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Description These patches exist on rockchip-5.18, but not on rockchip64-5.18. Patches that are part of LibreELEC patchset are dropped. Rest of the patches adjusted to apply cleanly. The only patch that gave me trouble was rk356x-vop2-support.patch due to multiple concurrent changes to dw_hdmi-rockchip.c. The patch now applies and compiles, and works on RockPi4-b, but I don't have a RK35xx device to test with, so any tests with such hardware is appreciated! How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compiled with mainline v5.18.3. Patches apply cleanly. [x] Booted on RockPi4-b. [x] Tested HDMI/rkvdec on RockPi4-b with FFMpeg-v4l2-request patchset and manually built Kodi and Moonligh…

Collabora is heading East to sponsor & attend DebConf18, the annual Debian conference! The week-long event takes place for the first time in Asia, at the National Chiao Tung University Microelectronics & Information Research Center, in Hsinchu Taiwan. View the full article

Energous WattUp wireless power technology delivers power at various ranges (up to a few meters), and so far, we’ve seen it in wearables like garments, as well as smart glasses and earbuds development kits. The company has now launched a wirelessly powered sensor evaluation kit for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) based on the 1W WattUp PowerBridge transmitter with Bluetooth LE 5.0, plus two battery-free sensor nodes based on Atmosic ATM3202 Bluetooth LE 5.0 Cortex-M0 microcontroller with energy-harvesting capabilities. Wirelessly powered sensor evaluation kit content & features: 1W WattUp PowerBridge transmitter Bluetooth LE microcontroller Energous EN4100 transmitter IC …

CNXSoft: This getting started guide/review of the SenseCAP K1100 sensor prototype kit is a translation of the original post on CNX Software Thai. The first part of this tutorial describes the kit and shows how to program it with Arduino to get sensor data to a LoRAWAN gateway and display it on Wio Terminal, before processing the data in a private LoRaWAN network using open-source tools such as Grafana. The second part – to be published later – will demonstrate the AI capability of the kit. In the digital era where IoT and big data are more prevalent, a large amount of data is required to be collected through sensors. To enable the digital transformation, SeeedStudio’s Sen…

Description Bugfix: We didn't delete the downloaded file when verification failed. So it can be used in next time. Bugfix: Incorrent CCODE to query mirrors of cache.armbian.com Support download rootfs cache from Github Always require signature file Remove some useless requests 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] Run the build script 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 correspond…

rbaron’s b-parasite is an open-source hardware Bluetooth LE plant watering sensor that can measure soil moisture and ambient temperature/humidity/light and works with ESPHome, Home Assistant, or any macOS or Linux platforms including the Raspberry Pi boards. It is based nRF52840 multi-protocol wireless microcontroller, so stanvn decided to add Zigbee support to the b-parasite through the “Zigbee Plant Sensor” firmware based on the Nordic Semi nRF5 SDK for nRF52 series of SoCs and working with Zigbee2MQTT. Let’s have a look at b-parasite hardware specifications first: Wireless MCU – Nordic Semi nRF52840 Arm Cortex-M4F multi-protocol wireless microcontroller with Bluetooth …

FriendlyElec NanoPi R5C is a smaller version of the NanoPi R5S router with the same Rockchip RK3568 processor, but only two 2.5GbE ports and support for an internal M.2 WiFi and Bluetooth module, instead of just USB dongles for the earlier NanoPi R-series routers. The mini router can also be used as a mini PC thanks to a built-in HDMI 2.0 video output port and two USB 3.2 ports and is offered in two versions with either 1GB RAM and 8GB eMMC flash, or 4GB RAM and 32GB storage for just $10 more. NanoPi R5C specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3568B2 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor @ up to 2.0 GHz with Arm Mali-G52 MP2 GPU, 0.8 TOPS AI accelerator, 4Kp60 H.265/H.264/VP9 video dec…

Description When testing the wip build for the NanoPC-T6 I realized that there were no kernel modules for DVB available, so I changed the kernel config to include all kind of DVB/Camera/Radio drivers in the kernel multimedia section. How Has This Been Tested? On a NanoPC-T6 16GB RAM/256GB eMMC [x] Build for Bookworm OK [x] Booting fine without notable errors from sdcard as well as from emmc [x] dvb modules for 2x DVBSky S960 loading fine 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

media: Oleg dropped his kernel-4.19 branch, so drop legacy from bananapir2pro, station-m2, station-p2 media: Oleg dropped his kernel-4.19 branch, so drop legacy from bananapir2pro, station-m2, station-p2 View the full article

u-boot-menu: curb logging, no need to emit warn's here u-boot-menu: curb logging, no need to emit warn's here View the full article

Description Reported by mboehmer on the forums Kernel update made direct spidev in dts an error rather than warning, this patch didn't get updated post-break. Use "armbian,spi-dev" compatible defined in another patch. How Has This Been Tested? Builds OK 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 Recently, I accidentally erased an SPI flash with an bootloader installed and tried to reinstall the latest bootloader. But it did not recognize the attached disks and proceeded to TFTP Boot. Only by stopping autoboot and hot-swapping the disks or reattaching did the bootloader recognize it, and I was then able to boot with the command. I investigated and found that the problem occured after U-Boot was updated to v2023.01. This issue has been resolved by applying a patch that was previously used in v2022.07. How Has This Been Tested? By compiling U-Boot from trunk (linux-u-boot-odroidhc4-current_24.2.0-trunk) for v2023.01, v2023.04, v2023.07, v2023.10 and t…

Description Driver does not compile on kernel 6.7 due to minor changes in kernel API. The PR just fixes the changes. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compiled rockchip64 edge 6.7 kernel 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

debootstrap: use latest git for Ubuntu/Debian debootstrap instead of host-installed Revert "Debootstrap is again too old for latest releases. Lets ship currently latest with and install it when we build distros that needs it." This reverts commit 7b61b05867d2c27cee784ed1caadf85c2027bac2. debootstrap: Partially revert f2e663f0 "Improved debootstrap hacking support with fixes for Ubuntu Noble" debootstrap: remove debootstrap from host dependencies debootstrap: use latest git for Ubuntu/Debian debootstrap instead of host-installed DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR must be set during the 1st stage, but NOT the second stage latest devel versions might be missing scripts for old releases; just…

Description As discussed here on the forums this overlay adds support for the RTL8211f chip found on Rockpi E Hardware revision 1.21 Documentation summary for feature / change Documentation updated, hope that's enough and appropriate. How Has This Been Tested? Running that overlay currently on four Rockpi S instances connected to the 1 Gbit/s port Checklist: [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [X] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Description Another small adjustment / optimisation of board configs and statuses similar to https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6569 How Has This Been Tested? Status changes. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project View the full article

Description don't store parameters for networking link establishment (avoid ghost wan/lan/eth link led up on bootup) How Has This Been Tested? [x] built nanopi-r5c, booted with wan cable plugged, rebooted unplugging it --> wan led was correctly NOT powered up 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

jsoninfo: add inventory-artifacts cli, which stops after artifacts-reduced and adds kernels.ndjson and uboots.njdson via jq jsoninfo: add inventory-artifacts cli, which stops after artifacts-reduced and adds kernels.ndjson and uboots.njdson via jq if one runs ./compile.sh inventory-artifacts we shall get: output/info/kernels.ndjson: one line for each kernel build output/info/uboots.ndjson: one line for each u-boot build this is meant as base for other tooling that acts "for each kernel" or "for each u-boot" such as patch/config rewrites, etc View the full article

AFBC support has been merged to PanVK and will be available in the Mesa 25.3 release! This new enablement reduces memory bandwidth and boosts performance. View the full article

Collabora is proud to sponsor this year's annual GStreamer conference, taking place in London, UK. Join us as we showcase the latest with machine learning analytics, WirePlumber, and more. View the full article

Part steadfast approach - part welcoming spirirt; Collabora continues to successfully expand with new talent amply on deck. Well ahead of the remote work curve, our new joiners have settled into their roles from their respective corners of the planet. View the full article

Last week, a new version of docker.io, the Docker package provided by Debian, was uploaded to Debian Unstable. Quickly afterwards, the package moved to Debian Testing, the first time in two years that docker.io has migrated to "testing". View the full article

Description Print the CPU frequency correctly without privileges. Some CPU's have two clusters and at the same time are not representatives of the "Big.Little" architecture. It will be correct to print about the presence of adjustment of two clusters How Has This Been Tested? Before the changes: leo@bananapim3:~$ armbianmonitor -m 1 Running unprivileged. CPU frequency will not be displayed. Stop monitoring using [ctrl]-[c] Warning: High update frequency (1 sec) might change system behaviour! Time big.LITTLE load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq CPU C.St. 10:46:45: --- 0.05 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 45,0 °C 0/5 10:46:46: --- 0.05 1% 1% …

SB Components’ ESPi is a WiFi-enabled Ethernet board with a 1.14-inch information color display either coming with an ESP32-S3 WiFi and Bluetooth module or designed as a carrier board for the Raspberry Pi Pico W board. I have no idea who needs this, but the ESPi board looks cute and can be used as a 10/100Mbps Ethernet to WiFi (or BLE) gateway with a small TFT display, and there’s also a small joystick on the board to control a potential menu or user interface rendered in the display. ESPi board specifications: Module/Board (one or the other) ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 module with ESP32-S3 dual-core LX7 microprocessor @ up to 240 MHz with Vector extension for machine learning, up …

Description BPI-CM4 CM4IO dts/dtsi backport to Linux 6.1 LTS Added "current" to the KERNEL_TARGET variable Jira reference number AR-1723 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] Added the relevant patch to the meson64-6.1 patch directory and adjusted the board .conf file to support both current and edge. [X] Issued the following command to make sure it pulls and builds: ./compile.sh BOARD=bananapicm4io BRANCH=current kernel Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I hav…

Description Converting #5898 to use hook instead of patch 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] U-boot compiles. Also .config shows 648 as the default dram clk value. 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 arti…

thinkpad-x13s: bump to steev's 6.7.y; enable noble userspace; bump alsa-ucm-conf hack to master thinkpad-x13s: bump to steev's 6.7.y; enable noble userspace; bump alsa-ucm-conf hack to master thinkpad-x13s: update kernel .config to 6.7.7, no changes thinkpad-x13s: kernel .config: enable CONFIG_VIDEO_QCOM_CAMSS, CONFIG_VIDEO_OV5675, CONFIG_SC_CAMCC_8280XP View the full article

Improve overall WiFi experience Default freq now set to 100MHz (optional overlay to 200MHz) Resolved incompatibility with the github driver: https://github.com/jethome-ru/rtl88x2cs If the github driver is preferred blacklist RTW88 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rtw88.conf blacklist rtw88_8822c blacklist rtw88_8822cs EXTRA: Waveshare DTS fixup Discussion: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/44899-slow-wifi-speeds-on-banana-pi-cm4/ View the full article

If you are considering deploying BlueZ on your embedded Linux device, the benefits in terms of flexibility, community support, and long-term maintainability make it a worthwhile investment. View the full article

Collabora’s long-term leadership in KernelCI has delivered a completely revamped architecture, new tooling, stronger infrastructure, and deeper integrations—modernizing the entire ecosystem and enabling reliable, scalable upstream kernel testing. View the full article

A look at the USB-PD, PHY, hotplug, and DRM changes involved in making USB-C DisplayPort Alternate Mode work on RK3588/RK3576, and where they stand on the way to mainline Linux. View the full article

Big events draw in an array of individuals to learn and connect, and the Open Source Summit North America is no exception. Jam-packed with sessions to uncover from June 21 to 24, this year's event features three talks by Collabora's very own! View the full article

By this time next week, Collaborans will have arrived in Almería, Spain, to attend and speak at the 2018 edition of GUADEC, the annual GNOME conference. Come say hello! View the full article

We first wrote about Allwinner T507 when we covered a module and devkit from Forlinx, but now MYiR Tech has designed its own AEC-Q100 qualified system-on-module (MYC-YT507H) and the MYD-YT507H development board based Allwinner T507-H processor. MYC-YT507H – Allwinner T507-H SoM Specifications: SoC – Allwinner T507-H with a quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor @ 1.5GHz, Arm Mali-G31 MP2 GPU with support for OpenGL ES 3.2/2.0/1.0, Vulkan1.1, OpenCL 2.0; 4K60 H.265/VP9/AVS2 video decoder, 4K H.264/MJPEG video encoder System Memory – 1 or 2GB LPDDR4 Storage – 8GB eMMC flash, 32Kbit EEPROM (or is it 32KB/256Kbit – see block diagram below) 222x castellated holes with 1.0mm pitch …

Description Two easy shellcheck fixes. How Has This Been Tested? Totally untested. I really doubt there's a behavior change. 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

Description Refactor rootfs cache: [X] Rename rootfs cache Don't hash version, just append to filename. So we can easily search local cache [X] Use date as version instand of increase number [X] Use Github api to get remote cache list [X] Check local cache when unable to download remote cache [x] Check local cache and remote cache at same time Use the newest cache instand of always the remote one first. How Has This Been Tested? No full test due to need support by server. Checklist: [ ] 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 hav…

After checking out Trigkey Speed S3 mini PC hardware in the first part of the review, it’s now time to power up Trigkey Speed S3 Mini PC and test it with the preinstalled Windows 11 Pro operating systems. Booting up is fast, and the system runs smoothly while visiting various websites while listening to music, and watching YouTube videos. But in this second part of the review, let’s test the performance of the Trigkey Speed S3 mini PC on Windows 11 Pro in detail. Trigkey Speed S3 memory We can see the two 8GB Crucial memory sticks detected in Windows 11 Pro with a 2,400 MHz speed, while the sticks are rated up to 3,200 MHz. But a quick check on AMD’s website reveals this …

Bumps ossf/scorecard-action from 1.1.2 to 2.0.3. Release notes Sourced from ossf/scorecard-action's releases. v2.0.3 Patch for fix in #898 v2.0.2 Fixes ossf/scorecard-action#895 v2.0.1 Fix for #856 v2.0.0 What's Changed 🌱 Prepare for a pre-release of the Golang action by @​azeemshaikh38 in ossf/scorecard-action#750 :seedling: Bump github/codeql-action from 2.1.12 to 2.1.16 by @​dependabot in ossf/scorecard-action#751 :seedling: Bump debian from 11.3-slim to 11.4-slim by @​dependabot in ossf/scorecard-action#749 :seedling: Bump step-security/harden-runner from 1.4.3 to 1.4.4 by @​dependabot in ossf/scorecard-action#646 :seedling: Bump actions/setup-go from 3.2.0 to…

Description When having a more complex setup, we might need to look route to get a primary device. Jira reference number AR-1450 https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4610 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description sunxi: switch CURRENT to v5.15.89, EDGE to v6.1.7 Checklist: [ ] Test build sunxi [ ] Test build sunxi64 View the full article

Description OrangepiZero2 users who would like to test functional cpu-frequency-scaling 5.19.17 How Has This Been Tested? https://forum.armbian.com/topic/26290-h616-mainlining-effort/ [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Disable excessive debug on packages install. Not really something that we need in production. Jira reference number AR-1717 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generate image without using pre-cached packages. View the full article

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

Dear Armbian Community, Here are the latest news! Documentation We recently held a productive meeting to revamp our Build framework documentation. Our primary focus is on making the build framework internal help the ultimate source of truth. The existing pull request draft with hard-coded entries will be transformed into a JSON format, laying the foundation for comprehensive technical documentation. (meeting video) Build Framework features Explore the power of our build framework feature “extensions” – an easy yet robust way to create custom-builds with pre-installed applications. We’ve started providing Armbian with Home Assistant Supervised for selected boards, offer…

khadas-vim3/khadas-vim3l: u-boot v2024.01: enable more compression, kaslr, and led config options via hook khadas-vim3l: bump to u-boot v2024.01; boot-usb-first patch in board folder patch is slightly different for 2024.01 khadas-vim3l: u-boot v2024.01: enable more compression, kaslr, and led config options via hook khadas-vim3: u-boot v2024.01: enable more compression, kaslr, and led config options via hook View the full article

Description Cut and sewing work around mailing list/libreelec patches to include a minimum set of patches that attempt to solve the various issues with HDMI on rockchip64 family. This affects both current kernel 6.6 and edge kernel 6.8. References on the forums: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/26818-opi-4-lts-no-hdmi-output/ https://forum.armbian.com/topic/37166-hdmi-issues-on-6x-kernel/ One kind guy tested the kernel package on rockpro64 and reported success: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/26818-opi-4-lts-no-hdmi-output/?do=findComment&comment=189646 Also remove a patch named "rk356x-vop2-support", that was not about vop2 support but rather tweaks the HDMI phy …

As we approach our next point release, the focus shifts entirely towards bug fixing and stabilization. Feature development is on hold this month to ensure that core functionalities like network connectivity, video output, and booting processes are solid. We aim to resolve as many issues as possible during this period. However, we encourage users to report any recognized problems here so that they can be addressed in future updates. Target for next release We are targeting kernel v6.6 for our current builds and v6.12 for edge builds, while vendor kernels will remain at their latest versions – 6.1.y for Rockchip 35xx and 5.15.y for Meson64 legacy. Video acceleration for Ro…

AAEON PICO-V2K4 is a Pico-ITX board powered by an AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 processor with up to 8 cores, AMD Radeon graphics, which should make it the world’s smallest Ryzen V2000 SBC on the market. The board comes with up to 32GB soldered-on memory and a 64GB NVMe flash, supports for SATA and M.2 NVMe storage, dual Gigabit Ethernet, up to four 4K display interfaces, four serial ports, and more. Use cases range from medical imaging (x-ray and MRI scan analysis) to casino gaming machines, and industrial automation. AAEON PICO-V2K4 specifications: AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 processor (one or the other) Ryzen V2718 octa-core/16-thread processor @ up to 1.7-4.15 GHz (Turbo) wit…

Getting PanVk, an open source driver for Arm Mali Midgard and Bifrost GPUs, closer to conformancy by implementing one of the core Vulkan features: support for secondary command buffers. View the full article

In Debian and derivative systems, there are many ways to build images. The simplest tool of choice is often debootstrap. It works by downloading the .deb files from a mirror and unpacking them into a directory which can eventually be chrooted into. View the full article

Elecrow CrowPi L is an 11.6-inch laptop shell based on Raspberry Pi 4 designed for STEM education with optional electronics modules and tutorials. That’s an evolution of the CrowPi 2 laptop I reviewed in 2020 with a thinner design and more flexible since the electronics modules are optional, so it can serve the market of people just wanting a Raspberry Pi 4 laptop. The company has sent me a full “CrowPi L Advanced Kit” for review with the CrowPi L laptop fitted with a Raspberry Pi 4, as well as the Crowtail Starter Kit for Raspberry Pi. CrowPi L Advanced Kit Unboxing Let’s check out the laptop package first. Since in this design, the laptop comes with a battery, and mine …

Description The current code use if..else to determine partition which will ignore lots of case: custom bootfs type + NFS custom bootfs type + UEFI NFS + UEFI crypt root + UEFI How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build and check the partitions of the output image Checklist: [ ] 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

Updates to grammar and wording for Armbian Partners section. 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 correspond…

Nestled in the historic city of Nuremberg, the annual Embedded World conference will be taking place from March 14 to 16. Collabora will be set up in Hall 4, Booth 4-404, with plenty of space to connect and multiple demos to showcase View the full article

Description beaglev, edge, sid, cli, ubuntu-latest error! Could not download 'http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/pool/main/b/base-files/base-files_12.4_riscv64.deb' https://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/pool -> pool-riscv64 Jira reference number AR-1733 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Manual rebuild 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 t…

Bumps ossf/scorecard-action from 2.2.0 to 2.3.0. Release notes Sourced from ossf/scorecard-action's releases. v2.3.0 What's Changed :seedling: Bump github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4 from v4.11.0 to v4.13.0 by @​spencerschrock in ossf/scorecard-action#1270 For a full changelist of what this includes, see the v4.12.0 and v4.13.0 release notes :sparkles: Send rekor tlog index to webapp when publishing results by @​spencerschrock in ossf/scorecard-action#1169 :bug: Prevent url clipping for GHES instances by @​rajbos in ossf/scorecard-action#1225 Documentation :book: Update access rights needed to see the results in code scanning by @​rajbos in ossf/scorecard-action#1229 …

Description On images with changed vendor, when update comes from Armbian repository, VENDOR is overwritten. This change keeps the VENDOR variable from image. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Manual run Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

u-boot: call olddefconfig after config hooks; use pipetty instead of unbuffer for make u-boot: call olddefconfig after config hooks; use pipetty instead of unbuffer for make also: cli uboot-config produces a defconfig diff (useful to create post_config_uboot_target) View the full article

Description Building for mangopi mq crashes with the following error: Image 'itb' is missing external blobs and is non-functional: opensbi /binman/itb/fit/images/opensbi/opensbi (fw_dynamic.bin): See the documentation for your board. The OpenSBI git repo is at https://github.com/riscv/opensbi.git You may need to build fw_dynamic.bin first and re-build u-boot with OPENSBI=/path/to/fw_dynamic.bin Some images are invalid make: *** [Makefile:1124: .binman_stamp] Error 103 --> (179) ERROR: Error 2 occurred in main shell [ at /armbian/lib/functions/logging/runners.sh:211 run_host_command_logged_raw() --> lib/functions/lo…

After fighting with the divide between implicit and explicit synchronization with Vulkan on Linux for over seven years, we may finally have some closure. We're not to synchronization nirvana quite yet, but this is an important step along the way. View the full article

Launched by Haivision in 2017, and freely available on GitHub via the Mozilla Public License 2.0, SRT is an innovative UDP-based protocol enabling high-quality, low-latency video streaming across unpredictable networks. View the full article

Description Bug & cosmetic fix. View the full article

Last year, we wrote about the Made-in-Russia Mikron MIK32 RISC-V microcontroller with features similar to STM32L0 Arm Cortex-M0+, and I was recently told that the first fully packed samples are expected for the end of autumn. But it turns out there’s another Russian company that makes RISC-V microcontrollers, and for instance, the Milandr MDR32F02FI features the open-source BM-310 RISC-V MCU core and is specially designed for electricity meters. It is the second generation of the microcontroller with the first being based on Arm Cortex-M0 core and produced for over 5 years. Milandr MDR32F02FI specifications: CPU – CloudBEAR BМ-310S 32-bit RISC-V core @ 60 MHz Memory – 112…

Description As suggested by @amazingfate here, rkvdec libreelec-imported patch is breaking edge compilation due to mainlined changes in kernel 5.19.2. This PR fixes the patch How Has This Been Tested? [x] rk322x deb packages complied properly 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

CoreData Global, a Singapore-based research and development firm, has just introduced the RelayFi 4-channel relay board based on ESP32 and compatible with Tasmota open-source firmware, as well as Espressif’s ESP RainMaker cloud and ESP-NOW networking API. RelayFi is fitted with an ESP32-WROOM-32D WiFi and Bluetooth module, four relays capable of handling a load of 250 VAC/7A or 30 VDC/10A, and EL817C Optoisolators for safety. The board also comes with CH340C USB to TTL chip for programming, an I2C header for expansion, and some jumpers for relay selection. RelayFi specifications: Wireless module – Espressif Systems’ ESP32-WROOM-32D module with ESP32 dual-core Tensilica mi…

Description Now we support to download rootfs-cache from Github. NOTE: it seem like that some mirrors is outdated. So we use Github API first. We don't need to care about these mirrors, since we support multi-origin download. How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build 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

In the first part of the review of GL.iNet GL-MT3000 “Beryl AX” pocket-size WiFi 6 OpenWrt router we had a look at the specifications, the package content, and the hardware design with a teardown of the little. I’ve now had more time to play with the router focusing the review on WiFi 6 performance, and some of its functions such as repeater, NAS, and 4G hotspot. The router also supports VPN client and server modes, the Tor network, and Adguard Home, but I’ll invite readers to check out the GL.iNet Brume 2 security gateway review since I went through all these, and the hardware is very similar minus wireless connectivity. Initial setup of the Beryl AX router If you connec…

Description We have some Python scripts now so we need to move that out Jira reference number AR-1588 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Manual run Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Most mini PCs ship with Windows, or no OS at all for barebone models, but Linux-hardware specialist System76 offers the Meerkat mini PC with either Pop!_OS 22.04 or Ubuntu 22.04 with a choice of processors from the 12th Gen Alder Lake, 11th Gen Tiger Lake, or 10th Gen Comet Lake families. All models support up to 64GB RAM, M.2 NVMe SSD storage, and are equipped with four HDMI/DisplayPort video outputs, Ethernet, and USB ports. There’s also a Tall version of the Meerkat that adds a 2.5-inch SATA bat, and the Alder Lake models, called Meer7, specifically supports the more recent USB4 and 2.5GbE interfaces. System76 Meerkat “Meer7” (Alder Lake) specifications: Alder Lake P-S…

Arduino have launched an upgrade to their 8-bit Arduino UNO R3 board with the Arduino UNO R4 featuring a 48 MHz Renesas RA4M1 Arm Cortex-M4F 32-bit microcontroller, and an optional ESP32-S3 module for WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity. The new Arduino UNO R4 offered improved performance and greater resources since the MCU is clocked three times faster than the 8bit AVR MCU found in the UNO R3, the board gets sixteen times more RAM (32KB vs 2KB to 32kB) and eight times more flash memory (256KB vs 32kB). The USB Type-C device port has been upgraded to a more modern USB Type-C port and the UNO R4 can take up to 24V supply voltage. Arduino UNO R4 (preliminary) specificati…

Description Enable some net modules for meson. How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build 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

TwoTrees TTC 450 is a CNC router machine for precision cutting with a working area of 460x460x80 mm. The machine can handle 2D and 3D, 3-axis X, Y, Z movement, features a 32-bit microcontroller, a touchscreen control display, and supports WiFi network connection. The TTC 450 can also read files on an SD card for offline operation, and workpieces can be made of a variety of materials such as wood, acrylic, Plastwood, carbon fiber sheet, aluminum, metal, and various engineering plastic materials. TTC 450 CNC router specifications Work Area – 450 x 450 X 80 mm Body Material – Metal frame & Aluminium 4080U Profile Drive System – Translation screw drive with double Y-axis…

Upstream link: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c?h=v6.3.5&id=4ac94f728a588e7096dd5010cd7141a309ea7805 How Has This Been Tested? No test preformed. 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

Update maintainers synched from the database View the full article

The 6.5 release is here and it comes with many changes. As is often the case, Collabora has been actively involved in the submission of patches, mostly in the task of hardware enablement for Mediatek and Rockchip SoCs. View the full article

Why is creating object graphs hard in Rust? In part 1, we looked at a basic pattern, where two types of objects refer to one another. In this part we'll follow up in more detail and examine the different approaches that can be applied. View the full article

config-prepare: do change tracking for each sourced board file (core vs userpatches) config-prepare: do change tracking for each sourced board file (core vs userpatches) View the full article

Description create new boot script free of G12 stuff, using default u-boot load addresses. La Frite boots from USB as well as eMMC, add ability to get root device via PARTUUID How Has This Been Tested? [x] La Frite can now boot successfully Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

The world of AI has made leaps and bounds from what it once was, but there are still some adjustments required for the optimal outcome. With the help of WhisperLive, VoxAI was able to improve its response time and oratory abilities. View the full article

Description Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. Jira reference number [AR-9999] 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: [] short description (copy / paste of PR title) [ ] summary (description rele…

Description JetHome: Move blacklist for rtw88 kernel module to the board configs Jira reference number AR-2466 How Has This Been Tested? Build without warning [X] JetHub D1+ [X] JetHub H1 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

This week in Armbian development saw a significant expansion of hardware support, including new board images and compatibility for devices such as the Ariaboard Photonicat 2, SpacemiT MUSE Book, NanoPC T6 Plus, and Mekotronics R58S2. Kernel patches were updated across multiple platforms, notably for Rockchip and Sunxi families, enhancing stability and performance. Several new modules were introduced in the configuration framework, including browser-based code-server, memory management, Docker log viewing, and subscription tracking. Improvements to documentation, security hardening, and code formatting were also implemented. Notable fixes addressed USB, Ethernet, and devic…

Next week we'll be in Paris for Kernel Recipes! We’re pleased to sponsor this gathering of the kernel community and contribute a talk on upstream H.264 and HEVC decoding for Rockchip RK3588/RK3576. View the full article

Mali-G57 features in new MediaTek Chromebooks with the MT8192 and MT8195 system-on-chips. With Mesa 22.2 and an appropriate kernel, accelerated graphics will work out of the box on Linux on these laptops. View the full article

Embedded devices are a popular deployment target for GStreamer yet they are not tested on the project's Continuous Integration (CI) system. Here's a look at work done to introduce a Raspberry Pi for automated on-board testing using Jenkins, LAVA & more. View the full article

ZigUNO Zigbee development board comes with an Ebyte E18-MS1 module equipped with Texas Instruments SimpleLink CC2530 8051 Zigbee microcontroller and follows Arduino UNO form for Arduino Shield compatibility. The board works with PTVO Zigbee firmware that comes with a graphical configuration tool to select the Zigbee chip used (CC2530), configure I/O behavior (input/output, pull-up, etc…), and more. The developers also suggest using DIYRuZ projects as examples to get started. ZigUNO board specifications: Zigbee module – Ebyte E18-MS1-PCB module with TI SimpleLink CC2530 8051 microcontroller with Zigbee 3.0 (and IEEE 802.15.4) connectivity, 256kB Flash and 8kB RAM, PCB ante…

Description Please refer to #3897 How Has This Been Tested? Before: root@khadas-vim1:~# /etc/update-motd.d/30-armbian-sysinfo System load: 2% Up time: 1:39 Memory usage: 11% of 1.89G IP: 192.168.0.102 CPU temp: 46°C Usage of /: 36% of 15G After: root@khadas-vim1:~# /etc/update-motd.d/30-armbian-sysinfo System load: 2% Up time: 1:40 Memory usage: 11% of 1.89G IP: 192.168.0.102 CPU temp: 46°C Usage of /: 36% of 15G RX today: 0 B Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ …

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

Description 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. This patch has been merged upstream radxa/u-boot#19. So delete 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] Build success [x] Tested on rock-3a Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding chang…

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odroidm1 / rk3568-odroid: recover overlays from 6.1; update .config; fix patch dir name I had inadvertently: used wrong naming for the patch folder completely left behind the patches in 6.1 folder when moved to 6.2 made it worse by moving to 6.3 This recovers the patches (confirmed working), updates the .config (no changes), and fixes the patch dir name. View the full article

BREAKING CHANGE: patches failing to apply now break the build. fixes #4958 BREAKING CHANGE: patches failing to apply now break the build. fixes #4958 also break on legacy process_patch_file() failure, remove EXIT_PATCHING_ERROR View the full article

Description Previously we had armbian-bsp-cli- package i.e. package name didn't contained branch. When upgrading from such releases, installing armbian-bsp-cli-- package throws error. This PR fixes the same. Jira reference number AR-1795 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] Upgraded on nanopiduo2 from version 21.08 and made sure the updated armbian-bsp-cli package installs 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-und…

pipeline: inventory all board vars; add not-eos-with-video; introduce TARGETS_FILTER_INCLUDE pipeline: inventory all board vars; add not-eos-with-video; introduce TARGETS_FILTER_INCLUDE How to use: ./compile.sh inventory - does just the board inventory; look for output in output/info ./compile.sh targets-dashboard - does inventory, targets compositing, and images info; look for output in output/info, read the instructions output by the command if you want to load the OpenSearch dashboards. ./compile.sh targets - does the full targets compositing and artifacts, look for output in output/info If you don't have a userpatches/targets.yaml, one will be provided for you d…

The Monado SLAM datasets (MSD) are egocentric visual-inertial SLAM datasets recorded to improve the Basalt-based inside-out tracking component of the Monado project. View the full article

Linux Kernel 6.6 has arrived, bringing a significant amount of new features and performance enhancements. Collabora has actively contributed many patches, including work on MediaTek and Rockchip. View the full article

Description TOC is generated by GitHub, so we don't need to expose it. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project View the full article

Description Fix compilation warnings [🐳|🔨] CC arch/arm/mach-rockchip/boot_mode.o (...) [🐳|🔨] arch/arm/mach-rockchip/boot_mode.c: In function ‘rockchip_dnl_mode_check’: [🐳|🔨] arch/arm/mach-rockchip/boot_mode.c:174:24: warning: ‘return’ with a value, in function returning void [-Wreturn-type] [🐳|🔨] 174 | return 0; [🐳|🔨] …

patching: fix: use correct has_overlay_directories instead of has_dts_directories for overlay processing patching: fix: use correct has_overlay_directories instead of has_dts_directories for overlay processing View the full article

rk3588: bump default blobs (DDR:1.16, BL31:1.45); remove board-specific blobs from boards that used those versions rk3588: bump default blobs (DDR:1.16, BL31:1.45); remove board-specific blobs from boards that used those versions in practice: boards that didn't specify their own blobs: bump DDR 1.08->1.16 ; BL31 1.28 -> 1.45 (example: rock-5b!) boards that specified 1.16/1.45 individually now follow the defaults (no change) boards that specified a different version: no change; just a TODO suggesting review/removal/go-with-the-defaults Mekotronics boards: bump from 1.11/1.38 to defaults (1.16 / 1.45) View the full article