RSS Bot Posted August 11 Posted August 11 This week brings significant kernel updates, security enhancements, and important board-specific improvements.HighlightsKernel 6.16 arrives: A major update to Kernel 6.16 has been rolled out across several platforms, including mainline, UEFI ARM64, and Rockchip edge, bringing the latest features, performance improvements, and bug fixes to a wider range of Armbian devices.Enhanced security for BananaPi BPI-M4-Zero: Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR) has been enabled, significantly improving the board’s resilience to memory-based attacks.U-Boot 2025.07 released: Both BananaPi BPI-M4-Zero and Orange Pi 5 Pro received updated U-Boot firmware, improving eMMC support and platform stability.New featuresBPI-M4-Zero: Add KASLR Support and re-enable h616 RTC patches on currentSunxi64: Enable more I2C, IIO, SENSORS and other misc bitsBug fixesFix NanoPi R6S udev network mappingOrangePi 5 Pro: Fix incorrect GRF node name in DTSMinor spelling mistakesImprovementsMainline kernel: Bump to 6.16 releaseUEFI ARM64: Bump to 6.16Rockchip Edge: Updated to kernel 6.16Odroid XU4: Updated to 6.6.100BPI-M4-Zero: Add default overlay for WiFi/BTBPI-M4-Zero: Update DTS and U-Boot to v2025.07OrangePi 5 Pro: U-Boot v2025.07 with eMMC supportAvoid copying id_ecdsa when not neededDebian: Remove obsolete security repo from package listBullseye: Drop non-existent backports repoCommunity contributors@pyavitz @amazingfate @leggewie @gbrdead @igorpecovnik @belegdol @c127dev @paolosabatino @efectnStay tuned for next week's highlights. Want to contribute? Visit the Armbian GitHub repository and get involved!View the full article
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