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Ok I tryed to compile regular uboot and kernel but I failed. the defconf and dts are not compatible with regular software. Its the first time i do this i cant help anymore. but Im available for testing. The only thing I sucessfully compiled is the linaro gcc 7.5 (5 hours).

i think more gadgets are coming... Is anybody working to bring up this board ?

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/01/06/orange-pi-4-4b-pcie-expansion-board-mpcie-socket-sim-card-slot/ Good! cheap adapters ! But I cant use this board until mainline kernel!

Bad news (if you didnt know), the rockchip bsp kernel is an android kernel. After browsing the sources I found multiple android-only files... Luckly its supported by linux kernel.

More News, today In the opi4 downloads I see armbian ! That links to here, but there is not a opi4 download yet... Also updated debian and ubuntu. I wonder whats the difference between the 3 ? Also a source code link to github, may be the sources are pretty stable now... ANYWAY still bsp kernel 4.4. I hope to see soon regular kernel 5.4 ! Im available for testing if needed!

Surprise ! I found a armbian logo in the boot folder of the "ubuntu" image ! Also tests to support kernel 5.3 i think !

A question, can I replace just the OS kernel or i have to recompile boot, uboot too ?

Oh, another opi 4 topic... thats embarrassing... @wsian my hdmi works well (one per minute i see a black screen flash).

Sorry guys, I over rated myself, to bring up the board I'd need a step by step guide... My personal reconstruction of the build commands from the scripts: kernel: make -C /startdir ARCH=arm64 4_linux_defconfig make -C /startdir ARCH=arm64 rk3399-orangepi.img make -C /startdir ARCH=arm64 modules uboot make rk3399_defconfig /dir (the f***ing packing part is missing) But honestly i dont know what im doing...

Like the cables of the display/camera, not sure if its a sort of standard... I didn't solved that problem, this remember me that ironman scene lol maybe a sticker ?

rockpi image doesnt work... Now im using theyr ubuntu (in the debian image the lan desnt work) on the emmc. Likely they are all using the rockchip provided bsp 4.4 kernel... I wonder why since it got mainline support in 5.3 ! Id like to use mainline maybe in a second stage... So what to do now ? @0626... no but there is a flat cable based pcie extension, like others rk3399, not sure what can u attach there...

Got the board, can you guys help please ? On this page there is the source code (including uboot so the dt) for also the opi4. Is this the dt ? https://github.com/orangepi-xunlong/OrangePiRK3399_uboot/blob/master/dts/Kconfig There are info about the sources also on the manual. I guess I could build my uboot... but idk what im talking about... There are the boot partition and the uboot one... Im running theyr debian at the moment... thanks.

this is interesting even if seems not ready yet: https://www.cnx-software.com/2019/12/16/openwifi-is-an-open-source-linux-wifi-stack-running-on-fpga-hardware/

Oh yeah I know osmocom. F*** this risc5 has huge potential: https://www.cnx-software.com/2019/12/13/greenwaves-gap9-iot-application-processor-enables-ai-on-coin-cell-powered-devices !

Thanks chwe i'll do something in 2,3 weeks when I get the board. Also interesting to me is the pcie expansion as a cable rather than pins. I guess that they will make theyr own expansion boards... Or are there already expansion/adapters for that, from others ? I mean, its a "standard" or a opi thing ?

Agree with OP ! Maybe the community will be able to discuss the parts of a future pinephone 2. For a free modem I have a very small hope for the future... Guys, do you think that its so impossible for the comunity to make a modem ? Maybe with a risc ?

Guys I just buyed the opi 4 ! When I get the board (21 days), ill try to install armbian somehow !

Why 4.4 ? I hope that will be possible to install armbian

Balbes, its the 2nd time you tell me "yes", but where are those images ?

Ok thanks.

Soon will be out also NanoPi M4B ! (same soc)

Ok where ? Right, I could use theyr uboot... Also I could take theyr device tree ?

The new Opi board, using the popular rk3399 at a good price. Has a debian image... not sure what kernel it uses. Where to start ?

Ok thanks, but let me highlight my first question. Are there generic armbian images for a soc ? If there are not generic images, maybe i could take the image of the most similar board ?

I'm new. Are there generic images for a soc ? like the rk3399, to test for example on the orange pi 4 ? Is it so painfull to install regular debian ? (the debian documentation is painfull to read, for sure).