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Say hello to a brand new, open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware in Mesa, written almost entirely from scratch using the new official headers from NVIDIA. View the full article

Tested Station M1 View the full article

After two years of hosting the event virtually, Brussels will once again welcome attendees on February 4 & 5 on the old stomping grounds of the ULB Solbosch Campus. Collabora will be presenting 8 different talks, in 7 devrooms as well as on the main track! View the full article

The Balthazar Personal Computing Device (BPCD) is an open-source hardware 13.3-inch laptop with a RISC-V, Arm, or FPGA module and designed to be upgradable, expandable, and sustainable. The developers say the laptop is based on a few concepts inspired by the EOMA68 project. The EOMA68 is a CPU module based on the PCMCIA form factor, and an Allwinner A20 EOMA68 module was showcased in a prototype of the Rhombus Tech 15.6-inch Libre Laptop but I don’t think the project was ever manufactured. Balthazar laptop features: SoM with RISC-V, FPGA, or Arm Cortex-A7x processor plus memory and flash Storage – SATA SSD, eSATA connector, microSD card socket Display – 13.3-inch non-glar…

Raspberry Pi Trading has just launched the 1.6MP Raspberry Pi Global Shutter Camera which can capture rapid motion without introducing artifacts usually experienced with rolling shutter cameras such as the earlier Raspberry Pi Camera modules, including the latest Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3. The company sent me Raspberry Pi Global Shutter Camera sample together with a 16mm C-mount lens for review, and I’ll report my experience after going through the specifications of the new camera. Raspberry Pi Global Shutter Camera specifications Sony IMX296LQR-C Sensor Resolution: 1.58 megapixels (color) Sensor size: 6.3mm sensor diagonal Pixel size: 3.45μm x 3.45μm Output – RAW10 Ba…

Description Added support for midstream kernels to the interactive config kernel branch selection. 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] Interactive configure rock 5B 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 ar…

Description Now NVME has the highest boot priority in uboot. But I think SD card should have higher boot priority than NVME SSD because SD card is much easier to plug in/out than NVME SSD. This patch is from https://github.com/radxa/u-boot/pull/25. We can add it to armbian whe it's not merged upstream. 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] uboot build successfully [x] Armbian on SD card boots when NVME SSD is installed. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have …

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

hi, I recently bought an Orange Pi 5 Plus and the RTL8852BE wireless module (http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/details/Orange-Pi-R6.html). can I add a kernel module to run the RTL8852BE on the Orange Pi 5 Plus? Description Adding CONFIG_RTW89_8852BE to linux-rockchip-rk3588-edge.config How Has This Been Tested? built the img and booted it. checked that RTL8852BE is working (need firmware-realtek). 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 docu…

Description There is an orbiting patch that adds True Random Number Generator (TRNG) completing the rockchip mainline crypto driver. This PR introduces the patch (which is in RFC condition, thus passible of changes) with these benefits: provides better entropy (see below) removes the memory region claim error in dmesg is almost in mainline Some caveats: the existing driver covers rk3288 (32 bit, not applicable in this context), rk3328 and rk3399, but only rk3399 seems to have working hardware. For the other two chips, the TRNG is just disabled. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Current 6.6 kernel packages built and installed on live system (rk3399) [x] Edge 6.7 kernel pa…

Description This fixes a lot of labels not getting applied properly. Examples: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6763 https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6758 How Has This Been Tested? [x] To be tested along the way Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code View the full article

Description Establish some consistency with extension logging: Add "Extension: ${EXTENSION}: " prefix to some extension logs Make the log messages more consistent throughout extensions. Some extensions use another format: display_alert "message" "${EXTENSION}" "info" These were not adapted to this new schema. Yes I do realize there is probably a better way to do this e.g. by introducing a new display_alert category, like "extension" instead of "info". How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build an image with this enabled, shows more consistent logging Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x…

Bump u-boot to v2024.07 View the full article

Muse Lab’s iCESugar-nano is a tiny FPGA board based on Lattice Semi iCE40LP1K-CM36 programmable via its USB-C port through on-board iCELink debugger, and exposing I/Os for three standard PMOD connectors. The board is fully supported by Yosys open-source toolchain ( Yosys+ nextpnr + IceStorm), and the onboard debugger supports drag-and-drop programming so that you can just drag the FPGA bitstream into the virtual disk to program it through a USB Type-C cable. iCESugar-nano specifications: FPGA – Lattice Semi iCE40LP1k FPGA with 1280 LUT/8KB SRAM/PLL Storage – 2MB SPI flash (W25Q16) USB – 1x USB Type-C port for power and programming Expansion – 14x usable IOs with 1x 12-pin…

Laser ranging has many applications in production and life, such as ranging, positioning, obstacle avoidance, and so on. Time-of-Flight (ToF) ranging, as a type of laser ranging technology, is often used for real-time object detection in robots, autonomous vehicles, and traffic management because of its accuracy, fast response, and low power consumption. The face detection function of mobile phones also uses this technology. This article will introduce the WisBlock RAK12014 ToF laser ranging sensor module, and use the WisBlock development board to demonstrate how the module works. What is a ToF laser ranging sensor module? A ToF laser ranging sensor module uses laser puls…

Working with a git based project that has a defacto upstream repository means that you perioducally want to fetch the canonical master branch. This can be simplified with a .gitconfig alias. View the full article

kde-plasma for debian sid and debian bullseye View the full article

Golioth have released an open-source “ESP-IDF SDK” to let ESP32 hardware connect to their Golioth Cloud, extending existing support from the existing Zephyr SDK. We previously covered the Golioth IoT development platform with a Zephyr SDK supporting nRF9160 and ESP32-C3 (officially), as well as over 100 other platforms, that aims to make it easier for hardware developers to connect things to the internet without needing to know how to use AWS IoT, Azure IoT, or the other cloud services. While in theory, it would be possible to keep using the Zephyr SDK on ESP32 hardware, the ESP-IDF framework is the main tool of Espressif Systems, and they will release new code to that ec…

MediaTek T830 is a consumer premise equipment (CPE) SoC with a quad-core Cortex-A53 processor, an integrated Sub-6GHz 5G modem, hardware-based network acceleration engines,and optional support for Wi-Fi 6/6E, and son the new WiFi 7. It’s unrelated to the MediaTek Filogic 830 WiFi router SoC and instead, offers an upgrade to the MediaTek T750 5G chipset for higher performance multi-gigabit CPE products, such as fixed wireless access (FWA) routers and mobile hotspots (Mi-Fi) with up to 7 Gbps 5G speeds. MediaTek T830 specifications: CPU – 4x Arm Cortex-A55 cores @ up to 2.2 GHz GPU – Unnamed 3D GPU Networking accelerators MediaTek Network Processing Unit QoS Acceleration an…

Description Update JetHub D1 (j100) u-boot patchset to buildable state. Jira reference number AR-1310 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] fixes jethub_j100 build [X] no other changes View the full article

Amlogic S928X multi-core Cortex-A76/A55 8K media processor, which may have been initially known as S908X, is being showcased at ICB2022 in Amsterdam in the “SEI 8K Box” developed by SEI Robotics. Amlogic S908X/S928X was first discovered in a roadmap in 2019 and was expected to launch by the end of 2020 at the time. But after a long wait of nearly three years, the Amlogic S928X processoris finally showing in SEI 8K box with an HDMI 2.1a 8K video interface, supports for HDR and advanced audio codec like Dolby Atmos and DTS, and support for Smart Home functions through an IoT module with WiFi 6E, Zigbee and more. SEI 8K box preliminary specifications: SoC – Amlogic S928X mul…

CNXSoft: This is a guest post by Florian Robert (1technophile) of the OpenMQTTGateway project about using a 433 MHz LoRa transceiver on an ESP32 board for home automation, specifically to talk to 433 MHz sensors Everyone is talking about Matter, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and Zwave, but before these complex communication technologies, we had one simple, robust one that our sensors and devices used to leverage: 433MHz. It may be too simplistic to talk about 433 MHz as a technology as there are different and various usages of this frequency. You can find it being used in numerous devices around your home, from your outdoor temperature sensors, and security sensors to the tire press…

Most people will probably want to run Linux on their Arm SBC, but Windows 11 could also be an option with the Rock 5B and other single board computers based on Rockchip RK3588 and other powerful Arm SoCs thanks to the Windows on Raspberry project. The project, also known as “Windows on R” is maintained by Mario Bălănică who recently tweeted a screenshot showing Windows 11 running on the Radxa ROCK 5B SBC powered by a Rockchip RK3588 Arm Cortex-A76A/A55 clocked at 1.2 GHz (instead of the usual 2.2/2.4 GHz), but with USB 2.0/3.0 and display interface apparently working just fine. PCIe appears to be detected, but not working. He also noted that virtualization worked out of t…

Description Those are just small left over fixes for AR-1444 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Manual repo generation Checklist: [ ] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Description Some users reported bluetooth not working sometimes after reboot. Turns out that sometimes hciattach binary that we use segfaults during reboot. Replacing the binary with the one present in orangepi_build repository as it seems it solves the issue. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Tested by the user by rebooting their device 5 times. Bluetooth worked fine consistently after every reboot. Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my cod…

Description packages.debian.org has been down a lot lately, so builds could not finish since the build system wants to find out the package name and version for base-files. Use Packages.gz from the mirrors as an alternative method to search for this information. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Building works as normal even if packages.debian.org is down 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 Mount option commit=600 (=10 minutes) seems pretty high. Reduce it to 120 for ext4 (default for ext4 is commit=5) and 120 for btrfs (default for btrfs is commit=30) to reduce risk of losing data on power loss. Only verly low settings (maybe 1-10) will have impact on performance according to documentation. From ext4: commit=nrsec (*) This setting limits the maximum age of the running transaction to ‘nrsec’ seconds. The default value is 5 seconds. This means that if you lose your power, you will lose as much as the latest 5 seconds of metadata changes (your filesystem will not be damaged though, thanks to the journaling). This default value (or any low valu…

Docstrings generation was requested by @rpardini. https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/7982#issuecomment-2746385084 The following files were modified: lib/functions/bsp/armbian-bsp-cli-deb.sh ℹ️ Note CodeRabbit cannot perform edits on its own pull requests yet. View the full article

This week in Armbian development saw significant progress across board support and kernel updates. New boards such as the Cainiao CNIOT Core, EByte ECB41-PGE, DG SVR 865 Tiny, and NORCO EMB-3531 received initial support, expanding hardware compatibility. Kernel patches were rewritten for the meson64 and rockchip64 platforms, aligning with version 6.18.18, while edge releases were bumped to 7.0-rc3 and rc4. Improvements included enhanced SD card and audio support for SpacemiT and Youyeetoo YY3588 boards, as well as refined configuration checks and display fixes. Several upstream patches were dropped or disabled, and the Dependabot schedule was updated for daily maintenance…

Description Restore Rock64 and RockPi 4A/4B/4C builds. How Has This Been Tested? It hasn't yet. Need to get these changes integrated to the build system so I can test the images on the SBCs :) Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

A look at the work and motivation behind implementing the Khronos EGLDevice extensions in Mesa. These extensions allow users of open source graphics drivers to cleanly describe & select which device to use in heterogeneous systems. View the full article

Description Here is a upstream api change in 5.19.2: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/include/media/hevc-ctrls.h?h=v5.19.2&id=dfacf78ed98c8e64ac39a5fd6aa9075bfccc3b3e. I notice that there're patches conataining the old api pic_order_cnt in rk322x-5.19 and sunxi-5.19, so maybe they should also get fixed. @paolosabatino @The-going 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] Kernel build success [x] v4l2-compliance success Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a s…

MuseLab USB-HS-Bridge is an inexpensive ($5) board based on WCH CH347 chip with a USB 2.0 Type-C interface that acts as a bridge for I2C, SPI, UART, and JTAG interfaces, as well as GPIOs. It’s notably useful to debug and download bitstreams to FPGA development boards, but it can also be used to connect various peripherals such as I2C sensors, SPI flash devices, UART devices to basically any host with a spare USB 2.0 host port. USB-HS-Bridge specifications: Chip – WCH CH347 high-speed USB to UART, I2C, SPI and JTAG chip (See link to the datasheet for details) USB – 1x USB 2.0 Type-C port with up to 480 Mbps data rate I/Os – 2x 16-pin header with 2x UART interfaces up to 9 …

Description Minor fixes to led-conf6, default phase shifting for emmc controller se to 90° instead of 180° that was causing some eMCP to be not detected even in high-speed mode How Has This Been Tested? Quick check directly on a live installation 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

Mele PCG02 Pro is a mini PC stick / PC-on-a-stick powered by either an Intel Celeron J4125 Gemini Lake processor or a more recent Celeron N5105 Jasper Lake processor, with support for M.2 NVMe/SSD storage, but only for the Gemini Lake model. The computer is also equipped with 8GB LPDDR4 memory, 128GB to 512GB eMMC flash, two HDMI 2.0 ports capable of driving two independent displays, a Gigabit Ethernet port, WiFi 5 or 6 connectivity, and more. MeLE PCG02 Pro specifications: SoC (one or the other) Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core Gemini Lake Refresh processor @ 2.0 / 2.7 GHz (Boost) with 12EU Intel UHD 600 graphics @ 250 / 750 MHz; 10W TDP Intel Celeron N5105 quad-core Jasp…

Description USB3 has been enabled in mainline since 2021 View the full article

Vecow ECX-3200 is an expandable, fanless embedded system powered by Intel 13th generation Core i9/i7/i5/i3 Raptor Lake-S processor or 12th generation Alder Lake-S processor designed for rugged Machine Vision, AMR, Rolling Stock, Smart Retail and Edge AI applications. The ECX-3200 supports up to 64GB DDR5, SATA & NVMe storage, offers four 2.5GbE RJ45 or M12 ports with PoE+ on the rear panel, plus one additional Gigabit Ethernet port and a 2.5GbE port on the front panel, four video outputs up to 8Kp60 resolution, several USB 3.2 ports up to 20 Gbps, some serial ports, as well as isolated I/Os. Vecow ECX-3200 specifications: SoC Up to 24-core 13th Gen Intel Core i9/i7/i5…

Description This PR adds support for Recore A5, A6, and A7 hardware. Recore is a 3D printer control board based on Allwinner A64. Since the board uses the AR100 for real time stepping, the SCP is disabled and instead a version of Klipper is loaded instead. How Has This Been Tested? The patches have been tested by building the current and legacy kernels with the minimal images. [ ] Minimal image with current kernel [ ] Minimal image with legacy kernel 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 c…

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 6.1.63. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description This PR fixes ES8388 audio on OPi5, add opi5b devicetree and add mainline uboot support. 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] Boots well with 2024.01-rc4 uboot [x] There are no es8388 errors in dmesg output It would be nice if someone tests SPI flash boot + nvme ssd. I've not tried it because i don't have free M2 ssd rn. rkspi_loader.zip 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 ha…

Description Fixed the compilation issue with new khadas u-boot. The fix is actually quite ugly. We are now compiling u-boot twice, once with gcc 11.4 and then with linaro toolchain v7.3.1. Also as Linaro's compiler is only available for x86 platform, uboot for these boards will not build on arm platforms. But I guess we have to live with it for now. 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 building uboot for khadas vim1s Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I ha…

Description Attempt to fix build job failure - https://github.com/armbian/os/actions/runs/7675198892/job/20921297126 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] built vim4 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…

Description Enable uboot gpio command. This would allow to set up rk3318-box'es LED display in custom uboot script. For example, to show "boot", this snippet can be added (gpio pins and letter codes should be adjusted for different STB/LCD models): FD650_MODE_WRCMD='0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0' DISPON='0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1' FD655_BASE_ADDR='0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0' Z='0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0' B='0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1' O='0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1' T='0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1' setenv d0 gpio clear C22 setenv d1 gpio set C22 setenv LC gpio clear C19 setenv HC gpio set C19 setenv send 'run d0 LC; for b in $cmd; do run d$b HC LC; done; run HC d1' cmd="$FD650_MODE_WRCMD 1 $DISPON 1" run send cmd="$FD655_B…

"重命名add-new-borad-tinker-edge-r.patch -> patch/u-boot/u-boot-rockchip64/add-new-board-tinker-edge-r.patch；添加了对xiaobao-nas的支持" Description add-new-borad-tinker-edge-r.patch -> patch/u-boot/u-boot-rockchip64/add-new-board-tinker-edge-r.patch；Adding support for xiaobao NAS. add config/boards/xiaobao-nas.csc,add atch/kernel/archive/rockchip64-6.1/add-board-xiaobao-nas-dts.patch,add patch/kernel/archive/rockchip64-6.6/add-board-xiaobao-nas-dts.patch,add patch/kernel/archive/rockchip64-6.8/add-board-xiaobao-nas-dts.patch,add patch/u-boot/u-boot-rockchip64/add-new-board-xiaobao-nas-dts.patch. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your…

Description Stop Docker system running Armbina-install to prevent weird results and to speed up. Does it make sense? How Has This Been Tested? [x] Manual test, disabling and installing to eMMC, reboot, 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] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

This week's work centers on kernel and board enablement, CI infrastructure and caching, and user-facing tooling improvements across the imager and configuration utilities. On the kernel and board front, Rockchip edge moved to 7.1 and mainline was bumped to 7.1-rc7, while the Raspberry Pi 4B legacy target was re-enabled after a brief revert of the BCM2711 kernel bumps. New board support landed for BeagleBadge and TMDS64EVM (AM64x) on the TI platform, the Anbernic RG DS RK3568 handheld as CSC, and the Youyeetoo YY3588 received a mainline DTS rework with ES8388 audio routing. Several long-standing fixes were merged, including a meson64 GPIO can_sleep regression breaking 1-Wi…

Embedded World 2020 was a lonely affair with many companies canceling attendance due to COVID-19, and Embedded World 2021 took place online only. But Embedded World is back to Nuremberg, Germany in 2022 albeit with the event moved from the traditional month of February to June 21-23. Embedded systems companies and those that service them will showcase their latest solution at their respective booths, and there will be a conference with talks and classes during the three-day event. The programme is up, so I made my own little Embedded World 2022 virtual schedule as there may be a few things to learn, even though I won’t be attending. Tuesday, June 21, 2022 10:00 – 13:00 – …

Another two months and a half have passed, Linux Kernel v4.18 has been released, which means it's time to stop along the way and make a little retrospective. This time around, seven Collaborans have contributed to the kernel, authoring 61 commits. View the full article

Description Change Jira URL in "new issue template" to dashboard View the full article

Canonical has been working on RISC-V support for Ubuntu for a while and released Ubuntu 20.04/21.04 64-bit RISC-V images for QEMU and HiFive boards last year. Now the company has released an Ubuntu 22.04.1 Server image for the StarFive VisionFive V1 RISC-V single board computer. While that’s a good development, The VisionFive V1, and other RISC-V platforms, are nowhere close to being Ubuntu-certified hardware, and Canonical posted a note reading “It is an early RISC-V developer access through Ubuntu 22.04.1.” The VisionFive V1 SBC is a pretty good platform for development with a StarFive JH7100 dual-core RISC-V processor, 8GB RAM, Gigabit Ethernet and WiFi connectivity, H…

Ztachip is an open-source RISC-V accelerator for vision and AI edge applications running on low-end FPGA devices or custom ASIC that is said to perform 20 to 50 times faster than on non-accelerated RISC-V implementations, and is also better than RISC-V cores with vector extensions (no numbers were provided here). Ztachip, pronounced zeta-chip, is not tied to a particular architecture, but the example code features a RISC-V core based on the VexRiscv implementation and can accelerate common computer vision tasks such as edge detection, optical flow, motion detection, color conversion, as well as TensorFlow AI models without retraining. The open-source AI accelerator has be…

Description If we will be shipping firmware frozen by default, we need to warn and provide information how to update kernel. Armbian-config needs to be adjusted too. Cron job is generating numbers of packages that needs to be updated. This numbers is displayed in MOTD, when > 0. Since we want to know which packages are on hold, we need to know if kernel packages are on hold when upgrade is finished, fix numbers and update list Jira reference number AR-1375 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Manual run 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 har…

Embit EMB-LR1280-mPCIe-4x is an mPCIe (mini PCIe) module based on four Semtech SX1280 2.4 GHz LoRa transceivers and designed for OEM gateways that can work worldwide thanks to the use of the 2.4GHz ISM band and supports ranging. We first covered 2.4GHz LoRa and the SX1280 transceiver two years ago as a solution to design region-independent products specially suited to maritime and intercontinental logistics applications. We haven’t seen it used that much although we covered an ESP32 board with SX1280 last year, and it turns out that Italian company Embit has also made a mPCIe module based on the SX1280 chipset. Embit EMB-LR1280-mPCIe-4x specifications: LoRa connectivity C…

Description Add licence info to the files where this is missing. Jira reference number AR-1593 How Has This Been Tested? No need. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code View the full article

Description OrangePi kernel patched to enable TV Output on OrangePi Zero (LTE). Changes made according: https://github.com/robertojguerra/orangepi-zero-full-setup/blob/main/README2.md 7.3 Add the TV encoder driver to the Linux kernel source sunxi-6.1/0036-wip-h3-h5-cvbs-armbian.patch : makes additions to the "dts", which tells the kernel where are the new devices. Adds kernel code to interact with the tv encoder. With my modifications, now it is applicable to Armbian (this patch came from the LibreElec github). sunxi-6.1/zzzz2-tv.patch : by Armbian user "gleam2003", adds directives to make sure that the dtbo (device tree binary overlay) is compiled sunxi-6.1/zzzz3-tv.pat…

more of rpardini's dirty laundry, very late April/'23 Remove legacy branches after trying, and failing, to ressurect them rockchip: completely remove legacy branch; fixes #5118 there's absolutely no point in trying to keep this alive, current/edge are good enough, legacy's abandoned for years and broken jetson-nano legacy: give up on this legacy and remove it; fixes #5117 jetson-nano legacy: try, and fail, to fix this legacy; (does NOT) fixes #5117 jetson-nano legacy: kernel config: CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY=y jetson-nano legacy: add -mno-outline-atomics to fix linking jetson-nano legacy: add xxd host-dependency jetson-nano legacy: downgrade a lot of gcc e…

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

Dear Armbians, Here are the latest updates! Device Support, Enhancements, and Progress We’re excited to announce the addition of support for several new devices, including Khadas VIM1S, VIM4, TI AM26, and Licheepi 4a. To enhance user experience, all Khadas images are now available in their “oowow” format, streamlining the installation process. Bananapi M5 and M2PRO users can look forward to numerous fixes that enhance stability and performance. Updates for the Thinkpad X13s have transformed it into a highly usable device. Additionally, thermal support for Opi4 has been fixed, eliminating issues with high-load operation. Our latest release introduces overlays for the A…

Description For lichee-pi 4A has pwm-fan node in devicetree such as: fan: pwm-fan { compatible = "pwm-fan"; #cooling-cells = <2>; pwms = <&pwm 1 10000000 0>; cooling-levels = <0 64 192 255>; }; So enable pwm-fan support default with licheepi-4a. And I test it's worked on my licheepi 4a board with 8GB ddr. 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 on licheepi 4A board with 8GB ddr Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review …

Description Switch back to Rockchip DDR binary for DDR initialization in u-boot for Helios64. I believe there is nothing board-specific about this memory initialization issue, but it might be no other Armbian board has this combination of rk3399 and LPDDR4. Else there is something specific about the memory set up on the Helios64 hardware. On the Helios64 random memory errors happens when using the U-Boot DDR intialization code for rk3399. Switching to the rkbin rk33 933MHz v1.25 allows this testcase to run more than once without a memory error: for i in $(seq 1 100);do python3 -c "import pkg_resources" || break;done Could be LPDDR4 specific. Workaround https://github…

add ugoos x3 support to aml-s9xx-box: added prebuild uboot 2024.04 ("u-boot-s905x3" does not work with ugoos) added patch to build u-boot from sources added dts for ugoos x3 View the full article

Making its debut this week at Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Long Beach, ElectricMaple is an innovative project by Collabora and PlutoVR designed to enhance standalone XR experiences through remote-rendering. View the full article

Description How Has This Been Tested? Not yet. Checklist: [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Since there is one generic config for all boards from 3b up to 5 and to avoid confusion, I suggested to rename board config file to rpi. Though I don't know which parts depending on this file name need adjustments, like auto-builds in armbian/os or armbian/community and homepage entry. All of that needs to be collected and addressed before or while merge. Documentation summary for feature / change How Has This Been Tested? [ ] None Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understan…

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 6.6.93. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

This week's work centers on kernel and board enablement, CI infrastructure and caching, and user-facing tooling improvements across the imager and configuration utilities. On the kernel and board front, Rockchip edge moved to 7.1 and mainline was bumped to 7.1-rc7, while the Raspberry Pi 4B legacy target was re-enabled after a brief revert of the BCM2711 kernel bumps. New board support landed for BeagleBadge and TMDS64EVM (AM64x) on the TI platform, the Anbernic RG DS RK3568 handheld as CSC, and the Youyeetoo YY3588 received a mainline DTS rework with ES8388 audio routing. Several long-standing fixes were merged, including a meson64 GPIO can_sleep regression breaking 1-Wi…

While it may be hard to buy a Raspberry Pi these days, there are various alternatives with the Raspberry Pi 3/4 form factor, including Pine64’s Quartz64 Model B SBC powered by a Rockchip RK3566 processor that has just launched for $59.99 with 4GB RAM. The Quartz64 Model B is a smaller version of the Quartz64 Model A launched earlier this year, that comes with HDMI 2.0a and MIPI DSI display interfaces, a MIPI CSI camera interface, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0, as well as several USB 2.0/3.0 ports, and of course, a 40-pin Raspberry Pi compatible GPIO header. Quartz64 Model B specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3566 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor up to 1.8 GHz wit…

MNT Pocket Reform is an open-source hardware mini laptop with a 7-inch Full HD display, an ortholinear mechanical keyboard, and trackball, that follows the path of its older and bigger sibling: the MNT Reform 2 laptop initially launched with an NXP i.MX 8M quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 module. The new laptop will not only support a similar “NXP i.MX 8M Plus” module but also a range of other Arm modules namely an NXP Layerscape LS1028A module with up to 16GB RAM, the Raspberry Pi CM4 module via an adapter, Pine64 SOQuartz (RK3566, up to 8GB RAM), as well as based on AMD Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA for industrial use. MNT Pocket Reform specifications: Available system-on-modules Stand…

GNOME Builder is an Integrated Development Environment designed for the GNOME ecosystem. It most notably features a deep integration to the Git version control system, allow to debug applications quickly and allow in-line documentation viewing. View the full article

#4005 makes #3779 superfluous. This reverts commit 6b43018c22056e2ef14197c1c80f4f57ddd02472. Description Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand…

Allwinner H700 is a “new” processor that has found its way into Transpeed P10 Full HD “portable” projector running Android 10. It is sold on Aliexpress for $125 including shipping. Allwinner H700 happens to be yet another derivative of Allwinner H616/H618 quad-core Corex-A53 processor, but adds an RGB LCD interface up to 1080p60 and video input interfaces that make it suitable for projector and smart displays. The processor also has two Ethernet interfaces (1x Gigabit and 1x 10/100M) like the H616, but no built-in PHY, so an additional Ethernet transceiver is needed on the board. Let’s first have a look a the Transpeed P10 projector specifications: SoC – Allwinner H700 qu…

We’ve seen two announcements of high-end RISC-V cores this week with the SiFive P670 and Andes AX65 processors each with a 4-way out-of-order people, but Alibaba’s T-Head Semiconductor Xuantie C908 is a little different with a dual-issued, 9-stage in-order pipeline and support for the RISC-V Vector extension acceleration targeting mid-range AIoT applications. The C908 64-bit RISC-V core adopts the RV64GCB[V] instruction and complies with the RVA22 profile for better compatibility with Android and other “rich” operating systems. The company says its performance is between the C906 and C910 cores introduced in 2020 and 2019 respectively. XuanTie C908 highlights: RV32GCB[V] …

Sipeed Maix-III development kit is composed of a core board equipped with AXERA AX620A AI processor and a carrier board exposing several interfaces such as Ethernet, USB, and camera connectors. resources. As noted in our earlier article about the AXERA AX620A chip, it is a quad-core Arm Cortex-A7 chip with an NPU offering a maximum of 14.4 TOPS @ INT4 or 3.6TOPSs @ INT8, and as such, this development board mainly targets AI vision applications. The board is an upgrade to the earlier Speed Maix II with an Allwinner V831 processor. Thanks to the low power consumption of the AXERA AX620A SoC, the Sipeed Maix-III board can be powered directly through its USB port as the syst…

9Tripod Pico Pi V2.0 is the third Rockchip RK3588S SBC offering a powerful alternative to Raspberry Pi 4 while keeping the same form factor. It follows the Cool Pi 4 and Radxa ROCK5 Model A single board computers introduced in the last couple of months. The Pico Pi SBC, not to be confused with the Raspberry Pi Pico :), comes with 1GB to 32GB RAM, 4GB to 128GB eMMC flash, and pretty much the same port layout as the Raspberry Pi 4, except for one of the micro HDMI ports being replaced by a USB Type-C port with support for DisplayPort. 9Tripod Pico Pi V2.0 specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3588S CPU – Octa-core processor with 4x Cortex-A76 cores @ up to 2.2-2.4 GHz, 4x Cortex…

Description Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no ne…

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Description We certainly don't need dual mode compilation while armbian_repo variant is anyway broken due to other changes. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build Debian [x] Build Ubuntu and boot Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description I have a Firefly-itx-3588j board How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Build [x] neofetch 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 lots new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description longanpi-4b: add support for Sipeed LonganPi 4B. Add virt drivers for sun55iw3-syterkit. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Successfully built. [x] System startup. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Enable ksmbd consistently across configurations Description KSMBD is an in kernel SMB server which is good for performance specially for these SOCs. It's also considered stable by the kernel team itself and the userspace tools are available by default in the debian-repos as the package ksmbd-tools. I noticed that the module has only been enable for some boards or say in edge but not current version of a board family configuration. How Has This Been Tested? All configs already mentioned CONFIG_SMB_SERVER. Some just did not enable it and of course for many or most cases it was actually already enabled. I have tested on my odroid hc2 (odroidxu4 family) and on my other t…

Description I'm trying to generate a debian iso with armbian's kernel, but live-build keep installing linux-image-rt-arm64. I find it as rec dependency of wireguard-tools. And both linux-image-rt-arm64 from debian and linux-image-generic from ubuntu are providing it. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] ./compile.sh kernel BOARD=rock-5b BRANCH=vendor DEB_COMPRESS=xz Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commente…

This week's work centers on expanded board and SoC support, build and repository infrastructure modernization, and refinements to user-facing tooling and documentation. On the hardware side, mainline support arrived for the Radxa Rock 2A/2F and the Toradex Verdin iMX8M Mini, while the KickPi K2B V2.2 DDR3 gained a full board definition including a new Maxio MAE0621 PHY driver. The Allwinner sun60iw2 platform saw substantial advancement on the Orange Pi 4 Pro with GPU, desktop, and hardware video decode enablement, alongside kernel configuration refinements. The Amlogic C400-plus received U-Boot repacking and Mali-T820 stabilization, the Rockchip armhf edge kernel was bump…

Presenting a new, hardware-backed, software graphics driver, built upon the Mesa gallium driver framework, which uses kernel kms drm nodes for memory allocation. View the full article

Geniatech DB982 is a development board/motherboard powered by an Amlogic T982 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor designed for 8K televisions and equipped with an ATSC 3.0 TV tuner. The board ships with up to 4 GB RAM and up to 128 GB eMMC flash, and also includes three 4K HDMI inputs, LVDS and ultra-high-definition VX1 LCD screen interfaces, as well as Fast Ethernet and WiFI 5 connectivity. Geniatech DB982 specifications: SoC – Amlogic T982 CPU – Quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 processor up to 1.8GHz GPU – Arm Mali-G52 MP2 (2EE) GPU supporting OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.1 and OpenCL 2.0 APIs AI accelerators – 2x NNA accelerators with INT8 inference performance up to 2.6 TOPS Manufact…

There are already Python editors such as Thonny, but the BBC thought those were not good enough and released a new web-based Python editor specifically designed for the micro:bit education board targeting 11 to 14 years old pupils. The micro:bit Python editor includes drag and drop code examples, code structure & error highlighting, auto-complete feature, a simulator to test the code before uploading it to the micro:bit board, and a Quick ideas section to help pupils get started with projects. The BBC’s micro:bit Python editor works with both the micro:bit V1 and V2, but note the simulator shows a micro:bit V2, so if you are using the previous generation micro:bit, so…

Olimex has started to take pre-orders for the AgonLight2, a customized version of the Agon Light 8-bit open-source hardware computer based on the Z80 family and running BBC Basic. Bernardo Kastrup and Dean Belfield created the Agon light 8-bit retro computer with VGA and PS2 keyboard port and programmable with BASIC earlier this year and released all hardware design files, the firmware, and documentation on GitHub, and Dean uploaded a one-hour-long video on YouTube. It was designed with EasyEDA, but Olimex re-captured the design in KiCad after getting customer requests, and the new cost-optimized board named AgonLight2 will start shipping by the end of January 2023. AgonL…

ZSWatch is an open-source hardware smartwatch based on an u-Blox ANNA-B402 module with Nordic Semi nRF52833 Bluetooth 5.1 SoC and running Zephyr real-time operating systems. We’ve seen several open-source hardware smartwatches over the years, as well as open-source firmware projects such as AsteroidOS or InfiniTime with the latter used in the PineTime smartwatch, and the ZSWatch adds to the list of interesting open-source wearables with all source files made public. ZSWatch specifications: Wireless module – u-blox ANNA-B402 based on Nordic Semi nRF52833 Arm Cortex-M4F microcontroller with Bluetooth LE 5.1 and direction finding support Storage – 8MB flash (MX25R6435FZNIL0)…

Powered by the Rockchip RK3588 processor, Firefly Station P3D modular AI mini PC comes with two swappable layers, namely the top one with the main board and default ports such as two HDMI output ports, one HDMI input, Gigabit Ethernet, two USB 3.1 ports, etc…, and the bottom layer that can be configured with various ports depending on your specific application. The top layer is basically the new Station P3 mini PC with RK3588 octa-core Cortex-A76/A55 processor, up to 32B RAM, 256GB eMMC flash, an M.2 2280 NVMe SSD socket, and dual-band WiFi 6 & Bluetooth 5.0 plus all the ports mentioned above. Fire Station P3D specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3588 octa-core processor …

BIGTREETECH Pi v1.2, also known as the BBT Pi v1.2, is a Raspberry Pi-sized Allwinner H616 single board computer (SBC) specially designed for 3D printers with many of the same ports as the Raspberry Pi 3/4, but also features 12V-24V DC power input and connectors for the ADXL345 3-axis accelerometer, CAN Bus, and so on. The board is equipped with 1GB RAM, a microSD card slot to run the operating system (Debian 11 with Klipper), a 4K capable micro HDMI port, Fast Ethernet and WiFi 4 networking, four USB ports, and the usual 40-pin Raspberry Pi header. BTT Pi specifications: SoC – Allwinner H616 quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 @ 1.5GHz with Arm Mali G31 MP2 with support for OpenGL …

Description Fixed PR from wrong DB Jira reference number AR-1712 View the full article

Collabora's main testing laboratory has grown to automate testing on over 150 devices of about 30 different types. The lab receives job submissions from several CI systems, e.g. KernelCI, MesaCI, and Apertis QA. View the full article

ifconfig is no longer included in a default install of Armbian Bookworm, causing armbian-firstrun-config to silently fail when ifconfig -a is used to get the list of network adapters. Replaced with nmcli device. 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 pro…

…et/browse/AR-1904 Description Using the Rock Pi S with 10mbps Ethernet connection is not possible. A connection is shown but data transmission is not possible. Note that this patch is only for the "current" kernel. The "edge" kernel no longer boots RockPI-S. Jira reference number AR-1904 How Has This Been Tested? Built 23.05 Minimal image for RockPI-S Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. Verified Ethernet transfer @100Mbit/s initially ethtool -s end0 advertise 3 Verified Ethernet transfer rate now only 10Mbit/s ethtool -s end0 advertise f Verified Ethernet transfer rate r…

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

Description For future - make separate browser extension. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generated Odroid M1 image with this extension XFCE fails due to missing wayland Checklist: [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Bumps actions/upload-artifact from 4.3.6 to 4.4.0. Release notes Sourced from actions/upload-artifact's releases. v4.4.0 Notice: Breaking Changes :warning: We will no longer include hidden files and folders by default in the upload-artifact action of this version. This reduces the risk that credentials are accidentally uploaded into artifacts. Customers who need to continue to upload these files can use a new option, include-hidden-files, to continue to do so. See "Notice of upcoming deprecations and breaking changes in GitHub Actions runners" changelog and this issue for more details. What's Changed Exclude hidden files by default by @joshmgross in actions/upload-…

Description Our automated builds are broken as reported. Solution is provided. https://forum.armbian.com/topic/49440-helios4-doesnt-boot-after-upgrading-to-linux-6671-linux-image-current-mvebu_2520-trunk343/#comment-212135 How Has This Been Tested? Build but does not boot yet. 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

This week's work centers on expanded board and SoC support, build and repository infrastructure modernization, and refinements to user-facing tooling and documentation. On the hardware side, mainline support arrived for the Radxa Rock 2A/2F and the Toradex Verdin iMX8M Mini, while the KickPi K2B V2.2 DDR3 gained a full board definition including a new Maxio MAE0621 PHY driver. The Allwinner sun60iw2 platform saw substantial advancement on the Orange Pi 4 Pro with GPU, desktop, and hardware video decode enablement, alongside kernel configuration refinements. The Amlogic C400-plus received U-Boot repacking and Mali-T820 stabilization, the Rockchip armhf edge kernel was bump…

Description chroot installation is populating machine-id, which makes systemd skip firstboot scripts View the full article

Comprised of some of the most motivated and active Open Source contributors and maintainers around the world, our team shares a passion for technology and Open Source, as do these newest members. Welcome Gert, Gustavo, Erik, Christoph, Ryan & Ana! View the full article