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Seon Rozenblum, better known as Unexpected Maker, has launched upgrades to its ESP32-S2 boards such as the TinyS2 with ESP32-S3 variants, namely TinyS3, FeatherS3, and ProS3 boards. The new boards share the same form factors as the TinyS2, FeatherS2, and ProS2, but they get a more powerful dual-core microcontroller with AI instructions and 512kB SRAM. The microcontroller also adds Bluetooth 5.0 Low Energy (BLE) connectivity with Bluetooth Mesh support, instead of just WiFi 4 connectivity found in the earlier boards. TinyS3, FeatherS3, and ProS3 boards share the following features: SoC – Espressif Systems’ ESP32-S3 with Dual-core 32bit Xtensa LX7 microcontroller up to 240M…

Fix logging for relocated output. Better (more compact) logging. Allow WSL for NO_HOST_RELEASE_CHECK. Fix sudo (pass env, ie. CONFIG=). View the full article

Description sunxi: switch EDGE to v6.1.6 CURRENT to v5.15.88 -> v6.1.6 Successfully rebased and updated detached HEAD -> v5.15.88 Successfully rebased and updated refs/heads/linux-5.15.y Checklist: [ ] Test build EDGE [ ] Test build CURRENT View the full article

Description Remove patches, sync with driver repository. https://github.com/jethome-ru/rtl88x2cs/pull/8 Jira reference number AR-1527 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] JetHub D1+ (rtl8822cs WiFi/BT) 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 …

FHDM TECH DSO-500K is a 2-channel 500kS/s WiFi oscilloscope based on Raspberry Pi Pico W board that can also work over USB, and offers an analog bandwidth of up to 150kHz. We previously had seen the Raspberry Pi Pico board used as a logic analyzer, so it should come as no surprise that somebody has also come up with a Raspberry Pi Pico W-based oscilloscope that enabled visualization on Android over WiFi or USB. DSO-500K specifications and features (through the Scoppy app): MCU board – Raspberry Pi Pico W board with RP2040 dual-core Cortex-M0+ microcontroller, 2MB SPI flash, WiFi 4 and Bluetooth connectivity Sample rate – Up to 500kS/s sample rate (250kS/s with both channe…

Description We are providing several 3rd party packages in our repository such as Mozilla Firefox or Chromium. In order to prevent installing snapd version from Ubuntu, we have to set higher priority for packages that are coming from our repository. Jira reference number AR-1662 How Has This Been Tested? desktop:preferences.d:% apt-cache policy | grep armbian 1001 http://beta.armbian.com jammy/jammy-desktop all Packages origin beta.armbian.com 1001 http://beta.armbian.com jammy/jammy-desktop amd64 Packages origin beta.armbian.com 1001 http://beta.armbian.com jammy/jammy-utils all Packages origin beta.armbian.com 1001 http://beta.armbian.com jammy/jammy-ut…

grub: fixes for wallpaper / gfxmode / submenu /etc Debian working Ubuntu's grub needs more work (refuses to use wallpaper in many situations) View the full article

Bumps tj-actions/changed-files from 38 to 39. Release notes Sourced from tj-actions/changed-files's releases. v39 Changes in v39.0.1 What's Changed Upgraded to v39 by @​tj-actions-bot in tj-actions/changed-files#1536 chore: Update sync-release-version.yml by @​jackton1 in tj-actions/changed-files#1537 chore(deps): update dependency @​types/lodash to v4.14.198 by @​renovate in tj-actions/changed-files#1538 chore(deps): update tj-actions/eslint-changed-files action to v21 by @​renovate in tj-actions/changed-files#1539 chore(deps): update dependency @​vercel/ncc to ^0.38.0 by @​renovate in tj-actions/changed-files#1541 chore(deps): update reviewdog/action-shellcheck act…

As we continue improving the kernel integration landscape on multiple fronts, this also means making better tests available for all. Working closely with the community, we have now landed a new, ready-to-use, kselftest upstream in mainline Linux. View the full article

Description Converted configuration for uwe5622 support to extension making it easier to add wifi and bluetooth support to boards with uwe5622 wireless module. Added the uwe5622 extension to Orange Pi Zero2. This should add bluetooth support to the same. Moved Orange Pi 3 LTS specific code out of the family config file Also for H6 based devices, switched to lightdm-gtk-greeter as slick-greeter shows weird artifacts Also added myself as maintainer for Orange Pi 3 and Orange Pi 3 LTS. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Tested wifi, bluetooth and …

Description Main. Kernel config rewrite applied. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] CI Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description station-m2: update u-boot patches. Add u-boot device tree for station-m2. 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

base-files: hardcoded cache of base-files version per RELEASE/ARCH, as of 20240720 base-files: hardcoded cache of base-files version per RELEASE/ARCH, as of 20240720 packages.debian.org and packages.ubuntu.com are having a meltdown and builds are stuck this is a quick & dirty fix to get builds going we should urgently replace this with the 'right thing' trying to maintain this manually will cause insanity View the full article

Description set CONFIG_SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT=y to BRANCH=edge & BRANCH=current Advised for KASLR-enabled kernels complements nicely #7078 (but not depending on each other) - no side effect for non-KASLR-enabled kernel/boards How Has This Been Tested? [X] Built/ran orangepi5-plus edge (with patched u-boot from #7078) 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

Over the past year, Collabora has pushed mainline GStreamer toward a first-class media and Machine Learning platform, with new inference backends, extended metadata/tensor handling, and production-ready analytics building blocks. View the full article

Monado now has initial support for 6DoF ("inside-out") tracking for devices with cameras and an IMU! Three free and open source SLAM/VIO solutions were integrated and adapted to work on XR: Kimera-VIO, ORB-SLAM3, and Basalt. View the full article

The i.MX 6 platform has for the past few years enjoyed a large effort to add upstream support to Linux and surrounding projects. The newly introduced i.MX 8 is seeing lots of work being done, despite hardware being still difficult to get access to. View the full article

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

Description CI optimisation View the full article

Coming up next week at the Automotive Linux Summit in Yokohama and virtually, Marius Vlad and Daniel Stone will present the latest on the AGL Wayland compositor, and the current state of graphics virtualization upstream. View the full article

ADLINK has just announced the Express-RLP COM Express Type 6 and COM-HPC-cRLS COM-HPC size C modules based on the new Intel 13th generation Raptor Lake hybrid processors with Embedded and Industrial SKUs. The Express-RLP comes with an up to 14 cores, 20 threads Raptor Lake-P processor, 64GB DDR5 SO-DIMM, and PCIe Gen4, while the COM-HPC-cRLS offers up to a 24-core Rasptor Lake-S embedded processor, 128GB DDR5 SO-DIMM, PCIe Gen5, and 2x 2.5GbE LAN. Both modules support Intel TCC, and Time Sensitive Networking (TSN), and are suitable for hard real-time computing workloads required by applications such as industrial automation, autonomous driving, AI robots, and aviation. Ex…

MicroBlocks is a visual programming IDE for 32-bit microcontrollers currently supporting the BBC Micro:bit V1/V2, Calliope mini (aka the German Micro:bit), Adafruit Circuit Playground Express and Bluefruit, Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico W, and various other boards including ESP32 and ESP8266-based boards. I discovered MicroBlocks in the list of talks for FOSDEM 2023, and although it did not make it to my virtual schedule, I thought it was interesting to look into and write about it. In their upcoming FOSDEM talk, Bernat Romagosa and Kathy Giori refer to MicroBlocks as small, fast, and human-friendly with development guided by four guiding principles: liveness, parallelism, p…

Googulator's midline kernel repo w/ monka's kernel config View the full article

RAKwireless WisDuo RAK11720 is a LoRaWAN and Bluetooth LE (module) equipped with Ambiq Apollo3 ultra-low-power BLE 5.0 microcontroller and a Semtech SX1262 LoRa transceiver. The Wisduo RAK11720 is pin-to-pin compatible with the STM32WL-based Wisduo RAK3172 LoRaWAN module, and provides an easy upgrade path for IoT applications that require Bluetooth LE connectivity and more memory. WisDuo RAK11720 specifications: MCU – Ambiq Apollo3 Blue AMA3B1KK-KBR-B0 Arm Cortex-M4F microcontroller locked at up to 96 MHz with 1MB flash, 348 SRAM, Bluetooth LE 5.0, and an active power consumption of less than < 6 μA/ MHz LoRa Semtech SX1262 sub-GHz radio transceivers LoRaWAN 1.0.3 spec…

Update maintainers synched from the database View the full article

Description Move executing check from the script. It breaks if script runs for beta and stable at the same machine. Which will be the case. Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Description thead: update linux to 6.6-rc5, update opensbi binary How Has This Been Tested? [x] Successfully built. [x] System startup (EMMC). Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Not sure if others are symlinked or they fail silently. Failed to restart sshd.service: Unit sshd.service not found How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested on Jammy, Mantic, Bookworm Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Description 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. [x] Someone tested with rock5 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 genera…

This will enable the latest Armbian images to boot on aml-s905x3 boxes after the move from uImage to Image. The blob is built on mainline u-boot's tag v2023.10. Changes to be committed: modified: packages/bsp/aml-s9xx-box/boot/build-u-boot/readme.txt new file: packages/bsp/aml-s9xx-box/boot/build-u-boot/u-boot-s905x3.patch new file: packages/bsp/aml-s9xx-box/boot/u-boot-s905x3 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. More information can be found here: #4938 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you…

Submitted upon request to make user's life easier 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 to test $ git clone https://github.com/Kreyren/armbian-build-kreyren.git -b olimex-A20-OLinuXino-MICRO # Clone the source code with the specified branch # Change directory to the cloned repository $ ./compile.sh BOARD=olimex-a20-olinuxino-micro EXPERT=yes 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 conf…

Description station-m3: use radxa's new u-boot. Fix station-m3 audio issue. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Successfully built. [x] System startup. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Add community support for lckfb TaishanPi. This PR depends on the following two PRs: https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/197 https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/196 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

Description KASRL-supported u-boot 2024.07 for everyone: move /chosen/kaslr-seed DTC node support patchset to general 2024.07 BOOTPATCHDIR attach nanopi-r5c and oprangepi5-plus BOOTPACHDIR to patches/uboot/v2024.07 general dir Hopefully, other boards using same uboot-version can benefit from the added support note for Maintainers - to enable KASLR seed, you need: - CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE=y configured in your kernel .config - CONFIG_CMD_KASLRSEED=y and CONFIG_DM_RNG=y configure in your u-boot .config - exposed crypto and rng nodes in you board's device-tree - kasrlseed command before kernel boot in your boot.cmd - CONFIG_SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT=y in kernel .config is a…

Powerful video analytics pipelines are easy to make when you're well-equipped. Combining GStreamer and Machine Learning frameworks are the perfect duo to run complex models across multiple streams. View the full article

While eastern Europe has experienced ghastly events that have shaken the world, the latest Linux kernel release could aptly be named "Solid & Steady." Here's a look at some of the contributions made by Collabora's kernel team. View the full article

Attending the NAB Show in Las Vegas? Make sure to stop by Collabora's booth, #N2908VR in the North Hall, and get a firsthand look at the latest in Open Source software integration! View the full article

Kubuntu Focus NX is a mini PC running Kubuntu Focus Linux operating system on an Intel Core i5-1135G7 or i7-1165G7 Tiger Lake processor, with up to 64GB RAM, support for NVMe and SATA storage, offering four HDMI/DisplayPort video outputs, two Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C ports, and three extra USB 3.2 Type-A ports. The mini PC also comes with decent networking and wireless connectivity thanks to a 2.5GbE port and an Intel AX601 module enabling WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2. Mini PCs shipping with Linux by default are quite rare, and most that do are fairly expensive ones, so it’s nice to see a more affordable mid-range mini PC working with Kubuntu Focus out of the box. Kubuntu Focus …

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

iWave Systems iW-RainboW-G30M is a system-on-module (SoM) based on AMD Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ ZU4/ZU5/ZU7 FPGA MPSoC specially geared towards LiDAR applications for scientific and military applications. The module comes with up to 12GB of RAM, 4GB for the programmable logic (PL) and 8GB for the Arm Cortex-A53/R5-based Processing System (PS), two 240-pin high-density, high-speed connectors with 142 user I/Os, 16x GTH transceivers up to 16.3Gbps, and four GTR transceivers up to 6Gbps. iW-RainboW-G30M specifications: FPGA MPSoC – AMD Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+ ZU4, ZU5, or ZU7 MPSoC with Processing System (PS) featuring 2x or 4x Arm Cortex-A53 core @ 1.5 GHz, two Cortex-R5 co…

Description sunxi-6.0: initial state patches armbian Checklist: [x] Test build sunxi64 View the full article

Machine learning is increasingly seeing more applications and it's important to have FOSS options to accelerate such workloads. With that in mind, we began an effort earlier this year to get a TFLite model running on a VIM3 NPU using Etnaviv and OpenCL. View the full article

Adafruit Metro M7 is a development board based on a 500 MHz NXP i.MX RT1011 Arm Cortex-M7 crossover MCU that follows Arduino UNO form factor and integrates the ESP32-based “AirLift” WiFi module for wireless connectivity. The board also comes with 4MB QSPI storage, a few LEDs and buttons, a Qwiic connector for additional expansion beyond Arduino Shields, and an SWD connector for debugging. The board takes 6V to 12V DC input via a power barrel jack, but can also be powered through its USB Type-C port. Adafruit Metro M7 specifications: SoC – NXP iMX RT1011 crossover microcontroller with an Arm Cortex-M7 clocked at 500 MHz and 128KB SRAM/TCM Storage – 4MB of QSPI XIP Flash Wi…

Description This PR adds some patches from Collabora and upstream kernel branch and add initial support for opi5 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] OPi5 boots fine [x] SD Card, GMAC, USB, PCIe2, Sata work 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 change…

Add new rockchip cpu rk3528 support,and new board H28K support. This commit requires: https://github.com/armbian/rkbin/pull/23 Rockchip RK3528 preliminary specifications: CPU – Arm Cortex-A53 processor (4 core 2.0ghz ) GPU – Arm Mali-450 GPU with AFBC compression support Memory – LP4, LP4X, LP3, DDR4, DDR3 HDMI 2.0 Up to 8Kp25 Video decoding – Up to 8Kp25 PCIE2.0/USB3.0 H28K board specifications: 2/4GB LPDDR4 8/32GB EMMC 5.0 two Gb ethernet(one gmac one pcie eth) type C USB2.0(support PD power and maskrom) type A USB2.0 View the full article

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

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. [x] short description (copy / paste of PR title) [x] summary (description relevant for end users) [x] example of usage (how to see this in function) View the full article

Description Add support for a rk3568 based SBC Lubancat2 in my hand. The u-boot and linux kernel support is landing mainline for a few months. How Has This Been Tested? Test: ./compile.sh build BOARD=lubancat2 BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=yes BUILD_MINIMAL=no DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED='browsers chat desktop_tools editors email internet multimedia office programming remote_desktop' DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT=xfce DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG_NAME=config_base DOWNLOAD_MIRROR=bfsu ENABLE_EXTENSIONS=mesa-vpu EXPERT=yes EXTRAWIFI=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no PREFER_DOCKER=no RELEASE=noble VENDOR=Armbian Write the image to tf card, insert the card to the board, the board can boot into desktop…

Description ArmSoM Sige3 is rk3568 version of the sige series boards. It is a board supporting pd negotiation with fusb302, so I add pd negotiation in uboot. This pr depends on https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/236 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] ./compile.sh BOARD=armsom-sige3 BRANCH=vendor BUILD_MINIMAL=no DEB_COMPRESS=xz KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=noble KERNEL_GIT=shallow BUILD_DESKTOP=yes DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED= DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT=gnome DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG_NAME=config_base Checklist: Please delete options that ar…

Join us next week in Paris for Kernel Recipes! We're delighted to sponsor this kernel-focused event and contribute with a talk on GPU drivers. View the full article

With its latest release, GStreamer adds native support for AI inference engines including ONNX Runtime, LiteRT, and Burn, along with tensor decoders for YOLO, face detection, tracking, and more. View the full article

FriendlyElec has just launched the NanoPi R5S mini router powered by a Rockchip RK3568 processor, and the company kindly sent me two samples for review. In the first part of the review, I’ll check out the device itself, the internal design, the preinstalled OpenWrt, and run some networking benchmarks with iperf3. NanoPi R5S unboxing The router comes fully assembled together with a 3M sheet with 6 rubber feet, which, as we’ll see below, are not really necessary. A microSD card socket can be found on one of the sides, while the rear panel comes with a USB-C port for power, a WiFi antenna hole (which can also be used to run cables for GPIO. UART console, etc…), two 2.5GbE …

When developing an application or a library, it is very common to want to run it without installing it, or to install it into a custom prefix rather than on the system. Here's how Meson can help with that. View the full article

Meet the newest members of our ever-growing engineering and administrative teams! Welcome Arnaud, Omar, Correntin, Lakshmipathi, Rebecca, Ezequiel, Ritesh, Ana and Zeeshan! View the full article

The USB Promoter Group has just pushed a press release about the “pending release” of the USB4 Version 2.0 specification that promises up to 80 Gbps of data performance over the USB Type-C cable and connector. The group also explains both the USB Type-C and USB Power Delivery (USB PD) specifications will also be updated, and everything will be published right before the USB DevDays developer events planned for November 2022 in the US and South Korea. So that’s basically an announcement about a future announcement, but we were still provided with some highlights of the upcoming USB4 v2 specification: Up to 80 Gbps operation based on a new physical layer architecture, using…

Description Remove it from package base To do: more testings Jira reference number AR-1327 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Install desktop on top of CLI, generate image Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Allwinner V851S/V851SE is a single-core Arm Cortex-A7 SoC with a RISC-V core, an H.265/H.264 video encoder, and a 0.5 TOPS NPU designed for Smart IP cameras with support for features such as human detection and crossing alarms. Both processors ship with 64MB DDR2 memory, and feature USB, Ethernet, and SDIO interfaces, but the V851S is designed for systems with a display, while the V851SE targets traditional headless IP cameras. Both processors are pretty similar, but here are the key differences between Allwinner V851S: Networking – 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port with RMII interface GPIO – 6x ports (PA, PC, PD, PE, PF, PH) Display LCD Parallel RGB, Serial RGB, i8080, BT656 2-l…

Description Default images has to be current, not EDGE. View the full article

I’ve just repurposed an empty XYLITOL gum bottle into a DIY camera mount for the Raspberry Pi Camera Module with privacy mode to boot… In order to avoid confusion, while Xylitol is a chemical compound, it’s also a Japanese brand of chewing gums that is sold in Thailand and other countries. I’m specifically talking about the latter in this post. Raspberry Pi Trading has just sent me a bunch of Raspberry Pi Camera Modules 3 for review, and since I don’t have any camera mount I initially thought maybe I’ll laser cut some mount or use some LEGOs as I did with the e-CAM20_CURB camera for Raspberry Pi 4. But then I saw some empty XYLITOL gum bottles, noticed the cap would open …

Description legacy was broken. Let's drop it since current and edge work well. How Has This Been Tested? Unnecessary. Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

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. Document(README.md) change no need unit test Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My…

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

Released last week, Linux kernel 6.4 brings new features such as support for Intel LAM, user events for tracing, and the ability for the machine keyrings used for Machine Owner Keys to store only CA-enforced keys. View the full article

Description legacy - 5.15.124 -> 5.15.125 current - 6.1.43 -> 6.1.45 edge - 6.4.8 -> 6.4.10 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 legacy, current and edge images on Orange Pi Prime (sun50i H5) [X] Booted legacy, current and edge images on NanoPi Duo2 (sun8i H3) 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 n…

Collabora is headed to Amsterdam! This year, we will be showcasing some of our recent work on the DAB protocol, as well as the software integration of LCEVC, MPEG's novel enhancement codec, into the GStreamer multimedia framework. View the full article

Description Various minor fixes to rockchip rk3318/rk322x based tv boxes: usb ports gain resets in uboot and kernel, so hopefully they gains some more compatibility and/or less hangups rk3318-box now uses the ddrbin from vendor; it was accidentally switched to uboot TPL during last uboot update some patches have been removed because useless or because things could merged into board dtbs Except for a change in dwc2.c driver in rockchip 32 bit (that may have an effect on OTG port on ASUS Tinkerboard, which is usually unused due to being the power connector), no other boards are affected by these changes. It looks like that USB resets,at least on rk3318/rk3328, are good …

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. [x] short description (copy / paste of PR title) [x] summary (description relevant for end users) [x] example of usage (how to see this in function) View the full article

base-files: hardcoded cache of base-files version per RELEASE/ARCH, as of 20240522 base-files: hardcoded cache of base-files version per RELEASE/ARCH, as of 20240522 packages.debian.org and packages.ubuntu.com are having a meltdown and builds are stuck this is a quick & dirty fix to get builds going we should urgently replace this with the 'right thing' trying to maintain this manually will cause insanity View the full article

Description Bookworm is the latest stable release of debian from 2023, with mesa 22 in its repo, which will not support rk3588 panthor mainline gpu driver. I backported mesa 24.1.3 in obs: https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/home:amazingfate:mesa-bookworm-backport. And here is the instruction of updating mesa from obs's repo: https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3Aamazingfate%3Amesa-bookworm-backport&package=libgl1-mesa-dri How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] ./compile.sh BOARD=rock-5b BRANCH=edge BUILD_MINIMAL=no DEB_…

Description ArmSoM CM5 IO board is a board carrying SoM ArmSoM CM5, which has rk3576 soc and is compatible with raspberry's cm4 carrier board. Board info: https://docs.armsom.org/armsom-cm5-io Vendor device tree is already merged https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/215 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. [ ] ./compile.sh BOARD=armsom-cm5-io BRANCH=vendor BUILD_MINIMAL=no DEB_COMPRESS=xz KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=noble KERNEL_GIT=shallow BUILD_DESKTOP=yes DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED= DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT=gnome DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG_NAME…

http://blog.armbian.com/content/images/2026/02/githubhighlights-2.pngThis week’s Armbian development saw significant progress across board support, software modules, and workflow enhancements. Notable additions include new board images for ForLinx OK3506-S12, Cix-ACPI, and expanded support for Raspberry Pi 400, 500, and RPi3 series. Improvements to build targets and kernel patches were implemented, alongside fixes for overlayfs module logic and OpenMediaVault installation. The imager received updates for macOS compatibility and enhanced handling of write-protected devices. Several workflow optimizations and cleanup tasks were completed, streamlining concurrency and retry …

After over five years of development and collaboration across the Open Source community, mainline Linux support for Rockchip RK3588's video capture hardware has finally landed. View the full article

Join us next week for Open Source 101, a one-day conference where we'll dive into the latest around FOSS virtual & augmented reality, and look at the implications of enabling automated testing upstream. View the full article

Linux Kernel 4.16 was released over the weekend, and with it came 33 patches contributed by 8 different Collabora developers, including the addition of usb3 and extcon support for Rockchip RK3399 devices, and display support for the Nokia N9. View the full article

Description Desktop doesn't install properly from CLI for several reasons. This commit addresses those problems. move skel and PSD configuration directly to the desktop package postins script move sources from desktop to cli image so we can make proper upgrades switch gdm3 de-instsall logic by adding it as a conflicting package to the armbian desktops as we only use lightdm Jira reference number AR-1326 AR-1327 AR-1328 How Has This Been Tested? On top of CLI and repository with updated package placed to local repository: apt -y --no-install-recommends install lightdm-gtk-greeter lightdm apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" --allow-downgrades -y --install-reco…

Description Maintenance. @The-going @Heisath View the full article

Description Move into new structure which will be cleaned further. Stage I is moving legacy patches from main folder & removing obsolete. ├── legacy │ ├── board_bananapir2 │ ├── board_imx7sabre │ ├── board_odroidc1 │ ├── board_odroidm1 │ ├── board_odroidxu4 │ ├── board_orangepizero2 │ ├── board_rock-5b │ ├── board_rockpi-s │ ├── u-boot-clearfog │ │ ├── board_clearfogbase │ │ ├── board_clearfogpro │ │ ├── target_mmc │ │ ├── target_sata │ │ ├── target_sdhc │ │ ├── target_spi │ │ └── target_uart │ ├── u-boot-helios4 │ │ ├── board_clearfogbase │ │ ├── board_clearfogpro │ │ ├── board_helios4 │ │ ├── target_sp…

Description https://github.com/badges/shields/issues/8671 Jira reference number AR-1437 View the full article

Pentium and Celeron brands are officially dead with Intel introducing the Alder Lake-N family comprised of “Intel Processor” and Core-i3 N-series processors based on the Gracemont “Efficiency” cores found in Alder Lake hybrid processors. Some of the details about the Intel Processor N100 and N200 processors were leaked last fall, followed by the Core i3-N300 and Core i3-N350, but at least it is now official, and we have more details so let’s dig into it. Alder Lake N-series key features and specifications: CPU – Up to 8x Gracemont Efficient cores for Core i3 N-series processor, and up to 4x with Intel Processor processor GPU – Intel UHD graphics with AV1 decode support Me…

STMicroelectronics’ STM32MP13 1 GHz single-core Arm Cortex-A7 microprocessor series is the latest addition to the Linux-capable STM32MP1 family, with a cost-optimized design that does without the Cortex-M4 real-time core found in the original STM32MP15 series, while still offering Ethernet, CAN FD, camera and display depending on the specific SKU: STM32MP131, STTM32MP133, or STM32MP135. STM32MP131 The STM32MP131 is a single-core Cortex-A7 core clocked at 650 MHz or 1GHz with Ethernet connectivity and is the most cost-effective part of the new STM32MP13 series. Four parts are available in three different packet sizes (TGBGA 289, TFBGA 320, and LFBGA 289) as well as some p…

Follow up to #4955 — add sample of term type inclusion, whitelist my terminal View the full article

Dear Armbian Community, We are excited to share some updates on the progress of our project with you. Our crowdfunding campaign is just 3 days away from completion, and we have already started negotiating with one of our hardware suppliers for possible partnership. Join now if you haven’t yet! We have added build configs for Mekotronics R58 and expanded our community supported targets to include Risc-V Vision Five 2 boards, Star64, MangoPi, and Beagle V. Additionally, we have made 50+ bug fixes across all segments this week. We have also made some improvements to our download images wizard with several new features: We have added a data range filter to the board sel…

Description This PR ports over recent changes for the Orange Pi Zero 2 board brought by AGM1968 for 6.2.y kernel, back to 6.1.y kernel (current LTS). Changes being ported (minor modifications required to the patching metadata, overall code & structure intact): https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5247 (CPU scaling) https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5270 (on-board LED states changes) How Has This Been Tested? CPU scaling tests [x] Test A: Build & boot-up the board, making sure it still works [x] Test B: Run ThomasKaiser/sbc-bench See: https://github.com/mdziekon/armbian-build/pull/2 LED changes tests [x] Test A: Build & boot-up the board, making…

Description During testing new test procedure for automated kernel switching I have noticed that some boards sometimes hangs in the test process. It looks like it is possible to mitigate this by lowering CPU clock. IMO it is good enough if we do this in user space. Jira reference number AR-1797 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Running smoke tests 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 View the full article

Description Found we had cvbs support for allwinner H3 for current kernel. It had bits to make it working for H5 as well with only thing missing was the overlay to enable the it. Hence added the overlay for H5. Also as the patch was missing in edge kernel, added the same. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Created a server image for OrangePi Prime and attached a CVBS/AV display to it. The console was also shown on the AV monitor. Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own cod…

This is just a cosmetic change. Patches have been consolidated into one patch within each corresponding linux version directory. Added: linux-6.6 (RC-1) Removed: linux-6.2/6.3 Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Add node sprd-mtty to mainline devicetree. And add userspace binary hciattach_opi to enable uart bluetooth. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] 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 …

Description When booting U-Boot for rockchip64 or rk3588 devices, the error Failed to load '...-fixup.scr' pops up. This PR fixes this error by checking if the file exists before trying to load it. This PR partially fixes https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6398 Unfortunately, I was not able to fix the error with missing kaslrseed (even though it may only be cosmetic). Note: U-Boot uses Hush cli language. Not this Hush cli (!) but a different old Hush shell in Busybox which is very badly documented overall unfortunately. I could not find any Hush functionality or a U-Boot command to check if the command kaslrseed exists. Should we include CONFIG_CMD_KASLRSEED for e…

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] Documentation summary for feature / change Please delete this section if entry to main documentation is not needed. If documentation entry is predicted, please provide key elements for further implementation into main documentation and set label to "Needs Documentation". You are welcome to open a PR to documentation or you can leave following information for technical writer: [x] short description (copy / paste of PR title) [x] summary (description rel…

Description None. How Has This Been Tested? Not been. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project View the full article

The Evolution of SBCs: From Hobby Boards to Edge ComputingOver the past two decades, single-board computers (SBCs) have transformed from experimental maker tools into the backbone of modern embedded and edge systems. What started as a handful of affordable hobby boards has grown into a diverse ecosystem powering automation, AI, and connected infrastructure around the world. From Prototypes to PossibilityEarly SBCs were humble experiments — small circuit boards combining processor, memory, and I/O on one platform. For years they lived quietly inside industrial machines and educational kits. The real turning point came in the early 2010s with boards like the Raspberry Pi, B…

An incredible amount has changed in Mesa and in the Vulkan ecosystems since we wrote the first Vulkan driver in Mesa for Intel hardware back in 2015. Not only has Vulkan grown, but Mesa has as well. View the full article

Following on from part 1 in the series, part 2 covers more developments in low-level graphics, including support for buffer modifiers in the kernel, Mesa, Wayland, Weston, Mutter and GNOME Shell, and X.Org. View the full article

NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 32GB production module is now in mass production and available, after the 12-core Cortex-A78E system-on-module was first announced in November 2021, and the Jetson AGX Orin developer kit was launched last March for close to $2,000. Capable of up to 200 TOPS of AI inference performance, or up to 6 times faster than the Jetson AGX, the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 32GB can be used for AI, IoT, embedded, and robotics deployments, and NVIDIA says nearly three dozen partners are offering commercially available products based on the new module. Here’s a reminder of NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 32GB specifications: CPU – 12-core Arm Cortex-A78AE v8.2 64-bit processor …

Qualcomm Robotics RB3 (aka DragonBoard 845c) and Robotics RB5 boards can already support Android 13, just a few days after the source code was pushed to AOSP (Android Open Source Project). Once upon a time (i.e. a few years ago), it would have taken weeks, and more likely months, to port the latest version of Android (AOSP) to a specific single board computer. But thanks to initiatives such as Project Treble, Android reference boards such as DragonBoard 845c (RB3), HiKey 960, Khadas VIM3, and Qualcomm Robotics Board RB5 can now get the latest version of Android up and running in a matter of days. Android 13 was released on August 15, and Linaro wrote about RB3 and RB5 sup…

Canonical has launched free Ubuntu Pro subscriptions for individuals and small companies for up to five machines, enabling anybody to get longer-term support and features that were only reserved to paying enterprise customers so far. Canonical provides Ubuntu for free with LTS versions released every two years and supported for 5 years. The latest Ubuntu 22.04 LTS was released in April 2022, meaning it will be supported until April 2027. But if you’d like to get 10-year support and extra security features you can now do it for free through an Ubuntu Pro subscription for up to 5 machines. Let’s compare the key differences between Ubuntu LTS and Ubuntu Pro first. You’ll get…

This is a critical fix, without it, all images with extlinux.conf will be broken and will not be able to run the system normally. View the full article

Beelink have launched their first Intel Alder Lake mini PC calling it the SEi12. Featuring a mobile 12th gen Core-i5-1235U processor it is also their first mini PC to incorporate a PCIe4 NVMe slot. Beelink kindly sent one for review and I’ve looked at the performance running both Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04. Beelink SEI12 hardware overview The Beelink SEi12 physically consists of a 126 x 113 x 42mm (4.96 x 4.45 x 1.65 inches) square metal case with a new and innovative waterproof fabric-covered top. As an actively cooled mini PC, it uses Intel’s Alder Lake Core i5-1235U processor which has a thread count of 12 with 2 ‘performance’ cores boosting to 4.40 GHz and 8 ‘efficie…

Arducam OCam, whose name stands for Object Camera, is an AI camera with 3 TOPS of AI performance and designed to work with OStream‘s PhysicO Edge AI media platform that adds context to MP4 video streams in real-time. The camera supports resolutions from QVGA to 2K, takes USB or PoE power, comes with a drag-and-drop AI pipeline for easy programming/configuration, and is also compatible with common AI tools such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Edge Impulse, and others. Arducam OCam specifications: Resolution – QVGA up to 2K Frame Rate – Up to 60 fps FoV – 80° Audio – Dual beamforming AI processing power – Up to 3 TOPS Power Supply 5V via USB PoE Power Consumption – Up to 5 Watts Di…

Description JetHub BSP: update preinstalled python packages to install via apt Jira reference number AR-1545 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 build on jammy, bullseye, sid,lunar [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downs…