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We’ve written a couple of articles about Time-of-Flight (ToF) technology in recent weeks notably about ranging sensors such as VL53L8 dToF sensor and Toppan hybrid ToF sensor, but Orbbec has used the technology in their Femto camera line designed to capture 3D objects and scenes. The Femto 3D cameras support a depth-of-field (DoF) from 0.2 to 5 meters, multi-camera synchronization, can be used in complete darkness, and are equipped with a 6-Axis IMU tracking sensor for motion tracking. The ToF cameras should find their way into applications for healthcare, warehousing/shipping, autonomous robotics, augmented reality, and other sectors. Three models are available with the …

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…

Description Now we support to download rootfs-cache from Github. NOTE: it seem like that some mirrors is outdated. So we use Github API first. We don't need to care about these mirrors, since we support multi-origin download. How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

shellfmt/.editorconfig: enable trim whitespaces, run shellfmt, no actual code changes shellfmt: bump to 3.6.0 (run with bash lib/tools/shellfmt.sh) .editorconfig: rationalize, remove duplicated logic .editorconfig: add .py stuff I (rpardini) had on my own fork for armbian-next Python development View the full article

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

Progress in they VC4 graphics camp and the Wayland camp now enables us to run Weston on top of the drm backend for VC4 platforms. Previously software acceleration using pixman was needed, but this is no longer the case. Let's explore running hardware accelerated Weston on the Raspberry Pi. View the full article

Description Rebase action fails to work after bulk security changes. View the full article

Bumps actions/upload-artifact from 3.1.3 to 4.0.0. Release notes Sourced from actions/upload-artifact's releases. v4.0.0 What's Changed The release of upload-artifact@v4 and download-artifact@v4 are major changes to the backend architecture of Artifacts. They have numerous performance and behavioral improvements. For more information, see the @​actions/artifact documentation. New Contributors @​vmjoseph made their first contribution in actions/upload-artifact#464 Full Changelog: https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact/compare/v3...v4.0.0 Commits c7d193f Merge pull request #466 from actions/v4-beta 13131bb licensed cache 4a6c273 Merge branch 'main' into v4-…

rockchip64_common: use ttyFIQ0 as default SERIALCON for both legacy and vendor BRANCHes rockchip64_common: use ttyFIQ0 as default SERIALCON for both legacy and vendor BRANCHes View the full article

Description Switch back to Rockchip DDR binary for DDR initialization in u-boot for Helios64. I believe there is nothing board-specific about this memory initialization issue, but it might be no other Armbian board has this combination of rk3399 and LPDDR4. Else there is something specific about the memory set up on the Helios64 hardware. On the Helios64 random memory errors happens when using the U-Boot DDR intialization code for rk3399. Switching to the rkbin rk33 933MHz v1.25 allows this testcase to run more than once without a memory error: for i in $(seq 1 100);do python3 -c "import pkg_resources" || break;done Could be LPDDR4 specific. Workaround https://github…

AAEON’s UP Bridge the Gap community has partnered with Intel to release two robotic development kits based on either UP Xtreme i11 or UP Squared 6000 single board computers in order to simplify robotics evaluation and development. Both robotic development kits come with a four-wheeled robot prototype that can move omnidirectionally, sense and map its environment, avoid obstacles, and detect people and objects. Since those capabilities are already implemented, users can save time and money working on further customization for specific use cases. Key features and specifications: SBC UP Squared 6000 SBC – Recommended for power efficiency and extended battery power SoC – Inte…

Description A bunch of patches did not apply anymore to rk322x/rockchip familes due to small upstream changes. This PR fixes the annoyance. How Has This Been Tested? [x] rk322x family patches apply cleanly for current kernel [x] rockchip family patches apply cleanly for current 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

Description hides out hassio interface from IP list improve command verification in displaying recommended commands when using CLI / minimal image, show MOTD right after initial 1st run config How Has This Been Tested? Manual execution of a script. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Chips may suddenly disappear from the supply chain or get really expensive due to the recurring supply shortage, companies are now designing their PCBs to support multiple chips either selecting drop-in replacements or creating multiple footprints to cater to at least one alternative part. That means one PCB and multiple bill-of-materials are needed to be more resilient to any supply disruption. Radxa did that on the ROCK 3A board for the USB PD circuitry with the ability to use either Injoinic IP2315 or WCH CH224D IC. Those are not pin-to-pin compatible chips, and two circuitry were made for the board requiring two BoMs as it’s not just possible to only replace IP2315 by…

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Linux 6.4.15 / 6.5.2 Remove duplicate label and correct goto err_release_hw placement. drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c: In function ‘rtw_usb_probe’: drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c:878:1: error: duplicate label ‘err_free_rx_bufs’ 878 | err_free_rx_bufs: 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

“Adafruit Feather RP2040 with DVI Output Port” is another Raspberry Pi RP2040 board with an HDMI port that can output DVI video signal (no audio) to most TVs or monitors with an HDMI input port thanks to the PicoDVI project. The board builds upon the company’s Adafruit Feather RP2040 with the HDMI port adding just a few dollars. Adafruit Feather RP2040 with DVI Output Port specifications: MCU – Raspberry Pi RP2040 dual-core Arm Cortex M0+ microcontroller ~125 MHz (but it should be overclocked for DVI output) with 264 KB RAM Storage – 8MB SPI flash Video Output – 1x HDMI port for DVI output up to 320×240 or 400×240 resolution with 16-bit pixels, I2C signals to read EDID da…

rkbin-tools: allow using custom rkbin RKBIN_GIT_BRANCH as well as RKBIN_GIT_URL rkbin-tools: allow using custom rkbin RKBIN_GIT_BRANCH as well as RKBIN_GIT_URL notice: the rkbin repo or the bins themselves are not hashed or included in the u-boot version (yet) make sure to avoid caching when building with those custom git/branch (ARTIFACT_IGNORE_CACHE=yes CLEAN_LEVEL=make-uboot) View the full article

Description Show more informations in first-login Jira reference number AR-1216 How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Google Open Source have chosen their second group of winners for the 2023 Google Open Source Peer Bonus Program, and Arnaud Ferraris, Senior Software Engineer at Collabora and Mobian project lead, is among the recipients! View the full article

Frore Systems Airjet Mini and Airjet Pro are active cooling chips that are just 2.8mm thick and quietly suck cool air in from the top of the chip before pushing it out the sides with the aim to replace traditional fan-based solutions in ultrabooks, or be integrated into VR headsets and smartphones for improved cooling. Yesterday we saw that cameras could clean themselves with micro-vibrations, and it happens that processors can be cooled with vibrations too as the Airjet chips are comprised of tiny membranes that vibrate at ultrasonic frequencies to generate a flow of air that enters through inlet vents in the top and transformed into high-velocity pulsating jets exiting …

Description ArmSoM Sige3 is rk3568 version of the sige series boards. It is a board supporting pd negotiation with fusb302, so I add pd negotiation in uboot. This pr depends on https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/236 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] ./compile.sh BOARD=armsom-sige3 BRANCH=vendor BUILD_MINIMAL=no DEB_COMPRESS=xz KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=noble KERNEL_GIT=shallow BUILD_DESKTOP=yes DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED= DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT=gnome DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG_NAME=config_base Checklist: Please delete options that ar…

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

Description Also update bcm2711 config. Small maintenance issue. How Has This Been Tested? [x] build test on all affected 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

rockchip-rk3588: add -Wno-error=address to u-boot CFLAGS so it builds with gcc 12+ rockchip-rk3588: add -Wno-error=address to u-boot CFLAGS so it builds with gcc 12+ this applies to all u-boots in this family this is in addition to the the -Wno-error=enum-int-mismatch needed for gcc 13+ View the full article

After a particularly long cycle of over 10 months, GStreamer accumulated many improvements that are now available in the 1.14 release. Here's a look at some of the contributions from Collabora's engineers that we're particularly proud of. View the full article

Description phytium_embedded: update phytium u-boot binary to support 50Mhz SDIO WiFi. Phytium has not open-sourced the u-boot they use, so I have to use the non-free u-boot binary file they provide. 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] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Arduino boards have traditionally been programmed with C-like language in the Arduino IDE, but with the Arduino Lab for MicroPython, Arduino added MicroPython to several official Arduino boards. In the words of the Arduino Team, “not an official product yet, an experimental tool”, but I would not be surprised if it becomes an official IDE eventually as the company collaborated with Damien George, the creator of MicroPython, to port the official the virtual machine to a number of Arduino products, and Murilo Polese to develop the Arduino Lab for MicroPython cross-platform IDE for MicroPython. The IDE looks familiar… Oh yes, I see it now, it’s basically the Arduino IDE, b…

Dummy_hcd which consists of a software-emulated host controller and a UDC chip. In other words, this means you can play with USB gadgets even if you don't have the appropriate hardware, because your PC can act as both a USB host and a USB device. View the full article

Nordic Semiconductor nRF5340 Audio DK is a Bluetooth LE audio development kit that enables better audio quality with LC3 codec, longer playtime, and new features such as Multi-Stream Audio and and Broadcast Audio. Equipped with the nRF5340 dual-core Cortex-M33 SoC, nPM1100 PMIC, and Cirrus Logic’s CS47L63 Audio DSP, the kit can be configured as a True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbud, an LE Audio USB dongle, an enterprise headset, or a broadcast receiver. nRF5340 Audio DK specifications: WiSoC – Nordic Semi nRF5340 dual-core Arm Cortex-M33 multi-protocol microcontroller with support for Bluetooth 5.1 LE, Bluetooth mesh, NFC, Thread, Zigbee, 802.15.4, ANT, and 2.4 GHz propriet…

Description https://github.com/cli/cli/issues/6175 Jira reference number AR-1318 How Has This Been Tested? [x] apt update 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 Hello all, This PR adds support for the Texas Instruments SK-TDA4VM. Features, schematics, and purchase links can be found on the board page[0]. Notable features: 4GB LPDDR4‐4266 with support for inline ECC DisplayPort (v1.4) 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 M.2 Key E and M.2 Key M connectors Thanks! [0] https://www.ti.com/tool/SK-TDA4VM Depends on #5686 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build/Boot tested Bookworm CLI/Minimal on Current(v6.1) and Edg…

Description Add latest Linux Mint versions, Virginia and Wilma, to supported hosts. Add virginia and wilma in host-release.sh Add wilma (noble) in prepare-host.sh. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Linux Mint Virginia (xfce) - ./compile.sh build BOARD=orangepizeroplus BRANCH=edge RELEASE=bookworm [x] Linux Mint Wilma (xfce) - ./compile.sh build BOARD=orangepizeroplus BRANCH=edge RELEASE=bookworm Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Description On my samsung TV, Rock 5b disconnects the CEC communication after TV restart. This patch fixes that. 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 ] Rock 5b using Samsung TV 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 pub…

rockchip-rk3588-legacy: switch to 48-bit virtual address; enable more eBPF/net stuff enable more eBPF/net stuff for Cilium switch to 48-bit virtual addresses, so we're tcmalloc compatible - see https://github.com/cilium/cilium/issues/17467 - see https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/issues/15235#issuecomment-850516622 View the full article

With over 350 patches authored and nearly 200 reviewed and tested in multiple subsystems, 2021 was a great year for Linux kernel development at Collabora. Here is a look at some of our achievements during the year. View the full article

Today we all read the announcement of Ubuntu's decision to refocus on cloud and IoT activities, dropping Unity 8 to move back to a GNOME-based desktop for the 17.04 LTS. View the full article

Description Bumped Allwinner kernels. legacy - 5.15.137 -> 5.15.139 current - 6.1.62 -> 6.1.63 edge - 6.6.1 -> 6.6.2 Updated ov5640 camera patches to fix patch application failure. Also rebased the config files. 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] Both 32-bit and 64-bit kernel builds fine. [X] Tested 32-bit kernel on NanoPi Duo2(H3). All 3 kernels seems to work fine. [X] Tested ov5640 camera with current and edge kernels. Autofocus didn't worked for me, but its possible that I might have damaged my camera by placing something on it. Hav…

Software engineering, quality assurance, project management, and Finance are all looking for great and talented people. Please check us out. https://www.collabora.com/about-us/careers.html View the full article

Description Jira reference number AR-1639 How Has This Been Tested? [🐳|🔨] dpkg-deb: building package 'armbian-config' in '/armbian/.tmp/work-c83920b4-8982-4007-933f-d08866c61443/tmp.Qoc0Tbqyxh/armbian-config_23.05.0-trunk_all.deb'. [🐳|💥] error! [ Artifact file /armbian/output/debs/armbian-config_23.05.0-trunk--1-SAce33-B21b2_all.deb did not exist, after artifact_build_from_sources(). ] [ ] 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 …

Description armbian-install should mask installing to root partition. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Manual run To do: fix labels change executing bit after transferring script to the target. View the full article

Description switching sunxi to 5.18.y temporally disabling several OOT wireless drivers re-enable AUFS on 5.18.y Jira reference number AR-955 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 downs…

PipeWire continues to evolve with the recent integration of libcamera, a library to support complex cameras. In this blog post, I'll explain why libcamera exists, what it does, and how we integrated it in PipeWire. View the full article

It's unwanted impurity, don't touch my git config How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. Running on NixOS, current causes fatal error Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [X] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [X] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [X] My changes generate no new warnings [X] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description As per subject, fix rtl8723du on kernel 6.3, useful until upstream driver get patched How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compilation for kernel 6.3 works [x] Compilation for kernel 6.1 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

Description I was unable to boot from m2 ssd (of course with SPI NOR FLASH) when bootfs part was ext4. Then i used bootfs part as fat and it worked. I think Xunlong's Uboot source doesn't support Ext4 bootfs parts. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested on my Orange Pi 5 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 Fix Raspberry Pi 5 DSI functionality. Context: A display connected to the DSI connector of Raspberry Pi 5 does not work. Dmesg reveals the following information: [ 13.283052] mipi-dsi 1f00118000.dsi.0: deferred probe pending: mipi-dsi: supplier 2.reg_bridge not ready [ 13.283060] platform 1.panel_disp: deferred probe pending: platform: wait for supplier /axi/pcie@120000/rp1/i2c@88000/reg_display@45 The problem could be traced back to a missing I2C Driver. See: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/50963-dsi-display-does-not-work-on-raspberry-pi-5/ Documentation summary for feature / change Add module to kernel configuration: CONFIG_I2C_DESIGNWARE_CORE How …

Description We are using this: PRIMARY_INTERFACE="$(ls -1 /sys/class/net/ | grep -v lo | egrep "enp|eth" | head -1)" to detect primary interface. Sometimes it doesn't find proper one. This add additional check. Before: System load: 5% Up time: 11 minLocal users: 2 Memory usage: 14% of 982M IP: 10.0.30.126 CPU temp: 35°C Usage of /: 11% of 28G RX today: Error: No interface matching "--oneline" found in database. After: System load: 5% Up time: 15 minLocal users: 2 Memory usage: 14% of 982M IP: 10.0.30.126 CPU temp: 34°C Usage of /: 11% of 28G …

Using open source software, Collabora has developed an efficient compression pipeline that enables a face video broadcasting system that achieves the same visual quality as the H.264 standard while only using one-tenth of the bandwidth. View the full article

Without this, when mkimage fails (for example because the boot partition is too small), install.log shows an error like: mkimage: Write only 16310208/17794920 bytes, probably no space left on the device But this does not terminate the build, so the compile script shows no error and an image is generated, but it is unbootable. This runs the script with -e, so when mkimage fails, the script fails, which makes update-initramfs fail, which makes the build fail. 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 image for Orange Pi PC with BOOTFS_TYPE="fat" …

Along with the usual load of memory leaks, crashes and other bugs, Collabora's multimedia team once again contributed a number of improvements across a wide number of areas. View the full article

Introductory talk on libnice (done as part of Collabora's tea time training) View the full article

Description I was checking this Actions workflow https://github.com/armbian/build/actions/runs/8309150018/job/22740183634 and noticed [!] ERROR: failed to detect microarchitecture Reason: RISC-V is not yet supported by kernel-hardening-checker. See https://github.com/a13xp0p0v/kernel-hardening-checker/issues/56 In their README: Supported microarchitectures X86_64 X86_32 ARM64 ARM TODO: RISC-V (issue https://github.com/a13xp0p0v/kernel-hardening-checker/issues/56) How Has This Been Tested? Ran manual in CLI: file=config/kernel/linux-uefi-risc64-edge.config and then if [[ "${file}" = config/kernel/*.config && ! "${file}" =~ riscv ]]; then echo yes; fi Don't …

Description Add node sprd-mtty to mainline devicetree. And add userspace binary hciattach_opi to enable uart bluetooth. 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: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the …

Join us at the NürnbergMesse in Nuremberg, Germany, as we take part in Embedded World 2025, one of the largest trade fairs of its kind, and a global platform for the embedded community! View the full article

Armbian’s developer community is the backbone of our success, dedicated to maintaining and updating a wide range of devices. To ensure our long-term sustainability, we need ongoing contributions that support our core infrastructure, including the build framework, OS components, and more. Introducing the Armbian Contribution Reward Program: We are thrilled to launch this initiative to recognize and reward the incredible contributors who help keep Armbian running smoothly. This program not only celebrates your hard work but also clarifies the roles of hardware manufacturers and the larger community in maintaining software support. How to get to the pool? Who can particip…

It’s not often we come across an Intel Xeon SBC, but that’s just what AAEON EPIC-TGH7 single board computer offers thanks to a choice of Intel Tiger Lake H processors up to the Xeon W-11865MRE octa-core/16-thread processor. So far, we had only written about Tiger Lake H-based COM Express and COM HPC modules from companies such as ADLink, Congatec, and Portwell, and the EPIC-TGH7 is the first proper SBC we’ve seen with the industrial processors. It supports up to 64GB RAM through two SO-DIMM sockets, SATA and NVME storage, offers 2.5GbE and Gigabit Ethernet ports, five video interfaces, eight USB 3.2/2.0 interfaces, and more. AAEON EPIC-TGH7 specifications: Tiger Lake-H So…

Linux 6.0 has just been released by Linus Torvalds: So, as is hopefully clear to everybody, the major version number change is more about me running out of fingers and toes than it is about any big fundamental changes. But of course there’s a lot of various changes in 6.0 – we’ve got over 15k non-merge commits in there in total, after all, and as such 6.0 is one of the bigger releases at least in numbers of commits in a while. The shortlog of changes below is only the last week since 6.0-rc7. A little bit of everything, although the diffstat is dominated by drm (mostly amd new chip support) and networking drivers. And this obviously means that tomorrow I’ll open the merge…

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

AAEON has just launched the UP Xtreme i12 Edge mini PC based on the company’s UP Xtreme i12 SBC equipped with an Intel Core i7-1280PE and other Alder Lake processors, up to 32GB LPDDR5 memory, and support for two M.2 NVMe SSD as well as SATA storage The Xtreme i12 Edge is the successor of the Xtreme i11 Edge Compute Enabling Kit powered by a choice of Intel Tiger Lake processors. It also comes with 2.5GbE and GbE networking, one USB4 port, several USB 3.2 Gen2 ports, HDMI and DisplayPort video outputs, plus some COM ports and a terminal block for GPIOs. UP Xtreme i12 Edge mini PC specifications: Alder Lake-P SoC (One or the other) Intel Core i7-1270PE 12-core/16-thread pr…

orangepi3b: rockchip64/edge 6.5: enable uart2 (debug pins and 40-pin pins 6/8) orangepi3b: rockchip64/edge 6.5: enable uart2 (debug pins and 40-pin pins 6/8) (debug) uart2 has connectors near the usb-c power, but also on the 40-pin pins 6 (tx) and 8 (rx) - don't wire both View the full article

Google Research has been working on its own Rust-based operating system called KataOS and designed to secure embedded systems that run Machine Learning (ML) applications. There has been a lot of talk about the Rust programming language in recent times, since it offers about the same level of performance as C programming but helps programmers write more secure code with built-in prevention against buffer overflows for instance. It has gained a lot of traction over the years, and Linux 6.1 will be the first kernel release to include Rust code. Google Research noticed that system security is often treated as a feature that can be added to existing systems either by software …

New Cosmos’ DeNova Detect is a wireless natural gas alarm that works with the Amazon Sidewalk network designed for low-power, low-bandwidth IoT devices in and around the house, benefiting from free connectivity thanks to the installation base of Amazon devices such as the Echo Show acting as gateways. DeNova Detect does not require wiring to mains, and the device is expected to achieve an extended battery life of seven years, so customers can choose the optimal location for a gas alarm in their homes without needing to be close to an electrical outlet. There’s no need to have an additional gateway such as with LoRaWAN solutions as well as the customer owns one or more Sid…

Description Enabling Armbian Live patch within build framework by default was not a good idea. Moving it to extensions so we can use it only when making images for Armbian OS. Jira reference number AR-1984 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Make image, boot and see if it 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

PICMG has announced that the COM-HPC Mini form factor’s pinout and dimensions definitions were finalized, with the tiny credit card-sized modules able to handle PCIe Gen4 and Gen5 interfaces, of course, depending on whether the selected CPU supports those. The COM-HPC “High-Performance Computing” form factor was created a few years ago due to the lack of interfaces on the COM Express form factor with “only” 440-pins and potential issues to handle PCIe Gen 4 clock speeds and throughputs. So far, we had COM-HPC Client Type modules from 95 x 120mm (Size A) to 160 x 120mm (Size C) and Server Type modules with either 160 x 160mm (Size D) or 200 x 160mm (Size E) dimensions. The…

Collabora has been working with the Raspberry Pi Foundation on various projects including a web browser optimised for the Raspberry Pi. Since the first beta release we have made huge improvements; now the browser is more responsive, it’s faster, and videos work much better (the first beta could play 640×360 videos at 0.5fps, now we can play 25fps 1280×720 videos smoothly). View the full article

Another two months and a half have passed, Linux Kernel v4.18 has been released, which means it's time to stop along the way and make a little retrospective. This time around, seven Collaborans have contributed to the kernel, authoring 61 commits. View the full article

Description Affected: Orangepi 3 LTS and Zero 2 Jira reference number AR-1396 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Opizero2 red led light up at once 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 Minor fixes: limit creation of git-sources.json file to following commands - targets, debs-to-repo-json, gha-matrix and gha-workflow Solve slowness when building Ubuntu Noble images. Fixes #6531 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 Ubuntu noble rootfs creation speed improvement using ./compile.sh BOARD=khadas-vim4 BRANCH=legacy KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no BUILD_MINIMAL=yes RELEASE=noble ARTIFACT_IGNORE_CACHE=yes rootfs. It reduced build time from 26 minutes down to only 8 minutes. Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant…

Linus has released the 5.4 kernel and Collabora was once again a very active contributor with 12 Collaborans authoring 95 commits while also helping the kernel maintainers by contributing 124 Reviewed-by tags. View the full article

Dear Armbians, Some fresh news for you! Smaller and Leaner Minimal Images Our minimal images have been further optimized, now featuring the smallest possible footprint while maintaining core OS functionality. We’ve decoupled networking from the main build framework, enabling the use of systemd-networkd, essential for keeping images lean. Network Manager is still present on server and desktop images and an option for those who need it. For more details, refer to our updated Network Management documentation. We have recompiled minimal images for all stable build targets and push out bugfix v24.5.3 update. Armbian on Bananapi F3 We’re working on supporting the Bananapi …

Collabora contributions to the Linux kernel 3.17 View the full article

Once again the NetSurf developers congregated in Cambridge at the Collabora offices where we were made welcome in a nice environment for the event. View the full article

Description As asked in #7127, removed the hook in board config that changed which dts file is used on edge kernel branch and changed symlink patches to actual files. GitHub issue reference: Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? [x] build for bigtreetech cb1 and boot 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 [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Moved patch from uboot 35xx to uboot 3588 In order to patch. At before, the patch has not been patched. How Has This Been Tested? [x] ./compile.sh build ARTIFACT_IGNORE_CACHE=yes BOARD=firefly-itx-3588j BRANCH=vendor BUILD_DESKTOP=yes BUILD_MINIMAL=no DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT=gnome DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG_NAME=config_base KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=bookworm [x] observed successful patch to uboot w/o error [x] u-boot said Starting 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] My changes generate no new …

As usual, there are quite a few changes merged into the mainline kernel. Let's take a look at some of the contributions by Collabora's kernel team! View the full article

Added shell.nix definition for temporary development environment for Nix(OS) Set uuidgen and other binaries check to not rely on hard-codded paths 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] On NixOS 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…

Description Attempt to work towards one U-Boot bootscript for (at least) mvebu, sunxi and rockchip64. This adds: (Aligned) load address calculations This will remove the need to update any kernel_load_addr_r or ramdisk_addr_r in case kernel image increases. Calculation is based on either Flat kernel image image_size + text_offset as specified in the vmlinux(/Image) header info Compressed kernel image filesize (vmlinuz/zImage) Clear warnings to user in case files are not found, not able to load or application failed. Merge of armbianEnv.txt kernel options was attempted for sunxi, mvebu and rockchip64. DT folder determination based on sunxi approach. DT file determinat…

Description As per subject, expecially useful for people that is using docker note: this PR can be squash-merged since there are three commits that all around do the job, no need to keep all three of them in history. How Has This Been Tested? Kernel debs have been produced; people on the forum thread did some testing and they seem happy enough. 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 merge…

bcm2711: switch to 48-bit virtual address; enable "docker optimizations" bcm2711-edge: switch to 48-bit virtual address; enable eBPF stuff & BTF for tcmalloc (enjoy, cilium, etc) stuff https://github.com/cilium/cilium/issues/23640 see https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf#bpf-co-re-compile-once--run-everywhere bcm2711-current: switch to 48-bit virtual address; enable eBPF stuff & BTF for tcmalloc (enjoy, cilium, etc) stuff https://github.com/cilium/cilium/issues/23640 see https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf#bpf-co-re-compile-once--run-everywhere bcm2711: cmdline.txt: enable "docker optimizations" most u-boot based boards get cgroup_enable=cpuset cgroup_memory=1 cg…

CINCOZE P1201 is a slim embedded computer based on an Atom x6000E Elkhart Lake processor and mostly designed for panel PC applications thanks to the company’s patented CDS (Convertible Display System) connector that allows the mini PC to slide into the back of a display for easy installation. Equipped with up to 32GB RAM, SATA and/or mSATA storage, the P1201 can also be used for generic embedded and industrial applications thanks to DisplayPort and VGA video interfaces, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, optional wireless modules for WiFi, Bluetooth, and cellular, terminal blocks for RS232, RS485, and digital I/Os, as well as support for a wide supply voltage up 48V, and a -40°C…

Description Add uarts dts as per vendor spec 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 orangepi5-plus with kernel 6.8 and connected serial gps to uart3-m1 ttyS3 - got a fix Checklist: [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

Description This allows us so successfully boot Armbian, ROCKNIX and Android. How Has This Been Tested? Booted all three systems from SD card with this U-Boot in eMMC. View the full article

Description This hack is needed for Radxa Zero to boot from Kingston eMMC. Foresee eMMC (which is what we used originally) appears to be unaffected. No kernel modification is required, which is explained here. Pinging @rpardini How Has This Been Tested? Several affected users including @lanefu had manually flashed a custom U-Boot with this hack and got board booting. View the full article

Key performance improvements and fixes to GStreamer's RTP stack have landed in GStreamer 1.18, due in the coming months. The latest enhancements provide an important boost in throughput, opening the gate to high bitrate video streaming. View the full article

MYIR has introduced the MYC-J1028X CPU module based on NXP LS1028A dual Cortex-A72 processor with time-sensitive networking (TSN) support, as well as the MYD-J1028X development board with five Gigabit Ethernet ports, and other interfaces to evaluate the solution. The MYC-J1028X is equipped with 2GB DDR4, 8GB eMMC flash, a 32Kbit EEPROM, and a temperature sensor by default, and exposes all I/Os through a 314-pin MXM 3.0 edge connector. The module also comes with footprints to solder a QSPI NAND Flash, XSPI NOR Flash, and/or ECC memory. Typical applications include industrial routers, industrial control, edge computing, automotive electronics, industrial IoT, and more. MYC-…

Description Updated rockchip RND driver from the v4.4 legacy version to one found packaged with a v5.10 kernel @paolosabatino says this supports more Rockchip SOCs 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] Builds updated image [x] Verified that RK3308 HW RNG still functions with updated driver [ ] @paolosabatino should verify that additional SOCs are, in fact, supported 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, pa…

Hello Armbian Community, We are already in May! As we approach the code freeze, we begin the bug-hunting phase, with all our efforts focused on one final check. Our primary focus is on the boards that our vendors assist us with, labelled as platinum support. We apply the same level of service to “supported” boards, but we carry the biggest burden of board maintenance. If we still have time, at the end of the process, we will also evaluate the status of boards that are still in development and those that we have officially deemed as unsupported. We are continuing with the development and testing of our CI! It has been completely rewritten to significantly improve the re…

Description The "optional/boards" directory seems to have been deprecated and actually never used so much. Remove the last board support package there (rk3318-box) and move into extension as suggested by @rpardini. Ancillary BSP files have been removed too. The extension may have global interest because it was a workaround for X.Org and Lima driver: the former was not able to autodetect the latter with some revision combinations. That configuration fixes the autodetection. At the moment, it has been enabled in rk3318-box board and rk322x family. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compile debian bookworm image for rk3318-box and verify 40-serverflags.conf presence [x] Compi…

Description bash-completion adds the functionality for autocompleting command when pressing . This is an essential shell functionality and should be enabled even on a minimal image. The package has no dependencies and is slim: https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/bash-completion How Has This Been Tested? [x] Install minimal image without bash-completion: pain 😵‍💫 [x] Install minimal image without bash-completion: nice and efficient 🌈 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Description As per subject How Has This Been Tested? [x] Built Debian Bullseye minimal image and successfully boot on rk322x board 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

Next week Collabora will be covering a lot of ground, attending 3 separate events in 3 different time zones: ISC High Performance, Augmented World Expo, and InfoComm! Catch up with us at one of these events. View the full article

Description Hotfix for rk3399 targets which use the default configuration cannot boot because usbplug loader has been used in place of miniloader. I can confirm the current images don't boot because I tried a bookworm minimal image from download page for Orange Pi 4 LTS (https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-4-lts/) and it didn't get past the ddrbin. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Built OrangePi4 LTS image from scratch and tested on board 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

Since our previous update on Panfrost, the open source stack for Arm's Mali Midgard and Bifrost GPUs, we've focused on taking our driver from its reverse-engineered origins on Midgard to a mature stack. View the full article

Description It is known that it is built without errors and works on a test platform. freeze the kernel version v6.6.31 sunxi-6.6: rework patches for current v6.6.31 [ ] short description (copy / paste of PR title) [ ] summary (description relevant for end users) [ ] example of usage (how to see this in function) How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Build & Test on board Bananapi-m64 View the full article

Power problems are one of the most common causes of instability, boot failures, or random restarts in single board computers (SBCs). Because many modern boards use USB-C connectors for power, it’s important to verify that your power supply is delivering the correct voltage and current before assuming there’s a hardware fault. Check the basicsStart by confirming that your USB-C cable and adapter are rated for your board’s requirements. Most SBCs need 5 V at 3 A (15 W). Some boards, like the Orange Pi 5 or Raspberry Pi 5, may negotiate 9 V or 12 V via USB Power Delivery (PD), depending on their design. If you’re using a phone charger or low-power adapter, it may not provide…

Let’s end Giveaway Week 2022 with a bang, and more exactly a rather powerful Rockchip RK3588 mini PC: Mekotronics R58 (mini). The device comes with 8GB RAM and 64GB flash storage, two 8K capable HDMI 2.0 output ports, one DisplayPort output, one HDMI input, Gigabit Ethernet and WiFI 6 connectivity, as well as a few USB 3.0/2.0 ports, plus support for a SATA drive. I reviewed the Rockchip RK3588 mini PC with Android 12 last July, and I was impressed by the CPU and GPU performance, 4K video playback capabilities, except for AV1 which was not stable at the time, and support for HDMI audio passthrough. Android 12 was quite stable at that early stage as well. Some downsides …

Over the last few days I've been at the GNOME Developer Experience hackfest in Brussels, looking into xdg-app and how best to use it in Debian and Debian derivatives. View the full article

Every file system used in production has tools to try to recover from system crashes. To provide a better infrastructure for those tools, our kernel team developed FAN_FS_ERROR, a new fanotify event which monitors error notifications. View the full article