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Description Added PPA source for Noble, added Bluetooth service, required fixed Bluetooth MAC to use Bluetooth function, added automatic generation of random MAC function (to be tested), fixed some udev file content issues 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] Bluetooth [ ] Auto gen random bt Mac 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 cha…

lib: drop old boot_logo code; keep png/gif as they're used for plymouth lib: drop old boot_logo code; keep png/gif as they're used for plymouth origins of what's being dropped: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/2065 View the full article

cli: introduce inventory-boards cli command, for hopefully painless & useful one-board-per-line CSV output cli: introduce inventory-boards cli command, for hopefully painless & useful one-board-per-line CSV output inventory-boards-csv.py: moar Python atrocities done to data; idea here is to output one line per board, with <> for fields that, well, vary (mainly across BRANCH'es) inventory-boards sets TARGETS_FILE to something that doesn't exist, so the default-targets.yaml is used (so same list for everyone, save for userpatched-boards) View the full article

cli: introduce kernel-dtb cli command, to build only DTB, and output full preprocessed dts source cli: introduce kernel-dtb cli command, to build only DTB, and output full preprocessed dts source example: ./compile.sh BOARD=xxxxx BRANCH=edge kernel-dtb outputs preprocessed DTS source for board in question to output/ also outputs same preprocessed DTS source, ran through dtc with input and output DTS formats for "normalized" comparisions View the full article

This PR enables kernel modules for various USB Gadget applications for rockchip 32 bit platforms (rk322x, rk3288) for both current 6.6 and edge 6.7 kernels. Also provides a bunch of patches to address issues with rk322x, whose peripheral mode does not really well with dwc2 driver yet. A couple of patches are self-produced after trial-and-error sessions, another pair are imported from rockchip 5.10 kernel and substitutes an older patch with a bit more refined code (see the "debounce" patch). edit: the patches addressing the rk322x issues probably are worth also for rk3318 and rk3328, since the controller is the very same with similar issues. During my tests, I quickly ch…

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 6.1.80. How Has This Been Tested? 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 [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 [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Late last week, the long-awaited kernel driver supporting 10th-generation Arm Mali GPUs was merged into drm-misc. The existing Gallium driver support has also been extended, effectively enabling GPUs on Rockchip's RK3588 platforms. View the full article

Description I wrote the wrong path and it has now been fixed 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] Gamepad 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

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 Partiall revert of https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6321 https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6298 How Has This Been Tested? Config change only. 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 [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description phytium-embedded: add .wip support for Phytium PhytiumPi 4GB board. Phytium has not open-sourced the u-boot they use, so I have to use the non-free u-boot binary file they provide. https://www.phytium.com.cn/homepage/phytium_pie/ How Has This Been Tested? [x] Successfully built. [x] System startup. [x] WiFi. [x] Bluetooth. [x] Ethernet. [x] HDMI. 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…

Description losetup -f always return 1st free loop device and in parallel build it often happens that same is found which results in: failed to set up loop device: Device or resource busy If we seek random way, chances of allocating the same device are significantly smaller. Jira reference number AR-1582 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Few manual runs 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 [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full…

Description This PR fixed usb_host1_xhci port on Orange Pi 5 Plus with edge kernel. We have to use host mode by default since OPi makes the port USB3 host and connect it to USB hub. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build 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

riscv64: fixes/skips for building (sans Docker) ON riscv64 oci-oras: use ORAS 1.2.0-beta.1 for riscv64 prepare-host: add libffi-dev host dependency, needed for Python3 setuptools (when prebuilt wheel not found) fixes errors that show up only when building on non-arm64/amd64, when there's no prebuilt wheel (eg on riscv64) shellcheck: skip running shellcheck, with a warning, if running on riscv64 someone go add riscv64 to https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck batcat: skip running batcat, with a warning, if running on riscv64 someone go add riscv64 to https://github.com/sharkdp/bat View the full article

prepare-host/host-release: enable noble for building; noble also doesn't have python2 anymore prepare-host/host-release: enable noble for building; noble also doesn't have python2 anymore python-tools: bump PyYAML to 6.0.1 to fix build failures on sid/trixie/noble etc View the full article

debootstrap: use latest git for Ubuntu/Debian debootstrap instead of host-installed Revert "Debootstrap is again too old for latest releases. Lets ship currently latest with and install it when we build distros that needs it." This reverts commit 7b61b05867d2c27cee784ed1caadf85c2027bac2. debootstrap: Partially revert f2e663f0 "Improved debootstrap hacking support with fixes for Ubuntu Noble" debootstrap: remove debootstrap from host dependencies debootstrap: use latest git for Ubuntu/Debian debootstrap instead of host-installed DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR must be set during the 1st stage, but NOT the second stage latest devel versions might be missing scripts for old releases; just…

thinkpad-x13s: bump to steev's 6.7.y; enable noble userspace; bump alsa-ucm-conf hack to master thinkpad-x13s: bump to steev's 6.7.y; enable noble userspace; bump alsa-ucm-conf hack to master thinkpad-x13s: update kernel .config to 6.7.7, no changes thinkpad-x13s: kernel .config: enable CONFIG_VIDEO_QCOM_CAMSS, CONFIG_VIDEO_OV5675, CONFIG_SC_CAMCC_8280XP View the full article

khadas-vim3/khadas-vim3l: u-boot v2024.01: enable more compression, kaslr, and led config options via hook khadas-vim3l: bump to u-boot v2024.01; boot-usb-first patch in board folder patch is slightly different for 2024.01 khadas-vim3l: u-boot v2024.01: enable more compression, kaslr, and led config options via hook khadas-vim3: u-boot v2024.01: enable more compression, kaslr, and led config options via hook View the full article

u-boot: call olddefconfig after config hooks; use pipetty instead of unbuffer for make u-boot: call olddefconfig after config hooks; use pipetty instead of unbuffer for make also: cli uboot-config produces a defconfig diff (useful to create post_config_uboot_target) View the full article

config-prepare: do change tracking for each sourced board file (core vs userpatches) config-prepare: do change tracking for each sourced board file (core vs userpatches) View the full article

patching: fix: use correct has_overlay_directories instead of has_dts_directories for overlay processing patching: fix: use correct has_overlay_directories instead of has_dts_directories for overlay processing View the full article

mekotronics 3588: add SRC_CMDLINE, for use with u-boot-menu extension mekotronics 3588: add SRC_CMDLINE, for use with u-boot-menu extension does nothing otherwise View the full article

wsl2: fix: don't pester user for UTF-8 terminal if stdin is not a terminal wsl2: fix: don't pester user for UTF-8 terminal if stdin is not a terminal View the full article

wsl2: arm64: current: DRM/FB stuff so wsl2-arm64 can be used in HyperV with video & keyboard wsl2: arm64: current: DRM/FB stuff so wsl2-arm64 can be used in HyperV with video & keyboard wsl2: arm64: current: EFI pstore / keyboard View the full article

kernel: call make with INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 so modules are stripped kernel: call make with INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 so modules are stripped also, don't add target 'install' twice View the full article

Description Lets do this automatically. Once we remove status in the build framework, repository should stop existing. Also drop two Ubuntu short term releases that are EOL. Jira reference number AR-2092 How Has This Been Tested? [x] 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 [ ] 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

This initial version includes static checks (checkpatch and smatch for now) and build tests across various architectures and configurations, and introduces a flexible 'scenarios' mechanism for subsystem-specific extensions. View the full article

Description Lets ship currently latest with and install it when we build distros that needs it. Installs latest deboostrap scripts to the host if we choose to build something that is not supported by default. Jira reference number AR-2090 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Manually running it 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 [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description The idea is to generate output/git_sources.json file that will contain url, branch and commit hash combo. The easiest way to generate file for all devices is to run ./compile.sh targets. Then at the time of release we will copy the output/info/git_sources.json file to config/sources/git_sources.json. Once the file is copied, the hash information from the file will be used to fetch resources for git repositories where branches are specified instead of tags or commits. There can be other ways to do this as well. I am just too tired to experiment more on the same. Raising it to be a communication starter. Jira reference number AR-2087 Based on: https://github.c…

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 [x] 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…

Picks up from where we left off; https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6296 Stable wireless depends on the following PR; https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6314 Notables: Updated U-Boot to v2024.01 U-Boot SPL 2024.01-armbian (Feb 29 2024 - 04:57:24 -0500) DRAM: 2048 MiB Trying to boot from MMC1 NOTICE: BL31: v2.10.2(debug):armbian NOTICE: BL31: Built : 04:56:45, Feb 29 2024 NOTICE: BL31: Detected Allwinner H616 SoC (1823) NOTICE: BL31: Found U-Boot DTB at 0x4a09ca98, model: BananaPi M4 Zero INFO: ARM GICv2 driver initialized INFO: Configuring SPC Controller INFO: PMIC: Probing AXP305 on RSB ERROR: RSB: set run-time address: 0x10003 INFO: Could not i…

Backported 6.7.y to 6.1.y. Included fixups for 6.1, 6.6, 6.7 and added 6.8. 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

The merge request has landed, the non-conformant implementation warnings are gone, and NVK's Meson configuration now reads "nouveau" instead of "nouveau-experimental". It's now time to start shipping NVK to users! View the full article

Description Some network related dependency were missing as DNS within docker container was not working. While dealing with config, several other options were enabled, which should be harmless. Jira reference number AR-2086 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generated Debian Bookworm with HA extension which loads automatically 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 [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

armbian-resize-filesystem wants to align partitions on 16 MB boundaries, however due to an off-by-one error it would make the last sector of the partition start at a 16 MB boundary instead of ending at a 16 MB boundary. View the full article

Description This PR makes Khadas Edge 2 usable on mainline and update USB patches on rk3588 edge. What is not working: MCU fan control. The driver is exists on upstream kernel but VIM3 has different fan control register and logic, needs new implementation. Type-C port Wlan and Bluetooth Jira reference number AR-2082 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. [ ] Test A [ ] 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-und…

With adversity comes the need to rise to the challenge. As the tech climate continues to shift, our talented new joiners have readily jumped in to advance the open source mission. View the full article

Description JetHome: fix u-boot patches for rescue button. Applies only to JetHub devices Jira reference number AR-2081 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] Fixed JetHub D1/D1+ [ ] Test B Checklist: [X] 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 modu…

Description Add support for "i.MX8M Plus" boards from TQ-System. Use atf and uboot from https://github.com/tq-systems Add BSP packages for the tqma8mpxl family Add kernel patches (6.1 and 6.6) for the tqma8mpxl family Supported mainline kernels: current = 6.1.71 and edge=6.6.10 Supported boards: mba8mp-ras314 mba8mpxl How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build images for mba8mp-ras314 and mba8mpxl with current and edge kernel [x] Boot test "bookworm_current" and "bookworm_edge" mba8mp-ras314 [x] Boot test "jammy_current" and "bookworm_edge" mba8mpxl [x] HDMI, WLAN, USB test's mba8mp-ras314" bookworm_edge" with xfce image [x] HDMI, WLAN, USB test's mba8mpxl" bookworm_edge"…

Description Add AmLogic soc patches for read chip_id and soc information from Secure Monitor call to soc-driver. Enabled by default only for JetHub devices (other needs to be enabled via general-socinfo-sm-4-arm64-dts-meson-add-dts-links-to-secure-monitor-for-.patch.disabled patch) https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/202402221557.ELxBYVKH-lkp@intel.com/T/ Jira reference number AR-2073 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. [ ] JetHub works [ ] some other closed-source devices based on axg/gxl/a1 soc works too. Checklist: [X] My code follows the …

As of 2024 Feb, Github still no allow a source branch to be renamed. Previous PR https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6291 was auto closed by Github upon source branch renaming. This new PR supersedes it. Description Running "uefi-x86" board image on qemu-system-x86_64 --display none --serial stdio ... did not: allow GRUB boot without GUI display display early kernel boot messages on the serial console display the console prompt on serial console Jira reference number: None 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: Boot uefi-x86 board imag…

Description Bump BigTreeTech CB1 kernel to 6.1.79 from 6.1.43 as discussed in AR-2075. 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 that patches apply and kernel builds fine. I don't have device to actually test the working for the same. 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 h…

Description Add aya odin2 config,Most functions can be used now, but the amplifier driver is missing, so the speaker cannot be used. The headphone jack can barely be used, but there are quality issues with the sound. Currently, only Bluetooth is used to connect the speaker or headphones to play music During installation, the latest Mesa will be compiled to ensure that the GPU driver can be used properly, as Mesa lacks Open GL support and can only use Zink to provide hardware acceleration for the desktop. However, this can lead to some issues Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please a…

Description Any mounted directory should not be copied but also mounted on the new boot device when booting. Jira reference number AR-2043 Closing https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6242 How Has This Been Tested? Need testing ! [ ] Fresh install to eMMC media [ ] Install to eMMC with configured zfs device 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Jira reference number AR-2079 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generated KDE desktop image for Odroid M1. Firstrun goes without password and after reboot (system must be up 1m) login is not automatic anymore. 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 [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 6.1.76. How Has This Been Tested? not yet, just committing current work. 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 [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Add config and device-trees for rock3c Only for AP6256 versions,not for AIC8800 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. [ ] Can boot [ ] most of the devices on board works well including pcie usb3 Gbit Eth 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 ch…

Description New blobs has been pushed to rk bin repository. https://github.com/armbian/rkbin/pull/25 Probably support for new memory chips. Jira reference number AR-2077 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Boot on Orange Pi 5 v1.2 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 We probably don't want to bother people with upstream release upgrades as they are outside our power. How Has This Been Tested? Not tested yet. Configuration change. 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 [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description bump le potato to u-boot 2024.01 How Has This Been Tested? builds and boots 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

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 …

Description Fixing compilation due to broken patch. @paolosabatino This reverts commit 7c062f7daeca83e19b050b8e7ac6bf6aa6635693. How Has This Been Tested? Need testing. Assume upstream is tacking the same things? 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

Remark: This PR is based off v23.11 for now and will be rebased of main/master branch before review Description Running "uefi-x86" board image on qemu-system-x86_64 --display none --serial stdio ... did not: allow GRUB boot without GUI display display early kernel boot messages on the serial console display the console prompt on serial console Jira reference number: None 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. [ ] Test A: Boot uefi-x86 board image on qemu-system-x86_64 --display none --serial stdio ... [ ] Test B: Boot uefi-x86 board image on qemu-s…

Now included in our Debian images & available via our GitLab, you can build a complete, working BL31 (Boot Loader stage 3.1), and replace the closed binary blob with an open-source binary that anyone can compile. View the full article

Description ddbr was failing on a recent jammy build. The issue is that lsblk output has changed sometime since this script was written. The logic to parse out the $runfrom drive was returning duplicate info, so instead of 'mmcblk0' the value was 'mmcblk0 mmcblk0' Having this duplicate value was causing an error further down the script. Fix is to add ' | sort | uniq' this was already being done on the other lsblk outputs, just not this one. I've run into this before, and I guess at that time, I forgot to submit a PR for the fix, or it was for a different script that had the same issue. Changes to be committed: modified: packages/bsp/common/usr/sbin/ddbr Jira refere…

Description The kernel headers package is not getting installed due to missing common_drivers/header_include.mk file. Jira reference number AR-2072 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 installing kernel headers on vim1s 24.02 image. 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 chang…

Description The user idubrov reported on forums and discord that the current and edge images are not bootable from sdcard as mmc driver fails to probe due to regulator not being available. This is a regression that happened due to switching from bigtreetech provided axp313a driver to mainline axp313a driver. Updating regulator node name in dts apparently makes it work with the upstream driver as tested by the user. I have also noticed that CI was not covering current and edge kernel for this board. I have enabled the same to make sure we will be aware of such issues in the future. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. P…

Changes to be committed: modified: config/boards/aml-s9xx-box.tvb deleted: packages/bsp/aml-s9xx-box/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf new file: packages/bsp/aml-s9xx-box/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf.template Description Upgrades of the aml-s9xx-box bsp package were failing (apparently I've never tested this, nor has anyone reported it) The problem is that the package installs files into /boot which is a fat filesystem. dpkg doesn't support the fat filesystem for upgrades as it tries to create a backup link for each file it is replacing which fails. Solution is to remove the files being replaced in a preinst step This also necessitated using the standard armbian extlinu…

Back in 2022, after a series of issues were found in its design, I made the call to rework some of WirePlumber's fundamentals in order to allow it to grow. So where are we we now? And what's next? Let's dive in! View the full article

Changes to be committed: modified: VERSION Description It bugs me that nightlies are at 24.5 but main is still at 24.2 Jira reference number [AR-9999] 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 When booting from UHS-I cards on VIM4 and VIM1S, mine was Samsung EVO Plus card (MB-MC64KA), booting only worked 1 out of 5 reboots. Other times the device either tried booting from EMMC or from SPI flash. The following logs appear when booting doesn't work from sdcard mmc0 is current device sd: resp crc error, cmd17, status=0x1ff2400 ** Can't read partition table on 0:0 ** sd: resp crc error, cmd17, status=0x1ff2400 ** Can't read partition table on 0:0 ** ** Invalid partition 1 ** Using git bisect brought me to bfa451f commit and reverting the same solves the issue. Booting now works reliably from SD card every time I restart the same. Jira reference numbe…

Dear Armbian community, We’re excited to announce the latest Armbian release,24.2, codename: Kereru! This update comes with a plethora of changes, making the Armbian experience even better. Highlights of Completed Actions Closed Projects In recent developments, we’re proud to announce the completion of several projects geared towards refining the Armbian experience. Notably, we’ve resolved DNS resolution issues associated with Debian Bookworm, ensuring smoother connectivity for users. Furthermore, our team has optimized the performance of HDMI consoles on Khadas VIM1S and VIM4 devices, alleviating previous sluggishness. Additionally, we’ve successfully t…

Description Enable uboot gpio command. This would allow to set up rk3318-box'es LED display in custom uboot script. For example, to show "boot", this snippet can be added (gpio pins and letter codes should be adjusted for different STB/LCD models): FD650_MODE_WRCMD='0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0' DISPON='0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1' FD655_BASE_ADDR='0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0' Z='0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0' B='0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1' O='0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1' T='0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1' setenv d0 gpio clear C22 setenv d1 gpio set C22 setenv LC gpio clear C19 setenv HC gpio set C19 setenv send 'run d0 LC; for b in $cmd; do run d$b HC LC; done; run HC d1' cmd="$FD650_MODE_WRCMD 1 $DISPON 1" run send cmd="$FD655_B…

mekotronics 3588: fix entering RK LOADER mode by keeping the RECOVERY button pressed during boot mekotronics 3588: fix entering RK LOADER mode by keeping the RECOVERY button pressed during boot those patches are a mess, hopefully I'll find time to squash soon mekotronics 3588: squash u-boot patches same as before but not touching the same file twice+ View the full article

artifact-uboot: include BOOTCONFIG in u-boot artifact version hash artifact-uboot: include BOOTCONFIG in u-boot artifact version hash HOW did we get this far without this? should cause rebuild of all u-boots, hopefully View the full article

Collabora's engineers presented six talks over the course of the weekend, with topics including a review of recent improvements to GStreamer, a look at the state of video offloading on the Linux desktop, and more. View the full article

Build the Kernel DRDB as a module in linux-mvebu-config current and edge. close #6268 View the full article

Description Bump the K2 to u-boot 2024.01, let's try to get old u-boots out of our hair. How Has This Been Tested? builds and boots, everything works. 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

Description This patch fixes the high interrupt issue on the Orange Pi5 Plus. Forum discussion available here. https://forum.armbian.com/topic/33360-orangepi-5-plus-rtc-hym8563-irq-issue/ The patch also adds poweroff support. Right now the Orange Pi 5 Plus just reboots when poweroff or shutdown -h now is executed. Third fix of the patch is to correct gpio_pwrctrl1 typo. 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 command ./compile.sh BOARD=orangepi5-plus BRANCH=edge RELEASE=trixie KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no BUILD_MINIMAL=yes BUILD_DESKTOP=no COMPRESS_OUT…

Description This PR adds support for the Texas Instruments SK-AM68 and SK-AM69 boards. Notable features of SK-AM68 board: 16GB LPDDR4‐4266 with support for inline error correction code (ECC) DisplayPort 4K resolution with MST support and HDMI Two CSI-2 ports compatible with Raspberry Pi 8 TOPS deep-learning performance and hardware-accelerated edge AI Three USB 3.0 Type A ports, one USB 3.0 Type C port Gigabit Ethernet and 4x CAN-FD Headers One M.2 key M connector Notable features of SK-AM69 board: 32GB LPDDR4‐4266 with support for inline error correction code (ECC) DisplayPort 4K resolution with MST support and HDMI Three CSI-2 ports compatible with Raspberry Pi 32…

Engineers have widely adopted GStreamer to build video analytics pipelines, and while many companies have indeed built their machine learning analysis framework around GStreamer, no one had made the effort to contribute upstream, until now. View the full article

Description Z96a is a cloud laptop designed by Sunniwell.co from China, using rk3568b2 chip, 4g memory, 32g emmc, 1080p screen. Because of the manufacturer's special design, such as power chip rk817 etc.. drivers needs to be patched, so a new board family needs to be created. After creating a new board family, Added code will not affect the armbian historical or other boards. 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: Image which compiled by new code has been flashed in z96a, and everything works fine. Checklist: [x] My code follows the st…

Description The idea is to generate output/git_sources.json file that will contain url, branch and commit hash combo. The easiest way to generate file for all devices is to run ./compile.sh targets. Then at the time of release we will copy the output/git_sources.json file to config/sources/git_sources.json. Once the file is copied, the hash information from the file will be used to fetch resources for git repositories where branches are specified instead of tags or commits. There can be other ways to do this as well. I am just too tired to experiment more on the same. Raising it to be a communication starter. I have also added the json file that I have generated today. …

Patch for #6268 View the full article

Description Refresh kernel config to match fenix 1.6.4. This enables CONFIG_W1_SLAVE_THERM which was enabled on fenix as well. On bookworm, and also possibly on newer version of ubuntu, systemd starts all of the services present on first boot. Making the /etc/machine-id file empty ensures that machine id is still initialized on first-boot, while other services are not started automatically. This also seems to be observed by alex3d as well as reported in #6264 . However I was not able to reproduce the same issue on any of the other boards I have. Hence I have currently only handled it for meson-s4t7 family. This also makes the previous hack of masking chrony-wait.service …

Continuing our Kernel Integration series, we're excited to introduce DRM-CI, a groundbreaking solution that enables developers to test their graphics subsystem patches across numerous devices within the community's shared infrastructure. View the full article

Description This commit re-applies previously utilized 'HACK' patches aimed at addressing eMMC phase clock configuration issues exclusively on JetHub D1, D1+, and H1 devices. No impact on other devices. Jira reference number AR-2049 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] D1+/H1 boots correctly 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 cha…

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-2050 How Has This Been Tested? Boots current and edge kernel from SDcard images Built-in WiFi works in both cases However, board will not allow clocking >1.0Ghz Built-in WiFi antenna is very weak Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ x ] Generate current image [ x ] Generate edge image Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I hav…

Description Removed slick-greeter on desktop environments that have gdm3 or sddm installed. Installing slick greeter installs back lightdm as well. On vim4 during first boot with gnome images, lightdm was getting started immediately on boot hiding the firstlogin setup screen. This fixes the same 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 bookworm gnome image on vim4 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…

Description Removed lcd node when screen is not attached. Turns out the Khadas u-boot has some code hidden deep within pxe.c file to enable and disable lcd screen. As we don't use extlinux for vim1s and vim4, that doesn't get executed for us leaving the device to detect ghost screens. Hence copied the code to bootscript in order to disable the lcd screens when they are not really present. This makes the vim4 and vim1s a lot more responsive. Also fixes issue where we can't login to gnome because login screen was being rendered on non-existent lcd screen. Fixed issue that prevented armbian-bsp-cli package for meson-s4t7 family to uninstall because of the added /etc/initram…

Description stmmac ethernet driver is in use on all rockchip SoCs; its statistics system has been revised on kernel 6.6, but something is not working correctly right now on 32 bit platforms and a lock contemption happens very often when an userland process tries to read the statistics of the ethernet device. One of the most common victim is vnstat daemon, which often gets stuck hogging a cpu core and skyrocketing the average load. This also makes the whole kernel angry, RCU complains, processes hang, and so on... The patch provides a horrible workaround (remove the mutual exclusion in the reader) to fix the problem temporarely. This may break ethernet statistics that ca…

Description Turns out the Khadas u-boot has some code hidden deep within pxe.c file to enable and disable lcd screen. As we don't use extlinux for vim1s and vim4, that doesn't get executed for us leaving the device to detect ghost screens. Hence copied the code to bootscript in order to disable the lcd screens when they are not really present. This makes the vim4 and vim1s a lot more responsive. Also fixes issue where we can't login to gnome because login screen was being rendered on non-existent lcd screen. 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] Tes…

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…

Submitted upon request to make user's life easier 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 to test $ git clone https://github.com/Kreyren/armbian-build-kreyren.git -b olimex-A20-OLinuXino-MICRO # Clone the source code with the specified branch # Change directory to the cloned repository $ ./compile.sh BOARD=olimex-a20-olinuxino-micro EXPERT=yes 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 conf…

Dear Armbian Community, Here are the latest news! Documentation We recently held a productive meeting to revamp our Build framework documentation. Our primary focus is on making the build framework internal help the ultimate source of truth. The existing pull request draft with hard-coded entries will be transformed into a JSON format, laying the foundation for comprehensive technical documentation. (meeting video) Build Framework features Explore the power of our build framework feature “extensions” – an easy yet robust way to create custom-builds with pre-installed applications. We’ve started providing Armbian with Home Assistant Supervised for selected boards, offer…

Description thead: add pwm-fan support. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Successfully built. [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 the full article

Description This fixes the readability of colorized output of compile.sh when running on a terminal with a light background. It uses the COLORFGBG environment variable similarly to how the ip(8) command does. Before: After: How Has This Been Tested? Compile command: ./compile.sh BOARD=nanopim1 RELEASE=bookworm KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no BUILD_MINIMAL=yes PREFER_DOCKER=no BRANCH=edge BUILD_ONLY=u-boot [X] Run in Konsole on a light background (COLORFGBG=0;15) [X] Run in Konsole on a light background (COLORFGBG unset) [X] Run in Konsole on a dark background (COLORFGBG=15;0) [X] Run in Konsole on a dark background (COLORFGBG unset) [X] Visually inspect the results Checkli…

Description Fixed issue that prevented armbian-bsp-cli package for meson-s4t7 family to uninstall because of the added /etc/initramfs-tools/modules file. As this required custom code to be added in the postrm script of the package, I have added support for the same in armbian-bsp-cli package similar to how things worked for postinst script. 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 that armbian-bsp-cli-vim4-legacy package uninstalls fine. Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of m…

Description Fix regression caused by my previous PR #6248 that broke compilation for clearfog uboot. This PR refactors the patching logic to a separate function thereby making it easy to use outside uboot.sh. During the process I also noticed that uboot_prepatch_version variable being initialized as part of that logic was not really being used anywhere. Hence removed the same. 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 build for meson-s4t7 [X] Test build for clearfog Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have p…

Description Bumped uboot and overlays to match Fenix 1.6.4 release. I also noticed that since my last PR, my u-boot patch to enable setexpr command was not getting applied. Turns out we were not handling patching if build_custom_uboot extension was being used. Hence moved the relevant code so that its used in both cases. 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] built and booted image for khadas-vim4 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, parti…

aml-s9xx-box uses the u-boot shipped with the TV Box instead of installing a new u-boot. Because of this, armbian-install will make the box unbootable if it is run to install to emmc. This change prevents running armbian-install on aml-s9xx-box boards Changes to be committed: modified: packages/bsp/common/usr/sbin/armbian-install 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 de…

rk35xx-legacy: 0000.patching_config.yaml with incremental: true for rk 5.10 vendor kernel patching: support 'incremental' Makefile auto-patching, for vendor kernels without incremental: true: we replace the DT Makefile based on *.dts at the DT directory after all patching/copying is done overlay target is added if overlays present with incremental: true: we parse the Makefile, parse the DTs being built, and only add .dts's we have added from 'dt' directory overlays target are not added; we assume smth else already added them rk35xx-legacy: 0000.patching_config.yaml with incremental: true for rk 5.10 vendor kernel allows users to put .dts files bare in userpatch…

Description thead: update current&edge kernel, fix pinctrl config. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Successfully built. [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 the full article

Description Minor edit in the description in reference to the 32GB ram model How Has This Been Tested? Just a comment that has been updated. 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 Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 6.1.76. 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 [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 [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Added DMA support for H616/H618 devices. Added overlays for interfaces available on 26-pin header of orangepi zero2 and zero3. The 26 pin headers can provide upto 3 i2c interfaces, 2 pwm, 2 uarts and 1 spi with 2 chip selects. I have added overlays for the 3 i2c and 2 uart interfaces. I didn't saw the pwm suppport yet in the kernel and hence have skipped the same. For spi, the existing spidev1_0 and spidev1_1 seems to apply fine. As part of this PR, I am also stepping down as the maintainer. As a wip device needs a maintainer, I have moved the device to be csc instead. Any further development for this device should be handled by the community. How Has This B…

Description The command added to check whether the directory is git or not was having syntax error. Fixed the same. Also it seems adding safe-directory with local doesn't really work which actually makes sense. hence reverting to using global instead. Its still safer than before as we are not adding * and are adding the actual path of the directory Fixes following error in the logs --> (9) COMMAND: git --no-pager -C /home/flash/build-fork/cache/git-bare/kernel -C rev-parse --git-dir -->--> command failed with error code 128 after 0 seconds --> (9) WARNING: stacktrace for failed command [ exit code 128:git --no-pager -C /home/flash/build-fork/cache/git-bar…

Description Fix missing lightdm wallpaper. I noticed that the directory path in slick-greeter.conf is not correct. Our wallpapers are in armbian-lightdm directory. When checked in xfce image for vim4, /usr/share/backgrounds/lightdm was missing. Haven't tested the fix yet, but this seems to be the most obvious reason behind the missing lightdm wallpaper. 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 bee…

Description Some boards needs to be re-promoted, some retired. Welcome to add commits to this PR by the end of February. Please check https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Board-Support-Rules/ prior to proposing. How Has This Been Tested? Board status change. View the full article

BananaPi CM4/M2S Update to u-boot v2024.01 Fixup meson-g12b-waveshare-cm4-io-base-b.dts Removed from 'fanctrl' node: #address-cells = <1>; #size-cells = <0>; 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