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Released a few months ago, the Google Pixel 3 is the first Android phone running with the mainline graphics stack. A feat that was deemed impossible 10 years ago is now a reality thanks to a lot of hard work from the entire community. View the full article

The new "Hello World" module should help people understand the minimum requirements. Note that these requirements will still change over time, given that the architecture is still in alpha stage. That said, having an overview module should help attracting developers more quickly than a lengthy documentation. On the docker side, the dependencies have been slightly improved, but that's actually a part of the architecture I'll have to revise, since one "DEPS" file is not enough for all the various ubuntu and debian versions. I still wonder if I'm going to mimic the 'config/...' folder architecture used for the installer, or if I'll try to shorten it with things like DEPS…

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Description As per subject, IPX code has been commented out in the rtl8723cs to avoid inclusion of ipx.h header file which has been removed in recent kernels How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compilation of current 5.15 kernel works Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Small tweak 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

Description Minor fixes. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? [x] Boot and reboot 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

Collabora's contributions include ongoing upstreaming of the RockChip RK3588 and MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795) SoCs, numerous bug fixes and improvements for Cedrus and Hantro IPs, and memory shrinker support for the VirtIO-GPU driver. View the full article

Description If experimental support was added, lets generate nightly images. View the full article

Google has just released the first developer preview of Android 14 with productivity improvements for developers, as well as enhancements to performance, privacy, security, and user customization. Android 14 aims to work better across devices and form factors with improved support for tablets and foldables and adds window size classes, sliding pane layout, Activity embedding, and box with constraints, etc… To help developers, the company also published “Get started with large screens” documentation and released a Cross-device SDK preview. The new version of the mobile operating systems also further streamlines background work to optimize system health and battery life and…

Description All boards are without maintainers so not a problem if features are disabled. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? [x] Kernel build 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

The Armbian project is nearing its 10-year anniversary, and we’re excited to announce that our upcoming release Armbian 23.05, codename “Suni”, will be the biggest one yet! It’s a significant milestone as it marks the first release based on our completely refactored build framework! The new framework has been in development for around 3 years, during which we combined our decades long experience with Linux and embedded systems with the latest technologies that have emerged in recent years. We’ve taken all that knowledge and expertise to create something truly exceptional for our users and Linux community at large. Continue reading to learn more about the project and …

How Has This Been Tested? [*] Turn this option off: sata hard drives are not recognized [*] Enable this option: Correctly identify sata drives Everything else is exactly the same Checklist: [*] I have performed a self-review of my own code [*] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

armbian-resize-filesystem wants to align partitions on 16 MB boundaries, however due to an off-by-one error it would make the last sector of the partition start at a 16 MB boundary instead of ending at a 16 MB boundary. View the full article

Description This commit adds Khadas MCU support to edge kernel. It can be used for fan control and some device configurations. Fan state can be set from /sys/class/thermal/cooling_device3. Jira reference number AR-2085 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested fan control. 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

RFC: DO NOT MERGE: patching: rewrite: try to stabilize patch index stanzas as well as From lines RFC: DO NOT MERGE: patching: rewrite: try to stabilize patch index stanzas as well as From lines git format-patch --zero-commit doesn't affect index xxx...yyy lines, only From: so use the classy "use a regex with a callback" solution as git format-patch doesn't offer one this will make all patches change when rewritten, but hopefully for the last time ! not sure what other impacts this might have though - git am might not work any more? we need to preserve index 000000000000..xxx as zeros, which indicate new file creation, thus: new file creations are rewritten as index…

Join us at Augmented World Expo for a first-hand look at our recent XR work including ElectricMaple remote rendering, and xrdesktop showcasing a fully open-source 3-window desktop configuration with gaze-driven window selection. View the full article

Description Pull request #3838 add spi boot support for rock-3a. It can build successfully on my local machine, but build will fail in github workflow environment: https://github.com/amazingfate/armbian-rock3a-images/runs/6648716251?check_suite_focus=true#step:3. After this fix build is ok now: https://github.com/amazingfate/armbian-rock3a-images/runs/6649318129?check_suite_focus=true 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 sucessfully in github workflowwnvironment. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have…

Description Jira reference number AR-1245 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 and boot Cinnamon Sid image for Odroid N2 [x] Build and boot Budgie Sid image for Odroid N2 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…

This week, Collaborans will be taking part, and speaking, in this year's ESE Kongress, Germany's largest congress for professional embedded software engineering. View the full article

Bumps actions/checkout from 2 to 3. Release notes Sourced from actions/checkout's releases. v3.0.0 Updated to the node16 runtime by default This requires a minimum Actions Runner version of v2.285.0 to run, which is by default available in GHES 3.4 or later. v2.4.2 What's Changed Add set-safe-directory input to allow customers to take control. (#770) by @​TingluoHuang in actions/checkout#776 Prepare changelog for v2.4.2. by @​TingluoHuang in actions/checkout#778 Full Changelog: https://github.com/actions/checkout/compare/v2...v2.4.2 v2.4.1 Fixed an issue where checkout failed to run in container jobs due to the new git setting safe.directory v2.4.0 Convert …

While the Rockchip RK3588 processor is advertised as reaching 2.4 GHz, not all RK3588 chips may achieve this frequency. The keyword is PVTM (Process-Voltage-Temperature Monitor), and we’ll try to explain why it does, and why some of the RK3588 processors may only be clocked at about 2.3 GHz, while others will run fine at 2.4 GHz. This all started with Rock 5B SBC debug party, where we noticed our boards did not reach the same frequency. Willy Tarreau noted the “pvtm” value was different between our boards: Willy’s board: (Cortex-A76 cluster 1 @ 2,304 MHz, cluster 2 @ 2,352 MHz) [crayon-62d3b98029e47968049721/] CNXSoft board (Cortex-A76 cluster 1 @ 2,304 MHz, cluster 2 @ 2…

Description Closing https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/3531 Jira reference number AR-1276 View the full article

Description Quick copy from Focal. Doesn't work properly yet ... Jira reference number AR-1364 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Made x86 and arm64 image Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Collabora's contributions include mainlining the HEVC uAPI, adding VIRTIO documentation, upstreaming MediaTek smartphones, and adding support for two new Chromebooks and for the Mali-G57 GPU in the Panfrost kernel driver. View the full article

Forlinx FET3588-C is a relatively compact Rockchip RK3588 system-on-module measuring 68x50mm and exposing many of the processor’s I/Os through four 100-pin high-density connectors. The module ships with up to 8GB LPDDR4x and 64GB eMMC flash, and the company also provides the OK3588-C development board for evaluation with HDMI output and input, two MIPI DSI interfaces, five camera connectors, dual Gigabit Ethernet, M.2 sockets for WiFi and 4G/5G cellular connectivity, and more. Forlinx FET3588-C RK3588 system-on-module Specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3588 octa-core processor with 4x Arm Cortex-A76 cores @ up to 2.4 GHz, 4x Arm Cortex-A55 cores, Arm Mali-G610 MP4 GPU with …

Pimoroni Badger 2040 W wireless programmable e-Paper badge comes with a 2.9-inch black & white E-Ink display and a Raspberry Pi Pico W board for WiFi (and Bluetooth) connectivity. It is an update to the Pimoroni Badger 2040 with the exact same display, but instead of using a Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller, Pimoroni fitted a Raspberry Pi Pico W on the back of the board, probably to avoid going through FCC and CE certifications. Badger 2040 W specifications: MCU board – Raspberry Pi Pico W board with: Raspberry Pi RP2040 dual-core Arm Cortex M0+ running at up to 133Mhz with 264kB of SRAM Storage – 2MB QSPI flash Wireless – 802.11b/g/n WiFi 4 and Bluetooth Classic+…

by passing the WT_SESSION environment variable to the docker container View the full article

Description Jira reference number AR-1443 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build and boot test image https://paste.armbian.com/cozadamazi Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

mekotronics: post_family_config() hook is too late to change DDR_BLOB and BL31_BLOB, move to board-scope variables mekotronics: post_family_config() hook is too late to change DDR_BLOB and BL31_BLOB, move to board-scope variables thanks @efectn for spotting this; I had tested the blobs in other ways, before deciding to refactor their change into a hook, which never worked. View the full article

Description I'm rewriting patches with command PREFER_DOCKER=no ./compile.sh rewrite-kernel-patches BOARD=rock-5b BRANCH=edge on armbian jammy, but I get all commit index length changed from 12 to 13. Maybe that's because envirmonts are different between docker and bare metal. So add --abbrev=12 to always get commit index length 12. 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] PREFER_DOCKER=no ./compile.sh rewrite-kernel-patches BOARD=rock-5b BRANCH=edge Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-revie…

Description Fix regression caused by my previous PR #6248 that broke compilation for clearfog uboot. This PR refactors the patching logic to a separate function thereby making it easy to use outside uboot.sh. During the process I also noticed that uboot_prepatch_version variable being initialized as part of that logic was not really being used anywhere. Hence removed the same. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Test build for meson-s4t7 [X] Test build for clearfog Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have p…

Description Converted to markdown and bash simulating nasting array.Proof of consept Jira reference number [AR-9999] Documentation summary for feature / change Please delete this section if entry to main documentation is not needed. If documentation entry is predicted, please provide key elements for further implementation into main documentation and set label to "Needs Documentation". You are welcome to open a PR to documentation or you can leave following information for technical writer: [x] A simple converter complexly [x] Will Turn your Json to a Bash simulated array and provide a table of features. [x] ./build/doc/doc.sh How Has This Been Tested? [x] (https:/…

Description As per the title. Allows using emmc for boot partition and nvme or usb for root partition when installing via armbian-install. How Has This Been Tested? [X] Created and booted image on VIM1S with emmc+USB combo Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [X] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [X] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [X] My changes generate no new warnings [X] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Improve fan curve from rockchip default via device-tree overlay Better operating temperatures No discernible noise during standard workloads Low always-on rotation (make sure it's not too low to buzz) Credits: incognito Source: Radxa Forum How Has This Been Tested? [x] Built and enabled on Radxa Rock 5B ${BRANCH}="current" 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

We’ve recently written about ESP32-C3-0.42LCD board with ESP32-C3 wireless microcontroller, a 0.42-inch display, and a Qwicc connector for expansion. But it turns out the developer, 01Space, has also launched an almost identical board, RP2040-0.42LCD, with Raspberry Pi RP2040 MCU replacing the ESP32-C3 WiFi and Bluetooth MCU. RP2040-0.42LCD board specifications: SoC – Raspberry Pi RP2040 dual-core Cortex-M0+ microcontroller at up to 125 MHz, with 264KB SRAM Storage – 2 MB SPI flash Display – 0.42-inch LCD USB – 1x USB Type-C port for power and programming Expansion Qwiic I2C connector 7-pin and 8-pin headers with up to 11x GPIOs, 2x SPI, 2x I2C, 4x ADC, 1x UART, 5V, 3.3V,…

This should help with keeping the GitHub actions updated on new releases. This will also help with keeping it secure. Dependabot helps in keeping the supply chain secure https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot GitHub actions up to date https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/working-with-dependabot/keeping-your-actions-up-to-date-with-dependabot https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#dependency-update-tool Signed-off-by: naveen 172697+naveensrinivasan@users.noreply.github.com View the full article

Description Maintenance. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Tested build at MR View the full article

In an ideal world, everyone would implicitly understand that it just makes good business sense to upstream some of the modifications made when creating your Linux powered devices. Unfortunately, this is a long way from being common knowledge. View the full article

Bumps actions/labeler from 3 to 4. Release notes Sourced from actions/labeler's releases. v4.0.0 Update to node 16 runtime v3.1.0 Dependency upgrades, docs updates, and behind-the-scenes maintenance. See the full list of changes since 3.0.2 here: https://github.com/actions/labeler/compare/v3.0.2...v3.1.0 Thanks to @​GisoBartels and @​Muhammed-Rahif for their contributions! v3.0.2 No API changes, but lots of behind-the-scenes upgrades, mostly to internal dependencies, tooling, and surrounding infrastructure. v3.0.1 No user-facing changes. That said, there were more than enough behind-the-scenes changes to warrant a new release: https://github.com/actions/labele…

Description I was surprised when I didn't find a list of all available options of compile.sh in this repository. Later I found them in Build options. And then I found this link in README.md: Build parameters, advanced build options, user defined configuration, build with Docker? So, I've split the link with long line description to 4 separate links. It looks more clear (as for me): More information: Building Armbian — how to start, how to automate; Build options — all build options; Building with Docker — how to build inside container; User configuration — how to add packages, patches and override sources config; How has this been tested? [x] check render at h…

Description Keep empty line in armbianEnv.txt How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Test A 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

SiFive has announced two new RISC-V Performance cores with the P670 and P470 processors with RISC-V Vector Extension for AI/ML, media and sensor processing, and designed for high volume applications such as wearables, smart home, industrial automation, AR/VR, and other consumer devices. The P670 is comparable to the Cortex-A78, and the P470 is comparable to the Cortex-A55. Both support the standardized RISC-V RVA22 profile for better OS compatibility and implement RISC-V Vector v1.0 and Vector Cryptography extensions. The SiFive Performance P470 and P670 share the following features: Full RISC-V RVA22 profile compliance Full, Out-of-Order, RISC-V Vector implementation, ba…

We’ve already seen the Raspberry Pi RP2040 MCU in a 3D printer controller board, so it should come as no surprise that the dual-core microcontroller also found its way into a Pick-and-Place (PnP) machine control board. Designed by Thea Flowers, the Starfish board leverages the RP2040 MCU capabilities to control three Trinamic TMC2209 motor drivers, MOSFET drivers to control DC vacuum pumps, two vacuum sensors, and offer RS485 and I2C connectivity for feeders and peripherals respectively. Starfish specifications: MCU – Raspberry Pi RP2040 dual-core Cortex M0+ microcontroller at up to 133 MHz with 264 kB of embedded SRAM Storage – QSPI flash Motor drivers – 3x TMC2209 drive…

transfer of all media devices to the common core CURRENT 6.0 (removed the core station-p2-current). And the translation of EDGE to the 6.1 kernel View the full article

Congatec conga-HPC/cRLS is a COM-HPC Client Size C module based on a 13th generation Intel Raptor Lake processor with support for up to 128GB DDR5 memory through four SO-DIMM sockets. The COM-HPC module also provides up to three DDI display interfaces, two 2.5GbE networking interfaces with TSN support, two SATA storage interfaces, and a range of PCIe Gen 3, 4, and 5 interfaces through the two 400-pin connectors defined in the COM-HPC standard. conga-HPC/cRLS specifications: Raptor Lake-S SoC (one or the other) Intel Core i3-13100E with 4x P-cores @ 3.3GHz / 4.4GHz, 12 MB cache, Intel UHD Graphics 730; PBP: 65W Intel Core i5-13400E with 6x P-cores @ 2.4GHz / 4.6GHz, 4x E-c…

Guy on an IRC asked about armbian on the board and it has bunch of weird legacy things when it should work with current if something doesn't work i try to fix it ^-^ View the full article

Description This PR contains update to make creation of armbian i3-wm images possible for the following distributions listed by their code names. jammy focal bookworm bullseye Jira reference number AR-1708 How Has This Been Tested? So far I have made sure that the images can be built and that they are bootable and functional. Testing was done on real hardware, bare metal. [X] Test A - able to create the image in the first place without errors present [X] Test B - check if bootable and can be used like a regular i3-wm setup Checklist: Not sure what to mark exactly, so leaving most of these blank for now [] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I…

Description Since of historical reasons script armbian-install is still creating a log file with name /var/log/nand-sata-install.log as well as using other artifacts from folder /usr/lib/nand-sata-install. I would like to align those names to comply with the original script name having been run: If run as nand-sata-install => create /var/log/nand-sata-install.log, lookup artifacts in /usr/lib/nand-sata-install If run as armbian-install => create /var/log/armbian-install.log, lookup artifacts in /usr/lib/armbian-install To achieve 2. I did: rename folder packages/bsp/common/usr/lib/nand-sata-install -> packages/bsp/common/usr/lib/armbian-install - since this …

Description An attempt to set default Wallpaper on KDE Neon Jira reference number AR-2002 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Build image Desktop show in selection, but does not apply. 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description We had a long sage with complete rework of main hardware config tool. armbian-config still works, but it is largely unmaintained and bulky since early days. We tried several ways and failed ... New tool should contain all what we learned by failing. It can always be better, so anyone is welcome to improve it further: git clone https://github.com/armbian/configng cd configng sudo ./armbian-configng --help Not all functions were ported from old config, not all was done what was planned. It is too much work for one, two much work for two or three people ... A few of important functions are still waiting for review https://github.com/armbian/configng/pulls Onc…

Description After some inspections related to pwm patch recently introduced and reverted on v5.18 kernel patchset (see https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/3928), it turned out that some boards (OrangePI 4/LTS, Tinkerboard 2) use a pinctrl configuration name active which is inherited from legacy kernel. Mainline kernel does not use such pinctrl configuration name, but wants default. This effect of this misnaming is an increased voltage supplied to "vdd_log" regulator and an increased power consumption since the configuration active is just ignored on mainline kernel. Power consumption has been tested using a regular multimeter, on my OrangePI 4 LTS board, and with the …

How can we measure the comprehensiveness of a test suite? Code coverage is the standard metric used in the industry and makes intuitive sense. However, it can often present some difficulties for large scale surveys. View the full article

A typical chip for AI or ML inference would include an NPU, a DSP, a real-time CPU, plus some memory, an application processor, an ISP, and a few more IP blocks. Quadric Chimera GPNPU (general purpose neural processor unit) IP combines the NPU, DSP, and real-time CPU into one single programmable core. According to Quadric, the main benefit of such design is simplifying system-on-chip (SoC) hardware design and subsequent software programming once the chip is available thanks to a unified architecture for machine learning inference as well as pre-and-post processing. Since the core is programmable it should also be future-proof. Three “QB series” Chimera GPNPU cores are ava…

Description Backported PR from https://github.com/jwrdegoede/rtl8189ES_linux/pull/89 to all other wifi drivers. P.S. Also, we have rtl8723cs with the same bug. But this driver was added to each kernel separately. Impossible to maintain. Need some refactoring: need move driver to separated repo and add to the drivers_network.sh. How Has This Been Tested? [x] It's builds without errors. 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…

Previously known for its tablet SoCs, Allwinner has been focusing on low-cost Cortex-A7 and Cortex-A53 processors for consumer devices in recent years, and the Allwinner TV303 quad-core Cortex-A53 processor is yet another one and appears to be the first of Allwinner TV-series processors designed for “smart screens”, notably smart Android projectors. I could not find any references for TV303 on the Allwinner website, but the company did publish a post on Weixin about a “Smart Android Projector” by Hotack based on the new processor and showcased at CES 2023. Allwinner TV303 preliminary specifications: CPU – 4x Arm Cortex-A53 GPU – Arm Mali-G31 VPU – 4K hardware video decodi…

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has just adopted the Bluetooth 5.4 Core Specification with features such as PAwR and EAD designed for Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) systems. The Bluetooth 5.3 Core Specification was adopted in August 2021 with various improvements, and Bluetooth 5.4 now follows with features that appear to be mainly interesting for large-scale Bluetooth networks with support for bi-directional communication with thousands of end nodes from a single access point, as would be the case for Electronic Shelf Label or Shelf Sensor systems. Four new features have been added to Bluetooth 5.4: Periodic Advertising with Responses (PAwR) – PAwR is a new Blue…

STMicroelectronics has announced the STM32H5 Arm Cortex-M33 clocked at up to 250 MHz and supporting STM32Trust TEE Secure Manager to boost both performance and security in “next generation smart applications”. The STM32H5 family has three product types with the higher-end STM32H563/573 with up to 2MB flash, 640KB SRAM, Ethernet and hardware security, the STM32H562 with a similar design but less interfaces, and the entry-level STM32H502 with 128KB flash, 32KB SRAM. STM32H5 key features and specifications: MCU core – Arm Cortex-M33 core with TrustZone technology, digital signal processing (DSP) and floating-point unit (FPU) running up to 250 MHz; Up to 375 DMIPS and a 1023…

As requested, reverting of https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5100 and https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5095 View the full article

Description We have disabled this since base-files were downgrading when MESA extension was used. I still down know why this happens, but holding base-files before and unholding after solves the problem. KDE Neon builds and works fine. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generate image and playing around with Checklist: [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

enable CONFIG_LEDS_CLASS_MULTICOLOR on current and edge rk3588 kernel configs to fix PS4 controller LED's View the full article

Description sunxi-6.6: switch to v6.6.50, re-extract patches The four patch files were renamed automatically and now correspond to the field in the Subject: line. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Test build arm [ ] Test build arm64 View the full article

Description GPU governor for rk3399 (Mali T860, Panfrost driver) was set to “performance” 4 years ago due to issues with simple_ondemand; nowadays simple_ondemand works just fine. This fix makes my board (Orange PI 4 LTS) consume ~25mA (125mW) less current and obviously makes soc fresher. Jira reference number AR-1246 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested setting simple_ondemand manually on official Ubuntu Jammy XFCE image [x] Built Ubuntu Jammy XFCE image from scratch 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 m…

A real-world use case of eBPF tracing to understand file access patterns in the Linux kernel and optimize large applications. View the full article

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 5.4.208. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] 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

Be part of the FOSSXR lineup by submitting your talk by September 5th, 2022. That means there's one week left for all you AR and VR enthusiasts and industry movers to share your exciting XR projects/news/demos with the world. View the full article

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

The Radxa Taco is a carrier board for Raspberry Pi CM4 and compatible system-on-modules that is designed for NAS applications with five SATA ports for 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drives, 2.5GbE and GbE networking, M.2 sockets for expansion, and more. The new board is the successor of the Rock Pi SATA HAT designed for the Raspberry Pi 4 SBC or Raxda Rock Pi 4 single board computers and supports more SATA drives, M.2 NVMe storage, optional WiFi 6, built-in RTC support, and so on. Radxa Taco specifications: Supported SoMs Raspberry Pi CM4 or CM4 Lite Radxa CM3 based on Rockchip RK3566 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor Maybe others Storage 5x SATA interfaces for 2.5-inch HDD or SSD up …

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Description removing "removable" paramter UUID from EFI partition was not found Jira reference number AR-1523 How Has This Been Tested? [x] (several) installs on Windows Laptop containing Windows 11 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

ESP 360 Remote is an ESP32-based IR and 433 MHz RF remote with built-in sensors used to control home appliances over WiFi and that also integrates with Home Assistant open-source home automation framework. The open-source hardware design is comprised of a mainboard with an ESP32-WROOM-32E module, temperature, humidity, and light sensors, and a board on the top with nine infrared LEDs, one IR receiver, as well as a 433 MHz (or 315 MHz) RF receiver and transmitter with the receivers used for learning the code from the remote controls. ESP 360 Remote specifications: Wireless module – ESP32-WROOM-32E with ESP32 dual-core microcontroller 4MB flash 2.4 GHz WiFi and Bluetooth LE…

partitioning: move hook call image_specific_armbian_env_ready() after the end of related manipulations partitioning: move hook call image_specific_armbian_env_ready() after the end of related manipulations depending on rootpart/extlinux/boot.ini it might not have run or had any effect View the full article

Description Adds minimalist cloud-init support functionally equivalent to the Ubuntu implementation for the Raspberry PI. addresses issue #6197 Jira reference number AR-2035 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. View the full article

Pinned actions by SHA https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#pinned-dependencies Pin actions to a full length commit SHA Pinning an action to a full length commit SHA is currently the only way to use an action as an immutable release. Pinning to a particular SHA helps mitigate the risk of a bad actor adding a backdoor to the action's repository, as they would need to generate a SHA-1 collision for a valid Git object payload. How do I validate these SHA? https://julienrenaux.fr/2019/12/20/github-actions-security-risk/ https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/security-hardening-for-github-actions#using-third-party-actions Also, depend…

Mixtile Edge 2 Kit is a mini PC/IoT edge computer powered by a Rockchip RK3568 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor coupled with up to 4GB RAM and 32GB flash that features a 12V SATA + SMBUS port that allows the insertion of a 20Ah battery pack lasting up to 12 hours for locations where power may be intermittent. The 3.5-inch industrial mini PC also offers Gigabit Ethernet and WiFi 6 connectivity, three USB 3.0 ports, plus expansion with M.2 and mPCIe sockets, as well as a similar U.2 connector found in the company’s Mixtile Blade 3 SBC powered by Rockchip RK3588 processor, but routed to different interfaces. Mixtile Edge 2 Kit specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3568 quad-core A…

After a great time in Vancouver, Collaborans are headed this weekend to southern France to attend and speak at the 2018 edition of Capitole du Libre, a weekend dedicated to free and Open Source software! View the full article

Last year, Michael Klements made a nice-looking DIY Raspberry Pi 4 mini server with an OLED information display and a 52Pi UPS Plus module with 18650 batteries. It also included the company’s Ice Tower module for cooling, but if you wanted one you had to make your own with a 3D printer and a laser cutter. 52Pi appears to have noticed and liked the design, as they created something similar with the Raspberry Pi Mini Tower NAS kit taking one M.2 SATA SSD instead of using the UPS module. There are also a few tweaks to the mechanical design with the OLED display at an angle for easier reading. 52Pi Raspberry Pi Mini Tower NAS kit features and content: Designed for Raspberry P…

Lyra V2 is an update to the open-source Lyra audio codec introduced last year by Google, with a new architecture that offers scalable bitrate capabilities, better performance, higher quality audio, and works on more platforms. Under the hood, Lyra V2 is based on an end-to-end neural audio codec called SoundStream with a “residual vector quantizer” (RVQ) sitting before and after the transmission channel, and that can change the audio bitrate at any time by selecting the number of quantizers to use. Three bitrates are supported: 3.2 kps, 6 kbps, and 9.2 kbps. Lyra V2 leverages artificial intelligence, and a TensorFlow Lite model enables it to run on Android phones, Linux, a…

Reolink has launched another 4K PTZ smart security with human and vehicle detection, plus pet detection (Beta). The Reolink TrackMix PoE comes with two lenses, one with a wide-angle, and the other telephoto lens to zoom on a specific zone, and supports auto-tracking. I’ve had the camera for a few months so I’ll report on my experience with the device. Reolink TrackMix PoE specifications Storage – MicroSD card slot Camera Image sensors – 1/3″ CMOS sensor + 1/2.8″ CMOS Sensor Video Resolution – Up to: 3840 x 2160 (8.0 megapixels) at 25 frames/sec Lenses – f=2.8mm@F=1.6 and f=8mm@F=1.6 Video Format – H.264, H.265 Field of View – Horizontal: 104°-38°; vertical: 60°-21° Zoom M…

Description Backported PR from https://github.com/jwrdegoede/rtl8189ES_linux/pull/88 to all other wifi drivers. P.S. Also, we have rtl8723cs with the same bug. But this driver was added to each kernel separately. Impossible to maintain. Need some refactoring: need move driver to separated repo and add to the drivers_network.sh. How Has This Been Tested? [x] It's builds without errors. 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…

Description sunxi-6.1: update upstream to tag orange-pi-6.1-20230118-1327 sunxi-5.15: rebase Checklist: [x] Test build sunxi [x] Test build sunxi64, work on board banabapi-m64 ____ ____ _ __ __ __ _ _ | __ )| _ \(_) | \/ |/ /_ | || | | _ \| |_) | | | |\/| | '_ \| || |_ | |_) | __/| | | | | | (_) |__ _| |____/|_| |_| |_| |_|\___/ |_| Welcome to Armbian 23.02.0-trunk Jammy with Linux 5.15.90-sunxi64 View the full article

Description meson bump current to v6.1 edge to v6.2 How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build and run current [X] Build and run edge 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

Texas Instruments has just introduced its low-cost MSPM0 Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontroller portfolio comprised of the MSPM0L series with a 32 MHz CPU, up to 64 kB of flash, and 4 kB SRAM, and the MSPM0G series with an 80 MHz CPU, up to 128 kB of flash and 32 kB SRAM. Texas Instruments MSPM0L MSPM0L1306 key features: CPU – Arm 32-bit Cortex-M0+ core @ up to 32 MHz Memory – Up to 4KB SRAM Storage – Up to 64KB flash Digital peripherals 3-channel DMA controller 4x 16-bit general-purpose timers, each with two capture/compare registers supporting low-power operation in STANDBY mode, supporting a total of 8 PWM channels Windowed watchdog timer Analog peripherals 12-bit 1.45-Msps an…

Description As per subject, move the rk322x edge kernel to 6.2 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Built fresh image and tested on rk322x device 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

rpardini's dirty laundry, late April/'23 uefi/edge: bump to 6.3 bcm2711/grub: add busybox (for initrd grep/sed) so initramfs-growroot works again on Debian bcm2711: bomb early when RELEASE is set and not supported bcm2711/edge: bump to 6.3 (rpi4b, RPi Foundation Kernel) rockchip-rk3588/edge: bump to 6.3, drop 6.2 patches rk3568-odroid/edge: bump to 6.3 (odroidm1) virtual-qemu: move to eos (replaced by qemu-uboot-x86 and qemu-uboot-arm64) qemu-uboot-arm64/qemu-uboot-x86: split more x86/arm64 differences, add some docs, bump to u-boot 23.04 +update-patches; add arm64 bootscript extensions: introduce u-boot-menu extension, for use with extlinux this is using the default…

A while back I presented USB 2.0 host support that was added to U-boot for the Radxa Rock-5B RK3588 Rockchip board. This time, USB 3.0 was added with support for the host and gadget. View the full article

@adeepn @rpardini As discussed here: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5315 In order to update to the latest rtl8822cs BT firmware for the G12/SM1 family of boards and still provide the downstream firmware for the AXG/GXL family, I created an apt hook to ensure the proper firmware stays in place. I unfortunately can’t test this beyond creating an IMG as I don’t own the unit and the firmware isn’t currently committed. In order to test, someone would need to boot an IMG built from this commit, add the latest firmware to the booted unit and install a package to see if the apt hook works. Firmware commit: https://github.com/pyavitz/armbian-firmware/commit/a7bf7c7cc8a8…

Description As per subject, just bump rockchip 32 bit edge kernel to kernel 6.5, adjusting the patches and dts new directory layout Jira reference number AR-1871 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Debian bookworm image built and tested on xt-q8l-v10 board Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Adds LVM support for Armbian. Root partition will be created in an LVM volume group, VG name can be configured. Implements issue #6188. The feature has been tested in all targets I have available. Jira reference number AR-2032 View the full article

Dear Armbian Community, We are thrilled to announce Armbian Release 24.11.1, packed with significant updates across our entire ecosystem! These updates are aimed at enhancing functionality, expanding hardware support, and refining the user experience for both developers and everyday SBC users. Let’s dive into the exciting new features! Core system updates Armbian Build Framework The updated build system introduces new tools for faster builds and seamless integration. Optimized compilation workflows and prebuilt configurations make deploying custom firmware easier and more efficient, especially for developers focusing on specialized projects. Armbian Config Utility …

Dear Armbians, Stay ahead with the latest enhancements and fixes in Armbian’s rolling release! This update brings Rockchip64 improvements, including better eMMC stability, HDMI audio support, and a rewritten HDMI patch for Rock 5B. Board support expands with new additions like the PocketBeagle2, and BeagleBone AI-64. System stability gets a boost with U-Boot v2025.01, kernel upgrades, and improved package management. Key Updates in This Release Rockchip64 Enhancements Adjusted eMMC frequency settings to improve stability for Rock-5-ITX and Rock5B boards. Commit by: amazingfate Enabled HDMI audio output for Rock 5B. Commit by: Aleksey Komarov Set DMA mask to 64-b…

Visit us at the STMicroelectronics booth at SIDO to see how the STM32MP2 platform enables responsive edge-AI applications for industrial use cases. 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-1248 How Has This Been Tested? 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

Widely recognized as the premier event for developers working at all levels of the Linux kernel's plumbing layer and beyond, this year's edition of LPC is jam-packed with microconferences, a refereed track, a Kernel Summit track, multiple BoFs, and more. View the full article

A magnet for open source supporters, the very first edition of Open Source Summit Latin America is opening its virtual doors. This new annual conference takes place online from August 23 to 24 with 5 talks from Collabora's very own! View the full article

DAQiFi Nyquist 1 is a battery-powered IoT data acquisition (DAQ) device that works over an 802.11n Wi-Fi connection or a USB interface, and can also log the data to a microSD card Equipped with 16 digital I/Os and 16 digital inputs, the Nyquist 1 can be used with all sorts of sensors to measure force and strain, pressure, temperature, current & voltage, luminosity, weight, pH angular velocity, and more. It’s also possible to connect multiple Nyquist 1 devices to a single PC instead of following the traditional method of having one dedicated PC plugged into each data acquisition solution. DAQiFi Nyquist 1 hardware specifications: MCU – Unspecified Microchip microcontro…

so boot no longer starves for entropy, delaying for up to 15 seconds also advances kernel to v5.19.15 The haveged service is obsoleted by this patch Description Jira reference number AR-1373 https://armbian.atlassian.net/browse/AR-1373 How Has This Been Tested? Yes. Built a fresh bullseye/edge image. Verified basic functionality. Observed much faster boot time. 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 [ ] Any dependent…

The DongshanPI-D1s development board is comprised of a soldered-on Allwinner D1s RISC-V system-on-module board (SoM) and a carrier board with two 40-pin headers and a 2.0mm dedicated header. This development board is specifically designed to teach programming with a focus on the RISC-V architecture. The development board was designed by 100ask. They previously designed the Dongshan NeZha STU a development board based on the Allwinner D1. The main difference between the two is that 100ask did not include the Ethernet and HDMI interfaces on the DongshanPI-D1s board. The pinout of the headers is also slightly different because they opted to make the headers compatible with t…

AAEON PICO-V2K4-SEMI mini PC, powered by an AMD Ryzen Embedded V2516 or V2718 processor, can drive up to three 4K displays, offers 2.5GbE and GbE networking, several USB 3.2 ports, as well as two optional COM ports supporting RS232, RS422, and RS485. The first mini PC from the company featuring AMD Ryzen V2000 Series processors also comes with up to 32GB RAM, a 64GB NVMe SSD, as well as M.2 and mPCIe sockets for expansion, and its compact form factor makes it suitable for edge computing, embedded gaming, and image processing applications. PICO-V2K4-SEMI specifications: AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 processor (one or the other) Ryzen V2718 octa-core/16-thread processor @ up to …

QuickSpot Walter is an ESP32-S3 development board with built-in WiFi 4 and Bluetooth LE/Mesh connectivity, as well as NB-IoT, LTE-M, and GNSS support through a Sequans GM02SP 5G IoT modem that appears to be a variant of the Sequans Monarch 2 GM02S with GNSS support. Walter specifications: Wireless modules ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N16R2 module ESP32-S3 dual-core LX7 microcontroller 2MB QSPI PSRAM 16MB QSPI flash 802.11 b/g/n WiFi 4 up to 150 Mbps with on-board antenna Bluetooth 5 LE up to 2Mbps, Bluetooth Mesh Sequans GM02SP modem LTE Cat M1 (LTE-M) and NB1/NB2 (NB-IoT) GNSS and assisted GNSS using GPS and Galileo constellations NanoSIM for cellular connectivity I/Os 2x 14-pin he…

Description Cracklib check library must be present in minimal variant. Re-adding after recent too intensive packages cleanup. Jira reference number AR-1524 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generated Debian boolseye minimal Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article