, UART from /dev. 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

RAKwireless “All-in-One 5G” is a programmable 64-bit Ubuntu indoor device that integrates AGW (access gateway) through a Raspberry Pi CM4 as well as 5G and 4G LTE cellular and LoRaWAN connectivity. The device is powered through its 2.5GbE PoE++ port and designed for private 5G networks for industrial automation, public safety, and transportation, and RAKwireless says you can also “start earning cryptocurrency by providing LTE cellular and LoRa coverage”, but I could not find details about monetization at this time. RAKwireless “All-in-One 5G” specifications: SoM (AGW) – Raspberry Pi CM4 system-on-module with Broadcom BCM2711 quad-core Cortex-A72 processor with 4GB RAM and…

legacy kernel custom uImage/etc via new pre_package_kernel_image hook; fixes for orangepizero2/sun50iw9/legacy kernel: introduce new hook pre_package_kernel_image; show vmlinuz file magic before/after hook; add -HK hook hash to kernel artifact version arch configs (all): default, but do not overwrite, KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE/KERNEL_INSTALL_TYPE/etc: allow board/family to set first orangepizero2/sun50iw9/legacy: implement pre_package_kernel_image hook to convert vmlinuz to uImage manually; fix legacy u-boot build sourceaddr 0x40008000 was found in Xunlong's legacy kernel source squashed into a huge commit. Thanks, Xunlong! bring busybox dependency with inline hook for legacy u…

Mixtile Core 3588E is a system-on-module powered by a Rockchip RK3588 SoC and equipped with the 260-pin SO-DIMM connector found in the NVIDIA Jetson TX2 NX (and Jetson Nano, Xavier NX, Orin Nano modules). We’ve seen several companies make Raspberry Pi CM4 alternatives such as Radxa CM3 or Pine64 SoQuartz, and Mixtile even has its own Core 3568M SoM that can be used as a drop-in replacement for the Raspberry Pi CM4. But I had not seen companies try to make system-on-modules based on NVIDIA Jetson’s 260-pin SO-DIMM edge connector, and that’s exactly what the Mixtile Core 3588E has to offer. Mixtile Core 3588E specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3588 CPU – Octa-core processor w…

Updated missing desktop to the armbian-firstlogin script View the full article

thinkpad-x13s: don't try to add Lunar x13s repos if BUILD_MINIMAL=yes thinkpad-x13s: don't try to add Lunar x13s repos if BUILD_MINIMAL=yes View the full article

By creating a real-time AI chatbot communication system using WhisperLive and WhisperSpeech, we have addressed the unnatural delay in current bot interactions for seamless conversation. View the full article

Description Status change for build target. How Has This Been Tested? Status change, no need for testing. Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

add board bigtreetech-cb2: BigTreeTech CB2 add board bigtreetech-cb2: BigTreeTech CB2 Co-authored-by: Ricardo Pardini ricardo@pardini.net View the full article

cli-patch: generalize to-git functionality with PUSH_TO_GITHUB and PUSH_TO_REPO & enable for u-boot as well as kernel cli-patch: generalize to-git functionality with PUSH_TO_GITHUB and PUSH_TO_REPO & enable for u-boot as well as kernel PUSH_TO_REPO=<url>: set the full git URL to push to PUSH_TO_GITHUB=<org>/<repo>: shorthand for pushing to GitHub; sets PUSH_TO_REPO note: be kind to GitHub, and use forks of torvalds/linux and u-boot/u-boot so GH has a decent base tree still, kernel pushes are huge, mostly due to the all-wifi-drivers commit that's always first and always slightly different note: when pushing to GitHub, keep in mind the pushed …

Description station-p2 cannot start up properly. This is an interesting thing. Device tree name for station-p2: rk3568-firefly-roc-pc, derived from the previous media kernel family: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/v24.05/patch/kernel/media-current/00170-v95-rk3568-firefly-roc-pc.patch But its name in the mainline kernel is: rk3568-roc-pc. But there has been an interesting change in this modification, and I am doubting whether this change is wise: https://github.com/armbian/build/commit/eb60d33abac91b25eb720bae27981a2a8950f9f7 I borrowed a station-p2 from my friend to fix this issue. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Successfully built. [x] System startup. Checkli…

How Has This Been Tested? build the armbian.img, flash to eMMC/USB drive，then boot and use it 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 Hardware Cainiao Logistics Terminal A311D Edition, detachable into two parts: the main unit and the base. Main Unit Amlogic A311D SoC, 2 GB DDR, 16 GB eMMC No SD card slot, so the A311D can only load FIP from eMMC. Gigabit Ethernet port and RTL8822CS WiFi/BT. One USB Type-C port for power and data transfer in USB download mode. When the main unit…

Next week we'll be in Long Beach, California for AWE USA 2026. Catch our talk exploring OpenXR, from its practical foundation for cross-platform XR interoperability, to its extension support across devices, and more! View the full article

You might assume that a Google-certified Android TV box will both work better and guarantee no malware. However, you’d be wrong, at least for the latter. Google has just published a new Threat Intelligence report entitled “Shutting the Door on the XCPE Botnet”, where they found that 1.3 million TV boxes were infected by the XCPE backdoor, enrolling them into a botnet used for financial gains. Google assesses with high confidence that the malware was intentionally developed, deployed, and operated by Videostrong Technology, a TV box manufacturer, which we frequently covered in the past when Android TV boxes were still somewhat a novelty and at times usable as an alternativ…

The Rockchip RK3568-powered NanoPi R5S SBC with two 2.5GbE ports, one Gigabit Ethernet port, and M.2 NVMe storage is now available for $59, or $75 with a metal enclosure. As previously mentioned, the mini router board is equipped with 2GB RAM, 8GB eMMC flash, two USB 3.0 ports, as well as an HDMI output for people wanting to make use of the Rockchip RK3568 processor’s multimedia capabilities, or simply have a user interface on a monitor. NanoPi R5S specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3568 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor @ up to 2.0 GHz with Arm Mali-G52 MP2 GPU, 0.8 TOPS AI accelerator, 4Kp60 H.265/H.264/VP9 video decoder, 1080p60 H.264/H.265 video encoder System Memory – 2GB…

LilyGo T-Relay-8 is an ESP32 WiFi & BLE board equipped with eight 5V relays supporting up to 250V AC or 28V DC, as well as 16-pin GPIO header for expansion. The board offers a more compact solution than the usual two-board setups with an ESP32 board and a separate 8-relay “Arduino” module, and also integrates optocouplers for improved safety. LilyGo T-Relay-8 specifications: Wireless module – ESP32-WROVER-E module with ESP32 dual-core processor with 2.4 GHz WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 4.2 connectivity, 4MB flash, 8MB PSRAM Relays – 8x HRS4H-S-DC5V 5V relays up to 250VAC/10A or 28VDC/10A with octocoupler isolation, blue LEDs for status Expansion – 16-pin header (unpopulated) …

The current patch is a direct copy of the OEM setup. It includes Nanopi dts files that belong to other boards. Remove unnecessary Nanopi device tree includes and files. Incorporate the appropriate nodes into orangepi-r1plus-lts tree. Remove the Nanopi dts files from the patch. Jira reference number AR-1243 Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. Tested on orangepi-r1-lts board. Iperf tests on both ports (ETH1 and LAN1) produced expected results in bidirectional tests. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my o…

A look at how to implement USB gadget devices on Linux machines which have the necessary UDC hardware, automate the manual configfs process via declarative gadget "schemes", and use systemd for gadget composition at boot time. View the full article

Android 13 has just been released rolling out to Google Pixel devices initially, and later to other devices from Samsung Galaxy, Asus, HMD (Nokia phones), iQOO, Motorola, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme, Sharp, Sony, Tecno, vivo, Xiaomi and more. Google also pushed Android 13 source code to AOSP (The Android Open Source Project). Most of the changes to the new version of the Android operating system were introduced with the first Android 13 developer preview – released in February 2022 – adding privacy, security, and productivity improvements, and even some hidden gems such as virtualization enabling Pixel 6 to run Linux and Windows 11, although the feature was mostly implemented f…

MeLE’s newly launched Quieter3C is an update to their earlier Quieter3Q product which replaces one of the Type-A USB ports with a Type-C USB port and includes both power delivery and video display output, together with changing one of the HDMI ports to a mini DisplayPort. MeLE kindly sent one for review and given these are the only differences I’m only going to take a cursory look at performance benchmarks together with looking at these new features. MeLE Quieter3C hardware overview The MeLE Quieter3C is physically the same size as the Quieter3Q and consists of a 131 x 81 x 18.3mm (5.16 x 3.19 x 0.72 inches) rectangular plastic case with a metal base plate. The top half o…

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BananaPi M2S: u-boot 22.10; remove patch from 22.07 @jeanrhum (in the original https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4597) had the patch for both versions, here I hard switch to 22.10 (which also has boot-first-from-nvme-usb-sata patch for meson64) and remove the 22.07 patch. View the full article

8-bit MCUs are still found in many designs, but with the new low-cost 48MHz STM32C0 32-bit Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontroller, STMicrocontroller aims to displace 8-bit microcontrollers thanks to “a limited impact on the cost structure” and the improved support provided by the STM32 ecosystem. The cheapest ever STM32 microcontroller offers up to 32 KB flash, 6 or 12 KB RAM, and I/O interfaces such as UART, I2C, SPI, 12-bit ADC, and so on. The STM32C0 MCUs are available in 8- to 48-pin packages such as WLCSP12, UFQFPN, and the ridiculously tiny 3×3 mm UFQFPN20 package. STMicro STM32C0 key features and specifications: MCU Core -Arm 32-bit Cortex-M0+ CPU @ up to 48 MHz Memory – 6…

Description Orange Pi 4 LTS has DDR4 memory banks that always run at full speed. This PR enables the DMC driver in kernel 6.1 to lower the frequency to reduce power usage during idle periods. Benchmarks with a digital multimeter show that the power usage decreases by 200mW when the board is idling. Jira reference number AR-1584 How Has This Been Tested? This is a pre-armbian-next era patch and has been tested to be fully functional. I rebased it successfully on main branch, but requires to be tested not to break the compilation. [ ] compile to produce kernel deb packages Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-…

Description Fix the following error: [🌱] Skip cmdline param [ 'DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED': already set to '(empty)' early ] 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] Run ./compile.sh DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED= 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 publi…

Hello Armbian Community! We hope this newsletter finds you well. As we approach the 1st of May, we wanted to remind you that it is code freeze day. This means that we will prioritize resolving bugs over new feature development. More info at https://docs.armbian.com/Process_Release-Model/ We are excited to announce our partnership with Khadas, which will help us improve the support quality of their boards! We are calling out for help on testing. How can you help? Simply build an image or download daily builds, test them, and report any problems on our forum. We are looking at base functionality only, so any feedback will be greatly appreciated. As you know, many boards…

BPI-CM4: In accordance with the BSP DTS, set LED gpio to GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW. Added default-on trigger to led-green Board now powers off, added reboot node 'meson64-reboot'. CONFIG_POWER_RESET_MESON64 Isolated RESET ODROID driver and renamed to MESON64 as it can be used in more than ODROIDS. MESON UART Series improves support for UART attached Bluetooth modules on Amlogic Meson G12A and newer SoCs. These SoCs also support the "divide XTAL by 2" bit which (greatly) reduces jitter when generating baud rates such as 1500000 (which is used by the Bluetooth part of the RTL8822CS SDIO WiFi and UART Bluetooth combo chip). Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested?…

Currently it doesn't provide any data to what failed, this attempts to address it 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-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Tested during the development of AerithForge 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 arti…

Description Bug fixes for Action scripts. View the full article

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

Description Forgot to shift kernel configs for rockchip family when switching current to 6.6 and edge 6.7; done right now. Curiously I noticed this after hitting "buggy" behaviour on rk322x board with several rcu_scheduler debug messages while board was under high load, vnstatd process was often at 100% cpu usage and reading /proc/net/dev file (which is a simple text file with some network interface stats) stalls vnstatd. Turning off eth0 interface solved the problem but of course it was not solution. I shifted the kernel config, recompiled kernel 6.6 and this apparently solved the problem (maybe thanks to CONFIG_NEED_SRCU_NMI_SAFE=y ?) If it is so, the consideration …

Description Expand legacy hooks to vendor. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build previously broken u-boot Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description This is a follow-up on this PR https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6376 and this comment https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6376#issuecomment-1987147291 It's more of an idea, since I tried rewrite-uboot-patches and noticed the following: Board NanoPi-R6S has 5 U-Boot patches in total (legacy/u-boot-raxda-rk3588). Using ./compile.sh BOARD=nanopi-r6s BRANCH=edge rewrite-uboot-patches has the following patch summary: Summary: u-boot patching: 5 total patches; 5 applied; 2 with problems; 2 needs_rebase However, instead of only rewriting/rebasing the 2 patches, it modifies all 5 patches slightly (see example below). This means your git working tree quickly ge…

Description Update the kernel to use the preset configurations so that you don't need an external keyboard to access the desktop 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] Flash and directly boot to the desktop 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 mer…

Description Rock 5c has an on board aic8800 usb wifi module, which need dkms packages from https://github.com/radxa-pkg/aic8800. Add an extension to preinstall these packages to image. 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 build BOARD=rock-5c BRANCH=vendor BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=yes DEB_COMPRESS=xz KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no KERNEL_GIT=shallow RELEASE=bookworm. Build log: https://paste.armbian.com/jabulawezu [ ] I don't have rock 5c at my hand to test, I will share my built images to my friends to test. Checklist: Please delete option…

u-boot: use pipetty in place of unbuffer u-boot: use pipetty in place of unbuffer unbuffer never solved anything; pipetty might View the full article

thinkpad-x13s: bump to jhovold's wip/sc8280xp-6.10-rc6; add fprintd back to Trixie; fixes thinkpad-x13s: bump to jhovold's wip/sc8280xp-6.10-rc6; add fprintd back to Trixie; fixes adapt according to most recent instructions from jhovold: https://github.com/jhovold/linux/wiki/X13s https://github.com/jhovold/linux/commit/993ae484d12ae6323647638000ed683c5222feb3 View the full article

Description Modify the device tree file to fix the Tinker-edge-r board HDMI GitHub issue reference: Jira reference number [AR-9999] Documentation summary for feature / change [ ] short description (copy / paste of PR title) [ ] summary (description relevant for end users) [ ] example of usage (how to see this in function) 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: 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 …

Description Apply small fixes to MAC setting routine, address some shell check stuff. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Executed script created YAML configs, reboot succeeded, vendor kernel 6.1.y 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 Disable saving state of leds such as: enP1p1s0-0::lan enP1p1s0-1::lan enP1p1s0-2::lan enP1p1s0-3::lan enP2p1s0-0::lan enP2p1s0-1::lan enP2p1s0-2::lan enP2p1s0-3::lan These leds are not manageable and when restored trow up errors in kernel ring buffer [ 13.964507] leds enP1p1s0-0::lan: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-524) [ 13.989055] leds enP1p1s0-0::lan: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-524) [ 13.989100] leds enP1p1s0-1::lan: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-524) [ 14.021133] leds enP1p1s0-1::lan: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-524) [ 14.021176] leds enP1p1s0-2::lan: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-524) [ 14.070622] l…

Description This reimplements this pull request, while fixing the edge case (hopefully). https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/8186 I don't have a bare metal device to test. How Has This Been Tested? Tested using docker 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

ZOTAC has introduced the ZBOX CI471 nano, a fanless mini PC powered by an Intel Core 7 350 hexa-core Wildcat Lake processor with integrated Xe3 graphics and a 17 TOPS NPU. The company has also introduced two lower-end models, the ZBOX CI451 nano with a Core 5 320 processor and the ZBOX CI431 nano with a Core 3 304 processor. All three mini PCs use passive cooling and share the same 204 × 129 × 68 mm enclosure. They support up to 64GB DDR5 memory, M.2 NVMe SSD storage, and three 4K displays. Other features include dual Thunderbolt 4, 2.5GbE networking, and WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 wireless connectivity. The systems are offered as barebones, meaning users must install their…

From the latest on Open Source projects Zink (OpenGL on Vulkan) and VirGL (virtual 3D GPU for QEMU), to a state of the union on GStreamer embedded, and a look at how the KernelCI project is getting a second breath, Collaborans presented in five devrooms. View the full article

Description It seem like that all of these package are useless. Remove them. Then, I will put armbian-zsh, armbian-config and plymouth-theme-armbian here. So we don't need to build them every time. How Has This Been Tested? No test. This should effect nothing. 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Renesas Electronics RL78/G15 is an entry-level 8-bit microcontroller with 1 KB of SRAM, 4 or 8KB of code flash memory, and offered in package sizes ranging from 8 to 20 pins, down to an 8-pin device measuring just 3×3 mm. STMicro has just unveiled the STM32C0 32-bit microcontroller claiming “your next 8-bit MCU is a 32-bit” with packages from 8- to 48-pins and packages as small as 1.70 x 1.42 mm and 3x3mm, and a price similar to other 8-bit industrial microcontrollers. To that, I say “not so fast STMicro!”, as Renesas has just launched the 16 MHz RL78/G15 8-bit microcontroller family with many of the same features and target use cases as the STMC32C011 sub-family. Renesas…

XCY-X66 is a tiny (75 x 75 x 52mm) mini PC based on Intel Celeron N5105 Jasper Lake and equipped with four 2.5GbE ports using Intel i225V controllers that should make it suitable for a range of networking applications. The small actively-cooled computer also comes with 8GB LPDDR4X, an M.2 2242 socket suitable for NVMe or SATA storage, one 4K-capable HDMI 2.0 port, and a few USB ports. XCY-X66 mini PC specifications: SoC – Intel Celeron N5105 quad-core Jasper Lake processor @ 2.0GHz / 2.9GHz (Turbo) with Intel UHD graphics 605; 10W TDP System Memory – 8GB LPDDR4X Storage 1x M.2 M-key 2242 socket for NVMe PCIe 3.0 or SATA 3.0 SSD MicroSD card slot Video Output – 1x HDMI 2.0…

Intel has just discontinued PathFinder Eclipse-based development environment for RISC-V processors with the website now reading: We regret to inform you that Intel is discontinuing the Intel Pathfinder for RISC-V program effective immediately. Since Intel will not be providing any additional releases or bug fixes, we encourage you to promptly transition to third-party RISC-V software tools that best meet your development needs. PathFinder was a pre-silicon open-source development environment with support for vairous RISC-V cores, a set of other IP’s, multiple operating systems, and toolchains. It allowed designers to create RISC-V SoCs to and run them on FPGA platforms su…

Description Due to "recent" fixes to the rk3328 dram memory controller driver (see https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4774) and tests/benchmarks being made on Rock Pi E board, enable the dmc driver on such CSC board for a nice and free speed bump Jira reference number AR-1585 How Has This Been Tested? The patch is from the pre-armbian-next era and has been tested there to be fully functional, I will check that it does not break compilation on main branch as soon as possible. [ ] compile deb kernel packages on main branch 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 co…

Description One of the features we are missing at the pull request stage is build test. Of anything. This implement a call to use our standard “build-all-artifacts” action script with few additional parameters. We need to attach build framework to PR commit ID, tell script that we don’t need to download artifacts and add additional security measures. Build script should run only when PR is opened by an Armbian Organisation member that is part of specific group. Jira reference number AR-1886 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Test runs from another repository Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own co…

Description Added PPA source for Noble, added Bluetooth service, required fixed Bluetooth MAC to use Bluetooth function, added automatic generation of random MAC function (to be tested), fixed some udev file content issues 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] Bluetooth [ ] Auto gen random bt Mac 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 cha…

Description Add basic support for the new Orange Pi 5 Pro. 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 U-Boot and Legacy 5.10 kernel [x] System boots as expected [ ] WiFi and Bluetooth work 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 View the full article

mixtile-blade3: use default blobs & bump vendor u-boot to next-dev-v2024.03 mixtile-blade3: rk3588: u-boot: rewrite u-boot patches, no changes rewritten against ddc91cd08c10f625f7a7c93033042aa4071c78a8 - a specific commit in radxa's next-dev mixtile-blade3: rk3588: u-boot: bump to next-dev-v2024.03 drop 0004-cmd-source-fix-the-error-that-the-command-source-failed-to-execute.patch rebase the others mixtile-blade3: use default blobs View the full article

Description Maint. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Running legacy kernel on Nanopi Neo https://paste.armbian.com/juzupiburi Checklist: [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

XDC kicks off October 9 and we have 7 talks to share with the community! Join us as we share the latest news on open source graphics. View the full article

Description https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4c7be57f2772c8ce4e1e43c6a79b8f8d401a4795 linux kernel make install by default will install the old non-compressed one. Then now, it will product vmlinux not vmlinuz lib/functions/compilation/kernel-debs.sh will not found vmlinuz in boot dir View the full article

A complete breakdown of Mesa’s NIR compiler detailing how it optimizes shader memory access with SSA promotion, deref analysis, copy propagation, and store elimination to reduce memory traffic and improve GPU performance. View the full article

3D printing can be time-consuming and challenging, and even today, it’s still not as easy as using a photocopier, but the team at Bambu Lab has taken it upon itself to make a better, easier-to-use 3D printer with the X1 color 3D printer combining LIDAR and AI technology to level the bed, calibrate the prints, and detect anomalies. The Bambu Lab X1 3D printer supports up to 16 colors, is making removing support easier with snap-away material or dissolvable filament, can handle PC and PA-CF filaments beyond the traditional PLA and PETG filaments, manage up to 500 mm/s prints, and provides better prints with features such as active vibration compensation. Oh, and you don’t n…

In just over a week's time, Collabora will be heading to Brussels to take part in the 2019 edition of FOSDEM! Come say hello, or catch one of the 8 talks (in 5 different devrooms) given by Collaborans! View the full article