Vojtěch Weiss

As for promised photos, here they are. Note custom-trimmed bifurcation adapter.

As for QRTR patch, WIP version is attached bellow. Be aware that this patch doesn't work yet. It builds, it writes to registries, but QCNFA765 ignores it. rk3588-ath11k-QRTR.patch

As for QCNFA765, using more than one NIC in the same system still won't do. I have found correct MHI registries (0x28 and 0x48) which are used to store QRTR ID, but the driver omitts it completely during cold-boot of the NIC. So, for now, I moved over to use single QCNFA765 and Intel AX210 combo. Which brought another issue - annoying LAR. Bellow are patches I do use to be able to use both cards in HostAP Master mode with no restrictions on selected channels. I do use regdomain CZ. Should you need different regdom, use example found in those patches for CZ, and just copy over the changes made (removing NO-IR, DFS, and other flags). 404-regd_no_assoc_hints.patch atheros-dfs_fix.patch atheros-regdomainfix.patch regdb-fix.patch rk3588-iwlwifi-disable-lar.patch

Yes, you can completely resize it. You can also turn it to ZFS volume, and boot off of it. Just rebuild u-boot with ZFS support. Or ask, and I will provide patches required to have it.

It is. Before I managed to rebuild u-boot with ZFS support, I had to boot off of EMMC. I shrunk first partition with kernel, initrd etc, and then made another one with actual FS. Temporary solution for me back then. But gave me time to rebuild everything and enable native ZFS boot. Since then, I use EMMC only as a ZFS volume (another one in the mirror is NVME drive). never used armbian-config though - I am old-schooler, so I had to build whole stack myself to get what I wanted.

I am using the same board, and I also experienced this. Sometimes USB is not re-enumerated. Also, if you're using USB-C, sometimes some wires requires you to flip the connector. Basically some makers are cheaping out on cables, and they work only when you flip it. Also, if you'll leave the drive connected and reboot, does it find it? Have you checked u-boot, does it see it? Be aware, that USB-C connector is finicky. I had to replace it (resolder with new, sturdier variant), and then make it concrete-hard to break by solidifying epoxy over and under it (keep connector connected in it, and put some oil on it before plugging it in, so that epoxy won't leak inside it.

rk3588-pcie_bifurcation_2x2-uboot.patchrk3588-pcie_bifurcation_2x2.patch Attached are two patches I've prepared. One for uBoot (to correctly recognize split pcie3x4 to two independent controllers, pcie3x4 and pcie3x2), and one for DT of NanoPC T6. This basically allows you to use trimmed-down bifurcation adapter. The adapter in question must be trimmed down/cut to fit on the back of the board. Tested with 2x NVME, and 1xNVME and QCNFA765 wireless card. I'll post photos later once I'll disconnect the board again from my setup. BEWARE!!! If you'd plan to use more than one ath11k wireless card, you'd need QRTR patch. Since the SBL enums changed in recent kernel 6.18.18+, I am also preparing modified kernel patch (originally for OpenWRT by Hauke Mehrtens and Robert Marko) to allow for more than one ath11k wireless to be installed. Will post later with new patch for it. root@ap-voyager:~# lspci -nn 0000:00:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Rockchip Electronics Co., Ltd RK3588 [1d87:3588] (rev 01) 0000:01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc QCNFA765 Wireless Network Adapter [17cb:1103] (rev 01) 0001:10:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Rockchip Electronics Co., Ltd RK3588 [1d87:3588] (rev 01) 0001:11:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Shenzhen Longsys Electronics Co., Ltd. Lexar NM610 PRO NVME SSD (DRAM-less) [1d97:1202] (rev 01) 0002:20:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Rockchip Electronics Co., Ltd RK3588 [1d87:3588] (rev 01) 0002:21:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller [10ec:8125] (rev 05) 0003:30:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Rockchip Electronics Co., Ltd RK3588 [1d87:3588] (rev 01) 0003:31:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc QCNFA765 Wireless Network Adapter [17cb:1103] (rev 01) 0004:40:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Rockchip Electronics Co., Ltd RK3588 [1d87:3588] (rev 01) 0004:41:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller [10ec:8125] (rev 05) root@ap-voyager:~#