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The feature to improve NVMe performance over emulated environments has now been officially released in the NVMe Specification Revision 1.3 under the name "Doorbell Buffer Config command", along with an implementation in the mainline Linux kernel! View the full article

cli-patch: generalize to-git functionality with PUSH_TO_GITHUB and PUSH_TO_REPO & enable for u-boot as well as kernel cli-patch: generalize to-git functionality with PUSH_TO_GITHUB and PUSH_TO_REPO & enable for u-boot as well as kernel PUSH_TO_REPO=<url>: set the full git URL to push to PUSH_TO_GITHUB=<org>/<repo>: shorthand for pushing to GitHub; sets PUSH_TO_REPO note: be kind to GitHub, and use forks of torvalds/linux and u-boot/u-boot so GH has a decent base tree still, kernel pushes are huge, mostly due to the all-wifi-drivers commit that's always first and always slightly different note: when pushing to GitHub, keep in mind the pushed …

Description Added "collabora" to the interactive config kernel branch selection (new branch for rk3588) 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 configuration started 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 …

Arduino Make Your UNO Kit is a kit with two boards, one for the microcontroller and the other for audio, and all components required that can be used to learn how to solder and then Arduino programming. Once soldering and assembly are complete you’ll hopefully get a working Arduino UNO and an audio synthesizer shield. But before you get there, you’ll need to equip yourself with a soldering iron and some soldering tin to solder the components below to the two PCBs. Package content: Arduino Make Your UNO board’s components Make Your UNO PCB Socket for ATMega328p MCU Microchip ATmega328p 8-bit AVR microcontroller USB Type-C serial adapter board Various 1k Ohm, 10k Ohm. and 1…

This year will be Collabora's first time exhibiting at IOTSWC, in partnership with STMicroelectronics. Collabora will be showcasing how the STM32MP2 is an ideal chip to enable edge AI solution in industrial environments. View the full article

rpardini's fight with space-containing PARAMs - early May/'23 Turns out @mhoffrog was right, repeat build params need escaping. This simple rabbit goes down a hole that spans the JSON config-dump output, the pipeline JSON parsing, and the GHA matrix encoding. Phew. pipeline: correctly quote params passed over pure strings (eg in the GHA JSON matrixes) so values with spaces are not mangled bash_declare_parser: parse space-separated single-quoted array values correctly ('THIS=has space' is a single token, not two) aggregation: armbian_utils.parse_env_for_tokens() now actually does what it said on the box "split by whitespace, line breaks, commas, and semicolons"; add a…

Description Adding this https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4408 to CURRENT / 5.19.y kernel too. Jira reference number AR-1413 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Improved boot stability on Bananapi M5 View the full article

Description Closing https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6773 Jira reference number AR-2382 How Has This Been Tested? [x] When netplan random mac defs are present, device (Odroid M1) does not get IP Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description second round of migrating the board configuration tweaks to the board configuration files. This round needs some attention, the expansion of the script logic resulted in a lot of boards getting firmwares/etc that may or may not make sense. This isn't a change from the status quo, but it was probably wrong to begin with. 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 …

Previously, we discussed about how Rust can be a great language for embedded programming. In this article, we'll explain an easy setup to cross build Rust code depending on system libraries, a common requirement when working on embedded systems. View the full article

Description Adding myself as the maintainer for Orange Pi Prime board. Also changed crust config for this board to be more board specific. 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] Booted on Orange Pi Prime 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 d…

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

Adding in support for new desktop being added . i3 lxde lxqt and others to be added as made View the full article

Description Removing sections from patch that find a way upstream. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [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 This reverts commit 11245601d095645d2973a0e765ee0f9a01d51cc1. Fix doesn't work correctly. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] CI Checklist: [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

We're delighted to be one of the 33 new members of the Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) Alliance, a group dedicated to accelerating interoperability of video streaming solutions and fostering collaboration with industry leaders to achieve lower latency internet video transport. View the full article

If you weren't able to attend Embedded Open Source Summit in Prague last month, you're in luck as all presentations were recorded and are now available on YouTube. View the full article

Description Cosmetic issue on MOTD. Memory usage: 14% of 1.94G IP: 172.17.0.1 192.168.1.154 CPU temp: 60°C Usage of /: 8% of 29G RX today: Error: No interface matching "veth3fb48f0" found in database. Jira reference number AR-1285 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Manual test Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream m…

The ability for a relatively small software consultancy to contribute at this level demonstrates a fantastic improvement in vendors' mindset when it comes to working Open First and providing mainline support out-of-box as early as possible. View the full article

PipeWire 0.3 was released a few days ago, marking a big step forward in the effort of making this emerging media service the core layer of all multimedia on Linux. View the full article

thinkpad-x13s: move image customizations to bsp-cli thinkpad-x13s: move image customizations to bsp-cli should result in the same, except we can now update stuff via the bsp-cli pkg View the full article

With DebConf19, the annual conference for Debian contributors and users, in full swing this week in Curitiba, Brazil, what better time to look at the contributions made by Collaborans to the latest Debian release! View the full article

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 5.4.225. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

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

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

Description Restore CONFIG_OF_CONFIGFS=y accidentally(?) lost in https://github.com/armbian/build/commit/fae4f664397656e5a432a24b8adc5c237a53227e How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compile current&edge kernels, check overlays works 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 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…

Description Cleaning. View the full article

ADLINK has just announced the Express-RLP COM Express Type 6 and COM-HPC-cRLS COM-HPC size C modules based on the new Intel 13th generation Raptor Lake hybrid processors with Embedded and Industrial SKUs. The Express-RLP comes with an up to 14 cores, 20 threads Raptor Lake-P processor, 64GB DDR5 SO-DIMM, and PCIe Gen4, while the COM-HPC-cRLS offers up to a 24-core Rasptor Lake-S embedded processor, 128GB DDR5 SO-DIMM, PCIe Gen5, and 2x 2.5GbE LAN. Both modules support Intel TCC, and Time Sensitive Networking (TSN), and are suitable for hard real-time computing workloads required by applications such as industrial automation, autonomous driving, AI robots, and aviation. Ex…

Bumps actions/upload-artifact from 4.0.0 to 4.1.0. Release notes Sourced from actions/upload-artifact's releases. v4.1.0 What's Changed Add migrations docs by @​robherley in actions/upload-artifact#482 Update README.md by @​samuelwine in actions/upload-artifact#492 Support artifact-url output by @​konradpabjan in actions/upload-artifact#496 Update readme to reflect new 500 artifact per job limit by @​robherley in actions/upload-artifact#497 New Contributors @​samuelwine made their first contribution in actions/upload-artifact#492 Full Changelog: https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact/compare/v4...v4.1.0 Commits 1eb3cb2 Merge pull request #497 from actions…

KC12 is a mini PC powered by either an Intel Core i5-1240P or Core i7-1260P Alder Lake-P hybrid processor with up to 64GB DDR4, SATA and NVMe storage options, HDMI and DisplayPort for up to four 4K displays, as well as two 2.5GbE networking interfaces. The actively-cooled computer also comes with six USB ports, four of which are USB 3.x, audio jacks for a headphone and a microphone, an optional WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 module, an RS232 COM port, and a Kensington lock slot. KC12 mini PC specifications: Alder Lake-P SoC (one or the other) Intel Core i7-1260P 4P+8E (16 threads) processor @ 3.40/4.70GHz with Intel Xe graphics; 28W TDP Intel Core i5-1240P 4P+8E (16 threads) pr…

Description The recent update of linux will cause build fail when enabling bootsplash. This isn't the best solution but is the easily one. The bestest solution may be to create patch for each version? How Has This Been Tested? No enough Test [X] 5.18 [ ] 5.15 Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

khadas-vim3: fix stray closing brace in board file khadas-vim3: fix stray closing brace in board file a stray closing brace, meant for the function, that ends up doing the wrong config change View the full article

fix: (uImage change, after #5018): config: fix: replace undue export statements with declare -g; shellfmt small merge snafu but with big impacts, sorry @hzyitc View the full article

After rigorous debugging, a new unit testing framework was added to the backend compiler for NVK. This is a walkthrough of the steps taken to achieve this. View the full article

Description When compiling using vagrant as build environment, the first option following vagrant is skipped. ./compile.sh vagrant foo bar In this example foo is skipped. This PR fix that bug. 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] An image was successfully built using vagrant as builder. 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 …

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

Updated: 6.1 / 6.4 Added: 6.5 For doc sake, this update makes 6.1 slightly different than 6.4 and 6.5 in one particular area of main.c. As shown here: https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw88/commit/7746e2fa87a6687c068c9c746f6efbeee2616496 6.1 requires we use del_timer_sync, where the above releases use timer_delete_sync. Tested-on: ODROID-C4 X96-AIR BPI-CM4 (linux 6.x.y) There is no meson64-6.5 patch dir as of yet, so I didn't run an official test using Armbian. In my own personal builds, these patches all apply clean and the resulting kernel behaves as expected. Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my …

Fix path for img in the lightdm login background View the full article

Linux kernel 7.1 brings improvements across filesystems, networking, scheduling, graphics, Rust, and hardware enablement, with Collabora contributing 65 patches from 16 engineers across Panthor, DRM, Rockchip, MediaTek, and driver fixes across the kernel. View the full article

Dear Armbians, I'm thrilled to announce the launch of this digest for our amazing community. For newcomers, Armbian is a lightweight Linux distribution that breathes life into ARM-based single-board computers, transforming tiny, affordable boards into powerful servers, workstations, and IoT devices. This newsletter is our way of keeping you in the loop, sharing the latest releases, celebrating community contributions, and diving into the technical insights that power your projects. Whether you're a tech enthusiast or just getting started with your first Orange Pi, there's something here for you. Thanks for being part of this incredible journey! Igor Armbian proj…

Description https://forum.armbian.com/topic/27917-wireguard-module-in-default-kernel-configuration/#comment-163826 tl;dr: Add wireguard to sunxi-current 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] Build kernel 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 ha…

uefi-arm64/edge: bump to 6.6-rc4 uefi-arm64/edge: bump to 6.6-rc4 - initial copy from 6.5 uefi-arm64/edge 6.6.y: bump to 6.6-rc4 - fix phytium stmmac acpi patch for 6.6 uefi-arm64/edge 6.6.y: futher fix for phytium stmmac acpi glue View the full article

It is with great pleasure that we announce the availability of WirePlumber (the PipeWire session manager) version 0.3.0. This release brings support for desktop use cases and is a working drop-in replacement for PipeWire's example session manager. View the full article

Bumps setuptools from 72.2.0 to 73.0.1. Changelog Sourced from setuptools's changelog. v73.0.1 Bugfixes Remove abc.ABCMeta metaclass from abstract classes. pypa/setuptools#4503 <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/pull/4503>_ had an unintended consequence of causing potential TypeError: metaclass conflict: the metaclass of a derived class must be a (non-strict) subclass of the metaclasses of all its bases -- by :user:Avasam (#4579) v73.0.0 Features Mark abstract base classes and methods with abc.ABC and abc.abstractmethod -- by :user:Avasam (#4503) Changed the order of type checks in setuptools.command.easy_install.CommandSpec.from_param to support any collect…

Changes to be committed: modified: VERSION Description It bugs me that nightlies are at 24.5 but main is still at 24.2 Jira reference number [AR-9999] 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

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

driver_rtl8723cs: completely (not partially) disable for bcm2711 and d1 families I think Igor half-disabled this for the release. No use having half of this 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. GitHub issue reference: #6940 Jira reference number AR-2419 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Test A create /root/.not_logged_in_yet as noted in #6940 notice the errors disappear 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 comm…

RTW88: updates and fixes 6.1: wireless-next 2023-10-06 The new regulation of China has been released, so update to the latest TX power table that also includes some changes of QATAR and UK. Why didn't add the wireless next updates to 6.5 and 6.6? The updates are small, with one of which only fixing a typo that has no effect on functionality. Plus these changes will more than likely make it in on their own. https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20231004085051.205683-1-pkshih@realtek.com/T/#t 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-…

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 5.4.251. I am not sure if the patches fixing the wireless drivers are the correct way of handling this, please feel free to ignore this PR if they are not. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

We can now confidently say that PipeWire is here to stay. But of course it is not the end of the journey. There are many new areas to explore going forward, especially in WirePlumber and the ecosystem that builds around PipeWire. View the full article

A high-level introduction of the Linux graphics stack, how it is used within ChromeOS, and the work done to improve software rendering (while simultaneously improving GPU rendering by reducing the boilerplate needed in applications). View the full article

Description doas is not compatible with sudo flags. The codebase was checked for sudo-specific uses of this function, but none were found, all cases were in the form of sudo <command>. Replacing it with doas <command> yields the same result. Was extracted from #6576 and can't be merged until it's reverted in #6642 How Has This Been Tested? Used to build images on my machine with extensions that use is_root_or_sudo_prefix 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 …

Patch for #6268 View the full article

I had a great time last week and the Web Engines Hackfest! It was the 7th web hackfest hosted by Igalia and the 7th hackfest I attended. I’m almost a local Galician already. Brazilian Portuguese being so close to Galician certainly helps! Collabora co-sponsored the event and it was great that two colleagues of mine managed to join me in attendance. View the full article

Description Bumped u-boot for allwinner to 2023.10 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] All patches gets applied [X] U-boot build for all of the allwinner boards 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

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Description Dropped support for host OSes that can not build crust Jira reference number AR-1811 Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Needs firmware for ap6275p -> https://github.com/armbian/firmware/pull/47 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

Next week, Collaborans will be heading to Paris, A Coruña & Berlin, to sponsor and speak at four different conferences: Embedded Recipes, Kernel Recipes, All Systems Go and XDC 2018. See you there? View the full article

Description I'm sorry, I have created a monster 🧌 But this happens when you create a monster by embedding dependency versions inside shell script files 😅 This workflow is carefully crafted though and works surprisingly well imo :) Some of our scripts download tools from a repo. These can't be bumped by dependabot, so this workflow is a self-created dependabot to bump versions of those tools to stay up-to-date. This workflow only creates a PR if the version was actually updated. Tools currently supported: Shellcheck (in 2 different files) Shellfmt oci-oras Bat This will only run once a month since the tools we use are usually not updated frequently. Maybe every two …

artifacts (all): implement DONT_BUILD_ARTIFACTS=any (so we don't need to list them all for CI image builds) View the full article

Description For desktops we use a file “only_for” where we declare which architecture is supported then for the distribution we have “arhitectures” … with a typo. This PR contains unifying those config names. Jira reference number AR-1549 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Several manual runs. Risv64 / armhf shows only XFCE desktop as expected. Others are disabled as there are broken. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] …

Description We download some newer gcc but we didn't use it. Since buster is eos, #2403 isn't a issue now. So let use newer gcc. 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 arm [X] Build aarch64 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstre…

Description We created new document in main folder https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/3999 View the full article

Description Adjust due to upstream kernel change. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Build test at CI 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 Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 6.1.67. 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

Attending the NAB Show in Las Vegas? Make sure to stop by Collabora's booth, #N2908VR in the North Hall, and get a firsthand look at the latest in Open Source software integration! View the full article

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Description Hi. mvebu has been moved to csc some time ago. Now every once in a while a patch breaks and we have to remove it / fix it. Russel King keeps a pretty up to date kernel tree for clearfog over at http://git.armlinux.org.uk/cgit/linux-arm.git/log/?h=clearfog So I tried to move our mvebu-edge to be based on his work. This allows us to include lots of mvebu patches without the need to maintain them. I would like to discuss the advantages and disadvantages with you! Also this is some movement to finally get the helios4 pwm patch mainlined over at the linux-pwm/gpio/kernel mailing list. Jira reference number AR-2015 How Has This Been Tested? Ran kernel build. Vi…

Almost all of Collabora's customers use the Linux kernel on their products. Often they will use the exact code as delivered by the SBC vendors and we'll work with them in other parts of their software stack. But it's becoming increasingly common for our customers to adapt the kernel sources to the specific needs of their particular products. View the full article

Linux Kernel 4.7 was released this week with a total of 36 contributions from five Collabora engineers. It includes the first contributions from Helen as Collaboran and the first ever contributions on the kernel from Robert Foss. Here are some of the highlights of the work Collabora have done on Linux Kernel 4.7. View the full article

Description fix: armbianmonitor: use cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq if 1 Cluster is available How Has This Been Tested? Checklist: [x] Test on board bananapim64 View the full article

u-boot: add HOME env for make invocations to avoid binman/Python problems with older u-boot versions tinkerboard: rewrite u-boot patches, no changes xt-q8l-v10: rewrite u-boot patches, no changes u-boot: add HOME env for make invocations to avoid binman/Python problems with older u-boot versions this avoids trouble building certain older versions with binman as it tries to os.path.join(os.getenv('HOME'), 'bin') and gets a None and dies naming names: tinkerboard & xt-q8l-v10 (BOARDFAMILY=rockchip), which actually use binman & 22.04 combo View the full article

Description As per subject, fix rtl8723cs on kernel 6.3 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compilation for kernel 6.3 works [x] Compilation for kernel 6.1 works Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Some beautification (new lines) Use only find without grep Board configs are also bash/shell files, so add them to the list. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Run lib/tools/shellfmt.sh Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

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Linux Kernel 4.14 is out, and once again Collabora developers were very active, contributing nearly 200 patches, reviews & sign-offs combined during this development cycle! View the full article

Description 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED --> (43) WARNING: * applying patch/misc/wireless-rtl8723cs/bluetooth-btrtl-quirk-local-ext-features.patch [ failed ] 10 out of 14 hunks FAILED Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Skipping patch. 1 out of 1 hunk ignored --> (43) WARNING: * applying patch/misc/wireless-rtl8723cs/Bluetooth-btrtl-add-support-for-the-RTL8723CS.patch [ failed ] Ass per title. https://paste.next.armbian.com/girevorico @paolosabatino Also bump Allwinner Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compiling current meson64 kernel Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I ha…

New upstream BlueZ documentation helps simplify Bluetooth qualification for Linux-based products by mapping supported profiles, test requirements, software versions, and manual steps in one place. View the full article

The concept of a remote internship may raise some doubts, or even red flags, for many students, as would remote jobs for professionals. As a result, we pay extra attention to how we onboard and support our interns. View the full article

This second installment explores the Rust libraries Collabora developed to decode video and how these libraries are used within the ARCVM codec stack to eventually replace CrosVM's dependency on the Chrome codec stack through libvda. 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 MAN-86 Checklist: [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation View the full article

Bumps pascalgn/size-label-action from 0.4.3 to 0.5.0. Commits 37a5ad4 Update README.md 6221dea Update dependencies 1e33931 Upgrade to Node 16 (#36) fefca17 chore: upgraded dependencies (#37) a4655c4 Update README.md See full diff in compare view Dependabot will resolve any conflicts with this PR as long as you don't alter it yourself. You can also trigger a rebase manually by commenting @dependabot rebase. Dependabot commands and options You can trigger Dependabot actions by commenting on this PR: @dependabot rebase will rebase this PR @dependabot recreate will recreate this PR, overwriting any edits that have been made to it @dependabot merge will merge t…

A little over a month and a half ago, Collaborans including Aaron Boxer, George Kiagiadakis, Guillaume Desmottes, Stéphane Cerveau and myself took part in the GStreamer Spring Hackfest in Oslo. This year, the hackfest was kindly hosted by Pexip. 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…

Earlier this month, Olivier Crête, Nicolas Dufresne, George Kiagiadakis & I attended the GStreamer Spring Hackfest in Lund, Sweden. Hosted by Axis, it was a great opportunity for the GStreamer community to touch base and work on open bugs and pet projects. View the full article

riscv64: fixes/skips for building (sans Docker) ON riscv64 oci-oras: use ORAS 1.2.0-beta.1 for riscv64 prepare-host: add libffi-dev host dependency, needed for Python3 setuptools (when prebuilt wheel not found) fixes errors that show up only when building on non-arm64/amd64, when there's no prebuilt wheel (eg on riscv64) shellcheck: skip running shellcheck, with a warning, if running on riscv64 someone go add riscv64 to https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck batcat: skip running batcat, with a warning, if running on riscv64 someone go add riscv64 to https://github.com/sharkdp/bat View the full article

Description There are a large number of "roc-pc" boards as Firefly has adopted/misapplied the Libre Computer naming convention. Be as specific as possible. ALSO NOTE A DTS EXISTS IN MAINLINE. This patch is overwriting the mainline DTS entirely, and should be replaced with patches changing the mainline dts instead to avoid further deviation from the base. How Has This Been Tested? Simple file rename, no content change. 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] …

Description Fix the selection order View the full article

Pimoroni Automation 2040 W is an industrial/automation controller based on the Raspberry Pi Pico W board that supports I/Os from 6V up to 40V and offers 2.4GHz WiFi 4 connectivity. The board offers plenty of interfaces including the ADC inputs, four digital inputs, three digital outputs, and three relays whose signals are all available through screw terminals, as well as two Qwiic/STEMMA QT connectors for further expansion. Automation 2040 W specifications: Controller – Raspberry Pi Pico W with Raspberry Pi RP2040 dual-core Cortex-M0+ microcontroller @ 133 MHz with 264KB SRAM, 2MB flash, 802.11b/g/n WiFi 4 module I/Os 3x 12-bit ADC inputs up to 40V 4x digital inputs up …

Next week, Collabora will be sponsoring, exhibiting & speaking at ELCE in Lyon, France. We'll be showcasing not one but two demos at our booth this year: arcade racing on a ROCK Pi 4 with Panfrost, and GStreamer on the Magic Leap One. View the full article

There is no B model (yet). rpi4b has the b attached since it is FK__MACHINE_MODEL="Raspberry Pi 4 Model B" View the full article

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

rk3568-odroid/edge: bump to 6.5.y from -rc6; rebase all patches vs v6.5(.0) rk3568-odroid/edge: bump to 6.5.y from -rc6; rebase all patches vs v6.5(.0) View the full article

Description rk322x has long been integrated into the rockchip family in this PR: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6092 Remove some leftovers in the repo, like the old kernel patch folders which are not in use anymore. @paolosabatino You may have a look at the hardware-optimization script. The tweaks for rk322x do not apply since the BOARDFAMILY does not exist anymore. If you'd like to rather integrate those optimizations in some other way (e.g. integrate them into the rockchip hardware optimizations), feel free to change it :) Also, please double check if packages/bsp/rk322x/50-rkvdec.rules is not used anymore. At least I could not find any reference when doing a se…

Linux 6.1 (current) / 6.4 (edge) Add "current" to: config/boards/bananapim2pro.csc Add uart_AO_B and uart_B to: meson-sm1-bananapi.dtsi Add related pins to: meson-g12-common.dtsi Add wif/bt support to: meson-sm1-bananapi-m5.dts (BT = uart_A) Add the ability to enable via overlays NOTE: The overlay to enable the wifi on the BPI-M5 will be added at a later date. 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…

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

Description Fix the following error: [🌱] Skip cmdline param [ 'DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED': already set to '(empty)' early ] 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 ./compile.sh DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED= 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 publi…