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Description This PR fixes ES8388 audio on OPi5, add opi5b devicetree and add mainline uboot support. 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] Boots well with 2024.01-rc4 uboot [x] There are no es8388 errors in dmesg output It would be nice if someone tests SPI flash boot + nvme ssd. I've not tried it because i don't have free M2 ssd rn. rkspi_loader.zip 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 ha…

Description Fixed the compilation issue with new khadas u-boot. The fix is actually quite ugly. We are now compiling u-boot twice, once with gcc 11.4 and then with linaro toolchain v7.3.1. Also as Linaro's compiler is only available for x86 platform, uboot for these boards will not build on arm platforms. But I guess we have to live with it for now. 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 building uboot for khadas vim1s Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I ha…

Description Attempt to fix build job failure - https://github.com/armbian/os/actions/runs/7675198892/job/20921297126 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] built vim4 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…

Description Enable uboot gpio command. This would allow to set up rk3318-box'es LED display in custom uboot script. For example, to show "boot", this snippet can be added (gpio pins and letter codes should be adjusted for different STB/LCD models): FD650_MODE_WRCMD='0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0' DISPON='0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1' FD655_BASE_ADDR='0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0' Z='0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0' B='0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1' O='0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1' T='0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1' setenv d0 gpio clear C22 setenv d1 gpio set C22 setenv LC gpio clear C19 setenv HC gpio set C19 setenv send 'run d0 LC; for b in $cmd; do run d$b HC LC; done; run HC d1' cmd="$FD650_MODE_WRCMD 1 $DISPON 1" run send cmd="$FD655_B…

"重命名add-new-borad-tinker-edge-r.patch -> patch/u-boot/u-boot-rockchip64/add-new-board-tinker-edge-r.patch；添加了对xiaobao-nas的支持" Description add-new-borad-tinker-edge-r.patch -> patch/u-boot/u-boot-rockchip64/add-new-board-tinker-edge-r.patch；Adding support for xiaobao NAS. add config/boards/xiaobao-nas.csc,add atch/kernel/archive/rockchip64-6.1/add-board-xiaobao-nas-dts.patch,add patch/kernel/archive/rockchip64-6.6/add-board-xiaobao-nas-dts.patch,add patch/kernel/archive/rockchip64-6.8/add-board-xiaobao-nas-dts.patch,add patch/u-boot/u-boot-rockchip64/add-new-board-xiaobao-nas-dts.patch. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your…

Description Stop Docker system running Armbina-install to prevent weird results and to speed up. Does it make sense? How Has This Been Tested? [x] Manual test, disabling and installing to eMMC, reboot, works Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

This week's work centers on kernel and board enablement, CI infrastructure and caching, and user-facing tooling improvements across the imager and configuration utilities. On the kernel and board front, Rockchip edge moved to 7.1 and mainline was bumped to 7.1-rc7, while the Raspberry Pi 4B legacy target was re-enabled after a brief revert of the BCM2711 kernel bumps. New board support landed for BeagleBadge and TMDS64EVM (AM64x) on the TI platform, the Anbernic RG DS RK3568 handheld as CSC, and the Youyeetoo YY3588 received a mainline DTS rework with ES8388 audio routing. Several long-standing fixes were merged, including a meson64 GPIO can_sleep regression breaking 1-Wi…

Embedded World 2020 was a lonely affair with many companies canceling attendance due to COVID-19, and Embedded World 2021 took place online only. But Embedded World is back to Nuremberg, Germany in 2022 albeit with the event moved from the traditional month of February to June 21-23. Embedded systems companies and those that service them will showcase their latest solution at their respective booths, and there will be a conference with talks and classes during the three-day event. The programme is up, so I made my own little Embedded World 2022 virtual schedule as there may be a few things to learn, even though I won’t be attending. Tuesday, June 21, 2022 10:00 – 13:00 – …

Another two months and a half have passed, Linux Kernel v4.18 has been released, which means it's time to stop along the way and make a little retrospective. This time around, seven Collaborans have contributed to the kernel, authoring 61 commits. View the full article

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Canonical has been working on RISC-V support for Ubuntu for a while and released Ubuntu 20.04/21.04 64-bit RISC-V images for QEMU and HiFive boards last year. Now the company has released an Ubuntu 22.04.1 Server image for the StarFive VisionFive V1 RISC-V single board computer. While that’s a good development, The VisionFive V1, and other RISC-V platforms, are nowhere close to being Ubuntu-certified hardware, and Canonical posted a note reading “It is an early RISC-V developer access through Ubuntu 22.04.1.” The VisionFive V1 SBC is a pretty good platform for development with a StarFive JH7100 dual-core RISC-V processor, 8GB RAM, Gigabit Ethernet and WiFi connectivity, H…

Ztachip is an open-source RISC-V accelerator for vision and AI edge applications running on low-end FPGA devices or custom ASIC that is said to perform 20 to 50 times faster than on non-accelerated RISC-V implementations, and is also better than RISC-V cores with vector extensions (no numbers were provided here). Ztachip, pronounced zeta-chip, is not tied to a particular architecture, but the example code features a RISC-V core based on the VexRiscv implementation and can accelerate common computer vision tasks such as edge detection, optical flow, motion detection, color conversion, as well as TensorFlow AI models without retraining. The open-source AI accelerator has be…

Description If we will be shipping firmware frozen by default, we need to warn and provide information how to update kernel. Armbian-config needs to be adjusted too. Cron job is generating numbers of packages that needs to be updated. This numbers is displayed in MOTD, when > 0. Since we want to know which packages are on hold, we need to know if kernel packages are on hold when upgrade is finished, fix numbers and update list Jira reference number AR-1375 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Manual run 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 har…

Embit EMB-LR1280-mPCIe-4x is an mPCIe (mini PCIe) module based on four Semtech SX1280 2.4 GHz LoRa transceivers and designed for OEM gateways that can work worldwide thanks to the use of the 2.4GHz ISM band and supports ranging. We first covered 2.4GHz LoRa and the SX1280 transceiver two years ago as a solution to design region-independent products specially suited to maritime and intercontinental logistics applications. We haven’t seen it used that much although we covered an ESP32 board with SX1280 last year, and it turns out that Italian company Embit has also made a mPCIe module based on the SX1280 chipset. Embit EMB-LR1280-mPCIe-4x specifications: LoRa connectivity C…

Description Add licence info to the files where this is missing. Jira reference number AR-1593 How Has This Been Tested? No need. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code View the full article

Description OrangePi kernel patched to enable TV Output on OrangePi Zero (LTE). Changes made according: https://github.com/robertojguerra/orangepi-zero-full-setup/blob/main/README2.md 7.3 Add the TV encoder driver to the Linux kernel source sunxi-6.1/0036-wip-h3-h5-cvbs-armbian.patch : makes additions to the "dts", which tells the kernel where are the new devices. Adds kernel code to interact with the tv encoder. With my modifications, now it is applicable to Armbian (this patch came from the LibreElec github). sunxi-6.1/zzzz2-tv.patch : by Armbian user "gleam2003", adds directives to make sure that the dtbo (device tree binary overlay) is compiled sunxi-6.1/zzzz3-tv.pat…

more of rpardini's dirty laundry, very late April/'23 Remove legacy branches after trying, and failing, to ressurect them rockchip: completely remove legacy branch; fixes #5118 there's absolutely no point in trying to keep this alive, current/edge are good enough, legacy's abandoned for years and broken jetson-nano legacy: give up on this legacy and remove it; fixes #5117 jetson-nano legacy: try, and fail, to fix this legacy; (does NOT) fixes #5117 jetson-nano legacy: kernel config: CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY=y jetson-nano legacy: add -mno-outline-atomics to fix linking jetson-nano legacy: add xxd host-dependency jetson-nano legacy: downgrade a lot of gcc e…

Lets us put down the hammer. Cleaned 6.1, 6.3 and added 6.2 patch set. Simplified function: rtw88_driver This PR was created in order to ease the pain here https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5276 and add support for the current edge branch 6.2. 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

Dear Armbians, Here are the latest updates! Device Support, Enhancements, and Progress We’re excited to announce the addition of support for several new devices, including Khadas VIM1S, VIM4, TI AM26, and Licheepi 4a. To enhance user experience, all Khadas images are now available in their “oowow” format, streamlining the installation process. Bananapi M5 and M2PRO users can look forward to numerous fixes that enhance stability and performance. Updates for the Thinkpad X13s have transformed it into a highly usable device. Additionally, thermal support for Opi4 has been fixed, eliminating issues with high-load operation. Our latest release introduces overlays for the A…

Description For lichee-pi 4A has pwm-fan node in devicetree such as: fan: pwm-fan { compatible = "pwm-fan"; #cooling-cells = <2>; pwms = <&pwm 1 10000000 0>; cooling-levels = <0 64 192 255>; }; So enable pwm-fan support default with licheepi-4a. And I test it's worked on my licheepi 4a board with 8GB ddr. 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 on licheepi 4A board with 8GB ddr Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review …

Description Switch back to Rockchip DDR binary for DDR initialization in u-boot for Helios64. I believe there is nothing board-specific about this memory initialization issue, but it might be no other Armbian board has this combination of rk3399 and LPDDR4. Else there is something specific about the memory set up on the Helios64 hardware. On the Helios64 random memory errors happens when using the U-Boot DDR intialization code for rk3399. Switching to the rkbin rk33 933MHz v1.25 allows this testcase to run more than once without a memory error: for i in $(seq 1 100);do python3 -c "import pkg_resources" || break;done Could be LPDDR4 specific. Workaround https://github…

add ugoos x3 support to aml-s9xx-box: added prebuild uboot 2024.04 ("u-boot-s905x3" does not work with ugoos) added patch to build u-boot from sources added dts for ugoos x3 View the full article

Making its debut this week at Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Long Beach, ElectricMaple is an innovative project by Collabora and PlutoVR designed to enhance standalone XR experiences through remote-rendering. View the full article

Description How Has This Been Tested? Not yet. Checklist: [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Since there is one generic config for all boards from 3b up to 5 and to avoid confusion, I suggested to rename board config file to rpi. Though I don't know which parts depending on this file name need adjustments, like auto-builds in armbian/os or armbian/community and homepage entry. All of that needs to be collected and addressed before or while merge. Documentation summary for feature / change How Has This Been Tested? [ ] None Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understan…

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 6.6.93. 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 [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

This week's work centers on kernel and board enablement, CI infrastructure and caching, and user-facing tooling improvements across the imager and configuration utilities. On the kernel and board front, Rockchip edge moved to 7.1 and mainline was bumped to 7.1-rc7, while the Raspberry Pi 4B legacy target was re-enabled after a brief revert of the BCM2711 kernel bumps. New board support landed for BeagleBadge and TMDS64EVM (AM64x) on the TI platform, the Anbernic RG DS RK3568 handheld as CSC, and the Youyeetoo YY3588 received a mainline DTS rework with ES8388 audio routing. Several long-standing fixes were merged, including a meson64 GPIO can_sleep regression breaking 1-Wi…

We’ve been sent a GEEKOM A5 2027 Edition mini PC powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8-core/16-thread CPU for review. The mini PC supports up to 64GB dual-channel DDR5-5600MHz memory, can drive up to four independent displays via HDMI 2.0 and USB-C ports, includes three USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports, two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C ports, one USB 2.0 port, a full-size SD card reader, a 2.5GbE port, and Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4 wireless connectivity. The model sent for review ships with 16GB DDR4 SO-DIMM RAM and a 512GB M.2 SSD pre-loaded with an activated Windows 11 Pro operating system. In the first part of the review, we’ll list the specifications, perform an unboxing and teardown t…

While it may be hard to buy a Raspberry Pi these days, there are various alternatives with the Raspberry Pi 3/4 form factor, including Pine64’s Quartz64 Model B SBC powered by a Rockchip RK3566 processor that has just launched for $59.99 with 4GB RAM. The Quartz64 Model B is a smaller version of the Quartz64 Model A launched earlier this year, that comes with HDMI 2.0a and MIPI DSI display interfaces, a MIPI CSI camera interface, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0, as well as several USB 2.0/3.0 ports, and of course, a 40-pin Raspberry Pi compatible GPIO header. Quartz64 Model B specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3566 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor up to 1.8 GHz wit…

MNT Pocket Reform is an open-source hardware mini laptop with a 7-inch Full HD display, an ortholinear mechanical keyboard, and trackball, that follows the path of its older and bigger sibling: the MNT Reform 2 laptop initially launched with an NXP i.MX 8M quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 module. The new laptop will not only support a similar “NXP i.MX 8M Plus” module but also a range of other Arm modules namely an NXP Layerscape LS1028A module with up to 16GB RAM, the Raspberry Pi CM4 module via an adapter, Pine64 SOQuartz (RK3566, up to 8GB RAM), as well as based on AMD Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA for industrial use. MNT Pocket Reform specifications: Available system-on-modules Stand…

GNOME Builder is an Integrated Development Environment designed for the GNOME ecosystem. It most notably features a deep integration to the Git version control system, allow to debug applications quickly and allow in-line documentation viewing. View the full article

#4005 makes #3779 superfluous. This reverts commit 6b43018c22056e2ef14197c1c80f4f57ddd02472. 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…

Allwinner H700 is a “new” processor that has found its way into Transpeed P10 Full HD “portable” projector running Android 10. It is sold on Aliexpress for $125 including shipping. Allwinner H700 happens to be yet another derivative of Allwinner H616/H618 quad-core Corex-A53 processor, but adds an RGB LCD interface up to 1080p60 and video input interfaces that make it suitable for projector and smart displays. The processor also has two Ethernet interfaces (1x Gigabit and 1x 10/100M) like the H616, but no built-in PHY, so an additional Ethernet transceiver is needed on the board. Let’s first have a look a the Transpeed P10 projector specifications: SoC – Allwinner H700 qu…

We’ve seen two announcements of high-end RISC-V cores this week with the SiFive P670 and Andes AX65 processors each with a 4-way out-of-order people, but Alibaba’s T-Head Semiconductor Xuantie C908 is a little different with a dual-issued, 9-stage in-order pipeline and support for the RISC-V Vector extension acceleration targeting mid-range AIoT applications. The C908 64-bit RISC-V core adopts the RV64GCB[V] instruction and complies with the RVA22 profile for better compatibility with Android and other “rich” operating systems. The company says its performance is between the C906 and C910 cores introduced in 2020 and 2019 respectively. XuanTie C908 highlights: RV32GCB[V] …

Sipeed Maix-III development kit is composed of a core board equipped with AXERA AX620A AI processor and a carrier board exposing several interfaces such as Ethernet, USB, and camera connectors. resources. As noted in our earlier article about the AXERA AX620A chip, it is a quad-core Arm Cortex-A7 chip with an NPU offering a maximum of 14.4 TOPS @ INT4 or 3.6TOPSs @ INT8, and as such, this development board mainly targets AI vision applications. The board is an upgrade to the earlier Speed Maix II with an Allwinner V831 processor. Thanks to the low power consumption of the AXERA AX620A SoC, the Sipeed Maix-III board can be powered directly through its USB port as the syst…

9Tripod Pico Pi V2.0 is the third Rockchip RK3588S SBC offering a powerful alternative to Raspberry Pi 4 while keeping the same form factor. It follows the Cool Pi 4 and Radxa ROCK5 Model A single board computers introduced in the last couple of months. The Pico Pi SBC, not to be confused with the Raspberry Pi Pico :), comes with 1GB to 32GB RAM, 4GB to 128GB eMMC flash, and pretty much the same port layout as the Raspberry Pi 4, except for one of the micro HDMI ports being replaced by a USB Type-C port with support for DisplayPort. 9Tripod Pico Pi V2.0 specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3588S CPU – Octa-core processor with 4x Cortex-A76 cores @ up to 2.2-2.4 GHz, 4x Cortex…

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…

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Description We certainly don't need dual mode compilation while armbian_repo variant is anyway broken due to other changes. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build Debian [x] Build Ubuntu and boot Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description I have a Firefly-itx-3588j board 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 [x] neofetch 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 lots new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description longanpi-4b: add support for Sipeed LonganPi 4B. Add virt drivers for sun55iw3-syterkit. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Successfully built. [x] System startup. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Enable ksmbd consistently across configurations Description KSMBD is an in kernel SMB server which is good for performance specially for these SOCs. It's also considered stable by the kernel team itself and the userspace tools are available by default in the debian-repos as the package ksmbd-tools. I noticed that the module has only been enable for some boards or say in edge but not current version of a board family configuration. How Has This Been Tested? All configs already mentioned CONFIG_SMB_SERVER. Some just did not enable it and of course for many or most cases it was actually already enabled. I have tested on my odroid hc2 (odroidxu4 family) and on my other t…

Description I'm trying to generate a debian iso with armbian's kernel, but live-build keep installing linux-image-rt-arm64. I find it as rec dependency of wireguard-tools. And both linux-image-rt-arm64 from debian and linux-image-generic from ubuntu are providing 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] ./compile.sh kernel BOARD=rock-5b BRANCH=vendor DEB_COMPRESS=xz Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commente…

This week's work centers on expanded board and SoC support, build and repository infrastructure modernization, and refinements to user-facing tooling and documentation. On the hardware side, mainline support arrived for the Radxa Rock 2A/2F and the Toradex Verdin iMX8M Mini, while the KickPi K2B V2.2 DDR3 gained a full board definition including a new Maxio MAE0621 PHY driver. The Allwinner sun60iw2 platform saw substantial advancement on the Orange Pi 4 Pro with GPU, desktop, and hardware video decode enablement, alongside kernel configuration refinements. The Amlogic C400-plus received U-Boot repacking and Mali-T820 stabilization, the Rockchip armhf edge kernel was bump…

Presenting a new, hardware-backed, software graphics driver, built upon the Mesa gallium driver framework, which uses kernel kms drm nodes for memory allocation. View the full article

Geniatech DB982 is a development board/motherboard powered by an Amlogic T982 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor designed for 8K televisions and equipped with an ATSC 3.0 TV tuner. The board ships with up to 4 GB RAM and up to 128 GB eMMC flash, and also includes three 4K HDMI inputs, LVDS and ultra-high-definition VX1 LCD screen interfaces, as well as Fast Ethernet and WiFI 5 connectivity. Geniatech DB982 specifications: SoC – Amlogic T982 CPU – Quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 processor up to 1.8GHz GPU – Arm Mali-G52 MP2 (2EE) GPU supporting OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.1 and OpenCL 2.0 APIs AI accelerators – 2x NNA accelerators with INT8 inference performance up to 2.6 TOPS Manufact…

There are already Python editors such as Thonny, but the BBC thought those were not good enough and released a new web-based Python editor specifically designed for the micro:bit education board targeting 11 to 14 years old pupils. The micro:bit Python editor includes drag and drop code examples, code structure & error highlighting, auto-complete feature, a simulator to test the code before uploading it to the micro:bit board, and a Quick ideas section to help pupils get started with projects. The BBC’s micro:bit Python editor works with both the micro:bit V1 and V2, but note the simulator shows a micro:bit V2, so if you are using the previous generation micro:bit, so…

Olimex has started to take pre-orders for the AgonLight2, a customized version of the Agon Light 8-bit open-source hardware computer based on the Z80 family and running BBC Basic. Bernardo Kastrup and Dean Belfield created the Agon light 8-bit retro computer with VGA and PS2 keyboard port and programmable with BASIC earlier this year and released all hardware design files, the firmware, and documentation on GitHub, and Dean uploaded a one-hour-long video on YouTube. It was designed with EasyEDA, but Olimex re-captured the design in KiCad after getting customer requests, and the new cost-optimized board named AgonLight2 will start shipping by the end of January 2023. AgonL…

ZSWatch is an open-source hardware smartwatch based on an u-Blox ANNA-B402 module with Nordic Semi nRF52833 Bluetooth 5.1 SoC and running Zephyr real-time operating systems. We’ve seen several open-source hardware smartwatches over the years, as well as open-source firmware projects such as AsteroidOS or InfiniTime with the latter used in the PineTime smartwatch, and the ZSWatch adds to the list of interesting open-source wearables with all source files made public. ZSWatch specifications: Wireless module – u-blox ANNA-B402 based on Nordic Semi nRF52833 Arm Cortex-M4F microcontroller with Bluetooth LE 5.1 and direction finding support Storage – 8MB flash (MX25R6435FZNIL0)…

Powered by the Rockchip RK3588 processor, Firefly Station P3D modular AI mini PC comes with two swappable layers, namely the top one with the main board and default ports such as two HDMI output ports, one HDMI input, Gigabit Ethernet, two USB 3.1 ports, etc…, and the bottom layer that can be configured with various ports depending on your specific application. The top layer is basically the new Station P3 mini PC with RK3588 octa-core Cortex-A76/A55 processor, up to 32B RAM, 256GB eMMC flash, an M.2 2280 NVMe SSD socket, and dual-band WiFi 6 & Bluetooth 5.0 plus all the ports mentioned above. Fire Station P3D specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3588 octa-core processor …

BIGTREETECH Pi v1.2, also known as the BBT Pi v1.2, is a Raspberry Pi-sized Allwinner H616 single board computer (SBC) specially designed for 3D printers with many of the same ports as the Raspberry Pi 3/4, but also features 12V-24V DC power input and connectors for the ADXL345 3-axis accelerometer, CAN Bus, and so on. The board is equipped with 1GB RAM, a microSD card slot to run the operating system (Debian 11 with Klipper), a 4K capable micro HDMI port, Fast Ethernet and WiFi 4 networking, four USB ports, and the usual 40-pin Raspberry Pi header. BTT Pi specifications: SoC – Allwinner H616 quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 @ 1.5GHz with Arm Mali G31 MP2 with support for OpenGL …

Description Fixed PR from wrong DB Jira reference number AR-1712 View the full article

Collabora's main testing laboratory has grown to automate testing on over 150 devices of about 30 different types. The lab receives job submissions from several CI systems, e.g. KernelCI, MesaCI, and Apertis QA. View the full article

ifconfig is no longer included in a default install of Armbian Bookworm, causing armbian-firstrun-config to silently fail when ifconfig -a is used to get the list of network adapters. Replaced with nmcli device. 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 pro…

…et/browse/AR-1904 Description Using the Rock Pi S with 10mbps Ethernet connection is not possible. A connection is shown but data transmission is not possible. Note that this patch is only for the "current" kernel. The "edge" kernel no longer boots RockPI-S. Jira reference number AR-1904 How Has This Been Tested? Built 23.05 Minimal image for RockPI-S Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. Verified Ethernet transfer @100Mbit/s initially ethtool -s end0 advertise 3 Verified Ethernet transfer rate now only 10Mbit/s ethtool -s end0 advertise f Verified Ethernet transfer rate r…

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

Description For future - make separate browser extension. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generated Odroid M1 image with this extension XFCE fails due to missing wayland Checklist: [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Bumps actions/upload-artifact from 4.3.6 to 4.4.0. Release notes Sourced from actions/upload-artifact's releases. v4.4.0 Notice: Breaking Changes :warning: We will no longer include hidden files and folders by default in the upload-artifact action of this version. This reduces the risk that credentials are accidentally uploaded into artifacts. Customers who need to continue to upload these files can use a new option, include-hidden-files, to continue to do so. See "Notice of upcoming deprecations and breaking changes in GitHub Actions runners" changelog and this issue for more details. What's Changed Exclude hidden files by default by @joshmgross in actions/upload-…

Description Our automated builds are broken as reported. Solution is provided. https://forum.armbian.com/topic/49440-helios4-doesnt-boot-after-upgrading-to-linux-6671-linux-image-current-mvebu_2520-trunk343/#comment-212135 How Has This Been Tested? Build but does not boot yet. 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

This week's work centers on expanded board and SoC support, build and repository infrastructure modernization, and refinements to user-facing tooling and documentation. On the hardware side, mainline support arrived for the Radxa Rock 2A/2F and the Toradex Verdin iMX8M Mini, while the KickPi K2B V2.2 DDR3 gained a full board definition including a new Maxio MAE0621 PHY driver. The Allwinner sun60iw2 platform saw substantial advancement on the Orange Pi 4 Pro with GPU, desktop, and hardware video decode enablement, alongside kernel configuration refinements. The Amlogic C400-plus received U-Boot repacking and Mali-T820 stabilization, the Rockchip armhf edge kernel was bump…

STMicroelectronics has introduced the STM32H7P4 and STM32H7P5, two 520 MHz Arm Cortex-M7 MCUs part of STM32H7P family designed for digital power, motor control, industrial sensing, and edge AI applications. Both feature a Hardware Signal Processor (HSP) for accelerating mathematical and signal-processing operations, while the STM32H7P5 also includes an 85 GOPS Neural-ART NPU for Edge AI inference/TinyML. The MCUs feature up to 2MB dual-bank flash, 736KB SRAM, two high-resolution timers with up to 24 PWM outputs, three advanced motor-control timers, and four 12-bit ADCs. Other features include CORDIC and FMAC mathematical accelerators, three CAN FD interfaces, USB OTG Full…

Description chroot installation is populating machine-id, which makes systemd skip firstboot scripts View the full article

Comprised of some of the most motivated and active Open Source contributors and maintainers around the world, our team shares a passion for technology and Open Source, as do these newest members. Welcome Gert, Gustavo, Erik, Christoph, Ryan & Ana! View the full article

Mere weeks after the debut of Open Source Summit Latin America, Dublin continues the collaborative momentum with the 2022 hybrid editions of Linux Plumbers Conference and Open Source Summit Europe! View the full article

Renesas has launched the RZ/V2MA dual-core Arm Cortex-A53 microprocessor with a low-power (1TOPS/W) DRP-AI accelerator and one OpenCV accelerator for rule-based image processing enabling vision AI applications. The MPU also supports H.265 and H.264 video decoding and encoding, offers LPDDR4 memory and eMMC flash interfaces, as well as Gigabit Ethernet, a USB 3.1 interface, PCIe Gen 2, and more. The RZ/V2MA microprocessor targets applications ranging from AI-equipped gateways to video servers, security gates, POS terminals, and robotic arms. Renesas RZ/V2MA specifications: CPU – 2x Arm Cortex-A53 up to 1.0GHz Memory – 32-bit LPDDR4-3200 Storage – 1x eMMC 4.5.1 flash interf…

Description update renegade device tree patches How Has This Been Tested? build passes 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

Microchip has introduced a range of industrial-grade Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) devices for IIoT and industrial Operational Technology (OT) networks for low-speed Ethernet edge devices and a simplified cabling infrastructure for latency-sensitive applications. Microchip LAN8650/LAN8651 10BASE-T1S single pair Ethernet Controllers The LAN8650 and LAN8651 10BASE-T1S MAC-PHY Ethernet controllers come with an SPI for integration into basic microcontrollers rather than higher-end MCUs with a MAC. They can be used to connect sensors, actuators, and other devices over a simple twisted-pair cable. Microchip LAN8650/LAN8651 specifications: High-performance 10BASE‑T1S single-pair Et…

STMicro ST87M01 is a compact, low-power, programmable LTE Cat NB2 (NB-IoT) industrial cellular module with GNSS geo-location capability for “massive IoT” deployments and asset tracking applications. STMicro already had several LPWAN solutions such as the STM32WL LoRa SoC, a Wi-SUN transceiver, a few SigFox chips, and a bunch of proprietary sub-GHz chips, but no cellular IoT solutions of their own although the STM32 microcontroller can be found in many third-party solutions. The ST87M01 NB-IoT and GNSS module changes that, so let’s have a closer look. ST87M01 NB-IoT module specifications: Cellular LTE, Category NB2, Release 15 Worldwide regional bands coverage Single-tone …

RTW88: updates and fixes 6.1: wireless-next 2023-10-06 The new regulation of China has been released, so update to the latest TX power table that also includes some changes of QATAR and UK. Why didn't add the wireless next updates to 6.5 and 6.6? The updates are small, with one of which only fixing a typo that has no effect on functionality. Plus these changes will more than likely make it in on their own. https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20231004085051.205683-1-pkshih@realtek.com/T/#t 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-…

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 6.1.75. 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 [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description This is to fix wrong DRAM size detection in Orange Pi Zero 3 board with 1.5GB DRAM. Currently they are not able to boot as they detect 2GB DRAM, so after applying this patch they will boot normally. Other boards with 1GB/2GB/4GB DRAM will continue working the same way with this patch. This patch would only be applied to u-boot v2024.01 release. I will provide other patch for u-boot v2024.04 and newer. How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build image for Orange Pi Zero 3 board, flash devices with 1/1.5/2/4GB DRAM and power on with serial cable: logs will show the right memory size [X] Build image for Orange Pi Zero 3 board, flash devices with 1/1.5/2/4GB DRAM and p…

Description Improved support for BigTreeTech Pi and CB1 Jira reference number AR-2312 How Has This Been Tested? Testing building and running on real hardware was not performed yet [ ] Hardware tests 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 [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Bumps setuptools from 73.0.1 to 74.1.0. Changelog Sourced from setuptools's changelog. v74.1.0 Features Added support for defining ext-modules via pyproject.toml (EXPERIMENTAL, may change in future releases). (#4568) Bugfixes Merge with pypa/distutils@3dcdf8567, removing the duplicate vendored copy of packaging. (#4622) Restored setuptools.msvc.Environmentinfo as it is used externally. (#4625) v74.0.0 Features Changed the type of error raised by setuptools.command.easy_install.CommandSpec.from_param on unsupported argument from AttributeError to TypeError -- by :user:Avasam (#4548) Added detection of ARM64 variant of MSVC -- by :user:saschanaz (#4553) Made setupt…

Switch meson edge to 6.13 kernel Hdmi patches from xdarklight github repo View the full article

Description These patches exist on rockchip-5.18, but not on rockchip64-5.18. Patches that are part of LibreELEC patchset are dropped. Rest of the patches adjusted to apply cleanly. The only patch that gave me trouble was rk356x-vop2-support.patch due to multiple concurrent changes to dw_hdmi-rockchip.c. The patch now applies and compiles, and works on RockPi4-b, but I don't have a RK35xx device to test with, so any tests with such hardware is appreciated! How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compiled with mainline v5.18.3. Patches apply cleanly. [x] Booted on RockPi4-b. [x] Tested HDMI/rkvdec on RockPi4-b with FFMpeg-v4l2-request patchset and manually built Kodi and Moonligh…

Collabora is heading East to sponsor & attend DebConf18, the annual Debian conference! The week-long event takes place for the first time in Asia, at the National Chiao Tung University Microelectronics & Information Research Center, in Hsinchu Taiwan. View the full article

Energous WattUp wireless power technology delivers power at various ranges (up to a few meters), and so far, we’ve seen it in wearables like garments, as well as smart glasses and earbuds development kits. The company has now launched a wirelessly powered sensor evaluation kit for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) based on the 1W WattUp PowerBridge transmitter with Bluetooth LE 5.0, plus two battery-free sensor nodes based on Atmosic ATM3202 Bluetooth LE 5.0 Cortex-M0 microcontroller with energy-harvesting capabilities. Wirelessly powered sensor evaluation kit content & features: 1W WattUp PowerBridge transmitter Bluetooth LE microcontroller Energous EN4100 transmitter IC …

CNXSoft: This getting started guide/review of the SenseCAP K1100 sensor prototype kit is a translation of the original post on CNX Software Thai. The first part of this tutorial describes the kit and shows how to program it with Arduino to get sensor data to a LoRAWAN gateway and display it on Wio Terminal, before processing the data in a private LoRaWAN network using open-source tools such as Grafana. The second part – to be published later – will demonstrate the AI capability of the kit. In the digital era where IoT and big data are more prevalent, a large amount of data is required to be collected through sensors. To enable the digital transformation, SeeedStudio’s Sen…

Description Bugfix: We didn't delete the downloaded file when verification failed. So it can be used in next time. Bugfix: Incorrent CCODE to query mirrors of cache.armbian.com Support download rootfs cache from Github Always require signature file Remove some useless requests 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 the build script 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 correspond…

rbaron’s b-parasite is an open-source hardware Bluetooth LE plant watering sensor that can measure soil moisture and ambient temperature/humidity/light and works with ESPHome, Home Assistant, or any macOS or Linux platforms including the Raspberry Pi boards. It is based nRF52840 multi-protocol wireless microcontroller, so stanvn decided to add Zigbee support to the b-parasite through the “Zigbee Plant Sensor” firmware based on the Nordic Semi nRF5 SDK for nRF52 series of SoCs and working with Zigbee2MQTT. Let’s have a look at b-parasite hardware specifications first: Wireless MCU – Nordic Semi nRF52840 Arm Cortex-M4F multi-protocol wireless microcontroller with Bluetooth …

FriendlyElec NanoPi R5C is a smaller version of the NanoPi R5S router with the same Rockchip RK3568 processor, but only two 2.5GbE ports and support for an internal M.2 WiFi and Bluetooth module, instead of just USB dongles for the earlier NanoPi R-series routers. The mini router can also be used as a mini PC thanks to a built-in HDMI 2.0 video output port and two USB 3.2 ports and is offered in two versions with either 1GB RAM and 8GB eMMC flash, or 4GB RAM and 32GB storage for just $10 more. NanoPi R5C specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3568B2 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 dec…

Description When testing the wip build for the NanoPC-T6 I realized that there were no kernel modules for DVB available, so I changed the kernel config to include all kind of DVB/Camera/Radio drivers in the kernel multimedia section. How Has This Been Tested? On a NanoPC-T6 16GB RAM/256GB eMMC [x] Build for Bookworm OK [x] Booting fine without notable errors from sdcard as well as from emmc [x] dvb modules for 2x DVBSky S960 loading fine 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

media: Oleg dropped his kernel-4.19 branch, so drop legacy from bananapir2pro, station-m2, station-p2 media: Oleg dropped his kernel-4.19 branch, so drop legacy from bananapir2pro, station-m2, station-p2 View the full article

u-boot-menu: curb logging, no need to emit warn's here u-boot-menu: curb logging, no need to emit warn's here View the full article

Description Reported by mboehmer on the forums Kernel update made direct spidev in dts an error rather than warning, this patch didn't get updated post-break. Use "armbian,spi-dev" compatible defined in another patch. How Has This Been Tested? Builds OK Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Recently, I accidentally erased an SPI flash with an bootloader installed and tried to reinstall the latest bootloader. But it did not recognize the attached disks and proceeded to TFTP Boot. Only by stopping autoboot and hot-swapping the disks or reattaching did the bootloader recognize it, and I was then able to boot with the command. I investigated and found that the problem occured after U-Boot was updated to v2023.01. This issue has been resolved by applying a patch that was previously used in v2022.07. How Has This Been Tested? By compiling U-Boot from trunk (linux-u-boot-odroidhc4-current_24.2.0-trunk) for v2023.01, v2023.04, v2023.07, v2023.10 and t…

Description Driver does not compile on kernel 6.7 due to minor changes in kernel API. The PR just fixes the changes. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compiled rockchip64 edge 6.7 kernel 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

debootstrap: use latest git for Ubuntu/Debian debootstrap instead of host-installed Revert "Debootstrap is again too old for latest releases. Lets ship currently latest with and install it when we build distros that needs it." This reverts commit 7b61b05867d2c27cee784ed1caadf85c2027bac2. debootstrap: Partially revert f2e663f0 "Improved debootstrap hacking support with fixes for Ubuntu Noble" debootstrap: remove debootstrap from host dependencies debootstrap: use latest git for Ubuntu/Debian debootstrap instead of host-installed DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR must be set during the 1st stage, but NOT the second stage latest devel versions might be missing scripts for old releases; just…

Description As discussed here on the forums this overlay adds support for the RTL8211f chip found on Rockpi E Hardware revision 1.21 Documentation summary for feature / change Documentation updated, hope that's enough and appropriate. How Has This Been Tested? Running that overlay currently on four Rockpi S instances connected to the 1 Gbit/s port Checklist: [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [X] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Description Another small adjustment / optimisation of board configs and statuses similar to https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6569 How Has This Been Tested? Status changes. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project View the full article

Description don't store parameters for networking link establishment (avoid ghost wan/lan/eth link led up on bootup) How Has This Been Tested? [x] built nanopi-r5c, booted with wan cable plugged, rebooted unplugging it --> wan led was correctly NOT powered up 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

jsoninfo: add inventory-artifacts cli, which stops after artifacts-reduced and adds kernels.ndjson and uboots.njdson via jq jsoninfo: add inventory-artifacts cli, which stops after artifacts-reduced and adds kernels.ndjson and uboots.njdson via jq if one runs ./compile.sh inventory-artifacts we shall get: output/info/kernels.ndjson: one line for each kernel build output/info/uboots.ndjson: one line for each u-boot build this is meant as base for other tooling that acts "for each kernel" or "for each u-boot" such as patch/config rewrites, etc View the full article

AFBC support has been merged to PanVK and will be available in the Mesa 25.3 release! This new enablement reduces memory bandwidth and boosts performance. View the full article

Collabora is proud to sponsor this year's annual GStreamer conference, taking place in London, UK. Join us as we showcase the latest with machine learning analytics, WirePlumber, and more. View the full article

Part steadfast approach - part welcoming spirirt; Collabora continues to successfully expand with new talent amply on deck. Well ahead of the remote work curve, our new joiners have settled into their roles from their respective corners of the planet. View the full article

Last week, a new version of docker.io, the Docker package provided by Debian, was uploaded to Debian Unstable. Quickly afterwards, the package moved to Debian Testing, the first time in two years that docker.io has migrated to "testing". View the full article

Description Print the CPU frequency correctly without privileges. Some CPU's have two clusters and at the same time are not representatives of the "Big.Little" architecture. It will be correct to print about the presence of adjustment of two clusters How Has This Been Tested? Before the changes: leo@bananapim3:~$ armbianmonitor -m 1 Running unprivileged. CPU frequency will not be displayed. Stop monitoring using [ctrl]-[c] Warning: High update frequency (1 sec) might change system behaviour! Time big.LITTLE load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq CPU C.St. 10:46:45: --- 0.05 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 45,0 °C 0/5 10:46:46: --- 0.05 1% 1% …

SB Components’ ESPi is a WiFi-enabled Ethernet board with a 1.14-inch information color display either coming with an ESP32-S3 WiFi and Bluetooth module or designed as a carrier board for the Raspberry Pi Pico W board. I have no idea who needs this, but the ESPi board looks cute and can be used as a 10/100Mbps Ethernet to WiFi (or BLE) gateway with a small TFT display, and there’s also a small joystick on the board to control a potential menu or user interface rendered in the display. ESPi board specifications: Module/Board (one or the other) ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 module with ESP32-S3 dual-core LX7 microprocessor @ up to 240 MHz with Vector extension for machine learning, up …

Description BPI-CM4 CM4IO dts/dtsi backport to Linux 6.1 LTS Added "current" to the KERNEL_TARGET variable Jira reference number AR-1723 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] Added the relevant patch to the meson64-6.1 patch directory and adjusted the board .conf file to support both current and edge. [X] Issued the following command to make sure it pulls and builds: ./compile.sh BOARD=bananapicm4io BRANCH=current kernel Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I hav…

Description Converting #5898 to use hook instead of patch 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 compiles. Also .config shows 648 as the default dram clk value. 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 arti…