@Werner Do you think Armbian Edge with Linux 7.1 is available and works on OrangePI RV2 already? If so I'd love to get that image. As I understand it the SoC's support has been fully mainlined in Linux 7. (By the way request to admin to lift my messaging quota. Will edit this request away in a few hours.) I just checked inside Armbian Imager, and Armbian Edge is not available there - the same two images as are on https://armbian.com/boards/orangepirv2 are in there, that's all.

Support for 7.1 has been merged yesterday https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/9784

I verified the overlay above working with diy kernel 7.1.0-rc1 and kernel 6.18.10 from apt repo.

@sven-ola Hi sven-ola! Thanks a ton for making RV2 work on Armbian! I'll go about trying to make an RV2 start for the first time shortly. Interfacing it via the serial port is fine, and equally fine is connecting it via HDMI and USB to screen and keyboard, right? As for boot media, will booting the Armbian Debian image from a USB storage device work out of the box or must I install some image on an onboard flash chip first, if so what's the URL to that? And then: Do you think it makes any sense for me to use the Armbian Edge which has kernel 6.19 right now, does it seem stable? If so can you provide an URL to it (upload it on armbian.org or mega.nz etc.) On SpaceMIT's mainlining page https://github.com/spacemit-com/linux/wiki#user-content-K1_SoC I see that the PCI support got an update in 6.19, would this be a reason to use Armbian Edge. This URL is linked: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251013153526.2276556-1-elder@riscstar.com/ . I have no idea if this update has been backported to the 6.18 kernel used. The 6.19 and 6.18 kernels used, where are they taken from actually? At least for 6.18 I think the repo is https://github.com/jmontleon/linux-spacemit/ or https://github.com/spacemit-com/linux-k1x , do you use it? And for clarity, there is no Armbian with Linux 7.1 yet right? Otherwise just downloading the Armbian with 6.18 from https://armbian.com/boards/orangepirv2 . For CLI and packages and no desktop, the Debian flavour is preferable I guess. At this point do you think PCI and USB interfaces are stable in Armbian or Armbian Edge? Thanks!

OK, I checked and the USB port is already set to host: The USB-A port is still not functional, but - as said in my previous reply - the USB-C port is working fine.