rk3308B Sovol SV06 Ace Klipper using mks skipr as a starting point

[shepper]

Hi,

 

I'm new to the forums and am looking into replacing OEM Klipper firmware on a Sovol SV06 Ace,

The main board  looks very similar to the MKS Skipr with the following notable differences:

rk3308 B

emmc soldered on

No SD card.

Wifi/Bluetooth added - Original boards used realtek and the latest version uses Broadcom.

 

OEM wifi is hit or miss on connecting and hopefull will be improved with Trixie based Armbian.

Sovol has mostly complied with the GPL and source/configuration files are on github. IIRC the kernel version was 5.1x

 

I'm a long time Linux user (Slackware 8.1), have contributed OpenWRT builds and have built custom Linux kernels.

 

I think I've mapped out the install:

flash the appropriate ambian image to a formated USB2.0 drive - Ideally with wifi ssid/wpa key

ssh sovol@ip login sovol/sovol.  su, suspect the root passwd will be makerbase.

plug in usb, id drive in dmesg and mount

dd if /dev/usb* of=/devmmcblk*

Unmount drive and hopefully boot and access over wifi ssh.

Install/configure Kipper/Mainsail...

 

I have a recovery path that I have tested using rkdeveloptool/upgrade_tool and the original Sovol firmware.

 

I've perused the armbian github pages looking the MKS Skipr build but have not found it yet.

I'm willing to build a tailored (stripped if worthwhile) kernel.

I'd appreciate any comments about broadcom wifi access and if newer kernels and newer wpa supplicant builds improve access enough to make it worthwhile.

Comments on the overall plan.

Pointers