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Armbian continues to evolve with key updates across board configurations, hardware support, and kernel enhancements. This week introduces significant improvements, including switching CM3588 to mainline A-TF and upgrading RK322X-Box and RK3318-Box to U-Boot v2025.01. Armbian’s updated images now come with Home Assistant Core 2025.3 preinstalled, offering users enhanced smart home integration.

Hardware support sees notable bug fixes such as reset and power down problem on ODROID SM1 units, LCD panel overlay additions for Hinlink-H88K, and enabling CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_MIPI_DBI for Rockchip64-Edge and Current branches. Additionally, extensions for Radxa-AIC8800 was added to Rock-2A and initial support for the TI SK-AM69 board.

Further improvements include crucial fixes for Orange Pi 4 LTS, HDMI sound support for RK3588, and extended sunxi-6.12 enhancements, ensuring a more stable and feature-rich Armbian experience.

Board Configurations and Kernel Updates

  • Switch CM3588 to Mainline A-TF
  • Rockchip/64: Upgrade RK322X-Box and RK3318-Box to U-Boot v2025.01

Hardware Support Enhancements

  • Reset and Power Down Support for ODROID SM1 Units patching regressions on kernel upgrade.
  • Rockchip64-6.14 & 6.12: Add LCD Panel Overlay for Hinlink-H88K
    • Commits by amazingfate
  • Rockchip64-Edge & Current: Enable CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_MIPI_DBI
    • Commits by amazingfate
  • Enabled AIC8800 wireless module on Radxa Rock2

Additional Enhancements & Fixes

  • Add Initial Support for TI SK-AM69 Board
  • Rockchip64: Disable DMC for Orange Pi 4 LTS (Fixes boot issues with BTF)
  • Bump Orange Pi 4 LTS U-Boot to v2024.10
  • RK3588: Add HDMI Sound & Support for Orange Pi 5 Max
  • Sunxi-6.12: Add Support for Bananapi M4-Berry & H616 GPU Power Domain
  • Sunxi-6.12: Enable HDMI for H616/H618 SoC
  • Sunxi-6.12: DRM Updates & Driver Additions
  • Home Assistant Core 2025.3

For full commit history and details, visit: Armbian Build Repository


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