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Description As specified in PR https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5967, there was a nasty mistake in rockchip and rk322x source files that were attempting to create two groups (gpio and i2c) on the building host instead of the built image. This caused the build system to crash when the groups were already present on the building host, which is totally not desiderable, and the intended feature was also broken. After some inspection, the groups were leveraged by a couple of udev rules to allow non-root users have access to gpio and i2c resources out of the box. This PR fixes the group creation on the target built image. Note: gpio and i2c gids starts from 900 because g…

While we like open-source tools such as KiCAD, Altium has added a pretty cool feature to the Altium Designer program with a 3D layout tool, which as its name implies, allows the design of 3D PCBs… The new 3D layout tool relies on 3D-MID technology that combines electrical circuits with three-dimensional mechanical parts. I’m not sure who really needs this, but I have to admit the results look pretty neat. Altium explains the design process is quite similar to standard 2D PCBs, and designers would create a layout on the surface of a 3D substrate using the standard library components and with the connectivity driven by the schematic design in the same way as with a standard…

ASRock Industrial has released the iEPF-9010S and iEP-9010E high-end, rugged Edge AIoT platforms powered by 12th Gen Intel Alder Lake S processors, equipped with up to 128GB RAM, 4G LTE, 5G, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity, and real-time TSN/TCC networking. The I/O rich embedded computers are designed for highly demanding workloads and mission-critical industrial applications such as factory automation, machine automation, robotic control, AI-enabled AOI (automated optical inspection), autonomous vehicles, smart cities, and more. The ASRock iEPF-9010S Expandable AIoT Edge platforms come with the following specifications: SoC – Intel 12th Gen Core, Pentium or Celeron …

Description If its not fixed today, lets revert and debug slowly. This reverts commit bc62c8cd42530f5ec7418775fb7cdc6e2fae5832. View the full article

dpkg-deb: don't use fakeroot, we're already root; don't add fakeroot dep either dpkg-deb: don't use fakeroot, we're already root; don't add fakeroot dep either dpkg-deb: rename fakeroot_dpkg_deb_build -> dpkg_deb_build View the full article

Description Jira reference number AR-1346 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Related to auto-test system only. View the full article

Description OrangePi 5 Plus Bump current and edge to mainline 2024.10-rc3 ensure ARMV8_CRYPTO is disabled (currently broken) enable creation of /chosen/kaslr-seed node (to enable Kernel address space layout randomization) How Has This Been Tested? [x] Built, installed, and succesfully booted trixie current and edge Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Bumps ossf/scorecard-action from 2.3.3 to 2.4.0. Release notes Sourced from ossf/scorecard-action's releases. v2.4.0 What's Changed This update bumps the Scorecard version to the v5 release. For a complete list of changes, please refer to the v5.0.0 release notes. Of special note to Scorecard Action is the Maintainer Annotation feature, which can be used to suppress some Code Scanning false positives. Alerts will not be generated for any Scorecard Check with an annotation. :seedling: Bump github.com/ossf/scorecard/v5 from v5.0.0-rc2 to v5.0.0 by @spencerschrock in ossf/scorecard-action#1410 :bug: lower license sarif alert threshold to 9 by @spencerschrock in ossf/sc…

Arduino has launched the MKR IoT Carrier Rev2 board for Arduino MKR boards with a Bosch SensorTech BME688 4-in-1 pressure, humidity, temperature, and gas sensor replacing the HTS221 humidity sensor and LP22HB barometric pressure sensor, and the LSM6DSOX taking the place of the LSM6DS3, among other some other small changes. First sold as part of the Arduino Oplà IoT Kit, the Arduino MKR IoT Carrier eventually became available on its own in February 2021 offering a display, sensors, and I/Os for Arduino MKR boards with wireless connectivity. The company has now introduced a second revision for the Arduino MKR IoT Carrier with new sensors and repositioning of some of the com…

Intel has just discontinued PathFinder Eclipse-based development environment for RISC-V processors with the website now reading: We regret to inform you that Intel is discontinuing the Intel Pathfinder for RISC-V program effective immediately. Since Intel will not be providing any additional releases or bug fixes, we encourage you to promptly transition to third-party RISC-V software tools that best meet your development needs. PathFinder was a pre-silicon open-source development environment with support for vairous RISC-V cores, a set of other IP’s, multiple operating systems, and toolchains. It allowed designers to create RISC-V SoCs to and run them on FPGA platforms su…

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Andes Technology has unveiled the high-end AndesCore AX60 series out-of-order 64-bit RISC-V processors at the Linley Fall Processor Conference 2022 with the new cores designed for compute-intensive applications such as advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), artificial intelligence, augmented/virtual reality, datacenter accelerators, 5G infrastructure, high-speed networking, and enterprise storage. AndesCore AX65 is the first member of the family and supports RISC-V scalar cryptography extension and bit manipulation extension. It is a 4-way superscalar core with Out-of-Order (OoO) execution in a 13-stage pipeline and can fetch 4 to 8 instructions per cycle. The company…

Description Bump mainline from 6.8-rc7 to 6.8 stable This currently affects only rk3588-edge Bump UEFI-edge from 6.7 to 6.8 [DOES NOT COMPILE YET!!!] Kernel configs updated via ./compile.sh rewrite-kernel-config Kernel patches updated via ./compile.sh rewrite-kernel-patches The uefi-edge kernel does not compile without errors yet, because of drivers/net/wireless/rtl8192eu and the likes. Some patches need to be added or adapted for 6.8 in patch/misc, but I honestly don't know where to get these patches from. I could not find folders like /drivers/net/wireless/rtl8192eu/os_dep/ in the mainline kernel. Help is appreciated! ❤️ Build log for BOARD=uefi-arm64 BRANCH=ed…

This partnership ensures customers can build embedded products with long-term maintenance viability that will meet the challenges of tomorrow, such as compliance with the CRA, all built on proven Toradex platforms and upstream-first software. View the full article

Single Board Computers (SBCs) have revolutionized embedded computing, offering powerful capabilities in compact, low-power packages. However, unlike traditional desktops with their readily swappable hard drives, storage on SBCs comes in various forms, each with its own trade-offs in terms of performance, cost, and reliability. Understanding these differences is crucial for any project, from a simple home automation hub to a demanding edge AI device. microSD cards: the ubiquitous entry point For many, the microSD card is the first encounter with SBC storage. Its low cost and universal compatibility with most boards, including the popular Raspberry Pi series, make it an acc…

Description irony of using bleeding edge uboot was to take advantage of the native rock 4SE support in uboot....which is broken. using generic rockpi-4i uboot defconfig for now.. which works.. leaving placeholder so that we can one day, embrace what is pure. View the full article

Improved support for hardware accelerated video decoders, new GTK+ integration for Wayland rendering, and further Meson enhancements to make GStreamer shine on embedded, Collabora's multimedia team made a number of key contributions for this latest release. View the full article

This will reset bluetooth host-wake-gpios, enabling it to come back upon reboots. Jira reference number AR-1724 How Has This Been Tested? [X] On cold boot and reboot. 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

Bumps ossf/scorecard-action from 2.1.0 to 2.1.2. Release notes Sourced from ossf/scorecard-action's releases. v2.1.2 What's Changed Fixes 🌱 Bump scorecard dependency to v4.10.2 to remove a CODEOWNERS printf statement. by @​spencerschrock in ossf/scorecard-action#1054 Full Changelog: https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action/compare/v2.1.1...v2.1.2 v2.1.1 Scorecard version This release use Scorecard's v4.10.1 Full Changelog: https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action/compare/v2.1.0...v2.1.1 Commits e38b190 Bump docker tag for release. (#1055) 7da02bf Bump scorecard to v4.10.2 to remove a CODEOWNERS printf statement. (#1054) 013c0f8 :seedling: Bump actions/depende…

Follow up to #4955 — add sample of term type inclusion, whitelist my terminal View the full article

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

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

Description 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] Build test passing 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 n…

Description AR-1546 New kernel based on latest rockchip sdk release rkr3.6: https://github.com/amazingfate/linux-rockchip How Has This Been Tested? [x] kernel build success [x] kernel works on my rock-5b Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

How the use of Yocto and OpenEmbedded helps corporations migrate to free software. View the full article

Description Rewrite patches since we have stable git hash length KERNELPATCHDIR is no longer $LINUXFAMILY-$BRANCH, so declare it in board config file Bump kernel to 6.7.y Add support for nintendo pro/joycon controller since this device can run yuzu emulator well. 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 kernel BOARD=xiaomi-elish BRANCH=sm8250 DEB_COMPRESS=xz KERNEL_GIT=shallow [x] Xiaomi elish boots fine Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have comm…

Collabora will be at NeurIPs this week to dive into the latest academic findings in machine learning and research advancements that are changing the industry. View the full article

A team at Samsung (and many core Linux contributors) started adding new type of drivers to the Linux Media Infrastructure API (also known as Video4Linux 2). View the full article

Eoxys Xeno+ Nano ML is a wireless machine learning (ML) board with either Nuvoton NuMicro M2354 or STMicro STM32L4 microcontroller, InnoPhase IoT’s Talaria TWO ultra-low power Wi-Fi and BLE 5.0 module, and the Syntiant Core 2 NDP120 neural decision processor we first noticed in the Arduino Nicla Voice module a few weeks ago. The boards/modules are designed for intelligent and secure IoT devices for smart home, industrial, and medical automation applications, and the company claims it can be used in Wi-Fi IoT sensors with up to 10+ years thanks to the low-power chips and circuitry used in the design. Eoxys Xeno+ Nano ML specifications: General purpose MCU (one or the other…

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

Description Add config and device-trees for rock3c Only for AP6256 versions,not for AIC8800 Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Can boot [ ] most of the devices on board works well including pcie usb3 Gbit Eth Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent ch…

Description Enable Security Scorecards - Security health metrics for Open Source projects Jira reference number AR-1229 How Has This Been Tested? Tested on user repository. 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

thinkpad-x13s: bump to jhovold's wip/sc8280xp-6.11-rc5; userspace fixes thinkpad-x13s: bump to jhovold's wip/sc8280xp-6.11-rc5; userspace fixes replace mantic support with oracular add mtools pkg, remove UEFI_MOUNT_POINT_SKIP_FSTAB (thanks to the wdk2023 maintainer for the tip) re-enable fprintd/limpam-fprintd pkg install across all releases (Trixie fixed it recently) do no alsa-ucm-conf hacks for Trixie, as 1.2.12 landed there cleanup commented out stuff from years ago update .config (no changes except BTF enablement) thinkpad-x13s: kernel: update vs jhovold's wip/sc8280xp-6.11-rc5 johan_defconfig View the full article

Description Bump rockchip64 edge kernel config to v5.18 disabled csgpio patch on v5.15 due to clashing with mainline added register values in tinkerboard 2 patch to avoid warnings How Has This Been Tested? Untested, just upgraded the kernel config and checked with git diff that no extra options were removed 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 …

The 4-day event is dedicated to everything open source and will showcase a program of 250+ talks. Collaborans will once again be actively participating in the week's activities, with no less than eight presentations, a BoF on KernelCI, and two panel discussions! View the full article

Description Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] 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 ne…

Description Maint. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Compile at CI Checklist: [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

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

The OTG port was accidentally set to host mode in the dtb. View the full article

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 6.6.36. 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

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DFRobot UniHiker is a STEM education platform with a 2.8-inch touchscreen display, a Rockchip RK3308 quad-core Cortex-A35 processor, a GD32V RISC-V microcontroller, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, as well as various headers for expansion, and a BBC Micro:bit compatible edge connector. The UniHiker runs Debian 10 Linux and can be used to teach programming using Mind+ visual programming IDE or Jupyter open-source interface, as well as IoT and AI basics thanks to tutorials and lessons available in Chinese only as the platform clearly targets the education market in mainland China at this point in time. Unihiker specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3308 Quad-core Arm Cortex-A3…

patch obsolete, fixes present in ATF 2.6 https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware/commit/7fb82d82863d94eb5938119f149299558deeca46, introduced to armbian https://github.com/armbian/build/commit/6bf936d2e3eeae8cddadb294ead89d0e1ce89c7d Description Obsolete patch removal How Has This Been Tested? Patch not applied so removed 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 publi…

Banana Pi is better known for its Arm Linux boards, but the company’s Banana Pi BPI-Leaf-S3 board features Espressif ESP32-S3 dual-core WiFi & BLE AI processor, with compatibility with ESP32-S3-DevKitC-1 minus a built-in USB to TTL chip, and added support for battery and an I2C connector. Banana Pi Leaf (BPI-Leaf-S3) specifications: Wireless MCU – Espressif Systems ESP32-S3 dual-core Tensilica LX7 @ up to 240 MHz with vector instructions for AI acceleration, 512KB RAM, wireless connectivity Storage/Memory – 8MB flash, 2MB SPRAM Connectivity via ESP32-S3 2.4 GHz 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 4 with 40 MHz bandwidth support Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5.0 and Mesh connectivity with…

Banana Pi has started selling an inexpensive 2.5Gbps SFP to RJ45 adapter for their Banana Pi BPI-R3 WiFi 6 router board that goes for $17.89 plus shipping ($25 shipped here) on Aliexpress. The BPI-R3 router includes five Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 ports as well as two 2.5GbE SFP cages, but since not everybody has equipment that takes SFP cables, they used to sell it with a $30 TP-Link adapter. The company now appears to have found a cheaper model marked “SFP-2.5G-T” module that works with their board. It’s designed to be inserted into one of the 2.5GbE SFP cages and provide a more common 2.5GbE RJ45 port to the user. There’s very little information about the module except its …

In this second article of a three-part series, I look at how Matt Godbolt uses modern C++ features to try to protect against misusing an API that deals with destructive state transition based on a talk he gave on making code easy to use and hard to misuse. View the full article

Predictable media latency, low power usage and vastly improved A/V sync. Wayland versus X11 explained on ARM MALI View the full article

Description Force netplan to use DHCP only on interface e* and not also on the docker interface Jira reference number AR-2430 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Test by user on forum Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

rockpro64: bump u-boot to 2024.07; make fancy configs; drop bin size limit as fix landed upstream rockpro64: bump u-boot to 2024.07; make fancy configs; drop bin size limit as fix landed upstream View the full article

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Description Build failure was reported ... Image builds with thios but it doesn't boot. It stops with: ALERT label=armbi_root does not exists Jira reference number AR-1621 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build current image 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] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description #5114 There is no spi flash on radxa-e25, just disable the uboot spi support should be okay. For other rk35xx boards with spi flash, both BOOT_SUPPORT_SPI and BOOT_SPI_RKSPI_LOADER should be declared just like rock-5b: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/boards/rock-5b.conf 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 for radxa-e25 u-boot success: https://paste.next.armbian.com/sulobokuje Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have comment…

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

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

The configuraiton now works by default. Such progress... It also provides a nginx installation, so that the user can just go on its port 80 and have a nice message. Signed-off-by: Myy Miouyouyou myy@miouyouyou.fr View the full article

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

Description Enable new font, then clear. Jira reference number AR-1346 View the full article

Description Bumps edge kernel to v6.4. Megous patches are synced from orange-pi-6.4-20230619-0323 tag. Following heuristic was used to disable some of the Megous patches patch was already disabled for previous kernel patch also had a revert patch patch had rockchip, rk3xxx or pinephone-pro in name Following armbian patches were modified a bit to fix patch application failures drv-iio-adc-axp20x_adc-arm64-dts-axp803-hwmon-enable-thermal.patch drv-pmic-add-axp313a.patch drv-rgb-add-ws2812.patch drv-rtc-sun6i-support-RTCs-without-external-LOSCs.patch drv-touchscreen-tsc2007-polling.patch Following armbian patches were modified to fix compilation issues Add-dump_reg-…

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 6.1.76. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description by double quoting ${ENABLE_EXTENSIONS} we make sure framework doesn't crash during initrd build while interpreting a possible space-separated second extension from config file or command line Might be an alternative to PR #7182 Bonus: this also saves armbian-add-overlay from same behavior [x] Succesfully build orangepi5-plus current while multiple extensions were enabled 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 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-1268 AR-1269 AR-1270 The fixMACaddress udev rules are generic enough to be used on all boards where random MAC addresses are a problem. However, for now, the feature is only enabled as part of the RockPi S BSP. Other BSPs could also copy the directory package/bsp/fixMACaddress to the $destination if desired. How Has This Been Tested? Generated new images, verified that WiFi address is now fixed across reboots. Verified that applying SDIO clock speed DT overlay …

Description KDE plasma desktop for Debian Sid Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Build and boot Odroid N2 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

For the very first time, the GStreamer Conference will be taking place in North America, and we're prepped and ready with no less than 9 talks to share! Catch the latest developments and AI advancements for this multimedia framework. View the full article

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

Add gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu into dockerfile to make possible build in docker without external toolkit on x64 builder View the full article

Description The app icon of armbian-config is broken for a long time, fix it. 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] Just editing ~/.local/share/applications/armbian-config.desktop, and see armbian-config icon from app menu of gnome3. 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 a…

This also moves the console from UART2 to UART0, because the upgraded loader blob from Radxa only supports console on UART0. Discussion at: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/11228-rock-pi-s-rk3308-cpu-is-it-supported-by-anything/page/3 Description I don't have access to Jira. The bug being addressed would be that the images generated will only boot from the SDcard. They will not boot from the built-in EMMC. The issue is known to Radxa. 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. Configuration: Rock PI-S board with 4GB built-in SDNAND chip option Connected to bui…

Description The legacy U-Boot can't be built anymore and 4.4 is EOL. As discussed in https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6821#issuecomment-2205234200 I didn't see any kernel or uboot patch folder. If I forgot something related to legacy, please let me know :) GitHub issue reference: https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6821 Jira reference number AR-2392 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas View the full article

it is alone in 6.8 dir :) View the full article

Description RK3328 devices often have I2S1 bus available on expansion pins. This PR introduces an overlay to enable the I2S1 bus for Rock Pi E to enable external PCM5102 DAC; I2S1 is shared for internal audio codec and external GPIO pins, so the overlay also disables the internal audio codec. This has been tested and proved to work on Rock Pi E, should work on other boards with similar board wiring setup, but can be also used as a base for other board/DAC combos in the future. Jira reference number AR-1670 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Kernel compiles successfully with patch applied [x] Manually installed the dtbo on a living community image for rockpi-e running edge…

Description Enable BINFMT_MISC for box86. Enable UHID for bluetooth LE keyboard I have a bluetooth LE keyboard with pairing issue: unexpected SMP command 0x06 unexpected SMP command 0x07 The root cause might be a race condition, but the kernel patch which just pass two SMP code check just works. 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] xiaomi-elish kernel build success [x] My bluetooth keyboard is paired and work fine. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have co…

Description longanpi-4b: add support for Sipeed LonganPi 4B. Add virt drivers for sun55iw3-syterkit. 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

We're releasing Armbian Imager 2.0. We rebuilt the whole thing, the interface and the flashing engine underneath it. The part you'll notice first: your board boots already set up. Username, password, Wi-Fi, timezone, language. You tell Imager once, it writes that into the image, and the board comes up configured on first boot. No monitor, no keyboard, none of that blind first login. Set it up once. It configures itself.This is the big change in 2.0. You build a profile in settings: username and password, an SSH key, your Wi-Fi network and country code, timezone, locale, shell. Imager writes it straight into the image's filesystem while it flashes. Power on the board, it r…

Add gnome desktop to bookworm builds View the full article

Description Since upgrading u-boot on sunxi to 2022.07 we lost key mapping for breaking the boot sequence. The former working patch has been updated to work for U-Boot v2022.07 now again to let U-Boot Autoboot being interrupted by pressing the -key as it was working for U-Boot 2021.10 before. This fix resolves Jira reference number AR-1322 Tested: [x] The current Armbian build includes the patch with success [x] Tested booting a Cubietruck board 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 change…

Description Here it is also the same patch file, but extracted using the command git format-patch -1 -o View the full article

Description Closing https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/3755 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 [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 nanopi-r5c u-boot patch dir has been detached to allow version bump to 2024.07 and add kaslr support patchset this PR includes general 2024.07 patches to board such as: general-btrfs-fix-out-of-bounds-write.patch general-dwc-otg-usb-fix.patch general-dw-hdmi-disable.patch general-fix-inno-phy-macro.patch note to users and maintainers: sorry for forgetting to include those patches in my first PR How Has This Been Tested? [x] Succesfully built and ran u-boot 2024.07 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 n…

Description sunxi-6.0: initial state patches armbian Checklist: [x] Test build sunxi64 View the full article

Test build and run View the full article

Info name patch https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4404 View the full article

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

After missing the last few GStreamer hackfests I finally managed to attend this time. It was held in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city. The city is located by the sea side and the entire hackfest and related activities were either directly by the sea or just a couple blocks away. View the full article

Heata, which began as an innovation project with British Gas, is a UK company that connects a server to your hot water cylinder and provides hot water to the house master for free up to 4.8 kWh per day, and at least 2.5 kWh as per contractual obligations. Companies spend millions of dollars to cool the servers hosted in their data centers and most of that heat is completely wasted. So Heata decided to create a win-win solution that lowers their cooling cost and provides free hot water to whoever has their server installed in their house. The installation process is said to be tested and approved by British Gas so you don’t lose your hot water cylinder warranty, and the he…

Description As our CI progresses into a complicated suite, we are finding new and new small issues that its best to work on under one Jira story. Jira reference number AR-1238 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Fixed gnome on debian builds for proper build backgrounds icons and other issues View the full article

Imagination IMG RTXM-2200 32-bit RISC-V real-time CPU core is the first member of the company’s Catapult family comprised of four distinct RISC-V families for dynamic microcontrollers, real-time embedded CPUs, high-performance application CPUs, and functionally safe automotive CPUs. The company says it’s a highly scalable real-time, deterministic, 32-bit embedded CPU, that is feature-rich and flexible in design for mainstream devices, but, excuse the pun, leaves most of the details to your imagination… The new core will mostly be used as a helper core (aka co-processor) in more complex SoCs for 5G modems, cellular base stations, networking solutions for data transfer, pac…

Description 6.11-RC4 was released on 2024-08-18 (https://kernel.org/). rewrite-kernel-patches results in no diff. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] ./compile.sh BOARD=nanopi-r6c BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=trixie EXTRAWIFI=no kernel Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code View the full article

Description Add parallel compression for xz with the option XZ_OPT="--threads=0" gzip and bzip were already using parallel compressors. xz has this option built-in, so add the argument to make use of it. Source: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200901151002.988547791@linuxfoundation.org/ Also change KBUILD user and host to make cat /proc/version show something like Linux version 6.9.8 (build@armbian) instead of Linux version 6.9.8 (armbian@next). build@armbian refers to the Armbian build framework (this repository) How Has This Been Tested? [x] ./compile.sh build BOARD=nanopi-r6c BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=trixi…

GStreamer 1.24 was recently released, and with it came with a new plugin to help separate pipelines into different processes. View the full article

Before being able to write firmware data to any production Chromebook device, the Write-Protect screw has to be removed. View the full article

Description Fix boot from btrfs fs in uboot 2024.01/2024.04 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compile image and boot from (zstd-compressed) btrfs sole rootfs/bootfs partition Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code View the full article

Description After this pr https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/25 is merged, we don't need these patches anymore. View the full article

Lets us put down the hammer. Cleaned 6.1, 6.3 and added 6.2 patch set. Simplified function: rtw88_driver This PR was created in order to ease the pain here https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5276 and add support for the current edge branch 6.2. Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

The release of Linux 6.0 earlier this week brought a significant milestone: the H.265/HEVC user-space API was mainlined, the result of more than two years of efforts by our engineering team. View the full article

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

The GStreamer project has recently released version 1.26, and once again, Collabora has made numerous contributions including improved hardware efficiency, the MPEG-5 LCEVC codec and improved support for analytics and machine learning. View the full article

With the advent of meson and gst-build, it is now possible to set up a GStreamer Windows development environment that rivals the finest Linux has to offer, with full support for Visual Studio debugging into the library. View the full article

Sharing latest packages, images or application deployments can be tedious and time-consuming. Mistakes are made very easily when time is not on our side. And as containerized micro-services increase, it becomes challenging to detect integration issues, which can impact release timelines and extend lead time for changes or LTC (Lead Time to Change). Armbian is a community-driven open-source operating system that solves this challenge by providing optimized Debian and Ubuntu Linux images for ARM development boards and ARM-based single board computers. This allows software teams to streamline the development process, speed up release to production, and deploy and maintain…