Any tricks to get the latest built Radxa Rock 5C image to have more features?

[sakittelsen]

I just tested the latest, 2025 May, built image with default/recommended options and there are some missing features.

Here is what I have tested:

LAN             yes
WiFi             yes
BT                yes
USB3          *partly, some devices are not detected at all, some will take a few minutes before detected*
GPU            Mali-G610 (Panfrost)
HDMI audio        *no*
Fan control        yes
temp. sensor htop    *no*
Temp. sensor Gnome    *no*
Other: some cursor graphic glitches

 

Armbian-unofficial_25.05.0-trunk_Rock-5c_noble_current_6.12.28_gnome_desktop.img

 

Any ideas on how to get more features supported?

[Werner]

14 hours ago, sakittelsen said:

current

Use edge or vendor for more features. current will stick to 6.12 LTS kernel which will receive fixes only.

[sakittelsen]

It loooks like the Panfrost gpu driver is made as a module in the kernel configuration, marked with an M and not *. If I want this module to be built into the kernel, can I change it from M to * to do this?

 

When built as a module, how do I turn it on? Is it in armbian-config (under overlays) or some other place?

Edited yesterday at 06:25 PM by sakittelsen

[Werner]

9 hours ago, sakittelsen said:

If I want this module to be built into the kernel, can I change it from M to * to do this?

https://zuckerbude.org/armbian-using-kernel-config/

 

9 hours ago, sakittelsen said:

When built as a module, how do I turn it on?

https://www.google.com/search?q=google+how+to+load+linux+kernel+modules

[sakittelsen]

3 hours ago, Werner said:

When built as a module, how do I turn it on?

Turning it on using armbian-config works and is easy (overlay).

[Werner]

Loading a kernel module has nothing to do with enabling a device tree overlay.

[sakittelsen]

Worked for me

Enabled the Panfrost gpu driver in overlay settings in armbian-config. Just a coincidence that it was already available as an overlay option.

Edited 2 hours ago by sakittelsen