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libnice upstream improvements done at Collabora View the full article

Description As the tittle. Solution / workaround = attach it to last known working commit id. Jira reference number AR-1282 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested with 5.4.y and 5.19.y 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

fixing the creation of correct partition numbers for EFI. View the full article

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The PineTab-V is a RISC-V tablet, or rather a tablet development kit, based on StarFive JH7110 quad-core RISC-V SoC, and with the same design as the upcoming Arm-based PineTab2 tablet that’s scheduled to launch on April 11. Pine64 just launched the Star64 single board computer to help with software development on Linux-capable RISC-V hardware, and they took the opportunity to lay out a tablet board based on the same JH7110 to replace the Rockchip RK3566 board found in the PineTab2, so eventually, a working sample should look like that… PineTab-V preliminary specifications: SoC – StarFive JH7110 with CPU – Quad-core 64-bit RISC-V (SiFive U74 – RV64GC) processor @ up to 1.5…

Description CSC target, not tested on hardware View the full article

Create a overlay_prefix to h616 for orangepizero3. Description There are no overlays nor fixup scripts for h618. Since the orangepizero3 is i/o hardware identical to the orangepizero2, it makes sense to just point the zero3 to the zero2 overlays. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? An image for orangepizero3 with this change was generated. It ran the fixup script on boot. Armbian-config -> System-> Hardware was used to enable an spidev. On reboot the overlay was loaded. 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…

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

Description 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…

Description Support partner. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Was reported as working good. Checklist: [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Add a patch series to support VEPU121/VPU121, which mainly enables hardware decoding for H.264. It can also decode MPEG2 and VP8 as well as do JPEG encoding. Usually I am against bloating the kernel with patches since it makes it more difficult to maintain. But having access to the RK3588's H.264 decoder is really useful for day to day tasks. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Needs some testing View the full article

Description We really, really don't need to keep legacy factory Allwinner wonder SDK 4.9.y in our framework. Jira reference number AR-2399 How Has This Been Tested? [x] CI Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description added support for board core3566 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] vendor kernel 6.1 with ubuntu 24.04, server build. OK, with eth works. [x] edge kernel 6.10 with ubuntu 24.04, server build. Failed to boot. 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 publish…

JetHome (Shenzhen JetHome Technology Co.) donated a build server for Armbian. The server compiles Armbian images, kernels and U-Boot packages. Thank you, JetHome. HW Specifications CPU 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 6148, 80 threads Memory 384 GB Storage 3.84 TB SSD, plus 20 TB of disk Network 2 × 1 Gbit/s, bonded Build runners 40 That is about a tenth of the fleet's capacity, running up to 3 kernel or 40 full image builds at once. The server also remembers work it has already done: Compiled code is reused. A rebuild takes under a minute instead of three.Software packages are downloaded once and shared by all 40 b…

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

Morpheans ShaRPiKeebo is a portable Linux computer based on Raspberry Pi Zero W or Zero 2 W SBC that reminds me of the Allwinner R8 powered PocketCHIP handheld computer that was introduced in 2016, and was quite popular (for a niche product) at the time. The ShaRPiKeebo comes with a physical QWERTY keyboard, a daylight-readable screen, and Wi-Fi & Bluetooth connectivity, but also adds a 433 MHz LoRa radio that should make it usable as an off-the-grid communicator. Just like PocketCHIP, the ShaRPiKeebo can be used for system administration, retro-gaming, pen testing, STEM education, and all sort of maker projects. ShaRPiKeebo specifications: Supported SBCs via 40-pin G…

For many, June 21, day of the Solstice, is a day of celebrations. At Collabora, we're also celebrating, as we take a moment to welcome all the newest members of our engineering and administration teams who've joined over the last year! View the full article

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

Description Fixing: cat: /home/runner/.gitconfig: No such file or directory How Has This Been Tested? Manual execution 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

Fixes Ethernet initialization issue. Description Ethernet MAC was not being set from the hardware serial number. Bumping the version of U-Boot to the latest version fixed this issue. 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] Compiled and booted via SD 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 depende…

Sphery vs. shapes is an open-source 3D raytraced game written in C and translated into FPGA bitstream that runs 50 times more efficiently on FPGA hardware than on an AMD Ryzen processor. Verilog and VHDL languages typically used on FPGA are not well-suited to game development or other complex applications, so instead, Victor Suarez Rovere and Julian Kemmerer relied on Julian’s “PipelineC” C-like hardware description language (HDL) and Victor’s CflexHDL tool that include parser/generator and math types library in order to run the same code on PC with a standard compile, and on FPGA through a custom C to VHDL translator. More details about the game development and results a…

We started the review of GL.inet GL-MT2500A security gateway, aka Brume 2, with an unboxing and teardown, and I’ve now had time to test the router in more detail so I’ll report my experience using the router with OpenVPN and WireGuard VPN, Tor, Adguard Home, and more. In a nutshell, it’s super easy to use, unless your ISP causes troubles, which it did in this case. Brume 2 connection and initial setup I connected the WAN port of the Brume 2 router to 3BB’s modem router (3BB is an ISP in Thailand), the LAN port to my laptop, and finally the USB-C power supply (power draws is 2.3 Watts at idle). Let’s now go to the dashboard using the default IP (192.168.8.1). This will tak…

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…

Beelink upgraded their earlier SER6, which used an AMD Ryzen 5 6600H processor with integrated AMD Radeon 660M graphics, and released the SER6 Pro which has a faster AMD Ryzen 7 6800H processor with much more powerful integrated AMD Radeon 680M graphics. Beelink kindly sent a SER6 Pro unit for review however since receiving the mini PC, Beelink have ‘refreshed’ the processor to use an AMD Ryzen 7 7735H also with AMD Radeon 680M graphics, and called it the SER6 Pro Refresh. As a result, this review looks at Windows performance which should be indicative for both versions, together with a quick look at running Ubuntu and also a more detailed look at the USB4 port which is a…

Description Current u-boot is a bit unstable, so this bump can't hurt. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generated image, survived several reboots. Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Description Extending https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5484 to K6.1.y How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test on 6.1 and 6.4 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

After rtw_usb_alloc_rx_bufs() has been called rx urbs have been allocated and must be freed in the error path. After rtw_usb_init_rx() has been called they are submitted, so they also must be killed. Add these forgotten steps to the probe error path. Besides the lost memory this also fixes a problem when the driver fails to download the firmware in rtw_chip_info_setup(). In this case it can happen that the completion of the rx urbs handler runs at a time when we already freed our data structures resulting in a kernel crash. This has been applied to wireless-next https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/8b4b4228bfd140119665417137a087ea@realtek.com/T/#t [ ] My code follo…

Description This fixes montior not working after its turned off and on again. This also helps getting the monitors working that doesn't work by default by setting hdmimode=1080p60hz and outputmode=1080p60hz in boot/armbianEnv.txt file. The fix is based on hdmitx21 commit used on vim4. The same change was missing for hdmitx20 that is used on vim1s. 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 vim1s. Monitor hotplug works. Non-working monitor now works with manual configuration Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project […

There is no B model (yet). rpi4b has the b attached since it is FK__MACHINE_MODEL="Raspberry Pi 4 Model B" 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

Running Gemma 4 E2B on a Mali GPU with LiteRT-LMThis guide should work on any armbian minimal/console (trixie) system with a working Mali-g610 GPU. DO NOT USE DESKTOP Verified on: Orange Pi 5 Max (Rockchip RK3588, Arm Mali-G610 MC4), Armbian/Debian 13 (trixie), aarch64, 8 GB RAM. Status summary: Both CPU (XNNPACK) and GPU (WebGPU/Dawn → Vulkan → panvk → panthor) work on the mainline panthor kernel — numbers below. The GPU path needed one line of local patching in Mesa's panvk driver (raise maxImageDimension3D 512 → 2048 to meet the WebGPU minimums that LiteRT's Dawn library enforces; recipe in §5, rationale in §7.1). The model is multimodal (Text + Vision + Audio): the …

This resolves a bug that affects r8153b USB network interface causing the RX interface to hang on load. On some xHCI controllers (e.g. Rockchip RK3399/RK3328/RK1808), they need to enable the ENT flag in the TRB data structure to force xHC to prefetch the next TRB of a TD. The quirk patch is already applied to dwc3 xhci usb on rockchip64, and enabled for rk3399. Enable the quirk on RK3328 through device tree node properties in rk3328.dtsi Description This resolves a bug that affects r8153b USB network interface causing the RX interface to hang on load on Orange Pi R1plus LTS and has been reported in Nano Pi R2S and probably affects Orange Pi R1plus and others using USB3…

Description Sorry for uplifting the discussion again around the PWM patch for rockchip64 again, but I did some further tests and I'm not convinced. The patch rk3568-pwm-rockchip.patch looks like a copy-paste patch from rockchip v5.10 kernel and I can't find it on patchwork.kernel.org patches, so I guess it is not suitable for mainline. There is some weird behaviour I'm experiencing. My test board is the rk3318 tvbox, but this is not a cons; instead this is a pro and I'm going to explain why: these tvboxes lacks proper voltage regulator chips (like rk805 or rk808) and instead heavily relies on PWM to do power regulation for CPU and Logic planes. When PWM goes nuts, the bo…

Both the Le Potato and OrangePi Zero Plus2 boards are already supported by Armbian. But how do you get a minimal Debian upstream image with only the packages you want? Debos is the perfect tool to do this. View the full article

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 Prepare for support JetHub D1p device. All working now. uboot 2022.07 (only jethome devices) update uboot jethome patches (add support for amlogic unifykey in eMMC, rewrite is needed) some updates for kernel patchset (update in jethub device tree) all changes only for jethub devices. Work will be progress. Jira reference number AR-1232 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] JetHub D1p [] 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 m…

AAEON GENE-ADP6 is a 3.5-inch SBC equipped with a choice of Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake-P (and Alder Lake-U) processors and the first from the company to support DDR5 memory, of which up to 64GB can be installed through two SO-DIMM sockets. The single board computer also supports SATA and NVMe storage, up to two 8K displays (and up to four independent displays), 2.5GbE networking, USB 3.2 ports, four RS232/RS422/RS485 interfaces, and further expansion through three M.2 sockets for wireless connectivity (WiFi, 5Gm, 4G LTE…) as well as the already mentioned NVMe SSD storage. GENE-ADP6 SBC specifications: Intel Alder Lake-P SoC (one or the other) Core i7-1270PE 12-core/16-thre…

Description Add GH action to execute remote workflow on config changes Jira reference number AR-1656 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested in different repository 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

python2/python3: symlink python3 as python/python2 if python2 is not found in host python2/python3: symlink python3 as python/python2 if python2 is not found in host this might allow some u-boots to build on bookworm/sid/etc (python2-less build hosts) View the full article

config/kernel: add .gitignore for *.config.defconfig config/kernel: add .gitignore for *.config.defconfig View the full article

Description Status maintenance tasks. Jira reference number AR-2000 How Has This Been Tested? n/a View the full article

Description Bump all mainline based kernels. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Build test within CI Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Description Removed slick-greeter on desktop environments that have gdm3 or sddm installed. Installing slick greeter installs back lightdm as well. On vim4 during first boot with gnome images, lightdm was getting started immediately on boot hiding the firstlogin setup screen. This fixes the same How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Tested bookworm gnome image on vim4 Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand…

Description Move meson edge from 6.9 to 6.10. Note that I don't have any meson 32bit hardware so this builds, but isn't otherwise tested. 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. [ ] Build onecloud image and kernel debs 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 View the full article

Google's AndroidXR. Qualcomm's Snapdragon Spaces. NVIDIA CloudXR. What do they have in common? Monado, the Open Source, cross-platform OpenXR runtime Collabora launched as an alternative to proprietary XR stacks. View the full article

This week's work advances on three fronts: kernel and bleedingedge alignment across Rockchip and Sunxi trees, board and platform enablement spanning RV1106 to SpacemiT, and CI hardening with self-hosted runner maintenance. On the kernel side, bleedingedge was bumped to 7.1-rc3, accompanied by cfg80211 API fixes and re-enablement of the rtl8189fs and rtl8852bs drivers for the new release. Both the rockchip64 and sunxi patch stacks for current and edge were rewritten, an upstream ptrace fix for CVE-2026-46333 was backported to linux-rockchip, and the odroidxu4-current kernel moved to 6.6.139. Platform enablement was broad. The Ayn Odin2 gained 7.0 kernel support, the Mekotr…

JetHome (Shenzhen JetHome Technology Co.) donated a build server for Armbian. The server compiles Armbian images, kernels and U-Boot packages. Thank you, JetHome. HW Specifications CPU 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 6148, 80 threads Memory 384 GB Storage 3.84 TB SSD, plus 20 TB of disk Network 2 × 1 Gbit/s, bonded Build runners 40 That is about a tenth of the fleet's capacity, running up to 3 kernel or 40 full image builds at once. The server also remembers work it has already done: Compiled code is reused. A rebuild takes under a minute instead of three.Software packages are downloaded once and shared by all 40 b…

STMicro VL53L8 multi-zone direct Time-of-Flight (dToF) sensor doubles the ranging performance of VL53L5 sensor – up to 4 meters – or reduces the power consumption by half when operating in common conditions. STMicro ToF sensors are some of the most popular devices to accurately measure distance in real-time, and the earlier VL53L0X and VL53L1X sensors integrated a single photon avalanche diode. STMicro VL53L5 changed that with multi-zone support (up to 64 zones), and VL53L8 FlightSense sensor builds on the solution with improvements in terms of range and efficiency. STMicro VL53L8 ToF sensor specifications: Low-power 32-bit microcontroller running the firmware 940 nm invi…

Years ago, I joined the open-source community with a passion and a mission: to enable equal access to high-quality computing via open-source software. With this mission, I co-founded Panfrost, aiming to create an open-source driver for the Mali GPU. View the full article

Collabora contributions to the Linux kernel 3.17 View the full article

Description We need at least one build target in the family & it doesn't need to build image. View the full article

Description Maint. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Patches applies well View the full article

Creality Ender-3 S1 Pro is a 3D printer that can be converted into a laser engraver thanks to a choice of 1.6W, 5W, and 10W laser modules, making it in theory a space-saving machine that can print 3D objects and engrave & cut materials. The company sent me a full kit with a 10W laser module, so after looking at the 3D printer’s specifications, I’ll check the various packages, and report my experience assembling the 3D printer, and then converting it into a laser engraver in this article, before actually testing both functions in the second part of the review. Since Karl reviewed the Ender-3 Pro 3D printer over two years ago, I asked about the difference and was told t…

ESP32 MPY-Jama is a cross-platform MicroPython IDE specifically designed for ESP32 boards with a file manager, a REPL terminal, real-time dashboards, and various ESP32-specific features. The IDE is an open-source Python program using pyWebView and pySerial plus some JavaScript for the user interface, and the developer of the program, Jean-Christophe Bos, provides binaries for Windows 64-bit and macOS 64-bit Arm or x86. It’s also possible to use it in Linux but needs to be built from source. Some of the key features of the ESP32 MPY-Jama IDE include: MicroPython code editor with syntax highlighting REPL interface Access to information dashboards with real-time data about …

rockchip64 legacy: fix, rebase, archeology, update .config kernel: wifi driver_uwe5622_allwinner: only ever apply for kernels >= 6.0 case in point, rockchip64-legacy, which is 4.4-something and can't handle this rockchip64 legacy: drop duplicated patch rockchip64 legacy: rebase+archeology all patches against ayufan's refs/tags/4.4.202-1237-rockchip-ayufan rockchip64 legacy: update .config, no changes View the full article

docker: default COLUMNS env var to 160 if unset / not-interactive docker: default COLUMNS env var to 160 if unset / not-interactive View the full article

artifact: kernel: force D0000 drivers hash for artifact_version if EXTRAWIFI=no artifact: kernel: force D0000 drivers hash for artifact_version if EXTRAWIFI=no View the full article

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

Bumps setuptools from 71.1.0 to 72.1.0. Changelog Sourced from setuptools's changelog. v72.1.0 Features Restore the tests command and deprecate access to the module. (#4519) (#4520) v72.0.0 Deprecations and Removals The test command has been removed. Users relying on 'setup.py test' will need to migrate to another test runner or pin setuptools before this version. (#931) Commits 441799f Bump version: 72.0.0 → 72.1.0 59aff44 Merge pull request #4522 from pypa/feature/graceful-drop-tests c437aaa Restore the tests command and deprecate access to the module. a6726b9 Add celery and requests to the packages that test integration. Ref #4520 5e1b3c4 Bump version: 71.1…

This week's work advances on three fronts: kernel and bleedingedge alignment across Rockchip and Sunxi trees, board and platform enablement spanning RV1106 to SpacemiT, and CI hardening with self-hosted runner maintenance. On the kernel side, bleedingedge was bumped to 7.1-rc3, accompanied by cfg80211 API fixes and re-enablement of the rtl8189fs and rtl8852bs drivers for the new release. Both the rockchip64 and sunxi patch stacks for current and edge were rewritten, an upstream ptrace fix for CVE-2026-46333 was backported to linux-rockchip, and the odroidxu4-current kernel moved to 6.6.139. Platform enablement was broad. The Ayn Odin2 gained 7.0 kernel support, the Mekotr…

Running Gemma 4 E2B on a Mali GPU with LiteRT-LMThis guide should work on any armbian minimal/console (trixie) system with a working Mali-g610 GPU. DO NOT USE DESKTOP Verified on: Orange Pi 5 Max (Rockchip RK3588, Arm Mali-G610 MC4), Armbian/Debian 13 (trixie), aarch64, 8 GB RAM. Status summary: Both CPU (XNNPACK) and GPU (WebGPU/Dawn → Vulkan → panvk → panthor) work on the mainline panthor kernel — numbers below. The GPU path needed one line of local patching in Mesa's panvk driver (raise maxImageDimension3D 512 → 2048 to meet the WebGPU minimums that LiteRT's Dawn library enforces; recipe in §5, rationale in §7.1). The model is multimodal (Text + Vision + Audio): the …

Qualcomm unveiled a new Wireless AR Smart Viewer Reference Design powered by the Snapdragon XR2 platform last week with very few details, but the company has now demonstrated the system to some members of the press, so let’s have a closer look. The reference design aims to provide a similar level of performance as a headset connected to PC or premium smartphone, but with some of the processing offloaded to the Snapdragon XR2 processor, thereby eliminating the need for a cord while still achieving lag-free experiences in combination with the Qualcomm FastConnect 6900 WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3 solution. It is supposed to offer a 40% thinner profile and a more balanced weight…

A few days ago, coding began for this year's Google Summer of Code (GSoC) projects. Along with four GStreamer and Wayland related projects, this year's edition also includes two Debian projects for which Collaborans will be mentors. View the full article

Eight security issues were discovered, fixed and attributed a CVE. View the full article

Description add CONTRIBUTING.md document View the full article

Russian company Prombit has unveiled the BITBLAZE Titan BM15 Arm Linux Laptop equipped with Baikal-M1 octa-core Arm Cortex-A57 processor manufactured by TSMC, up to 128GB RAM, SSD storage, and a 15.6-inch Full HD display. Baikal-M1, also called Baikal-M, was already found in desktop PCs and All-in-One Arm Linux computers launched last year for the Russian government and businesses, but I think it’s the first time it shows up in a laptop. BITBLAZE Titan BM15 specifications: SoC – Baikal M1 ((BE-M1000) octa-core Cortex-A57 processor @ up to 1.5 GHz with Arm Mali-T628 GPU; 28nm manufacturing process System Memory – 16GB RAM, upgradeable up to 128 GB thanks to the two SO-DIMM…

Was playing with mailcow and stumbled across their support terms which inspired me to rephrase ours. No idea if wanted/needed/usable. Just want to throw that idea into the room. View the full article

Description Based on https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4267 Jira reference number AR-1387 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test of all kernels 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 Adding in kernel module for controller support for the rk3588 currently disabled in the kernel How Has This Been Tested? Untested 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 Add support for NanoPi R4SE, which has eMMC for R4S. The dts file mostly come from lede When upgrade to kernel 6.0, it will be much simple since the FriendlyElec already contrib it, armbian should only need this. How Has This Been Tested? I have compiled this patch in userpatches and running on R4SE hardware for a month (kernel upgrades disabled). 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 [x] Any dependent changes h…

kernel: drop dead code & patches from long-disabled kernel-drivers.sh/drivers_network.sh stuff kernel: drop dead code & patches from long-disabled kernel-drivers.sh/drivers_network.sh stuff this has been dead code (never called) for some 6 months now having it there makes it hard to find the actual/real callpoints of non-dead code View the full article

rockchip64_common: default, but do not overwrite, BL31_BLOB and MINILOADER_BLOB rockchip64_common: default, but do not overwrite, BL31_BLOB and MINILOADER_BLOB rockchip64_common: move the TB2's special DDR_BLOB out from family file into board file View the full article

Add community support configuration (CSC) for RK3588s Indiedroid Nova. Updated rk3588 legacy kernel config to enable r8169 driver for ethernets and RTL8821CS for wifi Current State Legacy kernel boots fine. Bluetooth works. Wifi needs some debugging Collabora has device tree but needs attention Edge device tree was accepted in 6.5 View the full article

Description Created udev config for renaming interfaces to WAN, LAN1, LAN2 Created device tree overlay rockchip-nanopi-r5s-leds for enabling front panel status LED's for NICs. enabled by default How Has This Been Tested? Built image. Leds work when cable plugged in. interface names are friendly root@nanopi-r5s:~# ip link 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 2: wan: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 12:ad:f7:2a:2f:a3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff altname…

radxa-zero2: bump u-boot to v2023.10 radxa-zero2: rewrite u-boot 2022.10 patches, no changes radxa-zero2: bump u-boot to v2023.10 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…

Description After last rework of Armbian repository management, a new $RELEASE key was created, but that would require changes to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian.list In order to not touch this file and revert this, we rather make change on repository side and move: base-files, bsp → RELEASE-utils desktop-bsp → RELEASE-desktop Their incoming folder is under: output/debs/extra/RELEASE-utils output/debs/extra/RELEASE-desktop Jira reference number AR-2445 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Generate image, generate repo, update from repo / check lists Mandatory [ ] Stable repository re-created from scratch Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this proj…

Avnet ZUBoard 1CG is a development board featuring the new entry-level AMD Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ ZU1CG dual-core Cortex-A53 MPSoC with 81K FPGA system logic cells, equipped with 1GB LPDDR4 RAM, as well as SYZYGY connectors and mikroBus expansion for Click boards. Priced at $159, the board may offer a good opportunity to get started with Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, as it’s quite cheaper than boards based on ZU3 devices such as Ultra96-V2 or MYD-CZU3EG. Avnet says the board is suitable for artificial intelligence, machine learning, embedded vision, embedded processing, and robotics applications. ZUBoard 1CG specifications: SoC – AMD/Xilinx ZU+ MPSoC ZU1CG with Dual Cortex-A53…

Avnet MaaxBoard 8ULP will be one of the first single board computers (SBC) based on the new NXP i.MX 8ULP Cortex-A35/M33 processor designed for Edge audio and HMI applications, and featuring NXP’s EdgeLock for device-to-cloud security. The board will come with 2GB RAM, 32GB eMMC flash, a MIPI DSI display connector, a MIPI CSI camera connector, Fast Ethernet and WiFi 5 connectivity, a digital microphone, and a 3.5mm stereo audio jack, and provide expansion capabilities via a 40-pin header for Raspberry Pi HATs and a 16-pin Shuttle Click header for MikroE Click add-on boards. MaaXBoard 8ULP SBC specifications: SoC – NXP i.MX 8ULP processor with 2x Arm Cortex-A35 core @ 1.0 …

With virtme, you can run a custom built kernel on top of our running root filesystem. In this post, we explore another example of virtme in action, and see how to test Video4Linux2 drivers on bleeding edge GStreamer builds. View the full article

A discussion of dynamic relocation, position independent code, the -fPIC flag and how it affects generated assembly. The focus would be on the practical implications of it all, including when to (and when not to) use -fPIC. View the full article

Description Preliminary work on the branding of the kernel package version Jira reference number AR-1233 This is a template. It is necessary to discuss the design. You can build the kernel package yourself and see what happened. [ ] 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

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…

Aetina AIE-CP1A-A1 is a compact, ASIC-based Edge AI system powered by the Blaize Pathfinder P1600 embedded system-on-module (SoM) equipped with dual-core Cortex-A53 processor, the Blaize Graph Streaming Processor (GSP) architecture delivering up to 16 TOPS, and 4GB RAM. The Aetina AI inference system also comes with 8GB eMMC flash, HDMI video output, Gigabit Ethernet, two USB 3.2 ports, and a serial interface, with the small-sized embedded computer targetting computer vision applications such as object detection, human motion detection, and automated inspection. Aetina AIE-CP1A-A1 specifications System-on-Module – Blaize PathFinder P1600 SoM SoC – Blaize 1600 dual ArmCort…

ADLINK has launched an IP-i IoT Prototype Kit based on their Express-ADP COM Express Type 6 Basic “Alder Lake-H” module with either an Intel Core i5-12600H 12-core (4P+8E) processor clocked at up to 4.5 GHz or a Core i3-12300H 8-core (4P+4E) processor reaching up to 4.3 GHz. The kit also includes the Express-BASE6 R3.1 carrier board, a thick heatsink with an active fan, a debug board (DB30 x86), and various cables for SATA storage, a DB9 COM port, and I/Os, and the kit can be used to develop applications for industrial automation and control, medical ultrasound, image processing and analysis, high-speed video encoding and streaming, predictive traffic analysis, multi came…

fixes for general 32-bit bootloader compile on sunxi/sunxi64 and sun50iw9 legacy u-boot postprocess sun50iw9/legacy: armbian-next'ify, add logging, avoid changing global PATH, use host dtc utility, make write_uboot_platform() verbose sunxi-tools: bring in gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi hostdep required for building sunxi's boot stages (even on arm64 targets) View the full article

boot-rk3588-legacy bootscript: add a lot of debugs boot-rk3588-legacy bootscript: add a lot of debugs rk's 3588 vendor u-boot (and Radxa's, etc) have trouble with our usage of load+import, add echo's to debug what breaks View the full article

multiple boards: bump u-boot from v2024.07-rcX to v2024.07 final u-boot v2024.07: rewrite patches against v2024.07 final rk322x-box: rewrite u-boot patches against v2024.07-rc5 rk3318-box: rewrite u-boot patches against v2024.07-rc5 jethubj200: rewrite u-boot patches against v2024.07 final multiple boards: bump u-boot from v2024.07-rcX to v2024.07 final after this, all patches were rewritten, but zero changes. success! View the full article

This update ensures that ./userpatches/kernel/pre-config.sh runs before the kernel's make menuconfig command. Users can now place configuration instructions in this file instead of manually configuring the kernel. The pre-config.sh file may include instructions like: scripts/config --enable CONFIG_DEBUG_FS scripts/config --enable CONFIG_KGDB scripts/config --enable CONFIG_UBSAN The scripts/config utility is provided by the kernel to facilitate configuration changes through scripts. View the full article

since armbian 24.8.0-trunk.205 this board stop working find a fix on station-p2 for it forum thread How Has This Been Tested? H96-MAX-RK3566 V56 4GB 32GB internal MMC 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

Collabora is proud to sponsor this year's annual Debian conference, taking place in Brest, France. Join us as we showcase the latest with Apertis, discuss Debian running on mobile devices, and more. View the full article

With openwrt-one-debian, you can now install and run a full Debian system leveraging the OpenWrt One’s NVMe storage, enabling everything from custom services and containers to development tools and lightweight server workloads, all on open hardware. View the full article

Kontron D3723-R is an industrial mini-ITX motherboard equipped with the just-announced AMD Ryzen Embedded R2000 processor family that delivers higher performance than Ryzen R1000 Series while keeping the costs lower than AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 solutions, and enabling Windows 11 support. Manufactured in Germany, the Kontron D3723-R will be offered with Ryzen R2312, R2314, R2514 and R2544 SKUs, and be particularly suitable for embedded graphics applications such as professional casino gaming systems, medical displays, thin clients, industrial PCs, infotainment, and digital signage systems. Kontron D3723-R specifications: SoC (one of the other) AMD Embedded R2312 dual-core…

Introducing cmtp-responder - a permissively licensed Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) responder implementation which allows embedded devices to provide MTP services and supports a core set of MTP operations. View the full article

Düsseldorf, Germany October 16-17, 2014: the GStreamer Conference is a conference for developers, decision-makers, community members, industry partners, and anyone else interested in the GStreamer multimedia framework or Open Source and cross-platform multimedia. View the full article

HIGOLE introduced the GOLE1 mini PC with a touchscreen display in 2015 mostly to get a free and legal Windows 10 license, but over the years the company launched more Intel models inspired by the original design. However, their latest model, the GOLE 1 R, is based on Rockchip RK3588 octa-core Arm Cortex-A76/A55 SoC instead and running Android 12 by default. The GOLE 1 R is equipped with 8GB RAM, 128GB eMMC flash, a 5.5-inch touchscreen display, Gigabit Ethernet and WiFi connectivity, a microphone, speaker, a gravity sensor, and a 2,500 mAh battery. The company also sells the GOLE 1 RN mini PC without a display, a microphone, a speaker, or a battery for power. GOLE 1 R/RN …

There are many network related driver patchs in the kernel patch script although they are indeed in kernel.Separating the network driver patchs makes the code clearer. View the full article

Description Suppress Shellcheck warnings. Jira reference number AR-1433 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Manual 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 published in downstream modules View the full article

Description For some reason, the same config overhaul happened again in upgrading from 6.0 to 6.1, just like https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4442 This fixes again the rockchip64 config with inherited options, plus enables MGLRU by default for increased performance. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Built deb packages for edge kernel and tested on a live rk3318/rk3328 system Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any …

/bin/bash doesn't exists on Nix-like Operating systems + it's malpractice to hardcode binary path as it will depend on file system hierarchy This solution replaces that to use environment for binaries + adds option to change Bash binary during runtime through using BASH variable View the full article