Adding the edge kernel to Rock 2F/2A

[humanus]

Hello,

 

These boards (Radxa Rock 2F and Rock 2A) have standard support so there should probably be a forum section for them. In its absence, I created this topic in the section for the most "similar" board.

 

Currently, we only have the `vendor` kernel available for both. It seems that both of them have been mainlined in 6.18, as seen here for example: https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/01/linux-6-18-release-main-changes-arm-risc-v-and-mips-architectures/ 

 

The config file for the board currently looks like this:

 

# Rockchip RK3528 quad core 1-4GB SoC WIFI/BT 0-32GB eMMC
BOARD_NAME="ROCK 2F"
BOARDFAMILY="rk35xx"
BOOTCONFIG="rock-2-rk3528_defconfig"
BOARD_MAINTAINER="CodeChenL"
KERNEL_TARGET="vendor"
KERNEL_TEST_TARGET="vendor"
FULL_DESKTOP="yes"
BOOT_LOGO="desktop"
BOOT_FDT_FILE="rockchip/rk3528-rock-2f.dtb"
BOOT_SCENARIO="spl-blobs"
IMAGE_PARTITION_TABLE="gpt"
enable_extension "radxa-aic8800"
AIC8800_TYPE="usb"

 

I tried just adding "edge" in the KERNEL_TARGET line and building an image but this won't be enough to make it boot, will it? Any tutorials on how to get them to work on mainline?

[Werner]

moved to staging

[Igor]

7 hours ago, humanus said:

but this won't be enough to make it boot, will it?

You can try, worse case it won't boot. What's the problem with that ?  

 

7 hours ago, humanus said:

Any tutorials

 

Only general.

 

Switch to nightly repository and then switch to edge kernel:
https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Armbian-Config/System/#rolling

https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Armbian-Config/System/#alternative-kernels

but if it won't work, you are on your own to find out why it doesn't work. Also some features won't work. We never supported EDGE kernels due to extreme costs associated with such operation.