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Description Fixing compilation due to broken patch. @paolosabatino This reverts commit 7c062f7daeca83e19b050b8e7ac6bf6aa6635693. How Has This Been Tested? Need testing. Assume upstream is tacking the same things? 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

Our commitment to open source extends beyond contributing code. We are dedicated to upholding the highest standards of license compliance throughout our development processes. View the full article

Introducing an accurate and light-weight deep network for video super-resolution upscaling, running on a completely open source software stack using Panfrost, the free and open-source graphics driver for Mali GPUs. View the full article

Linux Kernel 4.9 was released this week and once more Collabora developers took part on the kernel development cycle. This time we contributed 36 patches by 11 different developers, our highest number of single contributors in a kernel release ever. Remember that in the previous release we had our highest number total contributions. View the full article

Refactor orangepi-r1plus-lts dts Remove redundant node and remove Nanopi dependencies Moved Nanopi nodes to orangepi-r1plus-lts dts Renamed patch to match other rockchip64 boards Jira reference number AR-1255 How Has This Been Tested? Tested on orangepi-r1plus-lts Bidirectional iperf tests on both lan0 and eth0 produced expected results 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…

Rakwireless Wisblock modular IoT prototyping system will get new modules about once every quarter and the latest Wisblock Summer 2022 event brings some RAK190xx base boards and power modules to support various power sources from solar panels to PoE, two IP65-rated “Unify” enclosures, as well as four new Wisblock sensor modules. Wisblock RAK190XX base boards and power modules The company has launched three base boards designed to take one of the five Wisblock power modules: RAK19009 – A small (47×30 mm) base board with only 2 sensor slots. RAK19010 – The “standard” base board with 4 sensor slots and 1 I/O slot RAK19011 – Version of the Dual IO base board with a power slot…

Innodisk, better known for its embedded storage and memory chips, had announced its intention to turn to the AI market earlier and started with the launch of USB camera modules last month, but the company has gone a step (or two, or three) further with the introduction of the EXMU-X261 FPGA machine vision platform. The EXMU-X261 is powered by an AMD Xilink Kria K26 system-on-module and features HDMI 1.4 video output, Gigabit Ethernet, four USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports for the cameras and other peripherals, as well as two M.2 sockets and a terminal block for expansion. EXMU-X261 specifications: System-on-module – AMD Xilinx Kria K26 FPGA module powered by a Zynq UltraScale+ XCK26 F…

Description Lets try to fix it, then we retire this image as maintainer has too little time to check it at each release cycle. View the full article

Description of changes by commit Fix variable $root_partition_device to be a device path - as it is intended to be. Otherwise at least this line would fail: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/8cc5b2664c8e49e252e5d383b983b8601440d8e7/packages/bsp/common/usr/sbin/armbian-install#L539 root_partition_device is all time equal to root_partition_device_name, since the lsblk does not list device path names rather than just the device (end-)name. Fixed to get e.g.: root_partition_device=/dev/mmcblk0 root_partition_device_name=mmcblk0 commit: d7cf33ae3ce9850d4b9e0f9edb4ec7595fb2220a Fix determination and usage of variable $sduuid Issue: The last grep filter in the follow…

Description As per Jira description: Base changes on it rather than “clean sheet” to avoid further divergence with time. Jira reference number AR-1439 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Device tree compilation has been tested [ ] Run on Nanopi R2S [ ] Run on Nanopi R4S Note: could not test on real devices because I don't have any; the resulting dtbs should be exactly as they were before. 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 …

Description Remove PGP signing from the script as its done in GHA. Also remove generating .current control file as its obsolete in this design. Also remove rootfs-cache alias as we are anyway making action script from scratch. Nobody else uses this. View the full article

Latronics has just unveiled two new System-in-Packages (SiP) with the entry-level Open-Q 2290CS SIP based on Qualcomm QCS2290 quad-core Cortex-A53 processor designed for industrial IoT applications and safety vehicle equipment control, and the pin-compatible, mid-range Open-Q 4290CS SIP based on Qualcomm QCS4290 octa-core Kryo 260 CPU for applications requiring artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities. The Open-Q 2290CS module comes with 2GB LPDDR4, 16GB eMMC flash, WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, while the Open-Q 4290CS module is equipped with up to 6GB LPDDR4, up to 256GB eMMC flash., and Wi-Fi 5 with some Wi-Fi 6 features (TWT & 8SS), and Bl…

Dear Armbian Community, We have some exciting updates to share with you! Firstly, we are thrilled to announce that we have successfully raised 5000 EUR for upgrading our CI servers. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all of you who participated in this fundraiser and for your continued support. Despite this success, our project still remains underfinanced, and we rely on your support to keep Armbian going. We also have some technical updates to share. FriendlyElec has sent us a sample of the NanoPi R6C, another RK3588S board that’s worth checking out. It comes with an M.2 slot and one less NIC compared to the R6S variant, and Armbian is available for bot…

Description The full log make debug easier. How Has This Been Tested? 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 Added myself as the maintainer for nanopiduo2 and changed it from csc to conf 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

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Description Fix incorrect data read sometimes in last 4kb of compressed files on btrfs. In my case only last 2560 bytes of dtb file was broken, so the only issue was warnings in dmesg on boot. Well, last 2560 of vmlinuz was also broken, but fortunately there was only '\0' bytes, so system was functional and this problem was unnoticed. Patch taken from upstream uboot: https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/b1d3013d024086c042dbae4ddd99db56bb55b5e7 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Boot from zstd compressed btrfs partition [x] Check uboot loaded kernel sha1sum in uboot console Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-…

See how Tyr moves beyond MCU firmware boot to build the group, queue, VM, submission, and completion paths needed to run real Vulkan workloads on Mali CSF GPUs. View the full article

Method from uboot Odroid C2 fix, same problem same workaround. Description On linux 5.15 the new ethernet chip can not be resetted properly. The workaround from uboot Odroid C2 is tested able to fix this. The commit updates the existing patch. https://forum.armbian.com/topic/19846-orange-pi3-lts/page/10/#comment-141243 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 ethernet with modified dtb 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, particular…

The lineup of great virtual conferences continues this week with the 2020 edition of X.Org Developer's Conference (XDC), the leading event for developers working on all things Open graphics, including the Linux kernel, Mesa, DRM, Wayland and X11. View the full article

Some exciting news today as GStreamer launches its redesigned documentation site, complete with dynamic navigation, search function and new tutorials. This new iteration is powered by HotDoc, a tool created by Collabora's Mathieu Duponchelle! View the full article

Powered by an AMD Athlon Silver 3050e dual-core processor, Topton N1 (aka TP-N1) NAS comes with two SATA bays for 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drives, as well as four gigabit Ethernet ports. The system can support up to 32GB RAM, relies on M.2 SSD storage for the OS, and can provide up to 40TB of data storage through the two SATA bays. It is also equipped with an HDMI output port, several USB 3.x/2.0 ports, as well as a 3.5mm audio jack. Topton N1 specifications: SoC – AMD Athlon Silver 3050e dual-core/quad-thread processor @ 1.4 / 2.8 GHz (Turbo) with Radeon Vega 3 graphics @ 1 GHz; TDP: 6W System Memory – Up to 32GB DDR4-2400 RAM via two SO-DIMM slots Storage M.2 2280 socket fo…

Arduino boards have traditionally been programmed with C-like language in the Arduino IDE, but with the Arduino Lab for MicroPython, Arduino added MicroPython to several official Arduino boards. In the words of the Arduino Team, “not an official product yet, an experimental tool”, but I would not be surprised if it becomes an official IDE eventually as the company collaborated with Damien George, the creator of MicroPython, to port the official the virtual machine to a number of Arduino products, and Murilo Polese to develop the Arduino Lab for MicroPython cross-platform IDE for MicroPython. The IDE looks familiar… Oh yes, I see it now, it’s basically the Arduino IDE, b…

Description It wasn't possible to use overlays out-of-the-box because of they didn't have same prefix as Armbian's overlay prefix. Now they have valid names and it's possible to use them without extra effort. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Checked overlays on OPi5 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

Amlogic S928X Cortex-A76/A55 will soon power some 8K TV boxes running Android TV from SDMC and others, and we now have detailed specifications as a “Quick Reference Manual” dropped in my inbox last night. While like most Amlogic processors, the S928X is designed for TV boxes, the penta-core SoC may end up in affordable yet powerful single board computers with features such as HDMI 2.1a, Gigabit Ethernet, PCIe 2.0 or USB 3.0. Amlogic S928X specifications: CPU sub-system 1x Arm Cortex-A76 core and 4x Arm Cortex-A55 cores in big.LITTLE configuration NEON and Crypto extensions Private L2 cache and unified system L3 cache Build-in RISC-V core for system control processing GPUs…

Addressing the need for reliable hardware testing for RISC-V adoption, the RISE Project and Collabora added two RISC-V boards to Collabora's LAVA testing lab. View the full article

This week's cycle emphasizes broad U-Boot modernization, new board and SoC enablement, and kernel and wireless driver consolidation. A large-scale U-Boot bump moves sunxi 32-bit and 64-bit targets from v2024.01 to v2026.07-rc4, with follow-on updates for self-pinned H616/H618 boards (Zero2W, Zero3, Longan Pi 3H), Mixtile Edge2, NanoPi R5S (now patch-less), and the Youyeetoo YY3588 switching to mainline v2026.04. The imx6 line (UDOO, Cubox-i) was modernized to U-Boot v2026.07 with legacy 6.12, current 6.18, and edge 7.1 kernels. Related toolchain work fixes ODROID-C1, ODROID-XU4, Recore, and X96Q builds under Trixie's GCC 14, and resolves errexit failures on Rockchip SPI b…

Since you can’t always rely on single board computer (SBC) vendors to provide a case to match your needs, some went the DIY route. William Tarreau designed some laser-cut enclosures with Inkscape for various SBCs, while hominoids went a step further by developing the “SBC Case Builder” tool to automatically generate various types of 3D printable enclosures using OpenSCAD. William designed five similar enclosures for Khadas VIM3/VIM3L, FriendlyELEC NanoPi Fire3, SolidRun Clearfog Base networking SBC, Libre Computer AML-S805X-AC (aka “La Frite”), and AAEON UP Board. All cases are available in Inkscape SVG format, and William accepts contributions for other boards. You’ll ne…

PipeWire continues to evolve with the recent integration of libcamera, a library to support complex cameras. In this blog post, I'll explain why libcamera exists, what it does, and how we integrated it in PipeWire. View the full article

Our ongoing work on improving WebKitGTK+ performance brought us to take a closer look as to why GTK+ was experiencing significant speed issues when used with Wayland and HiDPI screens, revealing the root cause to be within the lower level toolkit. View the full article

Adventures in NIR-land: the past, the present, and what's lies ahead for the native NIR back-end for Mesa's R600 driver. View the full article

NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano system-on-module (SoM) is an update to the Jetson Nano entry-level Edge AI and robotics module that delivers up to 40 TOPS of AI performance, meaning it’s up to 80 times faster than the original module. The new SoM features an hexa-core Arm Cortex-A78AE processor, an up to 1024-core NVIDIA Ampere architecture GPU with 32 Tensor cores, up to 8GB RAM, and the same 260-pin SO-DIMM connector found in the Jetson Orin NX modules. Two versions are offered with the following specifications: That means the Jetson Orin family has now six modules ranging from 20 TOPS to 275 TOPS. There’s no specific development kit for the Jetson Orin Nano SoM since it can be…

MeLE has launched a new ‘stick’ mini PC called the PCG02 Pro. It comes in two models featuring either a mobile Gemini Lake Refresh or a Jasper Lake processor. Both models appear physically similar however the memory, WiFi, Bluetooth, and USB ports differ plus only the lower-powered model includes an M.2 NVMe or SATA slot. MeLE kindly sent both models for review and I’ve looked at the performance running both Windows and Ubuntu. MeLE PCG02 Pro hardware overview The MeLE PCG02 Pro physically consists of a 146 x 61 x 20mm (5.75 x 2.40 x 0.79 inches) rectangular plastic case that ‘wraps’ around a plastic inner frame. The outside of the case has a knurled or cross-hatched patt…

DshanMCU Pitaya Lite is an MCU development board based on yet another STM32 alternative: MindMotion MM32 Arm Cortex-M3 microcontroller that is said to be compatible with STM32. The MCU can be clocked at up to 120 MHz, embeds 128KB SRAM, 512KB flash, and the board offers two USB Type-C ports for USB and DAP debugging, a MicroSD card slot, a few buttons, I/Os are routed via through holes as well as a mini PCIe connector that can be used to connect a display. Pitaya Lite specifications: MCU – MindMotion Microelectronics MM32F3273G8P Arm Cortex-M3 microcontroller @ 96MHz (standard) to 120MHz (max) with 128KB SRAM, 512kB Flash; LQFP100 package Storage – MicroSD card Display – …

Description Most chips support 2.2GHZ as maximum freq. Needs some voltage overclock to get 2.35-2.4GHz speeds. Looks like 50 mV enough to get this speeds. Note: Doesn't have much performance improvement. It provides better performance to disable DMC and changing governors. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested on OPi 5. Seems stable 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 publis…

Description Fix broken patches How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build [X] Burn to device and boot 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 enable BTRFS and virtiofs on midstream kernel. View the full article

Description For Onecloud: Resort DTS node Fix slow ethernet uplink Update GPIO descriptions Corrent eMMC DTS node Enable USB0 OTG mode How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build and run Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [X] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description When we try to install a new kernel. All files under /boot will be removed. This PR will keep them until the special version kernel was removed. How Has This Been Tested? Need to be tested on other devices. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [X] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

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

Description Last time when I update hdmi driver patches, I drooped this commit from collabora because it will break the system. Now I add it back with other necessary patches. Now hdmi should support more display modes. 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_GIT=shallow [x] HDMI works on rock5b. I don't have monitors with resolution like 1440p to test, but this will not break current status. Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [x] My code follows the style gui…

Honoring outstanding innovations in the field of embedded system technologies, the annual Embedded Award ceremony will be taking place next week at Embedded World 2024 in Nuremberg. View the full article

Description Minor fixes: limit creation of git-sources.json file to following commands - targets, debs-to-repo-json, gha-matrix and gha-workflow Solve slowness when building Ubuntu Noble images. Fixes #6531 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 Ubuntu noble rootfs creation speed improvement using ./compile.sh BOARD=khadas-vim4 BRANCH=legacy KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no BUILD_MINIMAL=yes RELEASE=noble ARTIFACT_IGNORE_CACHE=yes rootfs. It reduced build time from 26 minutes down to only 8 minutes. Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant…

BitNet-style ternary brings LLM inference to ExecuTorch via its Vulkan backend, enabling much smaller, bandwidth-efficient models with portable GPU execution on edge devices. Presented at PyTorch Conference Europe 2026. View the full article

u-blox has introduced what could be the world’s smallest GNSS module with the 4.5×4.5mm u-blox MIA-M10 miniature module supporting GPS, BeiDou, Galileo, and GLONASS satellite navigation systems. The MIA-M10 is said to be about half the size of competing products and has been specially designed for size-constrained battery-powered asset tracking devices, as well as space-constrained industrial sensors and consumer goods. The company also claims its power-save modes can double the battery life by balancing position accuracy and power consumption. u-blox MIA-M10 GNSS module specifications: GNSS – BeiDou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS / QZSS Number of concurrent GNSS – 4 Oscillators …

A high-level introduction of the Linux graphics stack, how it is used within ChromeOS, and the work done to improve software rendering (while simultaneously improving GPU rendering by reducing the boilerplate needed in applications). View the full article

Almost all of Collabora's customers use the Linux kernel on their products. Often they will use the exact code as delivered by the SBC vendors and we'll work with them in other parts of their software stack. But it's becoming increasingly common for our customers to adapt the kernel sources to the specific needs of their particular products. View the full article

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 5.4.204. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Cold 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

Hey Karl here. The timing couldn’t have been more opportune when I was asked to review the TerraMaster F4-423 4-bay NAS. Let me explain why. I run Unraid as my OS of choice for my home lab. I have found it easy to maintain and hard to break. My old rig had a 3900X with 3 cores, 6 threads dedicated to docker containers, and the remaining cores running VM’s. It has been a fun and learning experience. I have run it with several different VM configurations over the past few years. The majority of the time I ran 2 VM’s. One personal and one work and I would RDP over to the work VM. If I wanted to game I had a third gaming VM and allocated all resources to it. It’s not super co…

FOSSBot is an “open design” 3D printed educational robot comprised of a Raspberry Pi SBC and various off-the-shelf modules, as well as open-source software that can be used for education purposes. The FOSSBot DIY robot has been developed by the Harokopio University of Athens and the Greek Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) community, and builds upon the “GSOC 2019 – A DIY robot kit for educators” with the main goal being to have a platform to “familiarize teachers with modern education models based on the S.T.E.A.M approach. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics)”. FOSSbot key components: SBC – Raspberry Pi Zero W, Raspberry Pi 3, or Raspberry Pi 4. Mech…

Description Replace absolute path to git-tree with relative, so it is accesible without docker builder. was: $ cat cache/sources/linux-kernel-worktree/6.2__jethome64__arm64/.git gitdir: /armbian/cache/git-bare/kernel/.git/worktrees/6.2__jethome64__arm64 new: $ cat cache/sources/linux-kernel-worktree/6.2__jethome64__arm64/.git gitdir: ../../../git-bare/kernel/.git/worktrees/6.2__jethome64__arm64 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] Build ok [X] Access to git tree without docker builder ok Checklist: [ ] My code…

Description A change to ledtrig_netdev driver causes the boot to fail on Orangepi-r1plus-lts and possibly other boards. The board boots and LED netdev trigger works if service is modified to occur later in the boot sequence by using After=timers.target in armbian-led-state.service. Jira reference number AR-1875 Issue discussion rockchip64: bump rockchip64-edge kernel to 6.5#5657 How Has This Been Tested? Tested on current and 6.5y Rockchip64 and other (H5). The following configurations were tested for boot, reboot and shutdown then boot and that LED's light when network is connected and LED's flicker on network activity: [x] Orangepi R1 Plus LTS with Kernel 6.5y with…

uefi-arm64/edge: bump to 6.6-rc4 uefi-arm64/edge: bump to 6.6-rc4 - initial copy from 6.5 uefi-arm64/edge 6.6.y: bump to 6.6-rc4 - fix phytium stmmac acpi patch for 6.6 uefi-arm64/edge 6.6.y: futher fix for phytium stmmac acpi glue View the full article

Description We are storing logs at our pastebin server(s). Switching back to primary as secondary is failing. paste.next.armbian.com -> paste.armbian.com How Has This Been Tested? Made one test build with SHARE_LOG=yes which generated logs on paste bin server. 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 doas is not compatible with sudo flags. The codebase was checked for sudo-specific uses of this function, but none were found, all cases were in the form of sudo <command>. Replacing it with doas <command> yields the same result. Was extracted from #6576 and can't be merged until it's reverted in #6642 How Has This Been Tested? Used to build images on my machine with extensions that use is_root_or_sudo_prefix 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 View the …

Description Add armbian patches from sunxi-6.7 Adapt the patch series to the new v6.10.5 kernel version Delete unused patches and add newly extracted patches. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build for arm64 & test work on board ____ ____ _ __ __ __ _ _ | __ )| _ \(_) | \/ |/ /_ | || | | _ \| |_) | | | |\/| | '_ \| || |_ | |_) | __/| | | | | | (_) |__ _| |____/|_| |_| |_| |_|\___/ |_| Welcome to Armbian_community 24.8.0-trunk Bookworm with bleeding edge Linux 6.10.5-edge-sunxi64 No end-user support: built from trunk System load: 2% Up time: 11 min Memory usage: 6% of 1.94G …

Collabora and MediaTek continue expanding upstream support across the Genio IoT family, with HDMI 2.0 now enabled for existing boards, Genio 520 and 720 support progressing in Linux, and Genio Pro 5100 enablement extending into U-Boot and Trusted Firmware-A. View the full article

Last week, when I saw LilyGO T-Keyboard based on ESP32-C3, I didn’t think much of it and did not expect many people to be interested, so I skipped it. But earlier today I also noticed Solder Party launched a very similar-looking product – the BB Q20 Keyboard with Trackpad – based on Raspberry Pi RP2040 MCU. So after all, it might be worthwhile to look into those mini keyboards for makers. LilyGO T-keyboard Hardware specifications: SoC – ESP32-C3 single-core RISC-V processor with Wi-Fi 4 and Bluetooth 5.0 LE connectivity Display – 0.99-inch TFT color LCD QWERTY keyboard Battery – 400mAh built-it battery Power Supply – 5V via USB port Dimensions – 6.9 x 5.3 x 1.7 cm The com…

Last year, a (controversial) feature was added to the Linux kernel to support optimized case-insensitive file name lookups in the Ext4 filesystem. Here's a look at why this was merged, what improvements have been made since, and how to put it to work. View the full article

In the first part of my review of Collabora's participation in GStreamer 1.10, I discussed the work done by Guillaume & Nicolas around leak tracing, acoustic echo cancellation, Wayland, V4L, etc. Today, I'll go over the contributions from the rest of our multimedia team. 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? Add libvirt support to Vagrantfile [X] Build Bullseye image successfully 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 [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstre…

Intel recently announced they would kill the Celeron and Pentium brands for entry-level PCs, and replace these with the “Intel Processor” brand for notebooks from 2023 onwards, meaning we would get “Intel Core” and “Intel Processor” processors depending on the market segment. The Intel N100 & N200, or more exactly the Intel Processor N100 and Processor N200, Alder Lake-N SKUs may be the first chips with the new branding. They were discovered by Coelacanth-Dream while looking at some Linux boot logs. Intel Processor N100: [crayon-632a9b8d2023d476136554/] Intel Processor N200: [crayon-632a9b8d20246857475856/] Both processors appear pretty similar but the boot logs show …

Description This allows to use ssd sata on pci in orange pi 5 Make sure you add overlays=opi5-sata to /boot/armbianEnv.txt if you have a sata drive How Has This Been Tested? Tested with local armbian build and sata m2 ssd, can list and use sata ssd Thanks @efectn for the support View the full article

Description Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no ne…

ECS LIVA Q3H is a pocket-sized mini PC with a Jasper Lake mini PC and the company says it is especially suited to video conferencing applications thanks to HDMI output and input ports enabling users to connect it with a guest PC and easily add it to a meeting. The mini PC is equipped with an Intel Pentium Silver N6000, Celeron N5100, or Celeron N4500 processor, comes with up to 4GB RAM and 128GB storage, supports Ethernet and WiFi 5 networking and offers a few USB 3.2/2.0 ports for peripheral expansion. LIVA Q3H mini PC specifications: Jasper Lake SoC (one or the other) Intel Celeron N4500 dual-core processor @ 1.1GHz / 2.8GHz (Burst frequency) with Intel UHD graphics; 6W…

Two of the most popular projects providing images for Arm and RISC-V single board computers have released new updates with Armbian 23.02 adding Linux 6.1-based Debian and Ubuntu images, and DietPi 8.14 adding experimental RISC-V support for the StarFive VisionFive 2 SBC and new Arm boards. Armbian 23.02 Quoll Linux 6.1 is the latest LTS kernel, so Armbian is now providing Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy and Debian 11 Bullseye images based on Linux 6.1.y for boards that support it, as well as the first development images based on Debian 12 Bookworm and Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar. I could not find any new boards added in the changelog, but the release brings several improvements and bug fixes t…

Description There are several small problems / corner cases that needs to be addressed. Any help is appriciated. 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 ar…

meson64/edge: bump to 6.6-rc4 meson64/edge: bump to 6.6-rc4; initial copy from 6.5 meson64/edge 6.6.y: bump to 6.6-rc4 - rebase patches meson64/edge 6.6.y: bump to 6.6-rc4 - fix patches board-bananapi-cm4-switch-to-enable-gpios.patch: landed upstream driver-power-meson64-reset.patch: fix manually, nearby driver POWER_RESET_OXNAS was dropped from upstream let's light a candle for OXNAS View the full article

Description As per subject, plus kernel configs have been updated and enabled rtl8xxx untested wifi chips How Has This Been Tested? [x] Kernel patches apply with current kernel [x] Kernel patches apply with edge 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

Reverts armbian/build#6576 View the full article

fix source https://github.com/150balbes/wifi/commit/ee88babf55ad75b49c3312f997fd289e5ca4016b View the full article

I’ve tested a few security cameras with human and vehicle detection capabilities, but Reolink has now added animal detection via the KEEN Ranger PT trail camera mostly designed to monitor four-legged animals in the wild. It’s somewhat similar to the Reolink Go Plus 4G camera with solar power support and 4G LTE connectivity, but also offers a 360° view with pan/tilt control, a low-glow IR night vision, a 0.5s fast trigger speed, as well as GPS to track the position of cameras or sightings of animals on the mobile app. KEEN Ranger PT camera key features and specifications: Camera/Video Image Sensor – 1/3″ CMOS Sensor Video Resolution – 2K 4MP high definition (2560 x 1440 @ …

Yesterday, we celebrated the release of GStreamer 1.10, the culmination of 7 months of very hard work from the GStreamer community. Collabora's multimedia team is extremely proud of our contributions to this new major feature release. View the full article

Trigkey Speed S3 is a compact mini PC powered by AMD Ryzen 5 3550H quad-core/eight-thread processor with 16GB DDR4 and a 500GB M.2 SSD with Windows 11 Pro operating systems, as well as two HDMI ports. Trigkey sent CNX Software a sample of the Speed ​​S3 mini PC for review. In this post, we’ll check out the specifications of the device, before doing an unboxing and teardown of the device, and testing Windows 11 and Ubuntu in subsequent parts of the review. Trigkey Speed S3 specifications SoC – AMD Ryzen 5 3550H quad-core/eight-thread processor @ 2.1 / 3.7Ghz (Turbo) with Radeon Vega 8 Graphics @ 1200 MHz; TDP: 12-35W System Memory – 16 GB (2x 8GB) DDR4-3200MHz via two SO…

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

BPI-M2S is a small form factor SBC based on the Amlogic A311D chipset (or s922x, not supported yet): Amlogic A311D (Quad A73 + Dual A53) CPU 4GB LPDDR4 RAM 16GB eMMC Mali G52-MP4 GPU HDMI 2.1 output 2 Gigabit ports 40 pins GPIO 1x USB-A 2.0 1 USB-C (5V power) Not working/tested: 2nd ethernet port MIPI DSI/CSI Description I created a dts from existing A311D board (vim3 and radxa zero2). I use the radxa zero2 u-boot that allows to launch armbian linux kernel for this board. The dts is basic for now, since I'm not an expert with device trees. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Pleas…

Banana Pi BPI-Pico-RP2040 is basically a clone of the original Raspberry Pi Pico, but with the addition of an RGB LED and a 4-pin I2C connector, and the company replaced the micro USB port with a Type-C connector. The rest of the board, also called Banana Pi Pico, is exactly the same up to the through holes and castellated holes for the I/Os, and has a similar form factor as the Banana Pi BPI-PicoW-S3 that adds WiFi and Bluetooth through the ESP32-S3 wireless microcontroller. Banana Pi BPI-Pico-RP2040 specifications: MCU – Raspberry Pi RP2040 dual-core Cortex-M0+ microcontroller @ up to 133 MHz with 264KB SRAM Storage – 2MB QSPI flash USB – 1x USB 1.1 Type-C port used for…

Aspinity AB2 AML100 is an Arduino Shield based on the company’s AML100 analog machine learning processor that reduces power consumption by 95 percent compared to equivalent digital ML processors, and the shield works with Renesas Quick-Connect IoT platform or other development platforms with Arduino Uno Rev3 headers. The AML100 analog machine learning processor is said to consume just 15µA for sensor interfacing, signal processing, and decision-making and operates completely within the analog domain offloading most of the work from the microcontroller side that can stay its lowest power state until an event/anomaly is detected. Aspinity AB2 AML100 Arduino Shield specifica…

Update maintainers synched from the database View the full article

rockchip64/edge: bump to 6.6-rc4 rockchip64/edge: bump to 6.6-rc4; initial copy patches from 6.5 rockchip64/edge: bump to 6.6-rc4; rebase patches rockchip64/edge 6.6.y: manually fix 2 patches rockchip64/edge 6.6.y: fix TB2's regulator patch after probe/probe_new dance rpardini: hammered .probe and probe_type = PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS to work on 6.6.y, after https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230505220218.1239542-1-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de/ rockchip64/edge 6.6.y: update overlay configfs patch from rpi from https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/commit/b128f09592f14596f9cf79d2c8fd7355bb0e9b5c.patch found via https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/commits/rpi-6.6.y/driv…

Description As per subject, plus kernel configs have been updated and enabled rtl8xxx untested wifi chips How Has This Been Tested? [x] Kernel patches apply with current kernel [x] Kernel patches apply with edge 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 Upstreaming patch: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-rockchip/patch/20240430024002.708227-3-liujianfeng1994@gmail.com/ The current fdb50400 won't work. there are errors in dmesg when doing decoding. 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 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, …

Description fix: Fix duplicate nodes for sun50i-h5-orangepi-pc2 board The patch must be registered in the series.conf file Checklist: [x] Test on board View the full article

August ends on a high note with two virtual events this week: DebConf20, Debian's annual conference, and Linux Plumbers Conference, the premier event for developers working at all levels of the Linux kernel's plumbing layer and beyond. View the full article

Collabora is proud to be once again sponsoring the annual Linux Plumbers Conference, the developer conference that brings together the top developers working on the “plumbing” of Linux: kernel subsystems, core libraries, windowing systems, etc. View the full article

WiCAN is an ESP32-C3 CAN bus adapter that works over USB, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth LE, and designed for car hacking and general CAN bus development. The device is available in USB-CAN and OBD-II form factors and comes with firmware that works with RealDash to create nice-looking dashboards with the data. RealDash can be installed on Android, iOS, and Windows 10 operating systems. WiCAN specifications: Wireless module – ESP32-C3-MINI-1 with ESP32-C3 RISC-V microcontroller with 2.4GHz WiFI 4 and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, 4 MB flash, PCB antenna CAN 2.0 A/B interface up to 1 Mbps Host interface WiCAN-OBD – OBD-II connector WiCAN-USB – Mini USB port for USB-to-UART up to 6 Mbps…

Makerfabs has launched a 3.5-inch TFT touchscreen display with built-in WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity through an ESP32-S3 dual-core Tensilica LX7 microcontroller clocked at 240 MHz with vector instructions for AI acceleration. This display offers a 320×480 resolution through the ILI9488 LCD driver, uses a 16-bit parallel interface for communication with ESP32-S3 clocked at up to 20 Mhz making it suitable for smooth graphics user interface, and the company also claims it is smooth enough for video displays, but more on that later. Specifications: Wireless module – ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N16R2 with Espressif Systems ESP32-S3 dual-core Tensilica LX7 @ up to 240 MHz with vector i…

Description Jira reference number AR-1374 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

code_saturne is a free, open-source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software developed primarily by EDF that can be useful to check and optimize the thermal design of your projects. From time to time, we come across hardware platforms that do not perform to their best due to overheating leading to CPU throttling, and over time it may also impact the lifetime of the device. I’ve heard about computational fluid dynamics (CFD) before, but I always assumed the software was prohibitively expensive and Formula 1 even has a cost cap for CFD testing. But it turns out there’s an open-source program to do just that: code_saturne. As a utility company, EDF designed the software t…

The development of Monado's inside-out tracking solution keeps improving and more devices are now supported. Here's an overview of where things stand, as presented at the FOSS XR conference in October. View the full article

Description This code was added to the source data from the kernel version 5.10.x, possibly even earlier. Accordingly, this patch is not needed. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v5.10/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-rock-pi-4.dtsi#L188 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v5.15/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-rock-pi-4.dtsi#L189 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v6.1/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-rock-pi-4.dtsi#L230 Before disable path: &hdmi_sound { status = "okay"; }; &hdmi_sound { status = "okay"; }; After disable path: &hdmi_sound { status = "okay"; }; How Has This Been Tested? [x] Rock Pi 4 Model B Checklist: [x] My code …

Description Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no ne…

Added shell.nix definition for temporary development environment for Nix(OS) Set uuidgen and other binaries check to not rely on hard-codded paths 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] On NixOS 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…

rk3568-odroid/edge: bump to 6.6-rc4 rk3568-odroid/edge: bump to 6.6-rc4; initial copy from 6.5 this is getting long in tooth, should merge with rockchip64 "soon" rk3568-odroid/edge 6.6.y: update .config for v6.6-rc4, no changes rk3568-odroid/edge 6.6.y: add montjoie's rk3588/68/66 rk2 crypto patches (v1) rk3568-odroid/edge 6.6.y: enable CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_ROCKCHIP2 and the rk crypto debugs View the full article

Description The idea is to generate output/git_sources.json file that will contain url, branch and commit hash combo. The easiest way to generate file for all devices is to run ./compile.sh targets. Then at the time of release we will copy the output/git_sources.json file to config/sources/git_sources.json. Once the file is copied, the hash information from the file will be used to fetch resources for git repositories where branches are specified instead of tags or commits. There can be other ways to do this as well. I am just too tired to experiment more on the same. Raising it to be a communication starter. I have also added the json file that I have generated today. …

Description Current armbian images can't boot from sd card, and rockchip has provided uboot patches to fix it. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] ./compile.sh BOARD=armsom-sige5 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 [x] Tested sd card boot with armsom sige5 Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project …

Description hides out hassio interface from IP list improve command verification in displaying recommended commands when using CLI / minimal image, show MOTD right after initial 1st run config How Has This Been Tested? Manual execution of a script. 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 View the full article

This week's cycle emphasizes broad U-Boot modernization, new board and SoC enablement, and kernel and wireless driver consolidation. A large-scale U-Boot bump moves sunxi 32-bit and 64-bit targets from v2024.01 to v2026.07-rc4, with follow-on updates for self-pinned H616/H618 boards (Zero2W, Zero3, Longan Pi 3H), Mixtile Edge2, NanoPi R5S (now patch-less), and the Youyeetoo YY3588 switching to mainline v2026.04. The imx6 line (UDOO, Cubox-i) was modernized to U-Boot v2026.07 with legacy 6.12, current 6.18, and edge 7.1 kernels. Related toolchain work fixes ODROID-C1, ODROID-XU4, Recore, and X96Q builds under Trixie's GCC 14, and resolves errexit failures on Rockchip SPI b…

fixed 2 lines that had merged to 1 View the full article

Description Linux odroidn2 5.10.123-meson64 → Linux odroidn2 5.10.123-armbian-meson64 Jira reference number AR-1233 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build 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 [ ] 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