Enable I2C7_M3 and SPI0_M2

[Errol]

Hi,

 

How do enable I2C on pins 3,5 of the GPIO header? I need to enable I2C7_M3.

 

How to enable spidev.0 on SPI0_M2?

 

All these overlays are missing...

 

Thank you,

Errol

 

[Werner]

Providing logs with 

armbianmonitor -u

 helps with troubleshooting and significantly raises chances that issue gets addressed.

[Errol]

Hi Werner,

 

I don't know how this will help, as the issue is configuration/setup related, not system related, but attached anyway.

 

https://paste.armbian.com/ufogojovit

 

Thank you,

Errol

[Werner]

It helps to tell you to try vendor kernel instead of mainline ("edge"). The support for the rk3588 in latter is still under heavy development and lots of stuff is still WIP and therefore missing.

https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_FAQ/#why-does-hardware-feature-xy-work-in-old-kernel-but-not-in-more-recent-one

[Errol]

Ahh, the rock-5b page says this:
 

Quote

Kernel 6.8.y is at experimental support level! Not all features work but it runs fairy stable.

 

But I suppose it now means 6.10 is experimental. And I twice accidentally downloaded 6.10 instead of 6.1 because the names are so similar.

 

I installed the image for 6.1, kernel 6.1.75-vendor-rk35xx, but now armbian-config has even less options under System/Hardware. Previously all the PWMs where there, some SATA ports and a few I2C ports. Now there is just "opp-oc-24ghz" and "panthor-gpu".

 

I was able to add the overlays manually to armbianEnv.txt. So all my devices are now enabled. Thanks!

[Werner]

1 hour ago, Errol said:

rock-5b page says this:

I see. Well this should be replaced with "mainline is at experimental...." I guess

 

1 hour ago, Errol said:

, but now armbian-config has even less options under System/Hardware

That is an issue with the naming of the overlays. Glad you figured out already.

I think this also will be adressed with the next generation of armbian-config.