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Set in the heart of Silicon Valley, XR enthusiasts are eagerly awaiting to see the latest advancements on display at Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2023. View the full article

https://armbian.atlassian.net/browse/AR-1001 added function to unmount and format MTD flash added menu entry for said function. added form mtd Jira reference number AR-1001 How Has This Been Tested? added nandsim and virtulied the MTD. https://gist.github.com/Tearran/e704f04a6fbc457a56dc5f5f87f8899d created a virtual MTD mounted /temp/boot created a file to erace Unmounted then remounted to confirm file still exist ran mtd-tools format confirmed no data remained created function and ran with same results 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 …

Description Collabora has added PCIe 3 support, enable in NanoPC-T6 How Has This Been Tested? NVMe detected/functional 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 Wrapper for compile.sh to assist in development of The help message and doc. If the script is called with --help or -h, it displays a help message. If not, it attempts to compile the project using a script named compile.sh. If compile.sh is not found, it displays an error message. After the compilation process (if successful), it reports how long the process took in seconds. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? [x] ./armbian-build -h output "text" [x] ./armbian-build --help output "text" [x] ./armbian-build "Note about privileges and password prompt. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have p…

Description As per subject. Kernel configs have been updated and patches have been adapted to kernel 6.6 as well Jira reference number AR-1905 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compiled rockchip 32 bit edge kernel succesfully [x] Compiled rk322x edge kernel successfully 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

cleanup a few lost/old/forgotten/replaced code/patches [cleanup] extensions: flash-kernel: removed (and a few references to it) thanks to Gunjan for replacing it [cleanup] rk3399: remove defunct patches & dangling symlinks for rk3399-legacy and rk35xx-legacy [cleanup] rockchip64 legacy: remove long dead 4.4 patches (family/common didn't define legacy branch for a while) [cleanup] remove old rk35xx-4.19 archive patch folder that is unused View the full article

Collabora's engineers continue to be involved in the hardware enablement for a few different system-on-chips (SoCs) and platforms, and have also contributed significant improvements to kernel testing. View the full article

Description The mt7623 family only has one board (BananaPi R2) and has not been properly maintained in many years. Instead of fully removing the family, bump the kernel to 'current' 6.6 since the SoC and also the BananaPi R2 is mainlined and shouldn't cause too many troubles. No need for 'edge' kernel unless someone plans to step in as maintainer who bumps and tests it on every new kernel release. Also: Add armhf support to Trixie (was this disabled for a specific reason? If so, please let me know. It builds fine though) Move the NETWORKING_STACK in main config to after family config to allow the family config to change it. Please note: I do not own the hardware. Insp…

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

Bumps setuptools from 72.1.0 to 72.2.0. Changelog Sourced from setuptools's changelog. v72.2.0 Features pypa/distutils#272pypa/distutils#237pypa/distuils#228#4538) Commits 76942cf Bump version: 72.1.0 → 72.2.0 780a782 Correct reference in news fragment. Ref #4539 64f10c5 Merge pull request #4539 from pypa/feature/distutils-b7ee725f3 d4ad24b Add news fragment. 0ab156c Merge https://github.com/pypa/distutils b7ee725 Apply isort. Ref pypa/distutils#240 32e5fea Rely on monkeysession to monkeypatch. 5f79f22 Merge pull request pypa/distutils#274 from msys2-contrib/ci-msvc-python-mingw... 6748224 Merge pull request pypa/distutils#273 from msys2-contrib/tests-fix-venv_i…

Description This is a draft/wip for adding https proxy caching. This is especially designed for machines hosting lots of github runners to reduce their bandwidth usage by sacrificing disk space. http caching has been merged already and only needed minor changes. Caching https however is way more complicated. Encryption needs to be broken and rewrapped and then obviously downloads will fail due to cert issues. Classic MITM. So a new certificate authority (CA) needs to be put in place to allow these "fake" certs. Why is this even necessary? Well one major part is downloads from upstream apt repositories. The other major part is downloading 3rd party repositories and artif…

This week's work centers on a comprehensive CI pipeline overhaul, expanded board and SoC support, and notable U-Boot and kernel modernization across Rockchip platforms. A substantial portion of the changes target CI infrastructure hardening in the new os-ci-test repository, including self-contained release handling, GHCR authentication via builtin tokens, watchdog-based auto-retry for stalled runs, proxy normalization, and sane build timeouts (60m packages, 30m/60m images). Related fixes in armbian/actions resolve datacenter runner proxy issues, while a rootfs change strips mmdebstrap's apt proxy from shipped images. Codeowners pruning of inactive maintainers and a Docker…

Here’s the last part of Khadas VIM4 review with Ubuntu 22.04 “Jammy Jellyfish”. You may want to check out our previous parts with the unboxing and first boot, followed by Android 11 if you haven’t already done so. Ubuntu 22.04 installation on Khadas VIM4 I used the same method of installation with OOWOW firmware that can download the image directly from Khadas server, and install it to the eMMC flash. Since I already had Android 11 running on the board, I had to keep pressing the function key (middle), then shortly press the reset button, before releasing the function key and entering OOWOW interface. From there, I selected Ubuntu 22.04 Gnome, and went ahead with the dow…

Following the release of the OpenXR 0.90 Provisional Specification by The Khronos Group, Collabora is proud to announce Monado, an open source implementation of the newly released OpenXR spec. View the full article

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 enable 5.19.y edge kernel for the radxa zero 2 builds on the radxa zero 2 board config 5.19.y kernel source is already handled by meson64 config so we just have to enable the edge kernel builds on the board config How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] 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 generat…

Modify both weak password warning messages to be consistent Formatted as follows: "Warning: Weak password, !". Jira reference number AR-1385 Tested on a board (Orange Pi Zero Plus) Create root password: ****** Repeat root password: ****** Warning: Weak password, it does not contain enough DIFFERENT characters! Create user (testuser) password: ****** Repeat user (testuser) password: ****** Warning: Weak password, it does not contain enough DIFFERENT characters! 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 cor…

The Raspberry Pi SBCs have been in short supply for a couple of years, especially for individual buyers since Raspberry Pi Trading prioritizes commercial customers, but Eben Upton has just announced some good news with over 100,000 boards comprised of a mix of Raspberry Pi Zero W, Pi 3A+, and Raspberry Pi 4 2GB and 4GB variants being made available for single-unit sales through approved resellers. Eben however notes there’s more to do, and recommends buying from an approved reseller to get the boards at the recommended retail price (RRP), checking rpilocator to check for availability, and potentially considering switching to the Raspberry Pi Pico or Pico W if the project …

Description Support for mainline for Rock 5B. Currently working is just EMMC. There is also ethernet support, but rock 5b uses PCIe for ethernet. How Has This Been Tested? Booted my Rock 5B fine, but have no EMMC, so the init could not mount the root drive. If someone can help with the testing... 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 t…

When we first covered the Framework modular laptop in 2021 it came with a choice of 11th generation Intel Tiger Lake Core processors, up to 64GB RAM, up to 4TB SSD storage, a 13.5-inch display, a Full HD webcam, and a 55Wh battery. Modular electronic devices have been worked on by several companies over the years, but such endeavors usually result in failure due to costs and other difficulties. Remember Google’s Project Ara? But Framework may have found something that works, as they’ve now launched 13th Generation Intel Raptor Lake motherboards, AMD Ryzen 7040-series motherboards, updated the 13.5-inch display with a Matte finish, and even unveiled the Framework Laptop 1…

Readability/grammatical improvements Removed icon to fix broken Contribution link in TOC View the full article

Description Including fixes for: Nanopi Neo, Pine64so, Helios64 (removing legacy branch), Opi 2e, Sunvel r69 Jira reference number AR-1780 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test only View the full article

Description When creating builds with CRYPTROOT_ENABLE=yes there were issues with package caching and intermittent issue with root partition not getting detected that was breaking the build. Also the functionality was broken because of /dev/mapper/armbian-root not being available during initramfs generation and there was a possibility of functionality being broken due to use of incorrect cached initrd file. This PR fixes the same. Jira reference number AR-1799 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] Created build for NanoPi Duo2 with CRYPTROOT_PASSPH…

Description The "swapaccount=" option has been deprecated in 6.1. Disable it in almost all boot scripts except "boot-sun50iw9.cmd" since that one is used in sun50iw9 legacy kernel, which is version 4.9. In theory, rk3588-legacy is also still <6.1, but that boot script is also used by 6.1 vendor kernel and the amount of new images being built/used with the 5.10 legacy kernel is likely minimal. As far as I know, bootscript won't update automatically, so these changes will only apply to freshly built images. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Link to kernel commit: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b25806dcd3d5248833f7d2544ee29a701735159f Closes issue https://githu…

Description Split off from https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6902 as requested by @rpardini Add armhf support to Trixie Move the NETWORKING_STACK in main config to after family config to allow the family config to change it. How Has This Been Tested? [x] ./compile.sh BOARD=bananapir2 BRANCH=current BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=trixie [x] ./compile.sh BOARD=bananapir2 BRANCH=current BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=noble View the full article

Description config-prepare: Initialize an empty KERNEL_DRIVERS_SKIP array unless it exists If the array exists in this location, initializing an empty array will destroy all the data that was stored in it. Do not initialize an empty KERNEL_DRIVERS_SKIP array if it exists. This allows us to create an array anywhere in the script, including the user configuration, in a secure way. patch: misc: uwe5622: fix timer api changes for 6.15 (only sunxi) How Has This Been Tested? The sequence of patch application is defined here: lib/functions/compilation/patch/drivers-harness.sh I have created an array in the user configuration file. declare -g -a KERNEL_DRIVERS_SKIP=( …

Description as per title How Has This Been Tested? [x] build [ ] nope, no hw on hand right 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 [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

This week's work centers on a comprehensive CI pipeline overhaul, expanded board and SoC support, and notable U-Boot and kernel modernization across Rockchip platforms. A substantial portion of the changes target CI infrastructure hardening in the new os-ci-test repository, including self-contained release handling, GHCR authentication via builtin tokens, watchdog-based auto-retry for stalled runs, proxy normalization, and sane build timeouts (60m packages, 30m/60m images). Related fixes in armbian/actions resolve datacenter runner proxy issues, while a rootfs change strips mmdebstrap's apt proxy from shipped images. Codeowners pruning of inactive maintainers and a Docker…

Description In kernel 5.18 sfc is added to device tree: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/master/patch/kernel/archive/rockchip64-5.18/rk356x-sfc-support.patch. So it is possiable to install u-boot to spi flash inside linux system. U-boot image generating commands is reffering to this radxa wiki page(also written by me). Now I can install u-boot to spi flash using command nand-sata-install, and my system on NVME boots with no issue. @catalinii you can test it if you have a NVME rootfs because sfc is the at the last boot order. 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 co…

Quectel SG560D is a 5G Sub-6GHz & WiFi 6E module for AIoT applications that runs Android 12 on a Qualcomm QCM6490 SoC with an octa-core Kryo 670 64-bit Arm CPU and a Qualcomm Adreno 643L GPU. The SG560D module is equipped with 4GB LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB UFS storage by default, supports up to 2520×1080 MIPI display at a refresh rate of 144Hz, and can deliver up to 14 TOPS for AI inference. Quectel SG560D key features and specifications: SoC – Qualcomm QCM6490 octa-core processor with one Kryo 670 Gold plus high-performance core up to 2.7 GHz, 3x Kryo Gold cores at 2.4 GHz, 4x Kryo Silver low-power cores @ 1.9 GHz, Adreno 643L GPU, 6th gen AI Engine delivering up to 14 TO…

Tomorrow, March 14, Collabora will be in Düsseldorf, Germany, to take part and exhibit at the second edition of the Renesas European R-Car Consortium Forum! View the full article

Description Jira reference number AR-1304 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested on Meson64 and Rockchip64 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

LilyGo has launched yet another product based on the ESP32 family of microcontrollers with the T-Embed WiFi IoT controller powered by an ESP32-S3 dual-core processor, equipped with a color display and a rotary encoder, and powered by a battery. The device is programmable and can be used to control Smart Home and IoT devices connected over WiFi or Bluetooth. It also integrates a microphone and speaker, a microSD card for data logging, as well as a Grove connector and an 8-pin GPIO header for expansion. T-Embed specifications: Wireless module – ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 module with an ESP32-S3 dual-core Xtensa LX7 processor with WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, 4 to 16MB QSP…

Reverts armbian/build#4250 based upon @ThomasKaiser's concerns. 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] Boot test with basic functions checked [x] Install and boot from eMMC 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 chang…

Description Bug fix View the full article

Corsair MP600 Mini is a high-performance M.2 2230 SSD based on the Phison E21T controller that delivers up to 4800MB/s sequential read and write performance and designed to be used in Valve’s Steam Deck, Microsoft’s Surface Pro 8 and 9, and other products that won’t take a M.2 2280 SSD. We are seeing more and more single board computers and other electronics products use M.2 sockets for storage, but the smaller boards won’t take the traditional M.2 2280 SSDs that usually deliver better performance than smaller M.2 2230/2242/2260 drives, and so performance may be impacted on this type of hardware. But the Corsair MP600 Mini changes that with high sequential and random read…

Description adjust broken patches on CURRENT disable packaging patch on legacy Jira reference number AR-1780 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test only 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

While I managed to land support for two extensions, implementing control flow re-convergence in NVK did not go as planned. This is the story of what went wrong and how we fixed it. View the full article

Description Some beautification (new lines) Use only find without grep Board configs are also bash/shell files, so add them to the list. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Run lib/tools/shellfmt.sh 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

Description Need to be fixed after release. Some background in comments https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6656 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] CI build Checklist: [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

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

Armbian v25.5: Expanding Horizons, Honoring Community, and Powering the ARM Ecosystem The Armbian team is proud to announce the release of Armbian v25.5—a significant update that reinforces the project’s commitment to delivering a reliable, high-performance Linux experience for ARM-based devices. This release highlights continued progress across the system, including deeper hardware support, enhanced tooling, and growing application modularity through armbian-config. In addition to the technical achievements, the community has received international recognition for its leadership and innovation in open-source infrastructure: Armbian has been awarded the 2025 NetBox Hero…

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

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 Contribute View the full article

During the past few months significant progress has been made on the Open Source Arm Mali GPU driver front, culminating in the Panfrost driver targeting Mali T and G-series of GPUs being available now. View the full article

Update wording from sponsors to partners and moved 'Friends' to authors page on website and link under 'Also' as 'Friends and individuals' 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 commente…

Description Add a description of the new BUILD_ONLY key to example.conf View the full article

Open AI Lab EAIDK-610 is an embedded AI development kit powered by a Rockchip RK3399 processor, recently added to Linux 6.1 and described as “popularly used by university students” in the kernel changelog. But I had never heard about it, and it turns out it’s because it’s popular with students in China, and most documentation is written in Chinese. The development board is equipped with 4GB LPDDR3, a 16GB eMMC flash, HDMI video output, Gigabit Ethernet and WiFi 5, a few USB ports, a 40-pin GPIO header, and more. EAIDK-610 specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3399 System Memory – 4GB LPDDR3 Storage – 16GB eMMC flash and MicroSD card slot Video Output HDMI 2.0 up to 4Kp60 MIPI …

M5Stack T-Lite is a Wi-Fi thermal imager with the same MLX90640 IR array thermal camera found in the M5Stack Thermal Camera 2 Unit plus a 1.14-inch color display to visualize the results on the device itself. Based on the ESP32-PICO-D4 system-in-package with WiFi and Bluetooth, the solution allows the user to access the 32×24 pixels thermal image either on the built-in display, or streamed to the local network or the cloud. M5Stack T-Lite specifications: SiP – ESP32-PICO-D4 system-in-package with ESP32 dual-core Tensilica LX6 microcontroller with 448 KB ROM and 520 KB SRAM, 2.4 GHz WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 4.2, and a 4MB SPI flash Thermal camera – Melexis MLX90640 infrared (…

Teledyne e2v Hydra3D+ is a high-resolution Time-of-Flight (ToF) CMOS image sensor with 832 x 600 resolution, designed for 3D detection and measurement, and that can operate in real-time without motion artifacts. The first ToF sensor I used was an STMicro VL53L0X ranging sensor that could measure distances accurately and quickly up to 2 meters away, then the company started to launch multi-zone ToF ranging sensors such as the VL53 that enabled new features such as touch-to-focus, multiple-target identification, flash dimming, or video tracking assistance, and one variant used for human detection. But the 832×600 resolution of Hyrdra3D+ brings even more interesting use case…

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

Semtech Corporation and “Connected Development” engineering firm have launched the XCVR development board and reference design based on Sentech SX1261, SX1262, or LLCC68 transceivers with the last one targeting Smart Home applications. The XCVR development board is actually an Arduino shield that’s been tested with Nordic nRF52840-DK board, but should work with most boards equipped with Arduino Uno headers. It can be used for the design of LPWAN IoT applications using SX1262x transceivers such as smart meters, industrial controllers, asset tracking, building automation, smart agriculture, etc… while the LLCC68 model is more useful for Smart Home applications and consumer …

Description Adjusting broken links How Has This Been Tested? [x] Clicking on links 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 It breaks EDGE compilation as define was done only for legacy. How Has This Been Tested? Manual build. View the full article

odroidm1: set OVERLAY_PREFIX; rockchip64: default, but don't override, OVERLAY_PREFIX odroidm1: set OVERLAY_PREFIX; rockchip64: default, but don't override, OVERLAY_PREFIX View the full article

Description As per subject: bump rockchip64 current kernel to 6.6 and edge kernel to 6.7 Jira reference number AR-2017 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Compile kernel deb packages for 6.6 [ ] Compile kernel deb packages for 6.7 [ ] Build image and test with kernel 6.7 for rk3328 board [ ] Build image and test with kernel 6.7 for rk3399 board Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and…

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

Description 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…

The latest kernel 6.10 release brings multiple core changes and updates to BH workqueues. Let's examine the developments implemented by Collabora's engineers. View the full article

Description I'm working on integrating the Youyeetoo R1 V3 board into the Armbian ecosystem by writing DTS files and testing system functionality. Here is the hardware that this board supports: Feature Description Model Youyeetoo R1 V3 CPU RK3588S Memory LPDDR4 (up to 32GB) USB 1x USB 3.0, 3x USB 2.0 Ethernet 1x GbE I/O GPIO, UART, NVME PCIe 2.0, eMMC, SD Card, M.2 (WiFi) When the compatibility is fully established, I plan to move it from WIP to CSC. 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] All images are downloaded https://share.s…

Description Fix Type-C DP altmode on some rk3399 boards. Currently only on rockchip64-6.15. The old implementation is tricky, and only works in normal orientation. If the plug is flipped, there will be only USB2.0 connectivity. With the proposed changes, the type-c ports on related rk3399 boards should work in both orientations. A few patches from Megous are picked(some of them already present in sunxi64 kernel patches). The tricky part is how to notify rk3399 cdn-dp driver about DP HPD(hot plug detection), and a workaround is written. A caveat is that the c port has to be OTG mode, otherwise it will behave very similar to the old implementation if DP is enabled. I'm …

Description Fix Raspberry Pi 5 DSI functionality. Context: A display connected to the DSI connector of Raspberry Pi 5 does not work. Dmesg reveals the following information: [ 13.283052] mipi-dsi 1f00118000.dsi.0: deferred probe pending: mipi-dsi: supplier 2.reg_bridge not ready [ 13.283060] platform 1.panel_disp: deferred probe pending: platform: wait for supplier /axi/pcie@120000/rp1/i2c@88000/reg_display@45 The problem could be traced back to a missing I2C Driver. See: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/50963-dsi-display-does-not-work-on-raspberry-pi-5/ Documentation summary for feature / change Add module to kernel configuration: CONFIG_I2C_DESIGNWARE_CORE How …

Description Add emmc related device tree nodes referring to legacy kernel device tree Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. I don't have emmc module on my rock-3a, but one of my friend has. Before this commit emmc is not detected and command lsblk doesn't show emmc block. I compiled a kernel and send it to him to test. After this commit he can install armbian to emmc and boot successfully. [x] Build successfully. [x] Emmc is detected and can install armbian to it. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own c…

With just a few simple steps, you can compile and boot a Raspberry Pi using the Linux kernel mainline source code. Here's how. View the full article

Arm has unveiled the new Immortalis family of flagship GPUs with support for hardware-based ray tracing starting with the Immortalis-G715 GPU, as well as two new premium Mali GPUs namely Arm Mali-G615 and Mali-G715. Software-based ray tracing was already implemented on Arm Mali G710 on SoC’s such as the MediaTek Dimensity 9000, but the hardware-based ray tracing in the Immortalis-G715 delivers over 300 percent performance improvements, and only uses 4% of the shader core area. This will be mostly used in games to generate realistic lighting and shadows as can be seen in the “before vs after” video demo below. While hardware-based ray tracing is only available on the Imm…

Description CSC support for Radxa rock 4b+ only edge kernel using latest ddr4_933 blop using correct device tree. tested NVME works great View the full article

Description Just enabling build target. 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 Add support for plymouth NOTE: The version of bullesys don't support bgrt-fallback. How Has This Been Tested? [X] focal cli with onecloud [X] jammy cli with onecloud [X] buster cli with onecloud [X] bullseye cli with onecloud [X] bullseye xfce with onecloud 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

The else condition will never be met. if [[ "$BETA" == "yes" ]]; then IMAGE_TYPE=nightly elif [[ "$BETA" == "no" ]]; then IMAGE_TYPE=stable else IMAGE_TYPE=user-built fi Description The chroot_build_packages function collects all packages everything for all operating systems and the user is drowning in the amount of code being executed. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Test building with the EXTERNAL_NEW="compile" parameter View the full article

Description Script was chowning all files in the home folder each time desktop package was updated. Jira reference number AR-1403 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Manual run 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

This selection did get disabled by the BUILD_ONLY option implementation This fix will re-enable the KERNEL_ONLY selection for intermediate backward compatibility Description @The-going This PR is due to a comment from @igorpecovnik on #4455, asking, if it was inteded to switch off the interactive KERNEL_ONLY selection. I guess for now we should keep this interactive feature in for backward compatibility. This PR would fix it. This is a followup to fix this introduced by #4455 Test [x] Interactive call of ./compile.sh - the interactive KERNEL_ONLY selection dialog appears again and KERNEL_ONLY=yes is propagated to BUILD_ONLY as expected Checklist: [x] My code follows…

Description mipi_dsi_driver adjust function remove return void on linux6.1 (this patch also add new: orientation custom, reset level custom) How Has This Been Tested? [x] product panel_simple_dsi.ko on linux6.1 and drive my dsi lcd normal 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 [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Linux 6.2 has just been released with Linus Torvalds making the announcement on LKML as usual: So here we are, right on (the extended) schedule, with 6.2 out. Nothing unexpected happened last week, with just a random selection of small fixes spread all over, with nothing really standing out. The shortlog is tiny and appended below, you can scroll through it if you’re bored. Wed have a couple of small things that Thorsten was tracking on the regression side, but I wasn’t going to apply any last-minute patches that weren’t actively pushed by maintainers, so they will have to show up for stable. Nothing seemed even remotely worth trying to delay things for. And this obviousl…

Onyx BOOX Tab Ultra C is an Android 11 tablet with a 10.3-inch E-Ink Kaileo 3 color display with 2480 x 1860 black & white resolution, 1240 x 930 color resolution, a capacitive touchscreen and support for a stylus with 4096 levels of pressure. The tablet is an evolution of the BOOX Tab Ultra black-and-white tablet with a 4096-color E-Ink display using the latest Kaleido 3 screen that increases color saturation by 30 percent and reduces blue light reflections compared to earlier Kaleido Plus displays. BOOX Tab Ultra C specifications: SoC – Unnamed “Qualcomm Advanced” octa-core processor (likely the 2.0 GHz Snapdragon 662 octa-core Cortex-A73/A53 processor like in its b…

Description Rock5a has emmc and spi flash sharing the same pin, so we can't support them in the same devicetree. I've added a new uboot defconfig supporting spi flash: https://github.com/radxa/u-boot/pull/23. We have to build uboot twice for rock5a, the first time supporting spi flash, the second time supporting emmc. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Build image for rock5a and flash it to emmc, boot fine. [x] Flash rkspi_loader.img to spi flash, booting image flashed to nvme SSD, boot fine. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines …

Upstream code has trickled down into 6.5.y, so adjust patching accordingly. NOTE: It is advised that maintainers, if they are using RTW88 and Linux 6.5.y, UPDATE edge kernels to 6.5.5. 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

Description Maintainace. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Noticed that it breaks on building if this repo is enabled 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 Fix build errors on Khadas Edge 2 vendor uboot. GitHub issue reference: https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6862 Jira reference number AR-2402 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Now it builds with DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE="ubuntu:noble" argument. Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [ ] 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description The same configuration has been working fine for the similar NanoPi R6C for a while. Users have reported issues with the vendor U-Boot not able to boot. Ref: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/42105-report-bug-in-nanopi-r6s/ How Has This Been Tested? [x] ./compile.sh BOARD=nanopi-r6s BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=trixie uboot 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and publish…

Description Add all the patches and switch the edge to version 6.15 Make it possible to manage the KERNEL_DRIVERS_SKIP array in the user configuration file. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Test build image GNOME for bananapim4berry [x] Test on board View the full article

Next week we'll be in Prague for a packed Open Source week! We’ll speak at the Linux Plumbers Conference and GStreamer Conference, and present two demos at the ELC Technical Showcase. View the full article

Description As per subject, expecially useful for people that is using docker note: this PR can be squash-merged since there are three commits that all around do the job, no need to keep all three of them in history. How Has This Been Tested? Kernel debs have been produced; people on the forum thread did some testing and they seem happy enough. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merge…

The first major release of Linux for the year 2019 was made available earlier this week, and with it came a new version number: 5.0. Here's a look at contributions made by Collaborans! View the full article

Description Maintenance. Break key implementation changes so our SPACE -> CTRL C patch doesn't work anymore. Jira reference number AR-1319 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build tests [x] Boot test on Opi3LTS, Neo 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 Add cpu-frequency to orangepizero2, allwinner h616. From sunxi 5.16 the drivers and dtsi, dts files have the necessary support. Add: sun50i-h616-cpu-opp.dtsi Additions: sun50i-h616-orangepi-zero2.dts +#include"sun50i-h616-cpu-opp.dtsi" +&cpu0 { + cpu-supply = <&reg_dcdca>; +}; Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Test A Build: compiled and booted [x] Test B Board: test success @orangepizero2:~$ uname -a Linux orangepizero2 5.19.6-sunxi64 #trunk SMP Mon Sep 5 23:16:49 UTC 2022 aarch64 …

Description Bluetooth on PBP is currently broken and this might fix it. No hw to test but: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4608#issuecomment-1364484639 View the full article

Antmicro has designed an open hardware AMD Xilinx Kintex-7 K410T FPGA development board in KiCad 6 mostly to synthesize custom RISC-V-based processing platforms and work on the OpenTitan Root of Trust project. Separately, the company has also launched an open hardware portal sharing some of the KiCad and Blender designs they’ve worked on over the years. Open-source hardware AMD Xilinx Kintex-7 K410T development board Key features and specifications: FPGA – AMD-Xilinx Kintex-7 K410T FPGA with 400K logic cells, 16 Gigabit transceivers operating at 12.5Gb/s. System Memory – 512MB of DDR3L memory, 8MB of SRAM memory Storage – 32MB (256Mbit) of (Q)SPI NOR flash, assembly opti…

Description Add @adeepn to meson64-related stuff Jira reference number AR-1766 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Does following cleanup for series.* files from patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-*/ Disabled Revert-net-Remove-net-ipx.h-and-uapi-linux-ipx.h-header-files.patch as its also applied from patch/misc For 6.2+, series.armbian file also had list of patches from patches.fixes directory. As we have series.fixes file for that, removed the same from series. armbian Some patches were disabled in series.conf file, but were not disabled in the corresponding series.* files. Synced the same so that concatenating series.megous, series.fixes and series.armbian file produces matching series.conf file. These are just cosmetic fixes/cleanup, doesn't change anything on code level or …

Removed WIP status Added CONFIG_R8169=m to defconfig(s) (eth support) Modified and added additional patches (linux 6.1 / 6.4) U-Boot v2023.07.2 (dropped v2022.10) Upstream BT FW (rtl8822cs) is now shared between CM4IO and M2S 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

Description Simple calculator is must have desktop utility. Jira reference number AR-1834 How Has This Been Tested? Adding simple package which seems to be present everywhere. 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 Hello all, This PR adds support for the Texas Instruments SK-TDA4VM. Features, schematics, and purchase links can be found on the board page[0]. Notable features: 4GB LPDDR4‐4266 with support for inline ECC DisplayPort (v1.4) 4K resolution with MST support and HDMI Two CSI-2 ports compatible with Raspberry Pi 8 TOPS deep learning performance and hardware-accelerated edge AI Three USB 3.0 Type A ports, one USB 3.0 Type C port Gigabit Ethernet and 4x CAN-FD Headers M.2 Key E and M.2 Key M connectors Thanks! [0] https://www.ti.com/tool/SK-TDA4VM Depends on #5686 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build/Boot tested Bookworm CLI/Minimal on Current(v6.1) and Edg…

lib: drop old boot_logo code; keep png/gif as they're used for plymouth lib: drop old boot_logo code; keep png/gif as they're used for plymouth origins of what's being dropped: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/2065 View the full article

Description Some older U-Boot versions don't use semantic versioning in their code and will fail when building libfdt. This is fixed by hardcoding a semantic version. rk35xx used a very old branch from Radxa vendor U-Boot and won't build with GCC13. Bump it to the latest version. GitHub issue reference: https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6862 Jira reference number AR-2402 How Has This Been Tested? [x] ./compile.sh uboot BOARD=radxa-e25 BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=noble ARTIFACT_IGNORE_CACHE=yes [x] ./compile.sh uboot BOARD=nanopi-r2s BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=…

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 Add support for IMB3588 board. This board based RK3588 SoC, with 4G/8G/16G/32GB LPDDR4 & 16G~128G emmc, 2x 1Gbps Ethernet, 1x HDMI 2.1 output, 1x eDP, 1x mipi display, 1x LVDS, AP6275P wifi 6 & buletooth 5.1 module. IMB3588 board info: https://www.sunshine-tek.com/productinfo/1989232.html Documentation summary for feature / change Only support vendor 6.1 kernel, build with mesa-vpu extensions will get mali GPU worked. ./compile.sh BOARD=imb3588 BRANCH=vendor BUILD_DESKTOP=yes BUILD_MINIMAL=no DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED= DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT=gnome DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG_NAME=config_base ENABLE_EXTENSIONS=mesa-vpu EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=n…

http://blog.armbian.com/content/images/2026/01/githubhighlights-2.png This week’s Armbian development saw a major cleanup of legacy toolchain code, alongside numerous board-specific improvements and kernel updates. Support was added for the Nuvoton MA35D1 NuMaker IoT board, while the BananaPi CM4/M2S and Khadas VIM3L boards received updated U-Boot bootloaders. Several fixes addressed hardware compatibility, including Bluetooth on Orange Pi Zero2, Type-C issues on Helios64, and build stability for the Raspberry Pi 4B. The release also introduced enhanced audio support for Genio devices and new AV1 patches for Rockchip64. Continuous integration workflows were reorganized, a…

The Holo Core aarch64 preview provides early binaries, sources, and containers for an Arch Linux-based aarch64 port, backed by tooling and CI work for reproducible rolling-release builds. View the full article

Since the last Debian release, a number of changes have been made in the Debian Cloud Team, both on the technical & organisational level within the community. Here's a look at what's in store for Buster! View the full article