Orange Pi Zero 2W

[WarHawk_AVG]

diagnostics listing of Orange Pi Zero 2W

http://ix.io/4Lwr

Not sure if this helps..but the stock build is lacking...plus I am getting 1.0 cpu usage at idle
 

Orange Pi 1.0.0 user-built

System too busy for benchmarking: 16:33:21 up 25 min,  3 users,  load average: 1.15, 1.03, 0.92
System too busy for benchmarking: 16:33:26 up 25 min,  3 users,  load average: 1.14, 1.03, 0.92
System too busy for benchmarking: 16:33:31 up 25 min,  3 users,  load average: 1.13, 1.03, 0.93
System too busy for benchmarking: 16:33:36 up 25 min,  3 users,  load average: 1.12, 1.03, 0.93
System too busy for benchmarking: 16:33:41 up 25 min,  3 users,  load average: 1.11, 1.03, 0.93

Wish there was an official Armbian build...it usually seems much more "complete"

[Werner]

Armbian does not support this board. Any image you may find in the web are made by 3rd party. Ask where you got the image from.

[Gunjan Gupta]

@WarHawk_AVG As Werner said, we don't support this board. But taking an educated guess, I will suggest you blacklist sprdwl_ng module or if its loading through a service or from /etc/modules then remove the same from there. That will lower your load average. You will lose wifi support though as that module is the wifi driver.

[sbourouis]

I've installed rolling os build from github of Armbian for Orange Pi 3 zero on the Orange Pi zero 2w and it worked. Both Debian Desktop and Minimal.

 

https://github.com/armbian/os

Edited February 1 by sbourouis

[robertoj]

 Can you check WiFi, Bluetooth and HDMI?

[ME_]

I can confirm, after installing Armbian for Orange Pi 3 zero on the Orange Pi zero 2w that WiFi, Bluetooth and HDMI is working!
 

me@OPIZ2W:~$ DISPLAY=:0 glxinfo -B
name of display: :0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
    Vendor: Panfrost (0xffffffff)
    Device: Mali-G31 (Panfrost) (0xffffffff)
    Version: 22.3.6
    Accelerated: yes
    Video memory: 3932MB
    Unified memory: yes
    Preferred profile: core (0x1)
    Max core profile version: 3.1
    Max compat profile version: 3.1
    Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
    Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.1
OpenGL vendor string: Panfrost
OpenGL renderer string: Mali-G31 (Panfrost)
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.1 Mesa 22.3.6
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 1.40
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)

OpenGL version string: 3.1 Mesa 22.3.6
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.40
OpenGL context flags: (none)

OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.1 Mesa 22.3.6
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.10

 

Edited March 2 by ME_

[Ariel]

can you be kind enough to link the OS you used?

tried to follow sbourouis's link (https://github.com/armbian/os) but couldnt find for op zero 3

[SteeMan]

@Ariel You are looking in the wrong location.  Here are where the community rolling releases are: https://github.com/armbian/community

[ME_]

You’ll find bookworm and jammy Community releases here:

https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-zero-3/
I used bookworm

[mcyzyk]

Darn.  One thing I'm seeing is that Audio is not supported in these Community versions.  HDMI with no audio -- not useful.

[Kazymir]

If i can, yes there is a little differnce beetwen zero3 and zero2W, the ethernet port, is-it possible to add another eth port inside the dtb for a full compatibility with the zero2w?

for the 2W the eth port is directly connect on the processor H618

best regards

[TRay]

Looking on news about kernel 6.8 :

 

https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/03/11/linux-6-8-release-notable-changes-arm-risc-v-mips-architectures/#arm-updates-in-linux-6-8

 

it was added support for Orange Pi Zero 2W:

 

Quote

 

Arm updates in Linux 6.8

As usual, there were a lot of changes to the Arm architecture:

Allwinner

Allwinner A100 – RGB LED controller

Allwinner H616 – ASoC driver adds SPDIF hardware block

Allwinner T113-S3 – Thermal controller

New devices

Orange Pi Zero 2W single board computer (Allwinner H618)

...

 

 

[thuvasooriya]

@TRay So when can we expect a supported build for orangepi zero 2w :)

[SteeMan]

There are no plans for Armbian to officially support this board. 

 

If community members step up to the task, there may a a community maintained version specific to that board.  But currently people report success with the zero3 community maintained build working on the zero2w.

[thuvasooriya]

@SteeMan Thank you for the quick response! sorry for posting without searching through the whole forum, found some interesting builds to test on Orange Pi Zero 3 forum, I'll follow the development there. Thanks again.

For those who stumble upon here in the future:

Edited March 23 by thuvasooriya
added links

[xberzerker]

+1 to opi zero 3 bookworm from link below booting ok on opi zero 2w
https://github.com/armbian/community/releases/download/24.5.0-trunk.433/Armbian_community_24.5.0-trunk.433_Orangepizero3_bookworm_current_6.6.28_minimal.img.xz.torrent

[xberzerker]

dang ethernet not found, just like it seems to be mentioned here already. any solutions to that?

[skm]

There are now image download links here: https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-zero-2w/

Installed fine for me (2GB device), wifi working, ethernet probably not since "ip addr" doesn't show the interface. Also the power button on the expansion board has no effect, but it all looks very promising.

[ME_]

Hi - I installed the latest images but unfortunately the GPU is not accelerated.
Somebody has an idea how to use the PANFROST

Zitat

Vendor: Panfrost (0xffffffff)
Device: Mali-G31 (Panfrost) (0xffffffff)
Version: 22.3.6

Accelerated: yes
Video memory: 3932MB

drivers?

 

 

name of display: :0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
    Vendor: Mesa/X.org (0xffffffff)
    Device: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.6, 128 bits) (0xffffffff)
    Version: 22.3.6
    Accelerated: no
    Video memory: 3932MB
    Unified memory: yes
    Preferred profile: core (0x1)
    Max core profile version: 4.5
    Max compat profile version: 4.5
    Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
    Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.2
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa/X.org
OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.6, 128 bits)
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.5 (Core Profile) Mesa 22.3.6
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.50
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile

OpenGL version string: 4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 22.3.6
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.50
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile

OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 22.3.6
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20

 

Edited May 11 by ME_

[madeofstown]

Forgive me if I am missing something. I have a 1.5GB oPiZ2W and I cannot get it to boot with the community builds or the unofficial builds. No green activity light, just the red power light. No output from HDMI. I've let it sit like this for 15 minutes and still nothing. Is there something else I need to do to get this to boot? I've had no issues with the Debian/Ubuntu images provided by OrangePi.

[SteeMan]

1 hour ago, madeofstown said:

I have a 1.5GB oPiZ2W

The issue is the 1.5gb memory.  That particular memory configuration isn't currently working.  Look back in the threads for the 2w and 3 and you can see a lot of discussion on this topic.

[madeofstown]

I'll take your word for it @SteeMan, thank you. When I search for "orangepi 1.5GB" my post is the only one that comes up. Ill try different combinations but you already gave me my answer.

[SteeMan]

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/29202-orange-pi-zero-3

@madeofstown  If you care there was a discussion the last week on this topic in the above thread (the 2w and 3 are similar).

[ag123]

@madeofstown

 

try out the orange pi zero 3 community images to see if it helps

https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-zero-3/

 

zero 2w don't have the motorcomm ethernet (requires an extension/expansion board accordingly), that's what I understand it to be.

hopes that works still on zero 2w

 

[madeofstown]

@ag123 Thank you. I was able to apply that patch and now Armbian is running on my OPIZ2W 1.5GB!

One more question. I have a LoRa/GNSS hat that requires the use of Serial 0 for communication with the GNSS model. How would I go about disabling Armbian debug outputing to that? I would rather not have to use bodge wires. `gpioinfo` shows me that the 2 pins are used by the kernel. Do I need to recompile the kernel to change this? Seems like a lot of the hats/shields that use Serial need to use Serial0... So I'm thinking there must be a simple way to get it working in Armbian.

Edited May 20 by madeofstown

[ag123]

@madeofstown

I'd guess it is good to leave the default serial uart console running there as otherwise if things goofs, you may have no means to login onto the board.

with the serial console, you can connect a usb-uart serial dongle and login to Armbian on the board.

 

but if you insist you can nevertheless try going into /usr/lib/systemd/system
look for those *getty* (e.g. ls *getty*), it would be one of those services.

 

but that for debug output I'm not sure about that though, a google search I'd guess would get some leads e.g.

https://superuser.com/questions/351387/how-to-stop-kernel-messages-from-flooding-my-console

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/working_with_the_serial_console

 

I'd suggest to browse that same Orange Pi Zero 3 thread and figure out how to use a different serial uart port, there are probably more than a single uart port available on Orange Pi Zero 2W or Orange Pi Zero 3. using a different serial comm (uart) port is the correct solution in your case and you won't need to be bothered about console messages as they won't be there.

 

[madeofstown]

Using a different UART is not really practical with a hat/shield designed to use UART0... It would be better for the system to use one that isn't commonly required by hats/shields to be the debug interface. I'll keep looking around.

[garbo]

Hi, I am new here but been playing with the opi zero 2w for a bit with the zero 3 image. So happy to now see 2w images have appeared. I have the expansion board and was hoping to get the ethernet port working at some point. I mainly want to use this device to run headless and be able to shut it down when I push one of the buttons on the expansion board. Is this possible with any of the current images?