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Setting up Home Assistant on your own hardware has never been easier. With Armbian, we provide a preloaded Home Assistant supervised installation on a clean Debian base, ensuring a smooth and hassle-free experience. Whether you need a smart home hub or a reliable Linux server, this setup offers the best of both worlds. Why Choose Armbian for Home Assistant? Preinstalled Home Assistant – No complicated setup, just boot and start using it. Clean Debian Base – Our images are debootstrapped and cleanly assembled, ensuring a minimal and optimized system. Armbian-Maintained Kernels – Improved, optimized, and regularly updated for better performance and s…

Collabora has been investing into Perfetto to enable driver authors & users to get deep insights into driver internals and GPU performance. Here's how we applied this work to study workloads on the virtualized VirGL implementation. View the full article

Over the next few days, Collaborans will be getting back on the road and attending two events, one in Manchester and one in Los Angeles. We're also very pleased to be sponsoring one of these events! View the full article

Theengs is a manufacturer agnostic open-source set of tools to decode BLE sensors and integrate those into smart home and IoT solutions such as Home Assistant with notably support for autodiscovery to automatically create the sensor. Theengs can be installed on various hardware from ESP32 to an Android phone or a Raspberry Pi SBC, and the solution currently supports close to forty BLE sensors from various companies including Xiaomi, Honeywell, and RuuviTag. There are six components: The Theengs Decoder library developed in C++ for portability and translating data from sensors into human-readable data using the JSON format. The Python-based Theengs Gateway acting as a BL…

Description In order to build those images as community targets we have to build kernels automated way. Enabling. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test for current and edge Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

everything is on top of existing rockchip-rk3588 family thus the same crazy half-android rk kernel tree and ancient rk u-boot orangepi5.wip: initial OrangePi5 support; u-boot and boardfile by @efectn; adapted to work with existing family OPi5's u-boot patches: by @efectn; extracted from Xunlong's single-commit tree adapted to work with existing family included the boot.scr fix patch from rock-5b orangepi5.wip: initial OrangePi5 support; kernel patches, extracted from Xunlong tree OPi5's kernel patches, all extracted from Xunlong's tree against Radxa's Only enable the DT patch for now Other stuff that looks might be useful is grouped in a few other disabled …

Earlier this year, I received the Creality Ender-3 S1 Pro 2-in-1 3D printer & laser engraver and in the first part of the review, I showed the package content and how to assemble the system either to use it as a 3D printer or a laser engraver, but didn’t start it at the time. I’ve now had time to play with both laser engraving (less luck with cutting) and 3D printing, so I’ll report my experience in the second part of the review. Creality Ender-3 S1 Pro laser engraving Since in the last part of the review I had the 10W laser module installed on the 3D printer, I decided to start the testing with laser engraving and cutting. Contrary to the TwoTrees TS2 laser engraver …

wireguard can be built successful on rk3566/rk3568/rk3588 socs. so we can remove these configurations. tested built orangepi5-plus and rock-3a. tested module load on orangepi5-plus. View the full article

Armbian 23.8 Colobus We are very pleased to announce the public availability of Armbian OS 23.08, the Linux distribution, and 23.08 package set, under the codename »Colobus«. After the complete rework of our build framework, we proceeded with refreshing repository management and automation processes. We have significantly stabilized both our framework and many hardware platforms we are taking care of. Continue reading to learn more about our latest news and updates! Our Focus Armbian delivers four point releases each year, representing our team’s dedicated efforts to stabilize this complex and ever-changing system. We release updates every 4 months, with weekly meeting…

sunxi/sunxi64 edge 6.5.y: fix lost accreditation/description and date formats of a few patches sunxi/sunxi64 edge 6.5.y: fix lost accreditation/description and date formats of a few patches Fixes: bb78fac2fadb40a43a9ccb36266dbd21746c2eb6 View the full article

Description Even though git shows a lot of changes, only change is putting the code in if block to make sure that we try to patch the system after we relaunch. Without this I got a password prompt on my MacBook as the system was trying to patch the MacOS. This can be closed if #6076 is ready Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full ar…

mangopi-m28k is rk3528 new mini sbc box. The following hardware features are supported： 1.Two Gb ethernet（one gmac another is pcie） 2.Two usb 2.0 type A connecter 3.wifi6 aic8800 4.lpddr4（1-4GB）emmc（8-32）TF 5.micro hdmi connecter 6.IR Receiver 7.user uart/spi/iic extended interfaces 8.pd power View the full article

Description Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no ne…

Description Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. Issue-6402 AR-2106 This is to enable the snd_aloop module for rk3588. This is a very useful module for audio loop and recording. Documentation summary for feature / change How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] This change's been tested on my nanopi-r6s board. [x] loop recording works fine, see no warnings or errors. [x] default HDMI pcm audio works fine. Checklis…

Description Tested only for assembly at this point. It needs further optimisations. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test [ ] Booted image with i3wm Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

rockchip-rk3588/6.11: backport Marcin Juszkiewicz's "FriendlyELEC NanoPC-T6 improvements" v6 series to fix non-LTS and split LTS version of NanoPC T6 nanopct6-lts: a separate board for the LTS version of the NanoPC T6 Split has landed upstream for 6.12, and backported in a separate commit I had already added the -lts version to the vendor (6.1) rockchip kernel a few months ago rockchip-rk3588/6.11: backport Marcin Juszkiewicz's "FriendlyELEC NanoPC-T6 improvements" v6 series to fix non-LTS and split LTS version of NanoPC T6 Marcin Juszkiewicz's series https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240829-friendlyelec-nanopc-t6-lts-v6-0-edff247e8c02@linaro.org/ has landed upstream se…

Initial support for Rockchip's RK3576 has landed in Linux kernel 6.12, a new System-on-a-Chip (SoC) introduced earlier this year. With the main target being industrial applications, it is less of a powerhouse than the RK3588, but it still reuses many components. View the full article

KIOXIA Corporation, previously known as, Toshiba Memory Corporation, has started sampling of the XFMEXPRESS XT2 removable PCIe/NVMe storage device compliant with XFM DEVICE Ver.1.0-standard with dimensions of just 18×14 mm. The new storage standard and device are mostly designed for space-constrained applications ranging from ultra-mobile PCs to IoT devices and various embedded applications that may require fast, removable storage. We do not have the full specifications for the XFMEXPRESS XT2, but here are the highlights: Host interface – PCIe 4.0 x 2 lanes, NVMe 1.4b interface with similar performance to M.2 SSDs Removable storage similar to microSD card Dimensions 18 x …

The Hantro Video4Linux2 (V4L2) kernel module has gained support for another SoC! The Microchip SAMA5D4 features a single decode unit supporting MPEG2, VP8 and H.264 streams, alongside the built-in post-processing unit. View the full article

More progress is being made in the area of i.MX6, etnaviv and Android. Since the last post a lot work has gone into upstreaming and stabilizing the etnaviv on Android ecosystem. This has involved Android, kernel and Mesa changes, many of which are available upstream now. View the full article

Description Maintenance. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description meson: Bump edge to v5.19 How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build and run Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

AXERA AX620A is a high-performance, low-power AI SoC with a quad-core Arm Cortex-A7 processor and a 14.4TOPs @ INT4 or 3.6TOPs @ INT8’s NPU that is slightly inferior to the Amlogic A311D, and mainly used for AI vision applications. With high computing power and built-in image processing capabilities, the AX620A can support a wide range of AI workloads. It also offers low power consumption with low standby power and fast wake-up, so the chip can be integrated into battery-powered products. AXERA AX620A specifications: CPU – Quad-core Arm Cortex-A7 @ 1.0 GHz with 32KB L1 I-cache + 32KB L1 D-cache per core, 256KB L2 cache, FPU and NEON NPU – 4 TOPS @ INT4, 3.6 TOPS @ INT8 wi…

Cool Pi 4 Model B is a powerful alternative to Raspberry Pi 4 SBC with mostly the same form factor and interfaces but equipped with a Rockchip RK3588S octa-core Cortex-A76/A55 processor that will run circles around the Broadcom BCM2711 SoC found in the Raspberry Pi board. We’ve already reviewed Rockchip RK3588/RK3588S single board computers and mini PC such as Rock 5B, Khadas Edge2 Pro, and Mekotronics R58, and we were impressed by the performance, but if you prefer to have such a board in Raspberry Pi 4 form factor, then the Cool Pi 4 Model B might be for you. Cool Pi 4 Model B specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3588S octa-core processor with 4x Cortex-A76 cores @ up to 2.…

bananapim2s: rename u-boot patch folder, required, since board file was renamed in #4644 View the full article

Description In commit 0aa61abe7 (armbian-audio-config: Massively speed up script) this script was changed to not call amixer for each control, but just once for each card, feeding commands for many controls in one invocation with the --stdin option. In that commit, two errors were introduced: Controls that were intended to be muted were turned on instead. This affects the "CD", "Mic" and "Internal Speaker" controls. This occured because there is a helper shell function whose arguments were renumbered, but the last argument kept the old numbering, keeping it always at the default value of "on", even when it should have been "mute". Controls with a space in their na…

Description Test build from here: https://github.com/amazingfate/armbian-rock5b-images/releases/tag/20230524-0807 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Image build sucessfully [x] Image running fine on rock5b Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published…

cleanup-space-final-image: keep qcom and qed firmware (for thinkpad-x13s) cleanup-space-final-image: keep qcom and qed firmware (for thinkpad-x13s) View the full article

Use multiple consecutive reads in rtw_sdio_read_port() to limit the number of bytes which are copied by the host from the card in one MMC/SDIO transfer. This allows receiving a buffer that's larger than the hosts max_req_size (number of bytes which can be transferred in one MMC/SDIO transfer). As a result of this the skb_over_panic error is gone as the rtw88 driver is now able to receive more than 1536 bytes from the card (either because the incoming packet is larger than that or because multiple packets have been aggregated). Disabled: 001-revert-rtw88-sdio-size-and-timout-to-rfc-v1.patch Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have p…

My precious! How Has This Been Tested? Daily Driving Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [X] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [X] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [X] My changes generate no new warnings [X] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules [X] Blood Donated [X] Tears produced [X] Contract with the devil signed View the full article

patching: emit warnings when files in dt folder overwrite pre-existing files (DTs that landed upstream) patching: emit warnings when files in dt folder overwrite pre-existing files (DTs that landed upstream) it's more and more common that the (bare) DT files in our dt folders have landed upstream this adds warnings and marks the patching table red when some bare-dt file overwrites what's already in git without this it's very easy to forget them there during bumps View the full article

Description Currently, PocketBeagle 2 edge images cannot build (without patch 1) and fails to boot (without patch 3). The patch one just defines the missing variable for OPTEE. Patch 3 specifies root using path instead of UUID. For some reason, UUID does not work with PocketBeagle 2 U-boot. How Has This Been Tested? Tested on PocketBeagle 2 rev A0 Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and pub…

DKMS is a framework that is mostly used to build and install external kernel modules. It can also be used to install a specific patch to the modules of the current kernel, such as applying a specific fix to the Bluetooth USB subsystem. View the full article

Ever since Vulkan was announced a few years ago, the idea of creating a Vulkan benchmarking tool in the spirit of glmark2 had been floating in my mind. Recently, thanks to my employer, Collabora, this idea has materialized! The result is the vkmark Vulkan benchmark, hosted on github. View the full article

The latest release of Weston was made on February 1, 2022. Meanwhile, a few bugs were discovered and we decided to do a bug-fix release, which we haven't had in several years. View the full article

Acromag XMC-7A50-AP323 is an XMC (Switched Mezzanine Card) module based on a Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA with 48 TTL I/O channels plus a 16-bit ADC for 20 differential or 40 single-ended analog inputs. Designed for commercial off-the-shelf (COSTS) applications, Acromag XMC modules are RoHS compliant, and suitable for automation applications, scientific development labs, as well as aerospace and military applications. Acromag XMC-7A50-AP323 module specifications: FPGA – AMD Xilinx Artix-7 (XC7A050) FPGA with 52,160 logic cells, 65,200 Flip flops, 2,700 kb block RAM, 120 DSP slices Storage – 32Mbit QSPI flash memory FPGA Digital I/O 48x I/O channels controlled in groups of eight ch…

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Description Add plymouth package to base images except minimal Jira reference number AR-1377 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build minimal [x] Build CLI Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

armbian-kernel: further insist on disabling kernel debug, since DEBUG_INFO is auto-enabled by DEBUG_INFO_DWARF5 and others armbian-kernel: further insist on disabling kernel debug, since DEBUG_INFO is auto-enabled by DEBUG_INFO_DWARF5 and others View the full article

Description ：） How Has This Been Tested? Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Bumps setuptools from 74.1.0 to 75.1.0. Changelog Sourced from setuptools's changelog. v75.1.0 Features Deprecated bdist_wheel.universal configuration. (#4617) Bugfixes Removed reference to upload_docs module in entry points. (#4650) v75.0.0 Features Declare also the dependencies used by distutils (adds jaraco.collections). Deprecations and Removals Removed upload_docs command. (#2971) pypa/distutils#294#4649) v74.1.3 Bugfixes Fix cross-platform compilation using distutils._msvccompiler.MSVCCompiler -- by :user:saschanaz and :user:Avasam (#4648) v74.1.2 Bugfixes Fixed TypeError in sdist filelist processing by adding support for pathlib Paths for the build_b…

Rebuilding the tools you actually touchKernel 7.1 across the tree, a rewritten installer, Imager 2.0, and UEFI ISO images Three rewrites in one cycleMost releases are a long list of small improvements. This one had three larger pieces landing at roughly the same time, and all three touch parts of Armbian that people use directly rather than parts they only read about in changelogs. The installer was rewritten. Armbian Imager reached 2.0. And our CI moved out of the repository it had outgrown into one built for the job. None of these were planned to coincide; they simply reached the point where postponing them again would have cost more than doing them. The installer rewri…

Description Update meson64-edge kernel to 5.19 Jira reference number AR-1231 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Build ok Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

With their latest contributions all around the kernel, notably to the Video4Linux APIs and hardware enablement, Collaborans continue to expand on their efforts to close the gap between hardware support on vendor trees and mainline. View the full article

Linux Kernel 4.12 is out, with 12 Collabora developers having contributed, a new record number of developers contributing to a single kernel release for Collabora! View the full article

Wi-SUN is a standard (IEEE 802.15.4g) managed by the Wi-SUN Alliance and designed for Smart Cities, Smart Agriculture, and other large scale IoT deployments with a large number of devices thanks to the use of IPv6 mesh networking. The organization was founded in 2011 to “support the worldwide development of Wireless Communications Networks for Utilities, Smart Cities and IoT”, but due to the niche nature of target applications, it does not get that much press coverage and was only recently brought to my attention. Wi-SUN stands for “Wireless Smart Utility Networks”or “Wireless Smart Ubiquitous Networks”, and the standard aims to connect streetlights, cameras, weather stat…

The third prize of this year’s giveaway week comes courtesy of ELECFREAKS which offers a Cutebot Pico:ed kit based on the Pico:ed board with a Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller and following BBC Micro:bit form factor. The kit also includes two high-speed motors to drive two wheels, ultrasonic & distance sensors, two RGB LED lights and clearance lamps on the bottom, two line-tracking probes, and an active buzzer used as a horn. It is powered by three AAA batteries. The company initially me asked me if I wanted to review the board/robot, but since I may not have the time to do so, I asked whether they wanted to be included in our yearly giveaway week which they accept…

Description This patch doesn't make any changes to the source file: -rockchip->ep_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(dev, "ep", - GPIOD_OUT_HIGH); +rockchip->ep_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(dev, "ep", GPIOD_OUT_HIGH); If this patch once had a function it has been lost in the Git history thanks to the patch archive folder shuffling. How Has This Been Tested? inert patch. Checklist: [X] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [X] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [X] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [X] Any…

NXP i.MX 95 is an upcoming Arm processor family for automotive, industrial, and IoT applications with up to six Cortex-A55 application cores, a Cortex-M33 safety core, a Cortex-M7 real-time core, and NXP eIQ Neutron Neural Network Accelerator (NPU). We’re just only starting to see NXP i.MX 93 modules from companies like iWave Systems and Forlinx, but NXP is already working on its second i.MX 9 processor family with the i.MX 95 application processor family equipped with a higher number of Cortex-A55 cores, an Arm Mali 3D GPU, NXP SafeAssure functional safety, 10GbE, support for TSN, and the company’s eIQ Neutron Neural Processing Unit (NPU) to enable machine learning appli…

distro-agnostic.sh: fix: check if chroot (not host!) has timesyncd.conf as condition to enable systemd-timesyncd.service ref #4868 View the full article

Description ghproxy is a github mirror making use of cloudflare cdn, which is ultra fast in China. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Build kernel with ./compile.sh kernel COMPRESS_OUTPUTIMAGE=sha,gpg,xz DEB_COMPRESS=xz DOWNLOAD_MIRROR=china BOARD=rock-5b BRANCH=legacy GITHUB_MIRROR=ghproxy Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My cha…

Description When boards are changes listen only to branch "main" as we don't want to trigger this elsewhere. Jira reference number AR-1664 How Has This Been Tested? No need View the full article

thinkpad-x13s: add wip board; use steev's 6.3.y kernel as an uefi-arm64 BRANCH=sc8280xp; force modules & fw in initrd thinkpad-x13s: add wip board; use steev's 6.3.y kernel as an uefi-arm64 BRANCH=sc8280xp; force modules & fw in initrd add GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT with efi=noruntime clk_ignore_unused pd_ignore_unused so it actually boots use grub-with-dtb for the (required) DTB usage in grub use a customize hook to add a lot of modules & fw into initrd, required for booting if on RELEASE=lunar, add Ubuntu's "x13s Concept" PPA and a few packages for battery control/audio View the full article

kernel-debs: headers: hack/fix for 6.5-rc1's "tools/counter: Makefile: Remove lingering 'include' directories on make clean" kernel-debs: headers: hack/fix for 6.5-rc1's "tools/counter: Makefile: Remove lingering 'include' directories on make clean" introduced at https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/228354ed692faa08f40f2630658c0771f77da457 simply creating the dir solves it reported to author, let's hope for an -rc2 fix. better logging when DEBUG=yes (don't pass "-s"(ilent) to make clean) View the full article

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 5.4.251. I am not sure if the patches fixing the wireless drivers are the correct way of handling this, please feel free to ignore this PR if they are not. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Update maintainers and board status synced status from the database rename to .csc where we don't have anyone If you want to become a board maintainer, adjust data here. Ref: Board Maintainers Procedures and Guidelines View the full article

Description Several changes to welcome text. How Has This Been Tested? n/a Checklist: [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation View the full article

Description We already set to Armbian, but we didn't set default link. This fixes it for both, Debian and Ubuntu. Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. Jira reference number AR-2012 Close https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6118 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Make an upgrade and see if it get fixed. Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the…

Description Two kernel branches have been added to 8250, as some of its features were compromised in 6. x, the latest branch is needed for testing Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Both kernels were compiled on UMI and passed [x] Legacy [x] Edge Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Update maintainers and board status Check for errors: https://github.com/armbian/scripts/actions/workflows/pull-maintainers-from-database-and-make-a-pr.yml synced status from the database rename to .csc where we don't have anyone If you want to become a board maintainer, adjust data here. Ref: Board Maintainers Procedures and Guidelines View the full article

Description The media board family was long abandoned and most boards that formerly were using this board family already switched to rockchip64 or rk3588. @rpardini recently mentioned being in favor of getting rid of this kernel: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6717#discussion_r1632321571 Integrate the last remaining boards into rockchip64 and remove the media board family, including its kernel. GitHub issue reference: https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6821 Jira reference number AR-2392 How Has This Been Tested? [x] ./compile.sh uboot BOARD=quartz64a BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=trixie [x] ./compile.s…

Bumps dtschema from 2024.5 to 2024.9. Commits c51125d schemas: i2c: add generic interrupt name for I2C controllers 285f991 schemas: i2c: clean up interrupt descriptions for I2C targets 74bc7ea schemas: i2c: reword descriptions for inclusive language 5270b95 dt-validate: Support multiple schema id matches 449b457 schemas: property-units: Exclude some non-conforming properties 8f5303c meta-schemas: Disable checks on non-conformant unit suffix properties e5d88ac dtb: Fix 'interrupt-map' decoding for single entry 69c4839 validator: Decend allOf/anyOf/oneOf keywords when extracting properties f13c181 dtb: Handle multiple types differing in sign c00f747 dtb: Handle multiple …

Next week, Collabora will be taking part in the 2025 edition X.Org Developer's Conference! Taking place in Vienna, our engineers will be presenting 6 talks and a workshop to help local students discover the embedded graphics stack! Join us! View the full article

Debugging graphics performance in a simple and high-level manner is possible for all Gallium based Mesa drivers using GALLIUM_HUD, a feature that adds performance graphs to applications. View the full article

I can't seem to find the reason this code was here, and it caused any build that contained CLEAN_LEVEL="sources" to fail. Description Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Run build with this code omitted Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any depende…

When using directories, the docker images will start generaties files inside these directories, with root privileges. These files cannot be removed by the user, even though he owned the directory. So I decided to use volumes instead, since this alleviate the issue. I'll add a volume management API letter. For the time being, you'll have to rely on docker-compose volume commands to manage them. Signed-off-by: Myy Miouyouyou myy@miouyouyou.fr View the full article

The manufacturer of Orange Pi boards, Shenzhen Xunlong Software, has formally announced the release of Orange Pi OS based on Android with a Windows 11-styled desktop that we are told can also be switched to macOS look and feel, and offering features typically found in desktop operating systems such as multi-window support. I understand the current release of the operating system works on Orange Pi 800 keyboard PC and the Orange Pi 5 SBC should also be supported once soon. We’re told Orange Pi OS is based on Android 12, but that may be an error since I’m not aware of an Android 12 SDK for the Rockchip RK3399 processor. The company plans to release an Arch Linux Arm version…

Description There are a large number of "roc-pc" boards as Firefly has adopted/misapplied the Libre Computer naming convention. Be as specific as possible. ALSO NOTE A DTS EXISTS IN MAINLINE. This patch is overwriting the mainline DTS entirely, and should be replaced with patches changing the mainline dts instead to avoid further deviation from the base. How Has This Been Tested? Simple file rename, no content change. Checklist: [X] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [X] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [X] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] …

MSI Cubi N ADL is one of the first mini PCs based on the Alder Lake-N processor family. The mini PC will be offered with Intel Processor N100 or N200 quad-core processor and up to 16GB RAM, as well as M.2 SSD and 2.5-inch SATA storage support. The low-power mini PC also offers 4Kp60 capable HDMI and DisplayPort video output ports, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, WiFi 5 and Bluetooth connectivity, and a range of USB ports. MSI Cubi N ADL specifications: SoC Intel Processor N100 quad-core processor @ up to 3.4 GHz (Turbo) with 6MB cache, 24EU Intel HD graphics; TDP: 6W Intel Processor N200 quad-core processor @ up to 3.7 GHz (Turbo) with 6MB cache, 32EU Intel HD graphics; TDP: …

rpardini's fight with space-containing PARAMs - early May/'23 Turns out @mhoffrog was right, repeat build params need escaping. This simple rabbit goes down a hole that spans the JSON config-dump output, the pipeline JSON parsing, and the GHA matrix encoding. Phew. pipeline: correctly quote params passed over pure strings (eg in the GHA JSON matrixes) so values with spaces are not mangled bash_declare_parser: parse space-separated single-quoted array values correctly ('THIS=has space' is a single token, not two) aggregation: armbian_utils.parse_env_for_tokens() now actually does what it said on the box "split by whitespace, line breaks, commas, and semicolons"; add a…

grub: add hooks, fix GRUB font & wallpaper, introduce grub-with-dtb extension grub: add hooks, fix GRUB font & wallpaper, introduce grub-with-dtb extension introduce hooks grub_early_config, grub_pre_install and grub_late_config what we see here is an extension that itself has hooks, that just works introduce extension grub-with-dtb, which enables grub extension requires BOOT_FDT_FILE to be set includes /etc/armbian-grub-with-dtb with BOOT_FDT_FILE= in the bsp-cli includes /etc/kernel/postinst.d/armbian-grub-with-dtb in the bsp-cli which reads the above and creates links for /boot/armbian-dtb-<version> when deploying deb's adds implementations of th…

Linux 6.1.y (current) / Linux 6.4.y (edge) meson-g12a-radxa-zero-gpio-10-led.dtbo (rev 1.51 enable led) meson-g12a-radxa-zero-gpio-8-led.dtbo (rev 1.4 enable led) meson-g12b-odroid-n2-spi.dtbo (SPI-NOR enable via overlay) Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description The causes the first-stage bootloader to be generated before the normal U-Boot allowing the later build to use the firmware fetched during the first-stage build. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Boot SK-AM62B Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description This PR will convert the existing dtb and dtbo patches into dt/overlay directories as in rockchip64 and other families for easier future handling of device trees. Also fixes a weird u-boot bug for device tree overlays and bring full support for R29_MXQ, R2B_MXQ and H20 boards. No other families other than rk322x have been touch by this PR. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Debian Bookworm images built and tested on live machine [x] Compiled current kernel 6.1 and tested on live installation Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to…

Dear Armbians, Can you smell the Christmas trees? The scent of pine and warmth fills the air As we gather around our devices, connected by a shared passion for innovation and open-source possibilities, it’s time to celebrate not just the festivities but also the incredible work we’ve made together. Here are the highlights for the end of the year! Updates and highlights: Odroid N2 and M1: We’re excited to announce the elevation of Odroid N2 and M1 to standard support, ensuring enhanced performance and stability. Raspberry Pi 5: Raspberry Pi 5 has been added to our standard support list! Liberating our users from Debian/Ubu…

Description Add dummy regulators to pinctr dts for orangepione SBC. This will prevent the kernel driver from issuing warnings "supply vcc-xx not found, using dummy regulator" for the dummy regulators added. Documentation summary for feature / change How Has This Been Tested? Initially the dts entries were manually added to a running system using the dts editor in armbian-config to verify that the changes produced the desired result. Then a kernel patch was created, put into a git repository and an image generated from that repository. After installing the image on an orangepione the dtb was examined via the dts editor of armbian-config to confirm the presence of the req…

Bumps oras from 0.1.30 to 0.2.2. Release notes Sourced from oras's releases. Oras Python Release v0.2.2 What's Changed Token Auth Backend: Token request function didn`t set Authorization Header by @mariusbertram in oras-project/oras-py#153 Full Changelog: https://github.com/oras-project/oras-py/compare/0.2.1...0.2.2 Oras Python Release v0.2.1 What's Changed wip: separate auth into backends by @vsoch in oras-project/oras-py#134 docs: use valid media_type format in examples by @tarilabs in oras-project/oras-py#139 [tributors] contributors/update-2024-06-06 by @github-actions in oras-project/oras-py#140 chore: fix typing for manifest_config param of push fn by @taril…

The Linux Foundation Members Summit is an opportune time to gather on the state of open source. Our talk will address the concerns and challenges of maintaining a stable kernel. View the full article

This week’s Armbian development saw a wide range of improvements and fixes across the project’s build framework, kernel support, and device compatibility. Notable changes include the transition from POSIX to Bash syntax for enhanced script reliability, expanded support for new hardware such as the Norco-EMB-3531 board, and the addition of Vulkan and improved 3D package descriptions. Several device-specific updates were made, including kernel enhancements for sm8250, mainline support for SpacemiT, and fixes for wireless and HDMI functionality on various boards. The team also introduced new features like a cache manager modal in the imager and improved marking for container…

Rebuilding the tools you actually touchKernel 7.1 across the tree, a rewritten installer, Imager 2.0, and UEFI ISO images Three rewrites in one cycleMost releases are a long list of small improvements. This one had three larger pieces landing at roughly the same time, and all three touch parts of Armbian that people use directly rather than parts they only read about in changelogs. The installer was rewritten. Armbian Imager reached 2.0. And our CI moved out of the repository it had outgrown into one built for the job. None of these were planned to coincide; they simply reached the point where postponing them again would have cost more than doing them. The installer rewri…

Google released the first Android 13 Developer preview in February, and we know quite a lot about Android 13 including virtualization support, as well as security and privacy updates. But the company has now released Android 13 Beta for TV (aka Android 13 for Android TV) for Google ADT-3 developer kit and the Android Emulator for TV in Android Studio. The beta release allows app developers to test their apps and provide feedback on the latest release before it is released to customer devices. Google does not provide any changelog specific to Android 13 for Android TV, but you’ll find the OS image for ADT-3 and installation instructions on the release page. Mishaal Rahman …

Building GTK 4 as a Meson subproject for your own application is not only useful for Windows builds, but also for many Linux distributions that do not yet package a recent enough version of GTK 4 and/or its dependencies. View the full article

Our worldwide team of Open Source engineers and developers continues to grow with new additions in Core, Graphics & Web! Welcome Denis Pynkin, Alexandros Frantzis and Santosh Mahto! View the full article

Description as the RK3328 USB3 phy driver adaptation from legacy kernel is no longer needed or compatible with Mainline, remove it. 2 affected boards: Station M1 is no longer supported by the Rockchip64 kernel, remove it's specific patches OrangePi R1 LTS refers to the PHY driver-introduced node to control an LED. remove that node. How Has This Been Tested? Build tested Checklist: [X] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [X] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [X] Any depe…

OpenPLC is an open-source, free-to-use Programmable Logic Controller Suite, compliant with the IEC 61131-3 standard, and working with a range of hardware platforms such as Arduino, ESP8266/ESP32, Raspberry Pi SBCs, as well as Windows and Linux machines. When Arduino unveiled the Arduino PLC IDE, we noted the languages defined by the IEC 61131-3 standard were licensed, and the PLC key for the Portenta Machine Control unit sold for $17.60. One reader complained about the high license cost per device, but Massimo Banzi, the co-founder of the Arduino project, replied it was cost-effective for smaller deployments: Actually it’s not that much money compared to the cost of other…

Changes to be committed: deleted: config/desktop/buster/appgroups/programming/sources deleted: patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-5.11/sunxi-5.12 Description Found two softlinks whose target doesn't exist. I'm pretty sure both of these shouldn't exist. [x] Built buster desktop image View the full article

Raspberry Pi recently received a strategic investment from Sony (Semiconductor Solutions Corporation) in order to provide a development platform for the company’s edge AI devices leveraging the AITRIOS platform. We don’t have many details about the upcoming Raspberry Pi / Sony device, so instead, I decided to look into the AITRIOS platform, and currently, there’s a single hardware platform, LUCID Vision Labs SENSAiZ SZP123S-001 smart camera based on Sony IMX500 intelligent vision sensor, designed to work with Sony AITRIOS software. LUCID SENSAiZ Smart camera SENSAiZ SZP123S-001 specifications: Imaging sensor – 12.33MP Sony IMX500 progressive scan CMOS sensor with rolling…

Description Maint / adding missing defs. View the full article

Description Add cpu-frequency to orangepizero2, allwinner h616 6.x.y kernels Follow up Jira reference number AR-1683 How Has This Been Tested? Armbian 23.05.0-trunk Bullseye ttyS0 orangepizero2 login: alistair Password: ___ ____ _ _____ ____ / _ \| _ \(_) |__ /___ _ __ ___|___ \ | | | | |_) | | / // _ \ '__/ _ \ __) | | |_| | __/| | / /| __/ | | (_) / __/ \___/|_| |_| /____\___|_| \___/_____| Welcome to Armbian 23.05.0-trunk Bullseye with bleeding edge Linux 6.2.16-sunxi64 No end-user support: built from trunk System load: 13% Up time: 0 min Memory usage: 8% of 984M IP: 10.0.0.12 CPU temp: 42°…

Description This however only works for selected monitors with 1920x1080 and 4K resolutions. Also display seems to render extremely slowly. If the monitor is turned off and then on or is disconnected and reconnected while Armbian is running, monitor is not detected until a device reboot is performed. All of these however seems to be Khadas's kernel/u-boot limitations How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Tested attaching vim1s to samsung's 1920x1080 monitor [X] Rpardini tested on 4k display Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of th…

Description The raspberry pi images were broken since #6087 as armbian.list was no longer available to install the required packages. As the description for #6087 mentioned that the change was just to remove the dormant armbian.list.disabled file, this PR does the same simply by removing the file if its present after image-late. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Tested creating Raspberry pi images and also verifying that there is no leftover armbian.list.disabled file. Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I h…

armbianmonitor -u: rationalize paste server retrying, use ANSI dmesg armbianmonitor: shellfmt, no changes armbianmonitor: squash shellcheck warnings around the main getopts case statement b and B were never parsed an * case is added to handle invalid options armbianmonitor -u: rationalize paste server retrying, use ANSI dmesg use PIPESTATUS to check all steps for failure avoid blaming paste server if data collection failed View the full article

MBa8MPxL: rework uboot patches Description The U-Boot Repo get some updates. This reworks the patches depending on these updates. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build images for mba8mp-ras314 and mba8mpxl with new patches [x] Boot test "bookworm_current" mba8mp-ras314 [x] Boot test "bookworm_current" mba8mpxl Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code View the full article

Description display armbian-install command only up to one day and if armbian-install was not run yet. hide displaying BASH shell at first login when this is the only option (minimal images). De-clutter 1st login screen. add variable INSTALLED=true to /etc/armbian-image-release indicating armbian-install was executed. How Has This Been Tested? Manual run. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Using Mesa 25.1, Nouveau users will default to Zink+NVK instead of the old OpenGL driver, shifting towards an OpenGL on Vulkan. View the full article

Collabora presents "Bringing BitNet to ExecuTorch via Vulkan" at PyTorch Conference Europe in Paris (April 7-8) and attends ICLR in Rio de Janeiro (April 23-27). Connect with our team to discuss machine learning and open source innovation! View the full article

Modernizing SBC Storage: From Qualcomm EDL Flashing to SPI-to-NVMe Boots For years, single-board computer (SBC) storage followed a simple, predictable pattern: flash an image onto a microSD card or eMMC module, plug it in, and turn on the board. However, as modern embedded hardware approaches laptop-grade performance, that legacy approach is starting to break down. The latest quarter of Armbian development highlights a major shift toward modern storage pipelines. By combining Qualcomm Emergency Download (EDL) flashing in Armbian Imager 2.0 with a redesigned installation engine, Armbian is making high-performance hardware far easier to set up. Direct Qualcomm Flashing with…

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Recently, we have been using Perfetto to successfully profile Apitrace traces in crosvm through VirGL renderer. We have now added perfetto instrumentation to VirGL renderer, Mesa, and Apitrace to see what happens precisely in a frame. View the full article