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Description Adds LVM support for Armbian. Root partition will be created in an LVM volume group, VG name can be configured. Implements issue #6188. The feature has been tested in all targets I have available. Jira reference number AR-2032 View the full article

The Balthazar Personal Computing Device (BPCD) is an open-source hardware 13.3-inch laptop with a RISC-V, Arm, or FPGA module and designed to be upgradable, expandable, and sustainable. The developers say the laptop is based on a few concepts inspired by the EOMA68 project. The EOMA68 is a CPU module based on the PCMCIA form factor, and an Allwinner A20 EOMA68 module was showcased in a prototype of the Rhombus Tech 15.6-inch Libre Laptop but I don’t think the project was ever manufactured. Balthazar laptop features: SoM with RISC-V, FPGA, or Arm Cortex-A7x processor plus memory and flash Storage – SATA SSD, eSATA connector, microSD card socket Display – 13.3-inch non-glar…

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

SONOFF ZBMINI Extreme (aka ZBMINI-L2) is an ultra-compact Zigbee smart switch that can control home appliances and lights without a neutral wire and can fit into almost any mounting box. The tiny wireless switch can fit into the smallest EU-type/86-type/120-type mounting box, and works with gateways supporting the Zigbee 3.0 protocol such as ZBBridge Pro, NSPanel Pro, SmartThings Hub, Amazon Alexa Echo speaker, and so on. It also supports external switches, voice control, eWelink app control, and other features. SONOFF ZBMINI Extreme (ZBMINI-L2) specifications: MCU – Silicon Labs EFR32MG22 Arm Cortex-M33 @ 76.8 MHz Zigbee microcontroller with up to 512 kB flash, up to 32 …

Dear Armbian Community, We have some exciting updates to share with you! Firstly, we are thrilled to announce that we have successfully raised 5000 EUR for upgrading our CI servers. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all of you who participated in this fundraiser and for your continued support. Despite this success, our project still remains underfinanced, and we rely on your support to keep Armbian going. We also have some technical updates to share. FriendlyElec has sent us a sample of the NanoPi R6C, another RK3588S board that’s worth checking out. It comes with an M.2 slot and one less NIC compared to the R6S variant, and Armbian is available for bot…

main-config.sh: workaround: set the default ARCH to arm64 (replacing armhf) main-config.sh: workaround: set the default ARCH to arm64 (replacing armhf) armhf was disabled for some releases and now we get spurious failures building certain artifacts (firmware) Signed-off-by: Ricardo Pardini ricardo@pardini.net View the full article

Description Jira reference number AR-1602 Closing https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/4943 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build 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 changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

ELECFREAKS Pico:ed V2 is a Raspberry Pi RP2040 board heavily inspired by the BBC Micro:bit with an edge connector exposing rings suitable for crocodile clips, a 17×7 LED matrix display, and designed for the classroom. We’ve seen several BBC Micro:bit clones – or rather adaptations – over the years with boards such as the SiFive Learn Inventor, Elecrow Mbits, and HiHope “Big Brother” board. The Pico:ed V2 adds to the list, and the main differences are that it is based on the Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller instead, and does not come with wireless connectivity relying on a USB interface only. ELECFREAKS Pico:ed V2 specifications: MCU – Raspberry Pi RP2040 dual-core Cor…

The MNT Pocket Reform, a smaller version of the MNT Reform laptop, with a 7-inch display has just launched on Crowd Supply with an NXP i.MX8M Plus system-on-module, but also compatible with an NXP Layerscape LS1028A module, Raspberry Pi CM4, Pine64 SOQuartz, and an AMD Kintex-7 FGPA module. The open-source modular laptop also comes with a 128GB eMMC flash, 8GB RAM, WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity on-module, an optional 1TB NVMe SSD, a backlit 60-key mechanical keyboard with an optical trackball and four buttons, a micro HDMI port to connect an external display, a few USB ports, and Ethernet through an ix industrial connector. MNT Pocket Reform specifications: SoM – …

It is no great secret that my colleagues at Collabora have been doing work with the Raspberry Pi Foundation. View the full article

Description For lichee-pi 4A has pwm-fan node in devicetree such as: fan: pwm-fan { compatible = "pwm-fan"; #cooling-cells = <2>; pwms = <&pwm 1 10000000 0>; cooling-levels = <0 64 192 255>; }; So enable pwm-fan support default with licheepi-4a. And I test it's worked on my licheepi 4a board with 8GB ddr. 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 on licheepi 4A board with 8GB ddr Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review …

armbian-desktop/aggregation: introduce DESKTOP_COMMON aggregation variant, where arch/config/appgroups are ignored; see #5439 (re-submitted) armbian-desktop/aggregation: introduce DESKTOP_COMMON aggregation variant, where arch/config/appgroups are ignored; see #5439 (re-submitted) this has been tested with complete/default targets and works View the full article

Adjusted patching in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c to reflect update in Linux 6.3.13 (EOL) https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/diff/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c?id=v6.3.13&id2=v6.3.12 [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Removing deprecated package Jira reference number AR-1178 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Docker image creation 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

Collaborans are in Tokyo this week to take part in the AGL All Member Meeting. They'll be discussing the future of IVI Window Management, and also look at the latest upstream work around the PipeWire framework and how it can benefit the automotive industry. View the full article

Description There is an orbiting patch that adds True Random Number Generator (TRNG) completing the rockchip mainline crypto driver. This PR introduces the patch (which is in RFC condition, thus passible of changes) with these benefits: provides better entropy (see below) removes the memory region claim error in dmesg is almost in mainline Some caveats: the existing driver covers rk3288 (32 bit, not applicable in this context), rk3328 and rk3399, but only rk3399 seems to have working hardware. For the other two chips, the TRNG is just disabled. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Current 6.6 kernel packages built and installed on live system (rk3399) [x] Edge 6.7 kernel pa…

Description Restore Rock64 and RockPi 4A/4B/4C builds. How Has This Been Tested? It hasn't yet. Need to get these changes integrated to the build system so I can test the images on the SBCs :) 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description This PR adds some patches from Collabora and upstream kernel branch and add initial support for opi5 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] OPi5 boots fine [x] SD Card, GMAC, USB, PCIe2, Sata work 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 change…

Today, we are delighted to announce a growing collaboration with MediaTek which will enable Collabora to introduce, improve, and maintain MediaTek's IoT Edge AI Genio platforms upstream. View the full article

Description In the case when there are more than one pair of brackets, the regular expression removes the names between the extreme pair brackets. And dependencies cannot be installed. Currently, the syntactic analysis of the resulting dependency string is performed correctly by the installation function itself. A regular expression is not needed here. Checklist: [x] Tested by building a new library package View the full article

Description In follow-up to #7183 after the merge of #7127 How Has This Been Tested? [x] build and boot with overlay on bigtreetech pi v1.2 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

Description 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] I compiled a own build from my repository [x] Booting the system and the system booting up without any error in dmesg 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 View the full article

Showcasing two new software demonstrations featuring machine learning, including backend video compression that runs on Panfrost, and a data quality assurance tool designed to integrate into the annotation pipeline. View the full article

Description meson: branch current and legacy support HDMI How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build and burn 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

This is a critical fix, without it, all images with extlinux.conf will be broken and will not be able to run the system normally. View the full article

The PipeWire project made major strides over the past few years, bringing shiny new features, and paving the way for new possibilities in the Linux multimedia scene. A look what was accomplished in 2021, and what lies ahead for 2022. View the full article

Actinius Icarus SoM DK development board follows the Arduino Uno form factor and is equipped with the company’s Icacus SoM based on Nordic Semi nRF9160 system-in-package with LTE Cat-M, NB-IoT, and GPS connectivity. The development kit provides an eSIM on the module and an additional Nano SIM socket on the mainboard, Arduino headers for a wide range of I/Os and compatibility with Arduino Shields, a set of user LEDs, reset and user buttons, and a battery charging port. Icarus SoM DK specifications: Icarus SoM SiP – Nordic Semi nRF9160-SICA system-in-package with Arm Cortex-M33 MCU, 1024 KB flash, 256 KB SRAM, and LTE Cat-M1 (eMTC), Cat-NB1 (NB-IoT), and GPS connectivity S…

Description Due to changes in Opi legacy kernel, one out of the tree wireless driver broke down. We have patch it for modern kernel, but for this one another patch or adjustment is needed. This can be done later, but in order to have things build-able, lets disable it. Jira reference number AR-1179 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] 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…

Dear Armbians, Here are the latest updates! Device Support, Enhancements, and Progress We’re excited to announce the addition of support for several new devices, including Khadas VIM1S, VIM4, TI AM26, and Licheepi 4a. To enhance user experience, all Khadas images are now available in their “oowow” format, streamlining the installation process. Bananapi M5 and M2PRO users can look forward to numerous fixes that enhance stability and performance. Updates for the Thinkpad X13s have transformed it into a highly usable device. Additionally, thermal support for Opi4 has been fixed, eliminating issues with high-load operation. Our latest release introduces overlays for the A…

Bumps ossf/scorecard-action from 2.2.0 to 2.3.0. Release notes Sourced from ossf/scorecard-action's releases. v2.3.0 What's Changed :seedling: Bump github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4 from v4.11.0 to v4.13.0 by @​spencerschrock in ossf/scorecard-action#1270 For a full changelist of what this includes, see the v4.12.0 and v4.13.0 release notes :sparkles: Send rekor tlog index to webapp when publishing results by @​spencerschrock in ossf/scorecard-action#1169 :bug: Prevent url clipping for GHES instances by @​rajbos in ossf/scorecard-action#1225 Documentation :book: Update access rights needed to see the results in code scanning by @​rajbos in ossf/scorecard-action#1229 …

odroidm1 / rk3568-odroid: recover overlays from 6.1; update .config; fix patch dir name I had inadvertently: used wrong naming for the patch folder completely left behind the patches in 6.1 folder when moved to 6.2 made it worse by moving to 6.3 This recovers the patches (confirmed working), updates the .config (no changes), and fixes the patch dir name. View the full article

New boards & fixes; this de-media-fies the khadas-edge2 khadas-edge2: switch to rockchip-rk3588 legacy kernel add bluetooth-hciattach for working bluetooth most of the work done by @monkaBlyat mekotronics (all boards): use new bluetooth-hciattach extension for out-of-the-box working bluetooth rock-5a: add support for Rock-5A, WiP, using rockchip-rk3588 - by @monkaBlyat bluetooth-hciattach: new generic extension to facilitate adding hciattach systemd service, given the correct params this is not specific to rk3588 and can be reused by others View the full article

Dear Armbian Community, Let’s welcome 2024! As always, we are committed to providing you with the latest updates and improvements to enhance your Armbian experience. Here’s a roundup of recent developments: Armbian Build Framework The Armbian build framework has been extended with official Github action scripts. These scripts make image re-compilation for your hardware a breeze, allowing you to choose different configurations with or without customization. Check it out on the GitHub Marketplace. Kernel Upgrades We have completed kernel upgrades for the current kernel selection. The default upcoming kernel on most platforms will now be based on the most recent LTS kerne…

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

UP Squared 2 is a compact single board computer powered by either an Intel Celeron N6210 or Pentium J6426 “Elkhart Lake” processor with up to 16GB RAM, 64GB eMMC flash, 4K capable HDMI and DisplayPort video outputs, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, and more. Slightly smaller than two business cards, the UP Squared 2 is an upgrade of the UP Squared SBC introduced in 2016 with Intel Celeron N3350 or Pentium N4200 “Apollo Lake” processor. The new board offers virtually the same features, except the two HDMI ports, have been replaced by one HDMI port, and one DisplayPort connector, the mini PCIe slot is gone in favor of an M.2 NVMe socket, the Altera FPGA has been removed, and the…

Description Currently, dtbo path in boot.ini is wrong. So we cannot load device tree blob overlays for cloudshell2. This commit fix this path in boot.ini How Has This Been Tested? Path was tested and dtbo's are succesfully loaded. 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 [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description sunxi-6.6: switch to v6.6.50, re-extract patches The four patch files were renamed automatically and now correspond to the field in the Subject: line. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Test build arm [ ] Test build arm64 View the full article

Bumps actions/checkout from 3 to 4. Release notes Sourced from actions/checkout's releases. v4.0.0 What's Changed Update default runtime to node20 by @​takost in actions/checkout#1436 Support fetching without the --progress option by @​simonbaird in actions/checkout#1067 Release 4.0.0 by @​takost in actions/checkout#1447 New Contributors @​takost made their first contribution in actions/checkout#1436 @​simonbaird made their first contribution in actions/checkout#1067 Full Changelog: https://github.com/actions/checkout/compare/v3...v4.0.0 v3.6.0 What's Changed Mark test scripts with Bash'isms to be run via Bash by @​dscho in actions/checkout#1377 Add option to fe…

Mele PCG02 Pro is a mini PC stick / PC-on-a-stick powered by either an Intel Celeron J4125 Gemini Lake processor or a more recent Celeron N5105 Jasper Lake processor, with support for M.2 NVMe/SSD storage, but only for the Gemini Lake model. The computer is also equipped with 8GB LPDDR4 memory, 128GB to 512GB eMMC flash, two HDMI 2.0 ports capable of driving two independent displays, a Gigabit Ethernet port, WiFi 5 or 6 connectivity, and more. MeLE PCG02 Pro specifications: SoC (one or the other) Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core Gemini Lake Refresh processor @ 2.0 / 2.7 GHz (Boost) with 12EU Intel UHD 600 graphics @ 250 / 750 MHz; 10W TDP Intel Celeron N5105 quad-core Jasp…

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 6.1.63. 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 fix: Fix duplicate nodes for sun50i-h5-orangepi-pc2 board The patch must be registered in the series.conf file Checklist: [x] Test on board View the full article

Distec BoxPC Pro NPA-2009 is an embedded Box PC powered by a Celeron 6305E, Intel Core-i3 1115G4E, Core i5-1145G7E, or Core-i7-1185G7E Tiger Lake processor that offers both V-by-One and eDP interfaces to connect to high-resolution displays. The system supports up to 64GB RAM, NVMe stoage, dual Gigabit Ethernet, and optional WiFi and cellular connectivity, and is suitable for info terminals, medical equipment, and transportation applications. Distec BoxPC Pro NPA-2009 specifications: Tiger Lake SoC (one or the other) Intel Core i5-1145G7E (default) quad-core/8-thread processor @ 1.50 GHz / 4.10 GHz (Turbo) with 80 EU Intel Iris Xe Graphics; TDP: 12W to 28W Intel Core i7-…

Description Current U-Boot compile on SUNXI 32-bit boards comes up with a couple of CONFIG_ redefined warnings. Root cause is allwinner-boot-splash.patch. If CONFIG_VIDEO or CONFIG_DM_VIDEO is defined, then this patch is defining a couple of dependent configs - regardless if those are defined already. Solution Wrap those defines with an appropriate if !defined pattern. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Test 1: Compile for a SUNXI 32-bit board - e.g.: /compile.sh u-boot BOARD=bananapipro BRANCH=current RELEASE=focal BUILD_MINIMAL=yes BUILD_DESKTOP=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no COMPRESS_OUTPUTIMAGE=sha,gpg,7z SYNC_CLOCK=no CREATE_PATCHES=no [x] Test 2: Compile for a SUNXI 64-b…

rockchip-rk3588 edge: bump to 6.7-rc7; add overlays rockchip-rk3588 edge 6.7-rc4: rewrite/rebase patches in the process, MAINTAINERS file patches are dropped rockchip-rk3588 edge 6.7: bump to 6.4-rc7; rebase patches rockchip-rk3588 edge 6.7: add overlay support; add rockchip-rk3588-sata2 overlay rockchip-rk3588 edge 6.7-rc7: update .config, no changes View the full article

Description Instead of requesting to install gcc-or1k-bin package unconditionally, request it only when building images with crust support. Also consolidated crust related configuration into a separate file. Jira reference number AR-1786 How Has This Been Tested? [X] ./compile.sh DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE="debian:bullseye" BOARD=nanopineo works as it doesn't need crust support [X] ./compile.sh DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE="debian:bullseye" BOARD=nanopiduo2 fails as it bullseye doesn't include gcc-or1k-bin package and hence reported as unsupported system [X] ./compile.sh BOARD=nanopiduo2 works as default release is jammy that has the required package Checklist: [X] My co…

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 ] armbianmonitor -m 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 …

In my last Panfrost blog post, I announced my internship goal: improve Panfrost to run GNOME3. GNOME is a popular Linux desktop making heavy use of OpenGL; to use GNOME with only free and open source software on a machine with Mali graphics, Panfrost is necessary. View the full article

We’ve just reviewed the Raspberry Pi 4-powered CrowPi L laptop and Crowtail Starter kit used to teach programming and electronics, but Elecrow has now launched the “Raspberry Pi Pico Advanced Kit” with 32 electronics modules, a smart kit car, and 32 tutorials that should be a more affordable way of teaching electronics and programming. However, it does so in a different way, as instead of using visual programming and Python, the Raspberry Pi Pico Advanced Kit’s lessons rely on MicroPython, and the projects are different with for example parts to build an obstacle avoidance, line tracking, or remote controlled car. Package content: Optional Raspberry Pi Pico board with R…

Description Minor fixes to led-conf6, default phase shifting for emmc controller se to 90° instead of 180° that was causing some eMCP to be not detected even in high-speed mode How Has This Been Tested? Quick check directly on a live installation Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-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

Remove stmmac change from net-phy-Support-yt8531c.patch as its causing 32-bit allwinner boards to hang on boot Description The 32-bit allwinner boards are known to hang with 6.1.30 kernel. On investigation, I was able to narrow the issue down to the above mentioned patch. The patch is supposed to add support for yt8531c, but it was also modifying stmmac ethernet driver to add a fix for realtek chip. This doesn't make sense to me and removing that code solved the issue. Jira reference number AR-1764 How Has This Been Tested? Created an bookworm current image for nanopi duo2 with and without stmmac part removed. [X] Removing the stmmac part of the patch results into bo…

Description Extension to include fake vcgencmd to non Raspberry Pi builds to allow the Android app Raspi Check to control Armbian boards out of the box. See also https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5100 and https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5095 How Has This Been Tested? Build for Raspberry Pi (not installing the fake vcgencmd, bur failed for another reason on SHA-1) and non-Raspberry Pi boards (installing 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] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My …

Description Jira reference number AR-1214 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-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

Backport updates from Linux 6.3. In my testing this has no ill effects on SDIO 8822CS and fixes USB 8821CU dmesg | grep rtw [ 8.684999] rtw_8821cu 4-1:1.0: Firmware version 24.11.0, H2C version 12 [ 9.426555] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtw_8821cu lsmod | grep rtw88 rtw88_8821cu 16384 0 rtw88_8821c 81920 1 rtw88_8821cu rtw88_usb 20480 1 rtw88_8821cu rtw88_core 131072 2 rtw88_usb,rtw88_8821c mac80211 458752 2 rtw88_core,rtw88_usb cfg80211 331776 2 rtw88_core,mac80211 Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my o…

Reverts armbian/build#7137 overlay throws a kernel compilation error (??!?) Need to investigate; apologies for the inconvenience :( View the full article

Description Jira reference number AR-1360 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build 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 new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Vecow EAC-5000 is a rugged AI computing system powered by NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Orin 32GB or 64GB system-on-module designed for advanced edge AI applications such as in-vehicle computing, robotic control, machine vision, intelligent video analytics, and mobile robots. The embedded computer delivers up to 275 TOPS of AI performance thanks to the NVIDIA module, supports up to eight GMSL2 cameras, various wireless connectivity options with 6 antennas, 9V to 50V wide range DC power input, and operates in the -20°C to 70°C temperature range. Vecow EAC-5000 specifications: System-on-Module EAC-5000-R32 – NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 32GB with CPU – 8-core Arm Cortex-A78AE v8.2 64-bit p…

rpi4b/bcm2711: introduce RPI_DEBUG_CONSOLE=yes which at once disables bt, enables uart, and adds ttyAMA0 Enabling uart debug on rpi4b requires a bunch of seemingly unrelated changes. The UART stuff on bcm is a bit cuckoo. View the full article

Description Maint. There are few patches that are failing ... :whale:|:hammer:] Problem with ->patches.armbian/drv-rtc-sun6i-Add-Allwinner-H616-support(:1) (+18/-0)[1M] {rtc-sun6i.c}<-: Failed to apply patch /armbian/patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-6.1/patches.armbian/drv-rtc-sun6i-Add-Allwinner-H616-support.patch: [:whale:|:hammer:] STDOUT: patching file "drivers/rtc/rtc-sun6i.c" [:whale:|:hammer:] STDOUT: Hunk #1 succeeded at 389 (offset -7 lines). [:whale:|:hammer:] STDOUT: Hunk #2 FAILED at 858. [:whale:|:hammer:] STDOUT: 1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file "/tmp/tmpftce59g7" what is the best procedure to handle this in new FW? where are re…

And fixing the "Adding a module" documentation... It still will require a full fledged guide at some point, though. View the full article

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev rosenp@gmail.com View the full article

Developing Linux for Android on Qemu allows you to do some things that are not necessarily possible using the stock emulator. For my purposes I need access to a GPU and be able to modify the driver, which is where Virgilrenderer and Qemu comes in handy. View the full article

Description 6.1 vendor kernel is not bootable on opi3b. There is a post in forum: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/36332-orangepi3b-kernel-panic-when-trying-to-boot-with-the-new-vendor-kernel6143/#comment-186436 Opi3b is using mainline uboot for all branches which is not compatibale with vendor kernel's npu, ~so I use radxa's rockchip uboot instead and limit mainline uboot to branch edge~. I find that setting vdd_npu with property regulator-always-on will fix the issue. There is also a missing uwe5622 patch on rk35xx family, which will cause kernel panic of sprdbt_tty kernel module. Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relev…

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rockchip64-edge (6.8.y): enable CONFIG_RTW88_PCI and all the RTW88 PCI cards rockchip64-edge (6.8.y): enable CONFIG_RTW88_PCI and all the RTW88 PCI cards needed for the Tinkerboard-2 (8822CE) didn't touch SDIO or USB ones View the full article

Gustavo Noronha helps break down C++ and shows how that knowledge can open up new possibilities with Rust. View the full article

Description nanopct4 rt5651 sound repeat pinctrl cause problem [ 7.395164] rockchip-pinctrl pinctrl: pin gpio4-0 already requested by ff880000.i2s; cannot claim for 1-001a [ 7.395192] rockchip-pinctrl pinctrl: could not request pin 128 (gpio4-0) from group i2s-8ch-mclk on device rockchip-pinctrl wlan-platdata,bluetooth-platdata is from legacy kernel, it not in mainline kernel (wireless,bluetooth drive by sdio,bluethooth node in dts), now remove it from dts general-add-panel-simple-dsi.patch is a general patch drive DSI lcd display pannel by dts easy, now add this to media edge for some people's need By the way, [board-pbp-fix-wonky-wifi-bt.patch] this p…

Description Since of historical reasons script armbian-install is still creating a log file with name /var/log/nand-sata-install.log as well as using other artifacts from folder /usr/lib/nand-sata-install. I would like to align those names to comply with the original script name having been run: If run as nand-sata-install => create /var/log/nand-sata-install.log, lookup artifacts in /usr/lib/nand-sata-install If run as armbian-install => create /var/log/armbian-install.log, lookup artifacts in /usr/lib/armbian-install To achieve 2. I did: rename folder packages/bsp/common/usr/lib/nand-sata-install -> packages/bsp/common/usr/lib/armbian-install - since this …

Description sunxi-5.19: Initial state for megous patches Checklist: [ ] Test build for sunxi [ ] Test build for sunxi64 View the full article

This week's work centers on release and CI infrastructure, board and U-Boot updates, and build framework hardening. On the release pipeline, asset manifest JSON is now emitted alongside uploads, third-party armbian-images.json sources are merged into the main download index, and dispatch chains were rewired so that build completion fans out cleanly to download-index regeneration and website sync. Ubuntu resolute (26.04) entered the daily build matrix, with corresponding prepare-host adjustments for its qemu-user packaging and a targeted blacklist for boards failing resolute plus GNOME. The new Armbian SDK images are now surfaced on the website and ship preloaded with the …

X96Q LPDDR3 Improvements 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. Improvements include EMMC detection Bluetooth LED functionality USB functionality Now boots on edge Miniarch had a much better setup for X96Q than my original, so used those dts files with minimal changes. View the full article

We're proud to announce that Whisper is now available in Hindi! With 2,500 hours of Hindi speech data and innovative techniques like Indic Normalization, this model sets a new benchmark for Hindi ASR. View the full article

Introducing new common code for Mesa Vulkan drivers to support a new Vulkan extension, making it easier for app and game authors to manage Vulkan state - and easier for our drivers too. View the full article

Making its debut this week at Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Long Beach, ElectricMaple is an innovative project by Collabora and PlutoVR designed to enhance standalone XR experiences through remote-rendering. View the full article

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Description set correct boot script for modern kernels add current build target add current build option Jira reference number AR-1200 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generated and booted Focal CLI image 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 Continuation of work on the development of a unified package installation function in the armbian build system. Sometimes we need to install a package as a package file that is located in the local directory. Now the function will independently calculate the package dependencies and install these dependencies and the package file itself. How Has This Been Tested? It is well tested. We can start using this new opportunity. [x] The installation of packages that are not available in the available repositories has been tested. The packages were taken\downloaded from third-party sources. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I…

A while back I presented USB 2.0 host support that was added to U-boot for the Radxa Rock-5B RK3588 Rockchip board. This time, USB 3.0 was added with support for the host and gadget. View the full article

Description These two blob files have been in repo armbian/rkbin for a long time: armbian/rkbin#8. I test them on rock-3a today. Should be okay to update. 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 on rock-3a 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 publish…

Description As per subject, plus kernel configs have been updated and enabled rtl8xxx untested wifi chips How Has This Been Tested? [x] Kernel patches apply with current kernel [x] Kernel patches apply with edge kernel 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

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

Description As per subject, fixes the esp8089 driver to allow module remove without errors and leave the hardware in cold state to allow further module insertion. Not a great deal, can even wait after release, but only deal with CSC boards so should not be too worrisome. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Module has been tested [x] Current kernel debian packages compile [x] Edge kernel debian packages compile 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 gene…

Dear Armbians, It’s been a month since our last newsletter. We hope you are enjoying our new release! Here are the topics we are working on: Infra We are aware that our primary repository management and rsync servers need serious upgrades, as it takes hours and hours to deliver a release. Past week we have enabled two additional servers and several others are waiting for the upgrade. This will further improve time to deliver updates and new images. Documentation We are working on improving the documentation, focusing on the build framework. The current build framework documentation is largely outdated, which poses a challenge for those unfamiliar with the tool. Builds …

ASRock Industrial has just launched the 4X4 BOX 7000/D5 Series mini PCs powered by AMD Ryzen 7000U-Series laptop APUs offering up to eight Zen3+ cores clocked at up to 4.75GHz. The mini PC supports up to 64GB dual-channel DDR5 4800MHz memory and SATA 3.0 plus M.2 NVMe storage, offers four display outputs with one 8K capable HDMI 2.1 port and three DisplayPort 1.4a outputs, five USB ports including two USB4 ports, as well as 2.5GbE and Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity. Two models are currently available, 4X4 BOX-7735U/D5 and 4X4 BOX-7535U/D5, with the following specifications: SoC (one or the other) 4X4 BOX-7535U/D5 – AMD Ryzen 5 7535U hexa-core/1…

The weekend saw some of the NetSurf developers gather once again to do battle against the Red Queen...no, wait. I mean plan and write code. View the full article

Description As per subject, fix rtl8811cu on kernel 6.3 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] Compilation works 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

rockchip-rk3588 6.8.y: nanopct6: Add NanoPC T6 SPI Flash (v6.8.y version) rockchip-rk3588 6.8.y: nanopct6: Add NanoPC T6 SPI Flash (v6.8.y version) View the full article

rpardini's bag-of-stuff incl fixes - early June/'23 I'm back at it, fixing and breaking stuff. Fixing: prepare-host: check_host_has_enough_disk_space(): don't check if dir does not exist; fixes #5246 distro-agnostic: don't assume armbian.list exists when seding for beta pipeline: repo-reprepro: run clearvanished & check before adding to repo Breaking: BREAKING CHANGE: patches failing to apply now break the build. fixes #4958 also break on legacy process_patch_file() failure, remove EXIT_PATCHING_ERROR repo: split image apt .list deployment into image-early (after rootfs extract, before building) and image-late (after building) rationale: having the re…

Description As per description. Jira reference number AR-1751 View the full article

Description Jira reference number AR-1342 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build Sid images 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…

Description This merge request implements an official support for OLIMEX Teres-A64 by Armbian and assigns myself as the maintainer. Solves the following issues: OS breaking after reboot that is currently present on the weekly builds No audio (Solved through including needed packages and updating debian and community olimex wiki) No active maintainer Removes bloatware introduced from armbian-firmware Before Merge Checklist (Reviewer) [ ] Continuous Deployment [ ] Add weekly build for: [ ] minimal stable debian CLI e.g. BOARD=olimex-teres-a64 BRANCH=current RELEASE=bookworm BUILD_MINIMAL=yes BUILD_DESKTOP=no KERNEL_ONLY=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no [ ] Debian testing …

Description I want to add a ppa to a new appgroup. I need ca-certificates before running apt update or I will get No system certificates available. Try installing ca-certificates.. Log: https://paste.armbian.com/oponabanom 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] apt update success with ppa 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 g…

Collabora's involvement in Open Source XR development continues to grow today as we welcome the libsurvive project, the open source lighthouse tracking system, into the fold! View the full article

Description This reverts commit 8d16d9f8104492bfaf99359ea0118069f1486c2d. which seems to cause problems. View the full article

Description Addressing cosmetic / warning from locales. Jira reference number AR-1299 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Boot Debian SID minimal image [x] Boot Ubuntu Jammy CLI image [x] Boot Ubuntu Bullseye Gnome image Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Allow to disable boot partition by explicit BOOTSIZE=0. This would help when bootloader known to support rootfs FS. Allow image_size < rootfs_size for (potentially compressed) btrfs. 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 compressed btrfs-rootfs image with FIXED_IMAGE_SIZE=$((rootfs_size/2)) and without boot partition 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 corresp…

Monado now has initial support for 6DoF ("inside-out") tracking for devices with cameras and an IMU! Three free and open source SLAM/VIO solutions were integrated and adapted to work on XR: Kimera-VIO, ORB-SLAM3, and Basalt. View the full article

Description Add support for sd card for Rock 5 (mainline linux) Remove tegra from kernel config Update Linux kernel to rc2 How Has This Been Tested? I builded image and Rock 5 boot up from sd card/emmc and I was able to reboot [x] boot up from emmc [x] boot up from sd card [x] reboot 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

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

uboot: allow adding/changing uboot CFLAGS with post_config_uboot_target() hook uboot: allow adding/changing uboot CFLAGS with post_config_uboot_target() hook View the full article