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The Wi-R protocol is a non-radiative near-field communication technology that uses Electro-Quasistatic (EQS) fields for communication enabling the body to be used as a conductor and that consumes up to 100x less energy per bit compared to Bluetooth. In a sense, Wi-R combines wireless and wired communication. Wi-R itself only has a wireless range of 5 to 10cm, but since it also uses the body to which the Wi-R device is attached, the range on the conductor is up to 5 meters. While traditional wireless solutions like Bluetooth create a 5 to 10-meter field around a person, the Wi-R protocol creates a body area network (BAN) that could be used to connect a smartphone to a pace…

Silicon Labs has just announced the tiny BG27 Bluetooth LE and MG27 multiprotocol wireless SoCs designed for small devices, and they will be especially useful in connected health applications, or the so-called Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), as well as wearables, sensors, switches, smart locks, and commercial and LED lighting. Both chips feature a Cortex-M33 core clocked at 76.8 MHz, up to 768KB flash, and up to 64KB RAM, but the BG27 only supports Bluetooth LE, Mesh, and propriety 2.4 GHz connectivity, while the MG27 also adds an 802.15.4 radio for Zigbee, OpenThread, and Matter protocols Silicon Labs BG27 and MG27 specifications: CPU – Arm Cortex-M33 @ 76.8 MHz with …

linux-rk35xx-legacy.config: update .config, no changes (.110 -> .160) linux-rk35xx-legacy.config: update .config, no changes (.110 -> .160) View the full article

The latest mainline Linux kernel (v6.5) includes 22 patches that enable support for the AV1 uAPI and for two stateless video decoders: one for the Rockchip RK3588 and one for MT8195, a MediaTek SoC. View the full article

Sunny Spain will have multimedia developers on speed dial next week for the 11th edition of the GStreamer Conference, taking place at the Palexco Convention Centre in A Coruña from September 25 to 26. View the full article

Bumps github/codeql-action from 2 to 3. Release notes Sourced from github/codeql-action's releases. CodeQL Bundle v2.15.4 Bundles CodeQL CLI v2.15.4 (changelog, release) Includes the following CodeQL language packs from github/codeql@codeql-cli/v2.15.4: codeql/cpp-queries (changelog, source) codeql/cpp-all (changelog, source) codeql/csharp-queries (changelog, source) codeql/csharp-all (changelog, source) codeql/go-queries (changelog, source) codeql/go-all (changelog, source) codeql/java-queries (changelog, source) codeql/java-all (changelog, source) codeql/javascript-queries (changelog, source) codeql/javascript-all (changelog, source) codeql/python-queries (chan…

Remark: This PR is based off v23.11 for now and will be rebased of main/master branch before review Description Running "uefi-x86" board image on qemu-system-x86_64 --display none --serial stdio ... did not: allow GRUB boot without GUI display display early kernel boot messages on the serial console display the console prompt on serial console Jira reference number: None How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A: Boot uefi-x86 board image on qemu-system-x86_64 --display none --serial stdio ... [ ] Test B: Boot uefi-x86 board image on qemu-s…

Adding myself as a maintainer for the Orange Pi PC+ View the full article

u-boot: embed armbian artifact version in CONFIG_LOCALVERSION u-boot: embed armbian artifact version in CONFIG_LOCALVERSION we're hacking at it anyway, so why not use it to uniquely identify the exact build View the full article

At this year's edition of FOSDEM Collabora will be present with 6 talks! Join us to get the latest on video capture on Rockchip SoCs, Tyr, machine learning in GStreamer, and more! View the full article

Welcome to the latest Armbian Newsletter: your source for the latest developments, community highlights, and behind-the-scenes updates from the world of open-source ARM and RISC-V computing. JetHome boosts Armbian CIJetHome (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 × 1Sponsored Github HighlightsThis week’s work centers on Rockchip platform maturation, kernel and toolchain modernization, and board-level enablement across vendors. Rockchip r…

Allwinner V853 SoC combines an Arm Cortex-A7 core with a Xuantie E907 RISC-V core, and a 1 TOPS NPU for cost-sensitive AI Vision applications such as smart door locks, smart access control, AI webcams, tachographs, and smart desk lamps. Manufactured with a 22nm process, the SoC comes with an ISP image processor and Allwinner Smart video engine capable of up to 5M @ 30fps H.265/H.264 encoding and 5M @ 25fps H.264 decoding, offers parallel CSI and MIPI CSI camera interfaces, and well as MIPI DSI and RGB display interfaces. Allwinner V853 specifications: CPU Arm Cortex-A7 CPU core @ 1 GHz with 32 KB I-cache, 32 KB D-cache, and 128 KB L2 cache Alibaba Xuantie E907 RISC-V core…

Description sunxi-5.15: adapting patches for the version 5.15.43 Checklist: [ ] Test build sunxi [ ] Test build sunxi64 View the full article

Up until now, talking in-depth about userspace tracing was deliberately avoided because it merits special treatment, hence this part devoted to it. We'll now look at the why of it, and we'll examine eBPF user tracing in two categories: static and dynamic. View the full article

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

Description Jira reference number AR-1359 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 test [ ] Boot 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 Enabling several minimal images as per user request. We already enabled images on targets where such images might be interesting. They are also coming to all community builds. Why this is useful? Some people prefer or need as images that contains nothing but bare system. Initial root size only at around 0.5Gb!!! (size differs from kernel and user space architecture) Tests was done on very old and slow 32bit device. Only there such measures really means something. Nanopi Neo v1 booted up in less then 20s with all standard services ... (systemd-analyze: Startup finished in 5.052s (kernel) + 14.010s (userspace) = 19.063s) View the full article

Description General: disable kernel boot splash > 6.1 We don't use it anymore and its time to go rest. Adjust 881xau, 8811cu, 88xbu @adeepn you have a patch for 6.1 ready? For jethome-ru/rtl88x2cs Jira reference number AR-1432 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] 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 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-1488 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 H1/D1/D1+ bullseye image View the full article

Variscite VAR-SOM-AM62 is a System-on-Module (SoM) powered by a Texas Instruments Ti AM625x quad-core Cortex-A53 processor @ up to 1.4 GHz with a 400MHz Cortex-M4F cores and 333MHz PRU real-time co-processors to control I/Os. The module also supports up to 4GB RAM and 128GB eMMC flash, features a single or dual-band WiFi + BT/BLE5.2 module, and offers up to 3x CAN Bus, dual GbE, audio, camera in, and dual USB, among other interfaces. It is designed for industrial applications with a -40 to 85°C operating temperature range. VAR-SOM-AM62 specifications: SoC – Texas Instruments Sitara AM62x (AM6252 or AM6254) with Up to 4x Arm Cortex-A53 @ 1.4 GHz 1x Ar, Cortex M4F up to @ 4…

Description As extlinux is not matured within the armbian tools (armbian-config in particular), revert change until such a time as the proponents of extlinux mature the Armbian utilities. -Fixes use of overlays 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 [X] 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 [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings …

mekotronics: refactor vendor conf/hooks; vendor uboot with new patches; new blobs mekotronics: refactor vendor conf/hooks; vendor uboot with new patches; new blobs meko: don't use Radxa's Rock-5A u-boot anymore, switch to rockchip vendor next-dev branch meko: my own (horrible) patches for MAC address stability / defconfig meko: cherry picked a few patches for getting rid of BL32/read Bl31 from env and other fixes from Radxa meko: add OTP node to 3588 dtsi (so we don't need kern-dtb in ITS for working OTP) meko: refactor common code across 3 (soon to be 4) board files into vendor conf and hooks meko: bump DDR/BL31 blobs for all Meko boards 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-…

Description thead: update current&edge kernel, fix pinctrl config. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Successfully built. [x] System startup. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description GitHub job summaries do not support colored output, but the kernel hardening script is using colored output. Thus, the job summary in the Actions panel is littered with ugly characters. This commit replaces them with emojis to enhance visibility. Before: After: How Has This Been Tested? [x] run locally: kernel-hardening-checker -m show_fail -c linux-rockchip64-edge.config | sed 's/^/ /; s/\x1b\[32m/✅ /; s/\x1b\[31m/❌ /; s/\x1b\[0m//' 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

Description Renaming network device to eth0 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generated image Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

odroidm1: bump to u-boot v2024.07; replace defconfig patches with hook odroidm1: bump to u-boot v2024.07; replace defconfig patches with hook bump "armbian" env to reset env in SPI on first run View the full article

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 deep dive on the current status of Chromium enablement on MediaTek Genio SoCs, including what the numbers look like when MediaTek’s hardware codecs are driven by Chromium’s V4L2 paths. View the full article

This week's work centers on a consolidated uwe5622 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth driver, CI and repository infrastructure changes, and board and toolchain enablement across multiple SoC families. The uwe5622 driver has been relocated to a dedicated repository and unified across kernel versions. Initial commits address a use-after-free in mtty_probe(), resolve 157 -Wmissing-prototypes warnings, correct dev_addr const guards for kernels 5.17–6.18 under clang, and fix sdio_pub_int_init for the newer gpiod int_ap API on GCC 14. The build system now sources the driver from this repository, adds a GitHub Actions test workflow, and refactors the associated DVFS patch and kernel configuration.…

Armbian builds for hundreds of boards. A kernel bump that is clean on one SoC can leave another unbootable and no build log will tell you. So there is a rack, and the rack boots them. Compiling is not evidence. A kernel that builds, packages that install, an image that flashes — none of it proves a board comes back after reboot. Armbian supports a very large number of boards across a dozen vendors and twenty SoC families, maintained largely by volunteers who each own one or two of them. The failure mode that hurts is not a broken build. It is a change that builds perfectly and quietly bricks the boot path on hardware nobody happened to have on their desk that week. The au…

AMD has just introduced the 15W Ryzen 5000 C-Series “Zen 3” processors for premium Chrome OS devices designed for work and collaboration. The processors can with up to eight cores and sixteen threads and are said to offer all-day battery life. AMD Ryzen 5000 C-Series processors for Chrome OS are expected to offer up to 67% faster responsiveness and up to 85% better graphics performance when comparing a Chromebook based on AMD Ryzen 7 5825C against an earlier model based on AMD Ryzen 7 3700C introduced in 2020 using respectively WebXPRT 3 and Motion Mark 1.2 benchmarks. Multitasking performance comparison using Geekbench 5 shows a 107% improvement that is probably mostly d…

Description cpu opp table for sun8i-a83t can only be a multiple of the integer 24 * 8 * n Checklist: [ ] Test build [ ] Test work on board View the full article

Earlier this week, Linux Kernel 5.1 was released, and with it came over 13,000 commits from developers all around the world, including Collaborans. This time around, no less than 12 different developers contributed commits (64), sign-offs (111) & more. 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

Description This patch is needed only for extra additional wireless drivers under EXTRA_WIFI. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Built two kernels 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 Jira reference number AR-1360 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

khadas-vim3l: add asound file View the full article

meson64: switch edge kernel to 6.1.y branch (from 6.1-rc8 tag) View the full article

Description enabled kernel modules pine64 for CSI and camera drivers Jira reference number AR-1647 How Has This Been Tested? Yes by installation on the PINE64 hardware. 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

AMD has just unveiled the new power-efficient Ryzen Z1 “Zen4” Series processor family designed for handheld gaming consoles running Windows and equipped with AMD RDNA 3 architecture-based graphics. The new series features two processors at launch, namely the Ryzen Z1 hexa-core processor with 4 RDNA 3 Compute Units and the Ryzen Z1 Extreme octa-core processor with 12 RDNA 3 Computer Units for “ultimate high-performance for handheld gaming”. Highlights of Ryzen Z1 and Z1 extreme specifications: Both processors support LPDDR5/LPDDR5x memory, and USB4 interface, as well as the following AMD technologies: AMD Link – Mobile app to connect your phone, tablet, TV, or Windows-base…

Description Bumped current kernel to 6.1.33. Also disabled some Rockchip patches thats gets applied on the sunxi kernel. How Has This Been Tested? [X] Compiled an image and booted it on Nanopiduo2 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

rock-5-cmio: add a .wip for Radxa CM5 with I/O board rock-5-cmio: add a .wip for Radxa CM5 with I/O board use OPi5's uboot, don't ask me. View the full article

Description Deleted merged patches in kernel v6.8-rc1 and fix other patch errors. Add a new patch 0033-tools-Makefile-delete-missing-cgroup_clean.patch to fix make clean error in tools. 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 with command ./compile.sh kernel BOARD=rock-5b BRANCH=edge DEB_COMPRESS=xz KERNEL_GIT=shallow [x] Boot on rock5b 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 commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made …

Description This patch fixes the high interrupt issue on the Orange Pi5 Plus. Forum discussion available here. https://forum.armbian.com/topic/33360-orangepi-5-plus-rtc-hym8563-irq-issue/ The patch also adds poweroff support. Right now the Orange Pi 5 Plus just reboots when poweroff or shutdown -h now is executed. Third fix of the patch is to correct gpio_pwrctrl1 typo. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Build command ./compile.sh BOARD=orangepi5-plus BRANCH=edge RELEASE=trixie KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no BUILD_MINIMAL=yes BUILD_DESKTOP=no COMPRESS_OUT…

nanopi-r5s: u-boot: pci enum in preboot; disable armbian-led-state nanopi-r5s: u-boot: pci enum in preboot; disable armbian-led-state pci enum in preboot; required for working m.2 when booting some older kernels this board has an overlay (DEFAULT_OVERLAYS="nanopi-r5s-leds") to drive the LEDs, disable armbian-led-state service View the full article

Dear Armbians, This week, we bring you a roundup of exciting developments and updates from the Armbian community. From kernel enhancements to device-specific improvements, there’s plenty to dive into. Plus, we announce the winners of the Radxa Rock 5 ITX giveaway! Read on for all the details. Kernel and Device Tree Updates: sunxi-6.1: Fixed a kernel loading issue by reversing commit 75317a0. linux-rk35xx-vendor.config: Added support for RTW89_8852be module. linux-rk35xx-vendor.config: Updated kernel configuration settings. arm64: dts: rockchip: Introduced support for radxa-e52c board. Documentation and Configuration Enhancements: firstlogin: Implemented quoting for…

Description X96Q TV Box LPDDR3 H313 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 build BOARD=x96q-tvbox BRANCH=current BUILD_DESKTOP=yes BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no KERNEL_GIT=shallow RELEASE=noble [x] Tested on current 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 …

As Chromium becomes the default UI runtime on embedded Linux devices, we’re closing long-standing V4L2 gaps and enabling efficient hardware video encoding and decoding on MediaTek platforms for both downstream and upstream. View the full article

This week's work centers on a consolidated uwe5622 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth driver, CI and repository infrastructure changes, and board and toolchain enablement across multiple SoC families. The uwe5622 driver has been relocated to a dedicated repository and unified across kernel versions. Initial commits address a use-after-free in mtty_probe(), resolve 157 -Wmissing-prototypes warnings, correct dev_addr const guards for kernels 5.17–6.18 under clang, and fix sdio_pub_int_init for the newer gpiod int_ap API on GCC 14. The build system now sources the driver from this repository, adds a GitHub Actions test workflow, and refactors the associated DVFS patch and kernel configuration.…

Welcome to the latest Armbian Newsletter: your source for the latest developments, community highlights, and behind-the-scenes updates from the world of open-source ARM and RISC-V computing. JetHome boosts Armbian CIJetHome (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 × 1Sponsored Github HighlightsThis week’s work centers on Rockchip platform maturation, kernel and toolchain modernization, and board-level enablement across vendors. Rockchip r…

Added rsync-option '--delete' to syncToDisk to prevent overfilled ramdisk. Description The entire problem description can be found in this forum thread: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/19995-armbian-ramlog-problems-and-possible-improvements/ Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? /var/log.hdd/journal will use less space right after the midnight cronjobs. 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 dep…

Description Added missing build targets where we have maintainers and some cosmetic fixes. Jira reference number AR-1083 View the full article

After a successful team effort, the patch enabling the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) Ozone builds to run with different platform backends, such as Wayland, has finally landed upstream. View the full article

Amsterdam, The Netherlands September 12-16, 2014: the essential global meeting place for everyone engaged in creating, managing and delivering the future of electronic media and entertainment technology and content. Collabora booth #8.B38c View the full article

Orange Pi 5 (LTS) is an upcoming single board computer powered by Rockchip RK3588S cost-down octa-core Cortex-A76/A55 processor that should offer one of the best cost/performance ratios on the market once it is launched. The SBC is said to come with up to 32GB RAM, 32GB eMMC flash, offers HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4 8K video outputs, up to two MIPI DSI display interfaces, three camera interfaces, Gigabit Ethernet, and WiFi 6 connectivity, and a few USB ports plus a GPIO header. Orange Pi 5 LTS specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3588S octa-core processor with 4x Cortex-A76 cores @ up to 2.4 GHz, 4x Cortex-A55 cores @ up to 1.8 GHz, Arm Mali-G610 MP4 GPU, 6 TOPS AI accelerat…

Description Patches needed to run Pi-KVM. Jira reference number AR-1300 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build CURRENT and EDGE [x] Tested by (srepac) 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

ITEAD has sent us a Smart Home kit for review including the SONOFF NSPanel Pro Android control panel and Zigbee gateway, an enclosure stand, the CAM Slim WiFi camera, and four Zigbee modules, namely the SNZB-01 wireless switch, the SNZB-02 temperature & humidity sensor, the SNZB-03 motion sensor, and the SNZB-04 door/window sensor. In this review, we’ll configure the NSPanel Pro controller with the eWelink app in Android, show how to add the WiFi camera and Zigbee devices directly to NSPanel Pro, and go back to the eWelink app for more advanced features such as scenes with triggers and actions. Sonoff NSPanel Pro kit unboxing Let’s get started by having a closer look …

helios4/machiattobin-doubleshot/rpi4b remove legacy BRANCH family code for those boards does not have such legacy anymore View the full article

odroidm1: bump kernel to 6.1.y View the full article

Complete Desktop updates for bookworm. This update follows the debian approach of desktops following the task-(desktopname)-desktop install . I also had to split the skel for each desktop to keep installs cleaner as only the files for that desktop get installed and not files for other desktops not in use on the build. skel.all skel.(desktopname). I have done a complete update to the appsgroups and we moved printing and filesharing support to the appgroups to make things cleaaner in the long run. a few new appgroupds added and apps added and removed. everything done . was done with feedback from users. Note : At this point desktops imgs will be bigger then the 8g sd c…

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

docker launcher: don't lose track of the wanted host_release when setting using Armbian base image docker launcher: don't lose track of the wanted host_release when setting using Armbian base image host_release (wanted_release_tag) was being re-computed from DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE might have been changed from ":" if DOCKERFILE_USE_ARMBIAN_IMAGE_AS_BASE != no that would cause host_release to be "armbian-ubuntu-lunar-latest", not "lunar" which would cause python2/python2-dev to be installed, which would cause Dockerfile build to fail View the full article

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

Bumps setuptools from 70.1.1 to 70.2.0. Changelog Sourced from setuptools's changelog. v70.2.0 Features Updated distutils including significant changes to support Cygwin and mingw compilers. (#4444) Bugfixes Fix distribution name normalisation (:pep:625) for valid versions that are not canonical (e.g. 1.0-2). (#4434) Commits 3accd5c Bump version: 70.1.1 → 70.2.0 719192a Merge pull request #4430 from pypa/infra/refresh-skeleton e32f8df Merge pull request #4444 from pypa/feature/distutils-f3b225449 343ac6f Merge https://github.com/pypa/distutils into feature/distutils-f3b225449 4e6d97d Prefer relative imports for better portability. 449021c Merge pull request #4…

Description also bump: rk3288 xt-q8l-v10 target rk322x-box target (was already v2024.07-rc5) rk3318-box target (was already v2024.07-rc5) rk322x-box and rk3318-box were already at v2024.07, since u-boot v2024.07 has been released some days ago, they have been moved from rc5 to release (see https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6855) Asus Tinkerboard/S and xt-q8l-v10, which are both rk3288 targets, have been bumped from v2022.04 to v2024.07, trying to keep all the features working. I guess now the workaround cited here could be removed as well. GitHub issue reference: Jira reference number AR-2406 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Built image for both rk3288 targets su…

Description orangepi5-plus u-boot patch dir has been detached to allow patching in kaslr support 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 new warnings View the ful…

Collabora will be at Embedded Software Engineering Kongress! Catch our talk as we share our expertise in training large open source models. View the full article

Released as UnitedXR wraps up in Brussels, this latest update to the cross-platform Open-Source OpenXR runtime delivers major improvements across hand tracking, device support, and the core runtime infrastructure. View the full article

Armbian builds for hundreds of boards. A kernel bump that is clean on one SoC can leave another unbootable and no build log will tell you. So there is a rack, and the rack boots them. Compiling is not evidence. A kernel that builds, packages that install, an image that flashes — none of it proves a board comes back after reboot. Armbian supports a very large number of boards across a dozen vendors and twenty SoC families, maintained largely by volunteers who each own one or two of them. The failure mode that hurts is not a broken build. It is a change that builds perfectly and quietly bricks the boot path on hardware nobody happened to have on their desk that week. The au…

Image building in ubuntu jammy on aarch64 platform breaks with diagnostic [ o.k. ] Calling image customization script [ customize-image.sh ] [ o.k. ] No longer needed packages [ purge ] [ o.k. ] Unmounting [ /root/armbian/.tmp/rootfs-4a58bdb8-aac0-472d-8f05-0d11ef0816e8 ] [ o.k. ] Preparing image file for rootfs [ odroidn2 jammy ] [ o.k. ] Current rootfs size [ 1285 MiB ] [ o.k. ] Creating blank image for rootfs [ 1612 MiB ] [ o.k. ] Creating partitions [ root: ext4 ] [ error ] ERROR in function check_loop_device [ main.sh:588 -> main.sh:549 -> debootstrap.sh:97 -> debootstrap.sh:658 -> image-helpers.sh:112 -> general.sh:0 ] [ error ] Device node /dev/loop…

DevTerm modular, portable Linux terminal initially designed for modules based on Raspberry Pi CM3 form factor, can now work with Raspberry Pi CM4 for extra performance and memory thanks to a $19 adapter. The Devterm was initially launched in 2020 with a 6.8-inch IPS screen, a keyboard with 67 keys, and a battery module, all connected through the ClockworkPi v3.14 carrier board taking a choice of core modules based on Allwinner H6 or Rockchip RK3399 (now supported in Armbian), besides the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3 mentioned above. More recently, it also got an Allwinner D1 RISC-V module. The Raspberry Pi CM4 module should bring performance similar to the Rockchip RK33…

After a year-long development cycle, the much anticipated release was made available recently. With it came a number of exciting new features we're especially proud of, including per-element latency tracer and support for planar or non-interleaved audio. 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 General rk322x current and edge device tree tidying up: added proper coolings maps to handle overheating enabled DEVFREQ_THERMAL config option to let devfreq devices be used in cooling maps generic tvbox ir remote kernel mappings were missing in current 5.15 kernel, added patch removed unneded patches restored AUFS config options for edge kernel How Has This Been Tested? [x] Current kernel debs built and tested on live system [x] Edge kernel debs built and tested on live 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-underst…

odroidm1: use mainline 6.1-rc5, grab DTS only from mmind/v6.2-armsoc/dts64 as single patch mmind/v6.2-armsoc/dts64 is old, and stuck in -rc1 View the full article

uefi: bump kernel to 6.1.y; remove dangling symlinks View the full article

It's with excitement and nervousness that I'm writing this post, sitting on a plane heading to Boston where I will attend the MIT Reality Hack as a mentor. View the full article

U-boot-rockchip64 rk3399-ehci-probe-usb2.patch. No code changes. Original patch applied and new patch generated then mbox tweaked to retain relevant details. Prevents patching errors in armbian-next. Jira reference number AR-1499 [ ] Builds without errors on master [ ] Builds without errors on armbian-next Checklist: [ ] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

LattePanda Sigma is a 3.5-inch single board computer (SBC) with an Intel Core i5-1340P Raptor Lake-P processor and a Microchip ATmega32U4 microcontroller to control I/Os with Arduino programming. The board comes with 16GB soldered-on LPDDR5 RAM, supports M.2 NVMe/SATA SSDs and SATA drives for storage, offers HDMI 2.1, eDP, and USB-C DisplayPort video outputs, dual 2.5GbE networking, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, and three M.2 sockets for expansion sich as WiFi or 4G/5G modules. LattePanda Sigma specification SoC – Intel Core i5-1340P 12-core (4P+8E)/16-thread Raptor Lake hybrid processor @ up to 4.6 GHz (Performance cores), 3.4GHz (Efficient cores), 12MB L2 Cache, 80EU Intel …

Description We somehow ended with non-bootable image yet again. Jira reference number AR-1692 How Has This Been Tested? Does not work yet, while it boots with defconfig. 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

u-boot: log what the BOOTCONFIG is when building u-boot: log what the BOOTCONFIG is when building View the full article

cli-patch: don't ask about desktop/server builds during patch rewrite/to-git cli-patch: don't ask about desktop/server builds during patch rewrite/to-git add to-do for real fix later View the full article

Description Add support for RPi5 in our bcm2711 kernel. This is mostly but not entirely based on changes from Raspberry Pi kernel PR 5618. After enabling those options, I noticed that even though hdmi was working, kernel was not able to find the sdcard and usb was also not working. So I had to use diffconfig to compare our configs with the vendor config and enable some more options. Raising the PR so that others can also play with it as well. Meanwhile I will work on getting Trixie Desktop Image running with mesa 23.3-rc5 from experimental repo. As part of that I will split RPi 5 into separate board config until recent version of mesa is made available in current debian …

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

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…

Collabora is headed to Tokyo for the Linux Plumbers Conference! Join us for our talks exploring stability for Rockchip boards, the latest Tyr Rust-based GPU, and more. View the full article

Description In gnome when I insert a u disk and want to click eject from the left dock, I get no eject command error. After installing eject package, I can eject the u disk successfully now. 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

Now that we've studied the mainstream way of developing and using eBPF programs on top of the low-level VM mechanisms, we'll look at projects taking different approaches, attempting solutions to some of the unique problems faced by embedded Linux. View the full article

Vancouver, Canada August 12-14, 2014: SIGGRAPH, visit ARM at Booth #933 in the Mobile Pavilion to meet with Collabora. SIGGRAPH attracts 20,000 international attendees from across the globe and many creative and technical disciplines. It is the only conference and exhibition that draws the leaders from the world in this exciting and innovative industry. View the full article

Description CSC build target. Untested, no hardware. Jira reference number AR-1301 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

Amazon has just launched the “all new” Fire TV Cube streaming device with an Amlogic POP1-G octa-core Cortex-A73/A53 processor that we never heard of, but that appears to be almost the same as the Amlogic A311D2 processor that we reviewed in Khadas VIM4 SBC. The Amlogic POP1-G (aka Amlogic – AML Popcorn) also integrates an Arm Mali-G52 MP8 GPU clocked at 800 MHz, and the third generation Fire TV Cube features 2GB LPDDR4/x memory, 16GB storage, WiFi 6E and Fast Ethernet, as well as an HDMI port. Fire TV Cube 2022 specifications: SoC – Amlogic POP1-G (Amlogic AML Popcorn) octa-core processor with four Cortex A73 cores @ 2.2 GHz, four Cortex-A53 cores @ 2.0 GHz, Arm Mali-G52…

Description meson: legacy: bump to 5.10.155 How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build, burn and run 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

It’s the last day of the year and the time to look at some of the highlights of 2022, some traffic statistics from CNX Software website, and speculate on what 2023 may bring us. The semiconductors shortage continued in 2022, but things are looking brighter in 2023 with the full reopening of the world mixed with forecasts of difficult economic times that should keep the demand/supply equation in check. On the Arm processor front the biggest news of the year, at least in this corner of the Internet, was the launch of the Rockchip RK3588 octa-core Cortex-A76/A78 processor together with interesting single board computers that we’ll discuss below. Announced last year, the Amlo…

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

Description Upgrade vcgencmd without tmp vulnerability and inclusion for bananapim2ultra See also https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5095#issuecomment-1521626783 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Pine64 [x] Rock64 [x] Banana Pi M2 Ultra 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

rkdevflash: don't wait for "Loader" mode after sending spl_loader; show the loop counter rkdevflash: don't wait for "Loader" mode after sending spl_loader; show the loop counter I thought sending the spl_loader blob puts it into "Loader" mode, but... ... turns out "Loader" mode is a separate (rockusb, etc) mode. So if in Maskrom mode, just send the loader, and trust it can now WriteLba still keeps the timeout, for when a loader is not accepted View the full article

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

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

Description Moving use of dbeinder's repo to fifteenhex repo for xradio driver as fifteenhex seems to give more consistent speeds. This also allows us to drop all of our xradio patches as we can now build right from fifteenhex code. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Test wifi on Orange Pi Zero 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…