This theme is designed to help potential users with the selection of equipment to run Armbian on TV boxes and other devices with ARM chips. I propose to leave here information about specific models, with a description of the technical parameters of the equipment, which specific versions of Armbian images and what settings or additional steps have been launched.
Pay attention. In this thread are only a good or not run the system on specific models TV box. All discussions and questions
MagicSee N5 Max (Amlogix S905x2), 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC
Image: Armbian_5.89_Aml-s905_Ubuntu_bionic_dev_5.2.0-rc4_desktop_20190621
Boot: from USB key, had to use Android Backup/Update utility to boot, not yet installed on eMMC
Three dtbs working (sort-of):
meson-g12a-x96-max.dtb -- boots, ethernet dead, wifi works initially but has huge error rate and eventually hangs the box, bluetooth, audio untested
meson-g12a-x96-max-rmii.dtb -- same as (1)