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Description Move all PPAs to enhance security of CLI images. Leave only ZFS from https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf while no packages are installed from there by defauilt. He can be trusted. Jira reference number AR-1395 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Few manual tests [ ] Assembly of new cache 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 a…

It's enabled in the Radxa config View the full article

Description As per subject, rockchip 32 bit works well enough on 6.1 to move current kernel there Jira reference number AR-1518 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested on a live system 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

Before: Summary: kernel patching: 62 total patches; 62 applied; 5 with problems; 1 not_mbox; 4 needs_rebase After: Summary: kernel patching: 62 total patches; 62 applied; 0 with problems View the full article

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 5.4.239. 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

Description Sane as #5708 pull request, but for mvebu-edge (6.2 kernel) Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? [X] Execute command 'dd if=/dev/sd* of=/dev/null' and verify that the correponding LED blinks 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

nanopct4.csc: fix missing BOARD_MAINTAINER field; remove legacy-only bsp hack since there's no legacy anymore nanopct4.csc: fix missing BOARD_MAINTAINER field; remove legacy-only bsp hack since there's no legacy anymore View the full article

Description Resolving 3d and multimedia extensions confusions. Replacement for: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/extensions/mesa-oibaf.sh https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/extensions/rk-multimedia-amazingfate.sh https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/extensions/rk-panthor.sh and custom one: https://github.com/armbian/os/blob/main/userpatches/extensions/amazingfated-rk3588.sh How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Made all test images with enabled extension Checklist: [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Update JetHub D2 support Jira reference number AR-2028 View the full article

Dear Armbians, welcome to this week’s newsletter! Here, you’ll find updates on the latest release and community contributions. Armbian Rolling Releases: What You Need to Know Armbian offers rolling releases for users seeking the most up-to-date features and bug fixes. These rolling releases are available at the bottom of the official Armbian download pages. However, it’s important to remember that while these versions are functional, they are not as thoroughly tested as the stable releases and therefore are not recommended for production environments. If you need to switch between stable and rolling releases, check out armbian-config. Recent Changes The Armbian team ha…

This week's updates center on expanded board support, Rockchip and Qualcomm platform maturation, and build system refinements. New hardware coverage grew across multiple SoC families, with the Lubancat 5IO (RK3588), KickPi K3B, Mellow Fly C5 3D printer board, and community support for the Orange Pi Zero 3W (Allwinner A733). The Arduino UNO Q advanced to mainline 7.1 on the edge kernel and gained desktop hardware acceleration via Mesa pinned to Trixie backports, while the BeagleY-AI received ISP, IMX219, and VPAC patches. Companion fixes addressed NVMe/SD boot conflicts on the NanoPi M6, Ethernet on the BigTreeTech CB1, and AIC8800 UART Bluetooth on Orange Pi A733 hardware…

Recent work in Weston, the industry-standard Wayland compositor, has enabled DRM/KMS backends to be tested in the absence of real hardware, enabling more battle testing of corner-case and error conditions within automated testing frameworks. View the full article

Being someone who has already experimented with two transformation box approaches for Pitivi in the past, maintainers thought I might be the right person to do a modern one. Creating a user interface for a video transformation requires three things: the implementation of the transformation, a way to draw the widgets over the viewer, and mapping the input to the reverse transformation. View the full article

fix dir patch media edge View the full article

Iglia has done more work on the graphics driver for the VideoCore VI GPU found in Raspberry Pi 4 and other Broadcom BCM2711-based hardware with Vulkan 1.2 conformance, and Roman Stratiienko added Vulkan 3D graphics acceleration to Android, or more exactly LineageOS. Raspberry Pi and Iglia have been collaborating together since the launch of the Raspberry Pi 4 SBC to develop a Khronos conformant Mesa 3D graphics driver for the board, and that’s a long-term project that’s been going on for over two years, and not quite finished yet. Here’s a non-exhaustive timeline of the project so far: February 2020 – Raspberry Pi 4 V3DV driver gets OpenGL ES 3.1 conformance, work on Vulk…

Description Jira reference number AR-1346 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Test B 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

Tested on models of the media\station group View the full article

Description A patch for Pinebook Pro was not applying cleaning on current 5.15 rockchip64 kernel flavour, turns out that Orange Pi 4 LTS has no more HDMI video output and dmesg is lamenting about a missing extcon connector over fusb driver. fusb driver has the control over video output since it has the capacity to steer video output from HDMI to DP via USB type-c connector. A broken fusb driver causes broken video output; this problem can be shared among all boards that depend upon it. This pull request fixes the application of the Pinebook Pro patch, and perhaps fixes the Orange Pi 4 LTS broken video output. edit: I confirm, fixing the patch fixes also video output on…

Eduponics Mini v2.0 is a Smart Agriculture IoT kit based on the ESP32 wireless microcontroller with built-in sensors to measure temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, and ambient light, and interfaces to connect water level and soil moisture sensors. The new board builds upon the Eduponics Mini introduced two years ago, but based on the 8MB flash version of the ESP32-WROVER-B module, a different mix of sensors, a BM8563 RTC module replacing the DS1307 RTC chip, and the addition of Grove connectors for external sensors from companies such Elecrow. Eduponics Mini v2.0 specifications with highlights in bold or strikethrough showing the differences with the first revisio…

WisdPi ArduPico is an Arduino UNO-shaped baseboard designed for the Raspberry Pi Pico and compatible boards that enables makers to reuse most Arduino shields available on the market and also adds for few I/Os and features. ArduPico specifications: Compatible board – Raspberry Pi Pico, Pico H, Pico W, Pico WH, and other Pi Pico compatible board solderable using through holes or castellated holes Expansion Arduino UNO header compatible with a wide range of shields 5-pin and 6-pin headers for additional GPIOs and 3.3V, GND All Raspberry Pi Pico GPIOs are exposed Debugging – SWD header Misc – Pico RESET key, WS2812 RGB LED Power Supply – 7 to 15V DC via DC jack Dimensions – 6…

Backport DTS/DTSI changes from linux-6.4.y to 6.1.y Add meson64-reboot driver to all boards Add board: ODROID N2L Add uart_A uart_AO_B uart_B uart_C where appropriate U-Boot v2023.07.02: ODROID N2/N2L/N2Plus/C4 Meson64-reboot driver: (source: tobetter) While the current meson64-reboot driver is cleaner and doesn't depend on modding other kernel sources, its functionality leaves much to be desired. One example can be found in the ODROID C4. Using the current driver, the board will not properly power off, leaving the POWER LED still on. The new driver powers off the unit completely. Fan control: (ODROID N2L/N2PLus) Added service and script for controlling the trip point. …

mixtile-blade3: ripoff Joshua Riek's since he did a better job mixtile-blade3: ripoff Joshua Riek's since he did a better job back to radxa fork of next-dev re-add my stable-MAC-from-serial# hack View the full article

rockchip64 / edge 6.6: add rk3566-orangepi-3b-sata DTB rockchip64 / edge 6.6: add rk3566-orangepi-3b-sata DTB rockchip64 / edge 6.6: add overlay rockchip-rk3566-sata2.dts this would also apply to 3568 View the full article

DMESG; https://paste.debian.net/1308388/ Wifi / Bluetooth patrick@bananapim4zero:~$ ip a 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 3: wlx9803cf623b3f: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 98:03:cf:62:3b:3f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 10.0.0.172/24 brd 10.0.0.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute wlx9803cf623b3f …

bcm2711: restore lost RPI_DEBUG_CONSOLE bcm2711: restore lost RPI_DEBUG_CONSOLE if RPI_DEBUG_CONSOLE=yes: config.txt: enable_uart=1 dtoverlay=disable-bt cmdline.txt: console=tty1 console=ttyAMA0,115200 loglevel=7 this was lost in revision 1c3b7ec36ce04c02711fa253073e5ae850c43830 for some reason View the full article

Description It is known that it is built without errors and works on a test platform. freeze the kernel version v6.6.31 sunxi-6.6: rework patches for current v6.6.31 [ ] short description (copy / paste of PR title) [ ] summary (description relevant for end users) [ ] example of usage (how to see this in function) 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 & Test on board Bananapi-m64 View the full article

Description Added arguments --cap-add MKNOD to docker run command to allow losetup -f to create the loop device node. Fixes #6568 GitHub issue reference: https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6568 Jira reference number AR-2132 How Has This Been Tested? Running ./compile.sh build BOARD=odroidm1 BRANCH=current BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no KERNEL_GIT=shallow RELEASE=bookworm 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] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream…

Now based on Debian Bookworm, Apertis is a collaborative OS platform that includes an operating system, but also tools and cloud services to optimize development and increase reliability. View the full article

This week's updates center on expanded board support, Rockchip and Qualcomm platform maturation, and build system refinements. New hardware coverage grew across multiple SoC families, with the Lubancat 5IO (RK3588), KickPi K3B, Mellow Fly C5 3D printer board, and community support for the Orange Pi Zero 3W (Allwinner A733). The Arduino UNO Q advanced to mainline 7.1 on the edge kernel and gained desktop hardware acceleration via Mesa pinned to Trixie backports, while the BeagleY-AI received ISP, IMX219, and VPAC patches. Companion fixes addressed NVMe/SD boot conflicts on the NanoPi M6, Ethernet on the BigTreeTech CB1, and AIC8800 UART Bluetooth on Orange Pi A733 hardware…

WaveShare Touchscreen Driver Fix (Odroid) Description A number of other WaveShare screens also use ID: 0eef:0005 and therefore the patch used to enforce the VU7 driver breaks these other screens. This was the purpose of the "disable_vu7" env boot param which correctly defaults to true. However, this is ignored in boot.cmd + the patches for the kernel reverse the changes made by Hardkernel to fix this problem. I have corrected the problem by removing 0eef:0005 from the driver enforced ignore_list and changed boot.cmd to allow the "disable_vu7" to function correctly (adding usbhid quirk when set to false). How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran …

The ability for a relatively small software consultancy to contribute at this level demonstrates a fantastic improvement in vendors' mindset when it comes to working Open First and providing mainline support out-of-box as early as possible. View the full article

Collabora is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of this year's GStreamer Conference, taking place at the Betahaus in Berlin, Germany on 10-11 October 2016. Come say hello, or catch one of the four presentations given by Collaborans during the conference! View the full article

Mirek Folejewski’s (aka Mirko Electronics) PicoBerry is an open-source hardware, miniature Raspberry Pi CM4 carrier board with just a USB Type-C port for power, a 40-pin Raspberry Pi GPIO header, and barely anything else. At just 70x20mm, the 2-layer board only adds a few LEDs, namely the ACT/PWR LEDS and two user LEDs, and supports any Raspberry Pi CM4 module with eMMC flash, but not the Raspberry Pi CM4 Lite since the board does not include a microSD card slot. PicoBerry specifications: Supported system-on-modules – Raspberry Pi CM4 with eMMC flash, and possibly compatible SoMs such as Radxa CM5 or Pine64 SoQuartz64 USB – USB Type-C for power Expansion – 40-pin GPIO hea…

Arducam Mega is a 3MP or 5MP camera specifically designed for microcontrollers with an SPI interface, and the SDK currently supports Arduino UNO and Mega2560 boards, ESP32/ESP8266 boards, Raspberry Pi Pico and other boards based on RP2040 MCU, BBC Micro:bit V2, as well as STM32 and MSP430 platform. Both cameras share many of the same specifications including their size, but the 3MP model is a fixed-focus camera, while the 5MP variant supports autofocus. Potential applications include assets monitoring, wildfire monitoring, remote meter reading, TinyML applications, and so on. Arducam Mega specifications: Camera Type 3MP with fixed focus 5MP with auto-focus from 8cm to inf…

This reverts commit 764214156ec9e539f6a1a02ba33ed98e75ed8c80. #4636 needs fixing. many failures View the full article

Try to be more helpful when BRANCH= is unset or wrong in early configuration rockchip64_common.inc: fix escaping for test in subshell this emits errors (but exits with 0 in subshell) early if BRANCH is not config-prepare: config_pre_main(): try to be more helpful when BRANCH is unset or wrong instead of just "bad KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR" View the full article

With Black Valley in Norway, and Akademy in Greece, this weekend's plans are all set or computer enthusiasts! Collabora is proud to sponsor both of these events as a chance for communities to come together and strengthen their bonds. View the full article

Description This reverts https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5615 Need to split and fix. View the full article

docker (launcher): small fixes docker (launcher): fix un-needed grep escape \: (fixes "grep: warning: stray \ before :" on recent coreutils) docker (launcher): fix DOCKER_PASS_GIT=yes to actually work it still sucks (very slow) but is a way to get ${SRC}/.git in Docker if needed eg for patching archeology View the full article

bullseye/trixie: desktop gnome: drop package 'gnome-packagekit' bullseye/trixie: desktop gnome: drop package 'gnome-packagekit' View the full article

Description Legacy - 5.15.x -> 6.1.x Current - 6.1.x -> 6.6.x Edge - 6.6.x -> 6.7-rc6 move kernel branch and minor definitions to config/sources/common.conf (this location was predicted to contain this) bump UEFI kernels fix Phytium patch compilation failure for 6.7.y removed old leftover kernel patch directories Jira reference number AR-2005 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Patching test 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 …

rockpro64: bump u-boot to v2024.04-rc4; use binman-produced bins rockpro64: bump u-boot to v2024.04-rc4; use binman-produced bins mmc-sdhci-allow-disabling-sdma-in-spl.patch has landed in https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/3cd664dc92ca832506f1a4e7769cb5ee6a88137d use binman-produced binaries use flashcp -p to write fast to spi also: bump ATF (TF-A) to lts-v2.8.16 also: enable TCP networking cmds in u-boot also: configure /etc/fw_env.config userspace to SPI env coordinates configure /etc/fw_env.config userspace to SPI env coordinates include libubootenv-tool userspace for fw_printenv and fw_setenv View the full article

In the world of deep learning optimization, two powerful tools stand out: torch.compile, PyTorch’s just-in-time (JIT) compiler, and NVIDIA’s TensorRT, a platform for high-performance deep learning inference. View the full article

LE Audio introduces a modern, low-power, low-latency Bluetooth® audio architecture that overcomes the limitations of classic Bluetooth® profiles. Get a detailed look at its features, how its supported on Linux, and what lies ahead. View the full article

The Mali-G57 GPU part of the Valhall family, and found in several Arm processors such as MediaTek MT8192 and MT8195 SoC powering some Chromebooks, is now supported by the Panfrost open-source driver with a fully-conformant OpenGL ES 3.1 implementation. Last year, Collabora updated Panfrost with support for OpenGL ES 3.1 on Midgard (Mali T760 and newer) and Bifrost (Mali G31, G52, G76) GPUs, and also announced having started working on Valhall GPUs. One part of the work was done in the summer of 2021 with some reverse-engineering work on Mali-G78 GPU’s instruction set, and this has culminated with a fully-conformant OpenGL3.1 for Mali-G57 GPU. Interestingly, it’s not been …

HTC Vive (Pro) and Valve Index hardware users can now experiment with positional tracking in Monado, thanks to the implementation of a libsurvive driver using the libsurvive library developed by Charles Lohr, David Berger and many contributors. View the full article

Description Orange Pi 4 and Orange Pi 4 LTS were the last boards using staging USB3 Type-C controller. This PR moves both of them to use mainline driver, so staging driver can be removed from patchset (as suggested by @Tonymac32 here: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/3953#issuecomment-1172962963) Most of the changes have been adapted upon the same nodes from tinkerboard 2 device tree and GPIOs have been adjusted. Since both opi4 and opi4 LTS share the same hardware, I felt it could be useful to change on both boards. Probably if it works for my opi4 LTS also works for regular opi4; I will do my tests, if @piter75 wants to do private tests, in compatibility with hi…

Updates for Radxa's Amlogic boards (radxa-zero and radxa-zero2) A few updates, mostly from https://github.com/radxa-repo/bsp; also bump u-boot to v2202.10 with a clearly-non-existing patchdir so it's pure mainline. Also required: https://github.com/armbian/firmware/pull/40 (merged, Wifi firmware) https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4408 (merged, allows using SDXC cards) Still not working: SDIO Wifi on my Zero (rev 1.51, 2gb RAM/32gb eMMC) which is failing; see https://discord.com/channels/855634073376260096/855657603378839582/1040610755671756911 ; it's very possible other boards work. View the full article

For rockchip64 all applicable versions (patch is identical for all from 5.15 to 6.1). No code changes. Prevents patching errors in armbian-next. Jira reference number AR-1494 [x] Builds without errors on master [x] Builds without errors on armbian-next Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Until now, I had only heard about Beken Bluetooth audio chips, but I’ve just been informed the company is also making WiFi chips such as the BK7256 that are notably found in some Tuya Smart Home modules. Beken offers both RISC-V and Arm WiFi and Bluetooth chips with features summarized as follows: BK7235 single-core RISC-V MCU up to 320 MHz with 2.4 GHz WiFi 6 802.11ax and Bluetooth 5.2 LE, 4MB flash, 512KB SRAM, optional 4MB PSRAM BK7236 dual-core Arm MCU up to 120 to 240 MHh with 2.4 GHz WiFi 6 802.11ax and Bluetooth 5.3 dual mode, 4MB flash, 512KB SRAM, optional 4MB PSRAM BK7237 dual-core RISC-V MCU up to 320 MHz with 2.4 GHz WiFi 6 802.11ax and Bluetooth 5.2 dual mode…

KiCad 7.0.0 open-source EDA software has just been released with a range of new features from custom fonts to 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse integration to opt-in Sentry crash reporting, and many more. It took over three years between KiCad 5.0.0 and KiCad 6.0.0 announcements, but only a little over a year for the release of KiCad 7.0.0. Did KiCad developers acquire superhuman abilities or did AI get involved in the development somehow? Most probably not, and instead they change the release schedule to a yearly one, so we should get annual releases of the open-source EDA suite going forward, with KiCad 8.0.0 to be released in Q1 2024. Some notable changes to KiCad 7.0 include: Cu…

Description Some patches were triggering warning in the armbian build system for kernel 6.1 in rockchip64 family. This PR rework those patches to avoid warnings during kernel patching, does not introduce new features, just cleans some things up. Also the Pinebook Pro patch that was addressing the external control (extcon) for usb3 type-c connector is now split into a patch that adds the device tree bits for pinebook and another patch that implements the feature, since the feature is used in other rk3399 boards. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Debian bullseye minimal image has been built and tested on Orange Pi 4 LTS Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines o…

Description Reworked X-Powers AC200 device patches for current and edge kernel as needed by AR-1506 Orange Pi 3 LTS fixes including Dedicated crust config to support PMIC shutdown Added patch to fix ram detection. Without this patch SPL and U-boot was detecting wrong ram amount causing board to fail booting. It still happens sometimes, but frequency is way less.Also synced device-tree and defconfig file with Jernej's patch from LibreELEC Removed upstream ATF patch. It was causing some slowness issues. Brought back UWE5622 drivers for current and edge kernels. However wifi driver is modified to be loaded via systemd service as otherwise it was causing cpufreq-dt module c…

rk322x/edge 6.5: enable Makefile Autopatcher, remove Makefile patches rk322x-config: shformat + fix 2 shellcheck errors rk322x/edge 6.5: update .config, no changes rk322x/edge 6.5: enable Makefile Autopatcher, remove Makefile patches remove add-board-makefile Patch remove overlay-y Makefile patch add note to the 6.1 version: Makefile autopatcher can't be enabled for 6.1, since the armhf move to subdirs only landed in 6.5-rc1 View the full article

rockchip64 / edge 6.6: bump to 6.6-rc5; rebase patches rockchip64 / edge 6.6: bump to 6.6-rc5; rebase patches View the full article

khadas-vim3l/khadas-vim3: enable networking cmds in u-boot khadas-vim3l: enable networking cmds in u-boot khadas-vim3: enable networking cmds in u-boot View the full article

We are excited to introduce the next generation of the Armbian Config tool! This redesigned and lightweight tool is central to managing single-board computers, offering a wide range of features for both hardware-specific and general system configuration. Key Advantages: Extremely lightweight with minimal dependencies Redesigned from scratch for better performance and flexibility JSON-based menu structure with options for TUI, CLI, or API Quick Recap The armbian-config tool has been essential for configuring single-board computers, combining our long-term expertise in Linux and the embedded world. However, the old version had become bulky …

The latest 6.11 kernel release is here! This release improves performance, security, and hardware compatibility, increasing the kernel's flexibility and efficiency for various computing environments. View the full article

PanVK’s new framebuffer abstraction for Mali GPUs removes OpenGL-specific constraints, unlocking more flexible tiled rendering features in Vulkan. View the full article

MIPS is dead, right? Well, there’s now very little done on the architecture itself, MIPS (the company) has decided to switch to RISC-V architecture, and unveiled the eVocore product lineup currently comprised of the eVocore P8700 and I8500 multiprocessor IP cores. The 64-bit cores are scalable from single-core multi-thread to a single cluster with multiple cores, and up to a multi-cluster, and target high-performance, real-time compute applications such as networking, data centers, and automotive. The eVocore P8700 comes with a 16-stage deep pipeline with multi-issue Out-of-Order (OOO) execution and multi-threading. MIPS claims it has single-threaded performance greater t…

German embedded systems company iesy’s ESP32 OSM-0F is an ESP32-based solder-on LGA system-on-module that complies with SGET OSM Size-0 (30x15mm) form factor, offers WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, and more. The SGET Open Standard Module (OSM) standard defines four module sizes, namely Size-0 (30x15mm), Size-S (30x30mm), Size-M (45x30mm), and Size-L (45x45mm), and all the modules we’ve covered so far were powered by a Linux-capable processor. But it’s more challenging, albeit not impossible, to design a Linux-capable OSM Size-0 module, and that form factor is better suited to microcontroller-class chips like ESP32. (Technically, ESP32 can run Linux, but it’s more for sho…

It is with great pleasure that we announce the availability of WirePlumber (the PipeWire session manager) version 0.3.0. This release brings support for desktop use cases and is a working drop-in replacement for PipeWire's example session manager. View the full article

I had a great time last week and the Web Engines Hackfest! It was the 7th web hackfest hosted by Igalia and the 7th hackfest I attended. I’m almost a local Galician already. Brazilian Portuguese being so close to Galician certainly helps! Collabora co-sponsored the event and it was great that two colleagues of mine managed to join me in attendance. View the full article

Description When compiling using vagrant as build environment, the first option following vagrant is skipped. ./compile.sh vagrant foo bar In this example foo is skipped. This PR fix that bug. 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] An image was successfully built using vagrant as builder. 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 …

GOLE1 was quite a unique mini PC when it launched in 2016 as it included a 5-inch touchscreen display. HIGOLE is now back with the GOLE1 Pro based on a similar design, but a slightly larger 5.5-inch touchscreen display, and much better specs suitable for 2022’s software and entry-level use cases. The Atom x5-Z8300 “Cherry Trail” processor found in the original device gives way to an Intel Celeron N4200 or J4125 Gemini Lake processor, and the GOLE1 Pro mini PC, which the company sometimes also calls “HIGOLE PC 2022”, comes with up to 8GB LPDDR4X, a 128GB SSD, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFI 6 or 5, four USB 3.0 ports, and more. GOLE1 Pro specifications: SoC (one or the other) Intel…

AAEON has just introduced the UP Xtreme i12 single board computer (SBC) with Intel 12th generation Alder Lake-P hybrid SoC with up to 12 cores/16 threads, up to 32GB LPDDR5 memory, support for four 4Kp60 displays, and equipped with high-speed interfaces such as USB 4.0 and 2.5 GbE. The board also features four M.2 sockets for NVMe storage, Wi-Fi 6 and 5G cellular connectivity, a SATA III port, several USB 3.2/2.0 Type-A ports, and a 40-pin GPIO header and mounting thread for Raspberry Pi HATs, which should make it especially suitable for IoT, robotics, and smart retail applications, as well as smart manufacturing with a 12 to 36V wide supply voltage range. UP Xtreme i12 s…

Per PR#4697 this was enabled first on meson64-edge to test. I am now following up to enable on meson64-current. I know that this should have been in before the freeze yesterday for 23-02. I hope it can be included, but understand if it needs to wait. Changes to be committed: modified: config/kernel/linux-meson64-current.config Description Jira reference number [AR-9999] (I don't seem to have jira access to log this) How Has This Been Tested? [x] Built and installed meson64-current on a box to verify it builds/runs View the full article

FriendlyElec has recently announced the NanoPi R6C mini PC that a variant of the Rockchip RK3588S powered NanoPi R6S mini PC and 2.5GbE router that we reviewed with FriendlyWrt/OpenWrt and Ubuntu 22.04 earlier this year, but with just one 2.5GbE and one GbE interface, a built-in M.2 NVMe SSD socket and USB-C Debug UART port for easy external access to the serial console. The company sent me a NanoPi R6C sample for review, but since we’ve already tested the similar NanoPi R6S extensively, I’ll write a single-post mini review this time around, checking out the hardware, and focusing on testing the new features such as the NVMe SSD and the USB debug port when running Ubuntu …

Description Lets wait for upstream to be updated for 6.3, 6.4 and up. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Description tiny housekeeping. update major_minor to match collabora tree View the full article

pipeline: parallel (threaded) mapper-oci-uptodate.py pipeline: parallel (threaded) mapper-oci-uptodate.py View the full article

Description station-m3: move to rockchip-rk3588 family. Add UEFI_EDK2 support for station-m3. Remove the fan control binary file because automatic fan control has been added in this commit. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Almost all hardware functions(HDMI, WiFi, BT, GbE, USB...). [x] System startup. 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 th…

networking: main-config: introduce NETWORKING_STACK to control network exts; allow "none"; fix typo networking: exts: introduce sanity checks, debug info protect against enabling networking exts directly debug logging fix typo in ext name networking: main-config: introduce NETWORKING_STACK to control network exts; allow "none"; fix typo NETWORKING_STACK can be set to none (in config phase, pre-extensions) to not-add any networking extensions keep defaulting to systemd-networkd if BUILD_MINIMAL and NetworkManager otherwise fix typo in extension name add NETWORKING_STACK to change-tracking View the full article

Description The forked helper workflow ran regardless whether ARMBIAN_SELF_DISPATCH_TOKEN was set or not, generating errors if the secret could not be found. In addition, simplify and beautify the workflow. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] To be tested in future automatic workflow runs, if no errors are generated 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 View the full article

Collabora is headed to Amsterdam for IBC! Drop by to see our work on the DAB protocol, our integration of LCEVC, and our latest XR project, ElectricMaple. View the full article

It's unwanted impurity, don't touch my git config 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. Running on NixOS, current causes fatal error 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

Ultenic T10 is a 2-in-1 smart vacuum cleaner and mopping system with a self-emptying base that’s quite similar to the Cybovac S31 robot I reviewed a little over a year ago. The Cybovac vacuum cleaner still works fine, but it has some shortcomings, so when Ultenic asked me whether I would be interested in reviewing their T10 unit, I accepted, and here I am with a new smart robot vacuum cleaner that I’ll review with the Android app in a larger house. Ultenic T10 unboxing The package and hardware are very similar to what I got with the Cybovac model. The robot comes with a charging base that’s pretty large since it includes its own dust bag for the self-emptying function. Ke…

Initcalls, which serve to call functions during boot, were implemented early on in the development of the Linux Kernel. Read on as we take a closer look, including their purpose, their usage, ways to debug them (using initcall_debug or FTrace), and more. View the full article

Linux Kernel 4.8 is out and once more Collabora engineers did a significant contribution to the Kernel. For this latest release, Collabora provided 101 patches from 8 engineers, our biggest contribution to date in single kernel release! View the full article

Description If we don't need to build u-boot, we can special BOOTCONFIG=none. But this will also prevent to copy bootscript. How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build 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

LilyGO T-Dongle-S3 is a USB dongle based on ESP32-S3 dual-core microcontroller with WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, a microSD card slot, as well as an optional 0.96-inch color display. You may remember the company launched the T-Dongle ESP32-S2 last spring, and I first thought it was an update to ESP32-S3, but the new T-Dongle-S3 has quite more compact design and a smaller set of features that makes it suitable for data logging and displaying basic information over a wireless connection. T-Dongle ESP32-S2 development board specifications: Wireless SoC – Espressif Systems ESP32-S3 with Dual-core 32-bit Xtensa LX7 microcontroller up to 240MHz RISC-V ULP Co-processor …

Description Patch was already eliminated in 5.15, resolve "edge" https://github.com/armbian/build/commit/9680fc46a01f70984e7b4b4c975b8dc4ecd8798e View the full article

Add TV Box targets to stable builds per discussion at the 23/01/18 Developers Meeting. Added aml-s9xx-box and rk3318-box (rk322x-box was already there) Changes to be committed: modified: config/targets.conf View the full article

Rockchip showcased some new processors at Mobile World Congress 2023: the RK3528 for TV boxes, and the RK3562 for tablets both with a Cortex-A53 CPU subsystem, but the former comes with a Mali-450 GPU, and the latter with a faster Mali-G52 2EE GPU. Both are clearly for entry-level devices, but I’m a little surprised they didn’t go with Cortex-A55 cores instead. Rockchip demonstrated the new processors in a TV box running Android 13 and a tablet with a 144,506 score in the latest Antutu benchmark as shown below. Rockchip RK3528 preliminary specifications: CPU – Arm Cortex-A53 processor (core count unspecified) GPU – Arm Mali-450 GPU with AFBC compression support Memory – L…

We quickly mentioned the Qualcomm Robotics RB1 and RB2 development kits in our post about Lantronix Open-Q 2210RB and 4210RB SiPs mostly to complain about the lack of information at the time. But things have changed the Qualcomm Robotics RB1 and RB2 devkits for cheaper, smaller Linux-powered robots with lower power consumption are now available, and we have more details with three options: Core Kit, Vision Kit, and Full Kit. So let’s have a closer look. All kits are based on the Qualcomm Robotics RB1/RB2 Core Kit with the following (preliminary) specifications: System-on-module RB1 – Thundercomm TurboX C2210 SoC – Qualcomm QRB2210 CPU – Quad-core Cortex-A53 processor at …

Description Minor change to emmc-pins overlay: add power sequence for both emmc and sdcard. May provide some better compatibility. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested on several tvbox boards, none of them regressed 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 Add missing bluetooth service like meko and khadas edge 2 Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? [x] Got a feedback from the forum 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

rockchip ATF M0 code should use "arm-none-eabi-" toolchain to compile. "arm-linux-gnueabi-" toolchain causes LD error. Description When building rk3399 ATF, following error pops up when linking M0 codes. error: PHDR segment not covered by LOAD segment How Has This Been Tested? After this change, rk3399 ATF build passes. 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 downs…

Description Currently there is no HDMI output on edge 6.5 kernel on rk3228/rk3328. Forum discussion https://forum.armbian.com/topic/26978-csc-armbian-for-rk3318rk3328-tv-box-boards/?do=findComment&comment=171661 This PR will restore 'less than or equal' match of clocks that was lost in patch transition from 6.3 to 6.4: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/6d981baba68699b0c6ada476704556e11dd661bc/patch/kernel/archive/rockchip64-6.3/rk356x-vop2-support.patch#L333 https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/6d981baba68699b0c6ada476704556e11dd661bc/patch/kernel/archive/rockchip64-6.4/rk356x-vop2-support.patch#L333 How Has This Been Tested? [x] rk3328-box + FullHD HDMI displ…

rk35xx+rockchip-rk3588/legacy: switch to rk-5.10-rkr6 branch rk35xx+rockchip-rk3588/legacy: switch to rk-5.10-rkr6 branch also set KERNEL_GIT_CACHE_TTL=120 to lower cache TTL from 1 hour to 2 minutes View the full article

Description Minor formatting fix. extensions should use tabs as indentation as @viraniac pointed. Definitely not mixed space/tabs. Also minor fix in examples to fully comply with spec. View the full article

Description dockerproxy.com is not avaiable from China mainland, but there are many alternative mirrors, for example we can deploy one to cloudflare: https://github.com/ciiiii/cloudflare-docker-proxy I have deployed mine: ghcr.haguro.top Documentation summary for feature / change Please delete this section if entry to main documentation is not needed. If documentation entry is predicted, please provide key elements for further implementation into main documentation and set label to "Needs Documentation". You are welcome to open a PR to documentation or you can leave following information for technical writer: [x] short description: customized GHCR_MIRROR_ADDRESS [x] s…

Fixes: https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/7052 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. Running on NixOS 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

I’ve spent a bit more time with Ubuntu 22.04 on Khadas VIM4 Amogic A311D2 SBC, and while the performance is generally good features like 3D graphics acceleration and hardware video decoding are missing. But I was pleased to see a Linux hardware video encoding section in the Wiki, as it’s not something we often see supported early on. So I’ve given it a try… First, we need to make a video in NV12 pixel format that’s commonly outputted from cameras. I downloaded a 45-second 1080p H.264 sample video from Linaro, and converted it with ffmpeg: [crayon-6289ed6d13e21975150960/] I did this on my laptop. As a raw video, it’s pretty big with 3.3GB of storage used for a 45-second vi…

Mixtile Blade 3 is a Rockchip RK3588 SBC with up to 32GB RAM designed for server applications, notably to build clusters through a U.2 edge connector with 4-lane PCIe Gen3, SATA 3.0 to interconnect multiple boards. What was not clear so far is how multiple boards would be connected, as we were just shown two boards connected by a U.2 cable, which does not scale, and does not provide power as the 12V input also comes with the U.2 connector. The company has now provided more details showing how it’s done, namely through a breakout board that connects to the U.2 edge connector, and allows cluster design as shown below. The U.2 breakout board comes with a 6-pin connector 12V …

Earlier this year, we announced a new project with Microsoft: the implementation of OpenCL & OpenGL to DirectX translation layers. Here's the latest on this work, including the steps taken to improve the performance of the OpenGL-On-D3D12 driver. View the full article

Next week our friends at Igalia will be hosting this year’s Web Engines Hackfest. Collabora will be there! We are gold sponsors, and have three developers attending. It will also be an opportunity to celebrate Igalia’s 15th birthday. Looking forward to meet you there! View the full article

fixes Jetson-nano legacy and installation on emmc in btrfs mode View the full article

Groupgets PureThermal 3 (PT3) is a hackable thermal webcam that ships with the low-cost FLIR Lepton FS module, and is compatible with FLIR Lepton (2.x – 3.x) LWIR camera core. The company explains the new model offers the same basic functionality as the PureThermal 2 but with a few changes and additional features, although the motivation for the new design was primarily to address component shortages. Some changes include the removal of pads to install an RF shield, and the Tag-Connect TC2030 programming connector is replaced by the Tag-Connect EC-10-IDC. PureThermal 3 specifications with changes highlighted in bold: Microcontroller – STMicro STM32F412 Arm Cortex-M4 MCU @…

OnLogic IGN800 is an industrial edge gateway based on the Raspberry Pi CM4 module pre-loaded with the Ignition Edge HMI, SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition), MES, and IIoT software platform from Inductive Automation. The hardware is not exactly new, as the Onlogic IGN800 is simply the OnLogic Factor 201 industrial PC introduced earlier this year, but that ships with Ignition Edge in order to provide a cost-effective solution for automation projects. OnLogic IGN800 specifications: SoM – Raspberry Pi CM4 with Broadcom BCM2711 quad-core Arm Cortex-A72 processor @ up to 1.5 GHz, up to 8GB LPDDR4 RAM, up to 32GB eMMC flash Additional storage – Optional M.2 SATA SS…