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The BIGTREETECH CB1 core board is an Allwinner H616 quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 system-on-module (SoM) that follows the Raspberry Pi CM4 form factor and was designed by BIGTREETECH, a company whose main business is related to 3D printer motherboards and their peripherals. The BIGTREETECH CB1 comes with 1GB RAM, an HDMI output interface, 2.4GHz WiFi, and 100Mbps Ethernet. The CB1 has better multimedia capability than the CM4 with support for 4Kp60 H.265/H.264 video decoding and 1080p60 H.264 video encoding, while the Broadcom BCM2711 processor on the CM4 can only handle 4Kp60 H.265 and 1080p60 H.264 video decoding, and 1080p30 H.264 video encoding. Some disadvantages include …

Air32F103 is yet another clone of the STM32F103 microcontroller that can be faster if needed with a clock of up to 216 MHz instead of 72 MHz for the original STMicro STM32 Arm Cortex-M3 microcontroller. The first SKU of the family is the Air32F103CBT6 whose peripherals and hardware design are compatible with equivalent STM32F103CBT6 parts and offered with 32KB RAM and 128KB flash. There’s also a Bluepill-like development board, but with a different pinout, made by LuatOS. Documentation for the board and microcontroller can be found in a Wiki including the MCU datasheet that indicates models with 256KB flash and 64MB SRAM (Air32F103CCT6) and 96MB SRAM (Air32F103RPT6). Sinc…

Description Add support for sd card for Rock 5 (mainline linux) Remove tegra from kernel config Update Linux kernel to rc2 How Has This Been Tested? I builded image and Rock 5 boot up from sd card/emmc and I was able to reboot [x] boot up from emmc [x] boot up from sd card [x] reboot 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

I am "almost" giving up on the "bright black" == "gray" thing. There's enough bad default themes out there, and not the first time people (rightfully) complained... ref #4865 View the full article

Add gnome desktop to bookworm builds View the full article

See rationale on https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC2086 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? Blind edit 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 modu…

Description Cherrypicked from https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5689 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: [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

WSL2 "boards" wsl2-x86/wsl2-arm64 with current (6.1.y) and edge (6.6.y) kernels with Microsoft patches WSL2 "boards" wsl2-x86/wsl2-arm64 with current (6.1.y) and edge (6.6.y) kernels with Microsoft patches tl,dr: add 4 small-ish UEFI-like kernels, with Microsoft patches & fixes, for use with Microsoft WSL2 on x86/arm64 and 6.1.y/6.6.y the boards are UEFI derivatives, using a common microsoft vendor include to modify KERNELPATCHDIR/LINUXFAMILY (for now, we don't want those patches in regular UEFI builds / .debs) disable EXTRAWIFI (kernel is for a VM, will never have wifi so doesn't need any drivers) LINUXCONFIG, so we can use Microsoft's own monolithic kernel, re…

Description I'm sorry, the error on the 6.8 kernel occurred because I didn't synchronize my code in time, resulting in patch errors that affected the compilation. Based on the hints here, I am optimizing the device tree for the firefly-rk3399 kernel: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6611 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Almost all hardware functions(HDMI, WiFi, BT, GbE, USB...). [x] System startup. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged…

The armbian way appears to be to use the u-boot.bin.sd.bin in place of the u-boot.bin. Usually this isn't a huge problem, but on this unit it isn't playing nicely. There is also no SDCARD slot on this unit, so let's just use the intended binary. View the full article

As part of the activities Embedded Recipes in Nice, France, Collabora hosted a PipeWire workshop/hackfest, an opportunity for attendees to meet face-to-face with PipeWire developers and participate in direct discussions about the future of PipeWire. View the full article

This week, Collabora is heading to the city of lights, Paris, to sponsor and attend the very first (and sold-out!) edition of Embedded Recipes, as well as the 6th edition of Kernel Recipes! View the full article

ITead has just released a new “ZBDongle-E” Zigbee 3.0 USB adapter with Silicon Labs Mighty Gecko EFR32MG21 Arm Cortex-M33 microcontroller with a +20dBm radio for extended range. The new dongle is an upgrade to the popular Texas Instruments CC2652P-based Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus, also known as “ZBDongle-P”, with a more compact design, and support for new features such as Sonoff ZBDongle-E specifications: Wireless MCU – Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 Arm Cortex-M33 multiprotocol wireless MCU @ 80 MHz with 64KB RAM, 768KB flash, +20 dBm 802.15.4 radio for Zigbee 3.0 and Thread support, and as well as a Bluetooth 5.1 Low Energy radio Connectivity – Zigbee 3.0 with SMA antenn…

RISC-V is coming to your car too, with the introduction of SiFive Automotive E6-A, X280-A, and S7-A RISC-V processors designed for automotive applications such as infotainment, cockpit, connectivity, ADAS, and electrification. Those are built on the existing SiFive Essential 6-series E6 32-bit real-time cores, SiFive Intelligence X280 64-bit RISC-V processor with AI extensions, and SiFive S7 64-bit real-time cores (equivalent to Cortex-R7/R8), but adds safety, security, and performance required by the automotive market such as ASIL compliance. Each new core targets specific applications within a vehicle: The SiFive E6-A series will be found in system control boards, hardw…

Radxa E25 is a modular router with two 2.5GbE ports based on the Radxa CM3 Industrial (CM3I) system-on-module equipped with a Rockchip RK3568 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor, and optional support for WiFi 6 and 4G or 5G cellular connectivity. I got an early sample of the Radxa E25 carrier board in January, but the company has now refined the design with version 1.4 of the board and will launch the Radxa E25 as a complete router with an enclosure similar to NanoPi R5S and LinkStar H68K we’ve covered previously. Radxa E25 specifications: SoM – Radxa CM3I with Rockchip RK3568 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor @ 2.0 GHz with Arm Mali-G52, up to 8GB RAM, up to 128GB eMMC flash (25…

Description This finally brings mvebu edge to 6.1. Two patches had to be disabled for compilation to work. 91-01-libata-add-ledtrig-support.patch 91-02-Enable-ATA-port-LED-trigger.patch these manly affect helios4 and it needs to be checked if ATA LED still works without them. Jira reference number AR-1313 How Has This Been Tested? Ran compile.sh with clearfogpro, testing on actual hardware shortly. View the full article

Description Add support for NanoPi R6S and R6C devices. Both devices are almostly same so we can have one image for them. Kernel PR: https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/15 Jira reference number AR-1663 How Has This Been Tested? [x] USB ports [x] eMMC boot [x] Ethernet ports [ ] Xorg works Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View …

orangepi5-plus.wip: initial Orange Pi 5 plus support using Xunlong vendor u-boot kernel dts is waiting for https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/38 to be merge i had tested on my opi5 plus(jammy/cli), it can boot from emmc, both 2 eth ports and nvme is working fine. View the full article

Adding the mate desktop to bookworm builds View the full article

Description When a hardware doesn't have video out, we set PLYMOUTH to no to determine if we our plymouth theme needs to be installed. But on the other hand, for standard images, even when PLYMOUTH is set to no we leave plymouth installed in the final image. This PR changes the same to make sure plymouth is not installed when its not needed. Reduces little bit of boot time and helps keep u-boot logs intact on serial console. 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 a image for nanopiduo2 as it doesn't have video output and made sure plymouth is …

Got the board too and doing OSHW development for the platform View the full article

Description Includes method to compile OpenSBI required for RISCV64 systems The CI failure Lint On Scripts / Shell script analysis (pull_request) is issue not caused by me and it won't be addressed in this merge request Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Used to compile and run: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5689 https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5712 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 warn…

armbian-kernel: don't force =n for DEBUG_INFO_DWARF5 and DEBUG_INFO_BTF armbian-kernel: don't force =n for DEBUG_INFO_DWARF5 and DEBUG_INFO_BTF really can't remember why I added those, and they cause trouble for BTF See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/bpf/btf.html CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF: Generate BTF typeinfo Generate deduplicated BTF type information from DWARF debug info. Turning this on expects presence of pahole tool, which will convert DWARF type info into equivalent deduplicated BTF type info. View the full article

patching: rewrite: fully stabilize patch index stanzas as well as From lines patching: rewrite: fully stabilize patch index stanzas as well as From lines git format-patch --zero-commit doesn't affect index xxx...yyy lines, only From: so use the classy "use a regex with a callback" solution as git format-patch doesn't offer one this will make all patches change when rewritten, but hopefully for the last time ! we need to preserve index 000000000000..xxx as zeros, which indicate new file creation, thus: new file creations are rewritten as index 000000000000..111111111111 non-creations are rewritten as index 111111111111..222222222222 this is the final version of #6…

the unthinkable: rockchip-rk3588 current (to 6.8.12, EOL and non-LTS!) and edge to 6.10-rc2 (from #6699) first move stuff around first I called the old 6.8.y oldedge, later renamed to current (!) .config's for edge and current are now version-filenamed rk3588: edge: Bump kernel from 6.8 to 6.10 Bump mainline kernel from 6.10-rc1 to 6.10-rc2 Remove patches which are now mainlined Re-number "fix-initial-PERST-GPIO-value" patch as per number ordering seen in 0000.patching_config.yaml Rewrite kernel config rk3588: edge: Fix dtb overlay compilation and installation "general-add-overlay-compilation-support.patch" became obsolete in Linux 6.9 (see AR-2352 [1]). Fix this …

Description Maint. How Has This Been Tested? Not tested. Removing what was added by Hardkernel. 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

AMD Xilinx Kria KR260 Robotics Starter Kit features the Kria K26 Zynq UltraScale+ XCK26 FPGA MPSoC system-on-module (SoM) introduced last year together with the Kria KV260 Vision AI Starter Kit. Designed as a development platform for robotics and industrial applications, the KR260 is said to deliver nearly 5x productivity gain, up to 8x better performance per watt and 3.5x lower latency compared to Nvidia Jetson AGX Xavier or Jetson Nano kits. We’ll have a better look at the details below. Kria KR260 Robotics Starter Kit specifications: SoM – Kria K26 module with: MPSoC – Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+ custom-built XCK26 with quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor up to 1.5GHz, dua…

Description Jira reference number AR-1214 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Initiated as a joint effort by the Google Chrome OS team and Collabora, the recent KernelCI hackfest brought the addition of new tests including the ability to detect regressions on the Linux kernel that can directly affect cameras. View the full article

Many thanks to Google for recording all the XDC2017 talks. To make them easier to watch, here are direct links to each talk recorded at XDC2017. View the full article

So far, the popular Bluetooth wireless communication protocol would only rely on the 2.4 GHz frequency band, but this may change in the future, as the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has recently announced a new “specification development project” to add the 6 GHz frequency band to Bluetooth LE. Mark Powell, CEO of the Bluetooth SIG “explains” the move: The Bluetooth SIG community is constantly evolving the technology to meet ever expanding market demands for wireless communications. Expanding into the 6 GHz spectrum band will ensure the community can continue to make the enhancements necessary to pave the way for the next twenty years of Bluetooth innovation. I ge…

StarFive sent me one of their VisionFive 2 RISC-V SBC for evaluation and review. I got the model with dual Gigabit Ethernet and 8GB RAM, and I’ll report my experience with the Debian 12 “bookworm” image. But note that won’t exactly be a review since the board is unreviewable at this time. It’s really for early adopters and there are many issues to solve, and in this post, I’ll report what works and what doesn’t, and some of the challenges I encountered just to install the OS… VisionFive 2 unboxing The board comes in a package that reads “Embrace change, embrace the future”. The bottom side has some useful links and QR codes, and what you’ll want is the GitHub repository w…

Description Build failure was reported ... Image builds with thios but it doesn't boot. It stops with: ALERT label=armbi_root does not exists Jira reference number AR-1621 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build current image 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description This reverts commit a41e768f53c522259f373f84f0455c66b06031b2 This code needs to be properly reviewed ... can take a week or a year. Project have no plans to redirect resources to support desktop development. Opening, closing, new PR, closing, attention, opening, attention, closing, ... What a waste of resources. And abuse - seeking for attention and waiting that someone breaks and approves the code that we never planned, have no urgency label, is not ready and was probably not even tested. It just looks less crazy as the one with 2000 files. This is why I am reverting the code in first place. Second is that we need to strive to be better in doing this and alw…

Description The command takes long time to continue and it makes it seem like the build halted, so this adds an alert to mitigate this --> (3) COMMAND: fakeroot dpkg-deb -b -Znone /armbian/.tmp/work-cfd2d6ad-1f9b-473e-80e7-cbcf9d157c68/uboot-Bd1Ms /armbian/output/packages-hashed/gl> dpkg-deb: building package 'linux-u-boot-sipeed-lichee-pi-4a-current' in '/armbian/output/packages-hashed/global/linux-u-boot-sipeed-lichee-pi-4> --> (372) INFO: Built u-boot deb OK [ linux-u-boot-sipeed-lichee-pi-4a-current 2022.07-Se092-P0000-H6f49-V9cb9-B9963-R448a ] Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Builds on my end Checklist: [X] My code follows …

REVIEWERS: Squash using GitHub UI with message from the first commit beaglev-ahead: Official support Adds community support for the board Includes a kernel config for thead edge thus the high count of changes Description Implement a community support for BeagleV-Ahead Depends on changes from https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5689 Progress from https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5684 The original work is on https://github.com/Kreyren/armbian-build-kreyren/compare/6cd581c96c0b7b800b6549afe23112d4a662d2a0..811288169004dccacab964129ecaf8cfe891b22d i tried to shorten it as much as possible for the easy merge request review The image boots and seems to work with…

Description Rework of https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5563 with use of ./compile.sh BOARD=x BRANCH=y kernel-config How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test with CI Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Basic support has been added, WIFI and Bluetooth are now working, the sound card can be recognized, and GPU cannot be used because the panel driver cannot be used. Currently, only simple fb can be used, and touch cannot work due to geni report some dma error, which requires some work Touch driver from https://github.com/qaz6750/linux/commit/bdfe4cfd872e8c8ff484e263dcf534e2f1844775 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] Boot and enter the Shell [x] Screen can display the desktop [x] WiFi&BT [x] USB RD…

The merge request has landed, the non-conformant implementation warnings are gone, and NVK's Meson configuration now reads "nouveau" instead of "nouveau-experimental". It's now time to start shipping NVK to users! View the full article

extensions: rk-panthor: mesa-oibaf + DEFAULT_OVERLAYS="panthor-gpu" extensions: rk-panthor: mesa-oibaf + DEFAULT_OVERLAYS="panthor-gpu" I had worked this before AF sent his oneliner, but I forgot to PR Should be the same, except avoids sadness when trying with the wrong kernel/branch View the full article

Description update-apt-xapian-index takes an insane amout of time during buid - compounding over dozens of builds you get a nice overhead in compute-time in the hours range This PR disables update-apt-xapian-index for unstable releases ( $BETA = 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 configuration. [x] Built orangepi5-plus desktop with and without BETA=yes, results below Baseline 1st run ( CLEAN_LEVEL="debs,cache" ) Repeat Build Options [ ./compile.sh opi5plus build BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=yes CLEAN_LEVEL=debs,cache DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED='browsers chat d…

This week, Collabora is at the YouTube Device Partner Summit in Tokyo showcasing our ongoing work with YouTube, notably on their TV app and the RDK platform, which has resulted in the RDK's integration as a core platform for Cobalt development. View the full article

There's a lot that has happened in the world of Zink since my last update, so let's see if I can bring you up to date on the most important stuff, including upstream development, support for OpenGL 4.6 & GLES 3.1, and more. View the full article

The 2017 X.Org Developer's Conference kicks off today in Mountain View, California, and along with Collaborans attending & presenting, we're delighted to announce the first ever Collabora XDC Happy Hour! View the full article

Radxa ROCK5 Model B (aka ROCK 5B) is one of the most anticipated Rockchip RK3588 single board computers due to its features set and relatively affordable price. It was first showcased in January, but it’s taking a while as the Cortex-A76/A55 SoC is a complex beast. The good news is that the public launch is getting closer as Radxa sent “developer edition” samples to developers and enthusiasts for a “debug party”. I was one of the recipients so, in this post, I’ll have a closer look at the latest revision of the board, and give it a quick try first before going into more details in the second of this preview. ROCK5 Model B unboxing I received the 16GB RAM version which sho…

DFRobot Beetle RP2040 joins other miniature Raspberry Pi RP2040 developments boards such as Pimoroni Tiny 2040 & Adafruit QT Py RP2040, but with only eight GPIOs accessible through larger pads that are easier to solder. The tiny 27 x 20 mm board comes with a USB Type-C port, BOOT and reset buttons, and twelves pads with a through hole each comprised of eight GPIOs, plus VCC, 3.3V, and GNS pads. The Beetle RP2040 is designed to be embedded into small devices or projects, and the company selected I/Os that can be configured as I2C, UART, SPI, GPIOs, analog input, etc… Beetle RP2040 specifications: MCU – Raspberry Pi RP2040 dual-core Cortex-M0+ microcontroller@ up to 133…

Pine64 Ox64 is an upcoming single board computer powered by Bouffalo Lab BL808 dual-core 64-bit/32-bit RISC-V processor with up to 64MB embedded RAM, multiple radios for WiFi 4, Bluetooth 5.0, and 802.15.4 (Zigbee), as well as an AI accelerator. The board also features up to 16MB XSPI NOR flash, a MicroSD card socket, a USB 2.0 OTG port, a 2-lane MIPI CSI connector, and a 26-pin GPIO header for expansion. It measures just 51 x 21mm, or in other words if even small than a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. Pine64 Ox64 specifications: SoC – Bouffalo Lab BL808 with: CPU Alibaba T-head C906 64-bit RISC-V core @ 480MHz Alibaba T-head E907 32-bit RISC-V core @ 320MHz Memory – 64MB embedded…

Cytron’s Maker Pi Pico Mini comes with a Raspberry Pi Pico or Raspberry Pi Pico W microcontroller board. It has the same features as the larger Maker Pi Pico including a GPIO LED, WS2812B Neopixel RGB LED, a passive piezo buzzer, programmable push buttons, and a reset button. I would like to thank Cytron for sending the Maker Pi Pico Mini board fitted with a Raspberry Pi Pico W as well as a character RGB LCD and a 3.7V Lithium Polymer battery. In this tutorial, we will show how to make a weather station with the Maker Pi Pico Mini board using Arduino code and the OpenWeather API. We’ve already covered the Maker Pi Pico Mini board, so we’ll have a closer look at the access…

Description 33% probability of showing, just like for the armbian-config How Has This Been Tested? ___ ____ _ _ _ / _ \| _ \(_) | || | | | | | |_) | | | || |_ | |_| | __/| | |__ _| \___/|_| |_| |_| Welcome to Armbian 22.11.0-trunk Jammy with Linux 5.15.76-rockchip64 No end-user support: built from trunk System load: 2% Up time: 2:03 Memory usage: 4% of 3.77G IP: 10.0.30.157 CPU temp: 50°C Usage of /: 12% of 15G RX today: 4.0 GiB Tip of the day: do u want 2 use armbian powered snap-free Intel / AMD build? https://www.armbian.com/uefi-x86/ [ 1 security updates avai…

Description Add the emmc DTBs to the FIT image How Has This Been Tested? Don't have emmc hardware, but it's very similar to the v5 and v7 Checklist: View the full article

Description Hotfix to remove a hunk from a patch that prevented compilation of uwe5622 driver on sunxi64 family for current kernel 5.15. The hunk was just "cosmetical" because it removed a compilation warning about unused variables. There seems to be some #define and #ifdef difference on sunxi64 that causes the compilation error. Also the application of bluetooth-fix patch has been removed from drivers_network.sh since the patch has been removed in the past. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compiled current 5.15 kernel debs for OrangePi 3 LTS (sunxi64) [x] Compiled current 5.15 kernel debs for OrangePi 4 LTS (rockchip64) [x] Compiled edge 6.1 kernel debs for OrangePi4 LTS…

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? [x] Compiled the kernel Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-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

Indiedroid Nova is another Rockchip RK3588S SBC with Raspberry Pi 4 form factor, up to 16GB RAM, with a heatsink that serves as a protective cover, fitted with a fan (if needed), and an optional swappable flash module up to 64GB capacity. The Nova board has basically 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, so you’ll still get a Gigabit Ethernet port, WiFi 5 & Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, two USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, MIPI CSI and DSI connectors, etc… Indiedroid Nova specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3588S CPU – Octa-core processor with 4x Cortex-A76 core…

Description #5114 There is no spi flash on radxa-e25, just disable the uboot spi support should be okay. For other rk35xx boards with spi flash, both BOOT_SUPPORT_SPI and BOOT_SPI_RKSPI_LOADER should be declared just like rock-5b: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/boards/rock-5b.conf 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 for radxa-e25 u-boot success: https://paste.next.armbian.com/sulobokuje Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have comment…

Description Removed rtl8822cs bluetooth patches from sunxi patch directory to make use of patches from driver harness. Also in the process I noticed that rtl8822cs bluetooth patches were upstreamed in 5.18 and were unnecessarily applied on newer kernels. Added condition to prevent the same in driver-network.sh 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 and booted legacy, current and edge allwinner images and tested them on nanopiduo2 Checklist: [X] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own c…

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

Description The schedutil cpu frequency governor is more tightly coupled to userspace activity and performs more granular cpu frequency changes. I've personally be using it for years. I think it's prudent to change to this default.. especially given cpu-frequency utils is deprecated and no-longer enabled by default on armbian builds. I think if this is merged it's an opportunity to also remove some of the unmaintained on-demand governor tweaks in armbian-hardware-optimize as well. Quoting the kernel docs: This governor generally is regarded as a replacement for the older ondemand and conservative governors (described below), as it is simpler and more tightly in…

Description Hotfix for rk3399 targets which use the default configuration cannot boot because usbplug loader has been used in place of miniloader. I can confirm the current images don't boot because I tried a bookworm minimal image from download page for Orange Pi 4 LTS (https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-4-lts/) and it didn't get past the ddrbin. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Built OrangePi4 LTS image from scratch and tested on board 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

Sfera Labs Exo Sense RP is a multi-sensor module with a Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller and various sensors to report temperature, humidity, air quality (VOC), light intensity, audio, and motion. The module can work as a standalone unit but can also communicate with a host through RS485 and USB interfaces, and supports expansion via surge-protected digital inputs and outputs. The Exo Sense RP is designed for indoor residential and commercial applications such as environmental monitoring and data logging, people and assets tracking, room management, access control, and more. Exo Sense RP specifications: MCU – Raspberry Pi RP2040 dual-core Arm Cortex M0+ @ 133 MHz with …

Panfrost, the open source driver for Arm Mali, now supports OpenGL ES 3.1 on both Midgard (Mali T760 and newer) and Bifrost (Mali G31, G52, G72) GPUs, adding a number of features, notably including compute shaders. View the full article

Collaborans will be giving five talks during this year's edition, which starts today in Los Angeles! View the full article

When SiFive introduced its Performance P550 64-bit RISC-V processor in 2021, we were told that Intel would use it in the Horse Creek platform with “leading-edge interface IP such as DDR and PCIe” and manufactured with Intel’s 7nm process. We now have more details about the Horse Creek platform, as a development board was showcased for the first time in public at the Intel Innovation 2022 Developer Conference, and according to a report by Wikichip, the Cortex-A75 class quad-core RISC-V processor runs at up to 2.2 GHz, supports DDR5-5600 memory and eight PCIe 5.0 lanes, and was taped out with Intel 4 process. Horse Creek platform specifications: CPU – SiFive P500 quad-core …

Description There is a userspace panfrost mesa driver for mali g610, and I made a ppa for it: https://launchpad.net/~liujianfeng1994/+archive/ubuntu/panfork-mesa. So I add a appgroup for jammy desktop. How Has This Been Tested? There is already a working out of box image: https://github.com/amazingfate/armbian-rock5b-images/actions/runs/3509051670/jobs/5877885694. [x] Build jammy gnome image successfully. [x] Image with panfork working out of box on my rock5b. 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 corre…

Motorola Defy Satellite Link is a Bluetooth device that can affordably bring 2-way satellite communication to any smartphone thanks to the latest 3GPP NTN (Non-Terrestrial Network) technology implemented in the MediaTek MT6825 connecting to the Bullitt Satellite Connect platform. Satellite phones and hotspot has been around for years through products such as the Iridium Go! Satellite Wi-Fi hotspot that goes for over $1,000 without a data plan, pricing that does not make it conducive to mass adoption. But silicon vendors and phone manufacturers have started to add more affordable 2-way satellite connectivity to smartphones, for example with the Snapdragon Satellite initiat…

Description Maint. There are few patches that are failing ... :whale:|:hammer:] Problem with ->patches.armbian/drv-rtc-sun6i-Add-Allwinner-H616-support(:1) (+18/-0)[1M] {rtc-sun6i.c}<-: Failed to apply patch /armbian/patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-6.1/patches.armbian/drv-rtc-sun6i-Add-Allwinner-H616-support.patch: [:whale:|:hammer:] STDOUT: patching file "drivers/rtc/rtc-sun6i.c" [:whale:|:hammer:] STDOUT: Hunk #1 succeeded at 389 (offset -7 lines). [:whale:|:hammer:] STDOUT: Hunk #2 FAILED at 858. [:whale:|:hammer:] STDOUT: 1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file "/tmp/tmpftce59g7" what is the best procedure to handle this in new FW? where are re…

Description #5114 The uboot targets are declared twice, which is strange. And no need to build uboot.dtb. 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 for rockpro64 success: https://paste.next.armbian.com/okogutizaw 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 pub…

Description Bump U-boot to 2023.01. Backported dts patch from 2023.07-rc4 to fix compilation of bigtreetech-cb1 board. Jira reference number AR-1753 How Has This Been Tested? [X] Built images for all of the Maintained and community supported allwinner boards [X] Booted on Nanopiduo2 and checked that crust continues to work fine Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published …

Description Reworked u-boot compilation for meson-s4t7 to make sure we are following same process for u-boot compilation as Khadas. Now we are not compiling it twice like we were doing it before as mentioned in #6112. Added post install script in uboot with option to force upgrade the same. The code is based on what is being used in armbian-config's bootloader update code. Also moved tinkerboard specific code out to tinkerboards's config 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 both vim1s and vim4 boots [X] Tested upgrade with using deb files. I…

Description armsom-sige7: enable gpu rock-5a: enable gpu, fix poweroff, enable pcie2x1 for M.2 E slot hinlink-h88k: enable gpu 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=armsom-sige7 BRANCH=edge DEB_COMPRESS=xz [x] Tested with armsom-sige7, rock-5a and hinlink-h88k Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new …

Using TensorFlow Lite models optimized for the STM3MP2 NPU along with an upstream-ready H.264 encoder (Video4Linux2), this demo showcases GStreamer's all-new analytic metadata framework. View the full article

nanopi-r5s: bump blobs & u-boot enhancements for UMS/otg/bootorder nanopi-r5s: bump u-boot from v2024.04-rc3 to v2024.04 "final" nanopi-r5s: add ROCKUSB_BLOB (for Maskrom / rkdevflash extension flashing) nanopi-r5s: bump up blobs 1.18/1.43 -> 1.21/1.44 nanopi-r5s: make u-boot fancy (ums, rockusb, leds, tcp networking stuff) use preboot to flash all leds for 100ms, then leave power LED on nanopi-r5s: u-boot: 2024.04: boot order: usb -> sd -> nvme -> scsi -> emmc nanopi-r5s: u-boot: 2024.04: usb otg in u-boot for working UMS/RockUSB patch/u-boot/v2024.04: rewrite patches, no changes View the full article

Description After they are breaking for (probably) whole Allwinner. For making a release this is anyway a proper direction. Will check later where exactly is breaking. Jira reference number AR-1192 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build Nanopi Neo2 u-boot [x] Build Orangepi PC2 u-boot Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] 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

We first announced our work on the driver last December, and posted an update earlier this year. We are now happy to announce a second update for this driver, adding several major features which increase its scope and utility. View the full article

Linux Kernel 4.13 is out, with 12 Collabora developers having contributed, pairing up with 4.12 as another kernel release with our highest number of Collabora developers! View the full article

Description armbian-install should mask installing to root partition. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Manual run To do: fix labels change executing bit after transferring script to the target. View the full article

Description Due to possible transitioning from WPA_Supplicant to Intel's IWD daemon for Linux wireless needs hard dependancy was removed. Based on https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4817 (better to fix this in master and then cherry pick to next) Jira reference number AR-1534 How Has This Been Tested? No needed. Without, tool is not installed anymore but we need it. View the full article

GL.iNet Spitz AX, also known as GL-X3000NR, is a compact 5G NR WiFi 6 router running OpenWrt 21.02 on a MediaTek Filogic 820 (TM7981A) dual-core Cortex-A53 processor coupled with 512MB DDR4 and 8GB eMMC flash, as well 2.5GbE and GbE interfaces, and a USB 2.0 port. The company sent us a Spitz AX router for evaluation, and in the first part of the review, we’ll go through the specifications, and do an unboxing and a teardown, before connecting it for a first boot. GL.iNet Spitz AX router specifications SoC – MediaTek MT7981A (Filogic 820) dual-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor @ 1.3 GHz System Memory – 512 MB DDR4 Storage – 8GB eMMC flash, MicroSD card slot up 1+ TB Networking …

Description 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED --> (43) WARNING: * applying patch/misc/wireless-rtl8723cs/bluetooth-btrtl-quirk-local-ext-features.patch [ failed ] 10 out of 14 hunks FAILED Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Skipping patch. 1 out of 1 hunk ignored --> (43) WARNING: * applying patch/misc/wireless-rtl8723cs/Bluetooth-btrtl-add-support-for-the-RTL8723CS.patch [ failed ] Ass per title. https://paste.next.armbian.com/girevorico @paolosabatino Also bump Allwinner Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compiling current meson64 kernel Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I ha…

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 5.4.245 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description This PR adds a board config file for RPi 5. While on it, the PR also removes dependency on flash-kernel. Instead some custom scripts are added into the bsp package for installation of updated dtb, kernel and initrd files. Using both rpi4b and rpi5b will produce images compatible with rpi5, but the image created with BOARD=rpi5b will not run on older hardware. The kernel config, patches etc are shared between both boards. To prevent creating new family for RPI5 specific kernel, I have added support for something I call kernel variants. This is basically going to be almost same kernel with extremely small changes that doesn't justify creating new family and yet …

Description Add v3 patch of rkvdec2. Add a v4l2 patch to fit rkvdec2's 16x16 minnimal decoding size for chromium. Remove VDPU121 node because there is already a 4K H264 decoder. Gstreamer can't handle two. Add udev rule for chromium 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=edge DEB_COMPRESS=xz KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no KERNEL_GIT=shallow [x] gst-launch-1.0 --no-fault filesrc location=/home/jfliu/Big_Buck_Bunny_2160_10s_H264_1s.mp4 ! parsebin ! v4l2slh264dec ! autovideosink [x] chromium can decode 4K h264 video. Chec…

Description rk322x has long been integrated into the rockchip family in this PR: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6092 Remove some leftovers in the repo, like the old kernel patch folders which are not in use anymore. @paolosabatino You may have a look at the hardware-optimization script. The tweaks for rk322x do not apply since the BOARDFAMILY does not exist anymore. If you'd like to rather integrate those optimizations in some other way (e.g. integrate them into the rockchip hardware optimizations), feel free to change it :) Also, please double check if packages/bsp/rk322x/50-rkvdec.rules is not used anymore. At least I could not find any reference when doing a se…

Description This PR moves OPi5 series Uboots to Radxa tree and gets rid of Xunlong uboot completely. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Opi 5 boots w/o SPI flash with newer Uboot [x] Opi 5 Plus boots w/o SPI flash with newer Uboot [x] Opi 5 Plus boots with NVME SSD 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

X96Q LPDDR3 Improvements 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. Improvements include EMMC detection Bluetooth LED functionality USB functionality Now boots on edge Miniarch had a much better setup for X96Q than my original, so used those dts files with minimal changes. View the full article

This week's updates center on new board enablement, Rockchip platform refinements, and tooling and kernel maintenance. Board support expanded across multiple silicon families, with the addition of Seeed Studio reComputer RK3576/RK3588 DevKits and the Anbernic RG DS handheld image. The EasePi A2/R2 received substantial revisions to its board configurations and device trees, alongside a vendor logo transition to Linkease. SpacemiT K1 boot support was updated, and per-SoC LINUXCONFIG separation was introduced for the TQ family to better isolate kernel configurations. Rockchip received the bulk of low-level improvements. Notable changes include AUX recovery for USB-C DP Alt M…

This week's changes center on expanded board and platform support, a modernized build and release pipeline anchored on Debian Trixie and ISO output, and a substantial documentation and release-process overhaul. On the hardware side, the EmbedFire LubanCat 4 (RK3588S) and Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro (sheng) join as new boards, Tanix TX6S is promoted to Supported, and Banana Pi R2 (MT7623) returns with kernel 6.18, edge 7.1, and U-Boot 2026.07. The reComputer RK3588 moves to the Panthor open-source GPU stack, NanoPCT6 U-Boot advances to v2026.07, and reComputer RK3576/RK3588 receives U-Boot fixes for SPI boot, NVMe, and rockusb. Several Rockchip and Qualcomm device trees are correcte…

Description Make compatibility changes to remove the need to update u-boot environment Jira reference number AR-1191 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Boot with this revision of the boot script on new u-boot environment [ ] Boot with this revision of the boot script on old u-boot environment View the full article

Description In pull request #3845 I remove the UBOOT_TARGET_MAP for rkspi_loader.img to fix github workflow build error, but on the other hand spi image rkspi_loader.img will not get build in the u-boot deb package. So I add rkspi_loader.img back to UBOOT_TARGET_MAP. 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] Github workflow build successfully: https://github.com/amazingfate/armbian-rock3a-images/runs/6728809237?check_suite_focus=true [ ] Package linux-u-boot has rkspi_loader.img. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] …

BeagleBone AI-64 is a single board computer (SBC) powered by a Texas Instruments TDA4VM dual-core Cortex-A72 + hexa-core Cortex-R5F processor which also embeds an 8 TOPS AI accelerator, plus three DSP, as well as plenty of I/Os that makes it ideal for advanced AI industrial applications. It follows the BeagleBone-AI SBC launched in 2019, but with much higher specs including a 64-bit Arm processor, 4GB RAM, three USB 3.0 ports, an M.2 E-Key socket with PCIe, USB and SDIO, plus the usual expansion headers that keep compatibility with existing BeagleBone cape add-on boards. BeagleBone AI-64 specifications compare to BeagleBone-AI and BeagleBone Black boards: Another notabl…

Simplifying AGL's existing Wayland-based graphical stack and avoiding the use of modules that aren't maintained upstream has lead to the creation of a new compositor based on libweston, bringing more reliable and fine-grained system control. View the full article

Last week, I attended DebConf 17 in Montréal, returning to DebConf for the first time in 10 years (last time was DebConf 7 in Edinburgh). It was great to put names to faces and meet more of my co-developers in person! View the full article

LILYGO must be churning out at least one new “ESP32” board every month, but I don’t think they’ve ever made one with ESP32-S3. LILYGO T-QT V1.1 board changes that and combines the dual-core WiFi 4 and Bluetooth LE 5.0 AI microcontroller with a 0.85-inch color display. The board also happens to be rather small and cute with a 33 x 18 mm form factor, offers some I/O via headers and a 4-pin connector, and can be powered via its USB Type-C port or a battery, but lacks a charging circuit. LILYGO T-QT V1.1 specifications: Wireless MCU – Espressif Systems ESP32-S3 dual-core Tensilica LX7 @ up to 240 MHz with vector instructions for AI acceleration, 512KB RAM, wireless connectivi…

LILYGO T-RGB is a wireless 2.1-inch round color touchscreen display based on ESP32-S3R8 dual-core microcontroller with WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, 8MB PSRAM, and 16MB flash storage. The device also includes a microSD card socket for data storage and a Grove I2C connector for expansion and supports LiPo battery power. The company also says it can be charged through USB, so the board must include a battery charging circuit contrary to some other boards from LILYGO. LILYGO T-RGB specifications: SoC – Espressif ESP32-S3R8 dual-core Tensilica LX7 microcontroller up to 240 MHz with vector instructions for AI acceleration, 8MB PSRAM, WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 5.0 LE + Mesh…

ZPE Systems Nodegrid Mini SR is a compact cloud-orchestrated gateway designed for the secure management of Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational Technology (OT) infrastructures. Power by a dual-core Intel processor, the Linux-based device is equipped with 4GB RAM, a 16GB encrypted storage device, and whose hardware looks to be very similar to the Compulab Fitlet2 mini PC with two Gigabit Ethernet ports, four USB 3.0/2.0 ports, and optional support for WiFi 6 and 4G LTE. ZPE Nodegrid mini SR specifications: SoC – Unnamed Intel x86 64-bit dual-core processor, most likely Intel Atom x5-E3930 dual-core Apollo Lake processor (upgrades can be provided) System Memory – 4GB DD…

Description Setting the display mode in armbianEnv.txt no longer worked, probably because it used an old, sunxi-specific interface. See the commit message (also shown below) for details about this. I'm marking this as draft, because: I'm not sure if we should reuse the disp_mode variable, or maybe use a different name (video_mode?) to make it clearer that the values it accepts are of a slightly different format (would also help to see that older documentation does not apply to this option). This fixes just sunxi, which I've been able to test only on a single board (Orange Pi PC). I'm not sure if similar changes are needed elsewhere (see last point in commit message). …

Description A bunch of patches did not apply anymore to rk322x/rockchip familes due to small upstream changes. This PR fixes the annoyance. How Has This Been Tested? [x] rk322x family patches apply cleanly for current kernel [x] rockchip family patches apply cleanly for current 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

Description When generating KDE desktop environment beyond Jammy, some essential items are missing like systemsettings. The plasma-discover package manager was also missing. In bookworm, some gname packages are also not available any more and have been removed. Jira reference number AR-1897 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Generated a uefi_x86 version for current/bullseye/KDE and testing in in VirtualBox [ ] Generated a uefi_x86 version for current/bookworm/KDE and testing in in VirtualBox View the full article

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 6.1.65. 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 Add support for RK3588 based board Cool PI CM5 EVB Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? ./compile.sh build BOARD=coolpi-cm5 BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=yes BUILD_MINIMAL=no DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED='3dsupport browsers chat desktop_tools editors email internet multimedia office programming remote_desktop' DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT=gnome DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG_NAME=config_base DOWNLOAD_MIRROR=bfsu EXPERT=yes EXTRAWIFI=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no PREFER_DOCKER=no RELEASE=noble Download the compiled img to sdcard, and can boot. Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [✓ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [✓] I…

Description Some kernel patch folders were forgotten to delete when the kernel version was bumped and are now unused leftovers from the past. Please let me know if I accidentally deleted a folder that is still in use. I have checked these for reference: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/sources/families/rockchip.conf https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/sources/families/include/meson64_common.inc https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/sources/families/include/rockchip64_common.inc GitHub issue reference: https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6821 Jira reference number AR-2392 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelin…