Attach debug serial console so you can follow u-boot logs and get an idea what the overlay is not applied.

BOARD - Orange Pi 5 Pro PROBLEM Device Tree overlays defined in armbianEnv.txt are not being applied during boot. The overlay file exists but is not loaded by the system. verbosity=1 bootlogo=false console=both extraargs=cma=256M fdtfile=rockchip/rk3588s-orangepi-5-pro.dtb rootdev=UUID=a8beb1c4-8079-4e64-8216-8e893f7809d4 rootfstype=ext4 overlays=orangepi-5-pro-disable-leds usbstoragequirks=0x2537:0x1066:u,0x2537:0x1068:u I also tried with overlay_prefix=rockchip overlays=orangepi-5-pro-disable-leds The Kernel is Linux orangepi5pro 6.1.115-vendor-rk35xx #1 SMP Mon Feb 23 05:39:00 UTC 2026 aarch64 GNU/Linux Additional Information I tested the same overlay using the official build system from: https://github.com/orangepi-xunlong/orangepi-build and it works correctly there. This suggests the issue may be related to how Armbian loads overlays for RK3588 boards. Question Is overlay loading from armbianEnv.txt supported on the Orange Pi 5 Pro with the vendor-rk35xx kernel, or is there another mechanism required (extlinux overlays, user overlays, etc.)? https://paste.armbian.com/xiteginoku

smb shares and samba usermgmt is rudimentary implemented

Hi, install SD card -> Armbian_community_26.2.0-trunk.493_Radxa-cubie-a5e_trixie_edge_6.18.13_minimal.img.xz Login armbian and install newer Armbian U-boot "2026.01-S127a-P544c-H560c-Va7f1-B61c5-R448a" to SPI memory. sudo dd if=/usr/lib/linux-u-boot-edge-radxa-cubie-a5e/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/mtdblock0 I hope this helps.

Can someone pull request this to have it working myself as well please?