Armbian Kernel Features

[Robert Pace]

I somewhat recently used Armbian Build to compile a desktop Bookworm image, which is quite stable and functional except for EMMC support.

 

 Packages:     Debian stable (bookworm)
 Support:      DIY (custom image)
Linux Atlas 6.1.84-vendor-rk35xx #1 SMP Tue Dec 24 13:36:04 UTC 2024 aarch64 GNU/Linux
 

My question is where can one find the current status of the various kernel versions support for features like I2C, SPI, EMMC, MESA, etc.?  I recognize that newer kernels like 6.12.yyy are very much a WIP.

 

I also would love more information on the the RK3588 kit used with kernels to backport features.

 

[Werner]

Hi,

 

best way to follow mainline development is both the Collabora sheet here https://gitlab.collabora.com/hardware-enablement/rockchip-3588/notes-for-rockchip-3588/-/blob/main/mainline-status.md

and the Linux/U-Boot ARM patchwork: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-kernel/list/

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/list/

 

Though none of this exists for 6.1.y or older 5.10.y since these kernels are from Rockchip SDK (and these are not even public but leaked by people who have access) and nobody knows (at least I don't ) what or if they are working on at the moment. Closest in following this development is check the commit log here https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip or its forks. Maybe somebody works on something: https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/network