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pipeline: output-gha-matrix: add self_hosted (yes/no) and fetch_depth (0/1) pipeline: output-gha-matrix: add self_hosted (yes/no) and fetch_depth (0/1)# For each item in chunk, check if it is going to run in a GH-hosted runner or self-hosted, and set some matrix variables # accordingly; self_hosted: yes/no, and more specifically, fetch_depth, which is 0 for self-hosted, and 1 for GH-hosted. # The reasoning for this is that git clones are much faster if not shallow on self-hosted, but much slower on GH-hosted. self_hosted -> shosted for brevity in JSON matrix fetch_depth -> fdepth for brevity in JSON matrix View the full article

Build the Kernel DRDB as a module in linux-mvebu-config current and edge. close #6268 View the full article

Description Today many users get their rock5c/lite. And they find some rk3582 socs has disabled rkvdec nodes. The board I have has good rkvdec nodes, but when there is at least one rkvdec node disabled, node rkvdec-ccu should get disabled. Otherwise this will cause board not booting. 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 BOARD=rock-5c BRANCH=vendor BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=yes DEB_COMPRESS=xz KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=bookworm KERNEL_GIT=shallow [x] Tested on board with broken rkvdec nodes. Checklist: Please delete options that…

(partially) Revert "python: Move python3-setuptools and python3-pyelftools to requirements.txt" (partially) Revert "python: Move python3-setuptools and python3-pyelftools to requirements.txt" "Fixes" https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6799 This (partially) reverts commit 04f619dc View the full article

Description FW maintenance Are we ready to note that Noble host provides experimental support? Perhaps we can get some help in ironing problems? Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project View the full article

PanVK has reached a new milestone, and is now officially conformant with the Vulkan 1.1 specification on the Arm Mali-G610 GPU! The submission was done from the Mesa 25.0.2 release, and covers both armhf as well as aarch64 architectures. View the full article

Configuring WirePlumber on embedded Linux systems can be somewhat confusing. We take a moment to demystify this process for a particular use case. View the full article

Bumps oras from 0.2.33 to 0.2.37. Release notes Sourced from oras's releases. Oras Python v0.2.37 What's Changed Use correct credsStore/credHelpers binary by @rasmusfaber in oras-project/oras-py#212 Full Changelog: https://github.com/oras-project/oras-py/compare/0.2.36...0.2.37 Oras Python v0.2.36 What's Changed Fix authentication priority: AWS-native -> docker login -> credHelpers -> credsStore by @rasmusfaber in oras-project/oras-py#211 Full Changelog: https://github.com/oras-project/oras-py/compare/0.2.35...0.2.36 Oras Python v0.2.35 What's Changed fix: auth via ECR to be an extra by @tarilabs in oras-project/oras-py#208 Full Changelog: https://git…

The Tyr prototype has now progressed from basic GPU job execution to running GNOME, Weston, and full-screen 3D games like SuperTuxKart, demonstrating a functional, high-performance Rust driver that matches C-driver performance! View the full article

Reimu NotMoe has designed the “Notkia” PCB based on Ingenic X1000E MIPS processor with 64MB built-in RAM and following the exact same dimensions as the PCB found in Nokia 168x phones (1680, 1681, 1682), and allowing the phone to run mainline Linux. The board also comes with 32MB NOR flash, a 4GB SLC NAND flash, and supports LoRa, 2.4 GHz WiFi, Bluetooth, and GNSS connectivity, but no cellular modem. The initial design was Combining Nokia 168x phone with Notkia PCBA creates a phone with the following specifications: SoC – Ingenic X1000E single-core XBurst MIPS processor @ 1.0 GHz (2200+ CoreMark) with 64MB RAM Storage – 32MB NOR flash + 4GB SLC NAND flash Display – 2.0-i…

With kernel 5.16, the community has once again produced a release full of great features, including two projects that had been in development for some time by our kernel team: the new futex syscall and the new fanotify event. View the full article

Following a great weekend in Brussels for FOSDEM, Collaborans headed east to Belarus to attend & speak at the winter session of the international conference for free/libre open source software developers and users, LVEE. View the full article

Description Maintenance. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Odroid XU4 build test Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description This backports a commit from the Linux kernel into version 5.15 in order to enable the automatic control of the fan, based on the CPU temperature. Otherwise, the fan would run at maximum speed all the time (per default). How Has This Been Tested? I've built the kernel and installed the resulting .deb packages on my RockPro64 (running Bullseye). I monitored the CPU temperature and verified that the fan speeds up as soon as it hits the trip points defined in the device tree. 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 [x] Any dependent changes hav…

SONOFF has rolled out smart switches in the market for years, and for each iteration, they make their devices smaller and more capable. The latest ZBMINI Extreme Zigbee Smart Switch or ZBMINIL2 or ZBMINI Extreme for shorts is what we will review today. Take note that there are both Zigbee and Wifi versions that come with the same form factor, we will walk through the Zigbee version first and we will review the WiFi version – SONOFF MINI Extreme (MINIR4) – later on. The ZBMINI Extreme is designed to work without a Neutral (N) line. Those who have difficulty wiring the N line to the switch will definitely love this. In many locations, the Neutral (N) line is not wired and w…

qemu-uboot-{x86,arm64} fixes + bump to u-boot 23.10-rc4 + rework x86 patches qemu-uboot-{x86,arm64} fixes + bump to u-boot 23.10-rc4 + rework x86 patches View the full article

Description Minor kernel bumps Legacy - 5.15.143 -> 5.15.144 Current - 6.1.68 -> 6.1.69 Edge - 6.6.7 -> 6.6.8 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 booting on Orange Pi Zero (sun8i H3) 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 down…

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

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Description Jira reference number AR-2368 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generated Gnome desktop image didn't go into suspend by default Checklist: [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

Armbian continues its evolution with exciting updates, new features, and bug fixes. Below are the highlights: Build System Enhancements Automatic Board Configurations Synchronization Automatic synchronization of board configurations, streamlining updates. Commit by @igorpecovnik Kernel Updates ST7796 Display Enhancements Fixed the kernel module patch for ST7796. Commit by @redrathnure Added a kernel module (fbtft) for improved ST7796 support. Commit by @redrathnure Board Support Mixtile Edge 2 Updated to branch rk-6.1-rkr4.1 for vendor kernel. Commit by @rpardini BigTreeTech CB2 Fixed misplaced reset GPIOs. Commit by @JohnTheCoolingFan Added BigTreeTech C…

Bumps tj-actions/changed-files from 4140eb99d2cced9bfd78375c2088371853262f79 to d52d20fa3f981cb852b861fd8f55308b5fe29637. Changelog Sourced from tj-actions/changed-files's changelog. Changelog 46.0.5 - (2025-04-09) ⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks deps: Bump yaml from 2.7.0 to 2.7.1 (#2520) (ed68ef8) - (dependabot[bot]) deps-dev: Bump typescript from 5.8.2 to 5.8.3 (#2516) (a7bc14b) - (dependabot[bot]) deps-dev: Bump @types/node from 22.13.11 to 22.14.0 (#2517) (3d751f6) - (dependabot[bot]) deps-dev: Bump eslint-plugin-prettier from 5.2.3 to 5.2.6 (#2519) (e2fda4e) - (dependabot[bot]) deps-dev: Bump ts-jest from 29.2.6 to 29.3.1 (#2518) (0bed1b1) - (dependabot[bot]) deps:…

The new year has only just begun, and already our first conference of 2022 is on the horizon. Join us at linux.conf.au, as we discuss bringing WebM Alpha support to GStreamer, and provide a status update on the futex2 syscall. View the full article

For the past few years a clear trend of containerization of applications and services has emerged. Having processes containerized is beneficial in a number of ways. It both improves portability and strengthens security. View the full article

Some ultra-compact 4G LTE wireless routers housed in what looks like a largish USB dongle are based on Qualcomm Snapdragon 401 (MSM8916) quad-core Cortex-A53 processor and have been hacked to run Debian 11 with Linux 5.15 instead of the pre-loaded Android OS. Soon after Extrowerk had purchased a ~$20 “4G LTE WiFi modem” USB dongle, he noticed it would show as “Android” when connected to his PC. It also turned out that Chinese hacker HandsomeYingYan had already done some work on the device modding the lk2nd bootloader and the Linux kernel for the OpenStick project for “mainline Linux on msm8916-based 4G USB modem”, and documented his work (in Chinese) to run Debian 11 on t…

Espressif Systems ESP8684 is a single-core RISC-V microcontroller with 2.4 GHz WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 5.0 LE (BLE) connectivity that also integrates 1, 2, or 4MB flash into a tiny 4x4mm QFN package. The SoC is listed under the ESP32-C2 product family on the Espressif website and can be found in MINI and WROOM modules, as well as the ESP8684-DevKitM-1 development kit. All three parts, namely ESP8684H1, ESP8684H2, and ESP8684H4, are designed to work in the -40 to 105°C temperature range, ESP8684 specifications: CPU – 32-bit RISC-V processor up to 120 MHz; 305.42 CoreMark; 2.55 CoreMark/MHz Memory – 272 KB SRAM (16 KB for cache) Storage – 576 KB ROM, 1 to 4MB flash (SiP) Wi…

Description As per description. Jira reference number AR-1751 View the full article

Remove stmmac change from net-phy-Support-yt8531c.patch as its causing 32-bit allwinner boards to hang on boot Description The 32-bit allwinner boards are known to hang with 6.1.30 kernel. On investigation, I was able to narrow the issue down to the above mentioned patch. The patch is supposed to add support for yt8531c, but it was also modifying stmmac ethernet driver to add a fix for realtek chip. This doesn't make sense to me and removing that code solved the issue. Jira reference number AR-1764 How Has This Been Tested? Created an bookworm current image for nanopi duo2 with and without stmmac part removed. [X] Removing the stmmac part of the patch results into bo…

Description Instead of requesting to install gcc-or1k-bin package unconditionally, request it only when building images with crust support. Also consolidated crust related configuration into a separate file. Jira reference number AR-1786 How Has This Been Tested? [X] ./compile.sh DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE="debian:bullseye" BOARD=nanopineo works as it doesn't need crust support [X] ./compile.sh DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE="debian:bullseye" BOARD=nanopiduo2 fails as it bullseye doesn't include gcc-or1k-bin package and hence reported as unsupported system [X] ./compile.sh BOARD=nanopiduo2 works as default release is jammy that has the required package Checklist: [X] My co…

Today, Imagination Technologies announced they are now using Zink for full OpenGL 4.6 support. This is the first time we've seen a hardware vendor trust Zink enough to completely side-step a native OpenGL driver and use it in a shipping product. View the full article

Description Some sd cards are unable to access in uboot when using miniloader. These cards are able to access when using spl instead. Spl is not related to DDR initialization so it is unlikely to introduce DDR problems. How Has This Been Tested? [x] System boots [x] 5 minutes stress test 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 artic…

Description Khadas Edge 2 images has been shipped without Uboot and it may cause some problems like not-booting when eMMC and SPI is empty. This PR adds vendor's uboot to Edge 2 images. I've also added BL32 blob because the board doesn't boot when SPI has BL32 blobs and SD card doesn't have. cc @rpardini @viraniac How Has This Been Tested? [x] SPI + SD card [ ] Empty SPI + SD card [ ] SPI + eMMC [ ] Empty SPI + eMMC Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] My changes gener…

Description drivers:regulator:fan53555 When I use fan53555, I see an error: FAN53555-regulator 0-0060: Chip ID 0 with rev 12 not supported! So I fixed this 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. [ ] build [ ] restart Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in…

Description Background In PR #6617, we've added the ethernet and pwm driver for zero2w for kernel version 6.6 and 6.7, now in 6.10, the pwm drvier interface have been changed that makes our driver failed to compile, here's a PR to fix that. Changes: Fix compiling error at the patch drivers-pwm-Add-pwm-sunxi-enhance-driver-for-h616.patch, adapt to new 6.10 pwm interface At sunxi64 edge config, enable CONFIG_PWM_SUNXI_ENHANCE as module How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build and install to zero2w, the ethernet works well 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, pa…

The latest Linux kernel brings expanded hardware support for MediaTek and Rockchip, enhanced graphics drivers, and more. Collabora played a key role in this release, with no less than 20 authored contributors! View the full article

Description There is a drawback to configuring audio routing using asound.state. Although you can specify the device of the axg-sound card via commands to output sound to either HDMI or the internal speaker, in a desktop environment, there is only one analog output (defaulting to HDMI). This is because the device actually has only one sound card. By using ALSA UCM to manage sound instances and audio routing, you can freely choose between HDMI or the built-in speaker output in a desktop environment. This is because PipeWire/WirePlumber will parse ALSA UCM and create sinks. How Has This Been Tested? build image boot form usb drive test sound in CLI and DE Checklist: …

Getting into kernel development can be daunting. There are layers upon layers of knowledge to master, but no clear roadmap, especially when it comes to debugging drivers or navigating userspace-kernel issues. View the full article

Wireless-Tag WT32P4C5-43S (ZX4D30CE405-V1.3) is a fully integrated 4.3-inch touch display development board that combines an ESP32-P4 MCU with an ESP32-C5 wireless module supporting dual-band WiFi 6 (2.4/5 GHz), Bluetooth LE, and 802.15.4 connectivity. Unlike previous ESP32-P4 + ESP32-C5 solutions, this one comes with a built-in touchscreen, so you don’t need to connect a separate display. Designed for industrial automation, smart control panels, and edge AI vision terminals, the board also integrates a 15-pin MIPI CSI camera interface, a microSD card slot, two USB Type-C ports (USB 2.0 High-Speed and Debug/JTAG), and a 14-pin GPIO expansion header. Wireless-Tag WT32P4C5…

China-developed Ubuntu Kylin 20.04 is now supporting RISC-V architecture with an image for HiFive Unmatched mini-ITX motherboard, and work will be done on an unnamed Starfive SBC that should be the VisionFive board with a GPUless JH7100 dual-core RISC-V SoC or an upgraded version with JH7110 SoC featuring an Imagination IMG BXE-4-32 GPU. You may have read recent reports about China asking government entities, including state-owned enterprises (SOE), to replace foreign hardware and software within a two-year period. So that means avoiding systems based on Intel and AMD processors, so working on RISC-V open architecture makes perfect sense, since over time, Chinese manufact…

The latest release of Armbian, version 22.05, is now out with hundreds of Linux kernel and user space-related bug fixes, a focus on stabilizing existing platforms, while still adding four new boards with Orange Pi R1 Plus LTS (RK3328), Radxa Zero (Amlogic S905Y2), Radxa Rock 3A (RK3568), and DevTerm A06 (RK3399). The community also added two new maintainers for ESPRESSObin and Radxa Rock Pi 4 (Model A) SBCs which should mean the images for those boards will be tested more regularly and potential issues fixed more quickly. You may want to read the more detailed changelog to see if any changes may impact the board(s) you are using. The new Armbian 22.05 release succeeds Arm…

It has been just over a year since we first announced our effort to implement a Wayland driver for Wine. Here's a recap of what has been done since then to improve both the functionality and stability of the driver. View the full article

Linux Kernel 4.15 was released yesterday, and it once again contained patches contributed by Collabora, including bigger patchsets like V4L2 Explicit Synchronization and UTF-8 case insensitive lookups for EXT4. View the full article

Description Since latest changes to the partition handling we need to add new dependency to the build host & docker as builds are failing. Jira reference number AR-1332 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Starting from a clean Docker image Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

It’s that time of year… CNX Software giveaway week! For the 9th edition, we’ll have seven items to give away, five that I will send myself, and two that will be sent directly from two companies that accepted to add their own products to the giveaway. We’ll start the giveaway with NanoPi R5S router based on Rockchip RK3568 SoC with 2 GB DDR4 RAM, 8GB eMMC flash plus an M.2 socket for NVMe SSD, two 2.5GbE Ethernet ports, one Gigabit Ethernet port, as well as HDMI 2.0 video output and two USB 3.0 ports. I reviewed the NanoPi R5S router with OpenWrt and Ubuntu 20.04 “FriendlyCore”, but I had to call this a “preview” since 2.5GbE was far from optimal, sometimes only a little…

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 A user from the forum reports that a new rockchip rk3288-based board Tinkerboard S R2.0 has no wifi (see discussion here). After some talk, it seems that this board revision uses a Realtek rtl8723ds chip, whereas the R1.01 board uses rtl8723bs. This PR enabled the rtl8723ds wifi module that curiously was previously enabled in kernel 5.15 but somehow has been disabled in the advancement to 6.1. Current and edge kernel on rockchip family are both on 6.1 right now. The board actually is in a limbo where probably much of the design is shared with regular Tinkerboard/S, but other differences are unknown. Enabling a kernel module to let wifi work is a relatively s…

ELECFREAKS Wukong 2040 is a multifunctional breakout board designed for Raspberry Pi Pico. It is equipped with interfaces for four DC motors, up to twelve servos, a buzzer, A\B buttons, RGB “rainbow” lights, a Reset button, etc… The board can be powered by a single 18650 3.7V LiPo battery and integrates a power management IC that monitors the battery level and can also charge the battery via a USB charger. Battery life is typically 60 minutes per charge but can last over 120 minutes depending on the load. Wukong 2040 key features and specifications Description of the Wukong 2040 interfaces Specifications and dimensions of the Wukong 2040 Expansion Board for Raspberry Pi…

Description Espressobin had some package removal optimisations which are anyway deprecated with minimal images. How Has This Been Tested? Bug was found in build-all images scenario ... while switching to Bookworm target instead of Sid. View the full article

Description Enable INNOLUX_AFJ101_BA2131 panel on rk3588 legacy kernel Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build 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 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 licheepi-4a: add a .wip for Sipeed LicheePi 4A board The u-boot of LicheePi 4A can be updated without the need to flash the system. Users can manually update it according to the instructions provided by Sipeed's wiki when needed. The opensbi used in LicheePi 4A is not packaged within u-boot using a fit image. Therefore, it is stored in the repository as a binary file. During startup, LicheePi 4A requires loading audio and aon firmware. These two files will also be stored in the repository in binary format. 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 configuratio…

Enable bcachefs filesystem support in rk3588 kernel config (copied from armbian rockpro64 edge config). Description This adds support for the bcachefs filesystem in the rk3588 edge kernel config. Bcachefs is a new and exciting filesystem that is similar to btrfs / zfs, but simpler to use. The relevant kernel options were already in other configs, such as the rockpro64 edge config, but not in the rk3588 edge one. This needs kernel version 6.7+. How Has This Been Tested? custom kernel build Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have comment…

Information: https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/BPI-F3/BananaPi_BPI-F3 https://gitee.com/bianbu-linux Boot log: https://paste.armbian.com/ucabodotet.yaml Linux dmesg: https://paste.armbian.com/exagihupok.yaml Currently booting from SPI is an unknown. Flashing u-boot to eMMC: (This is not apart of the PR and needs to be added in the future.) echo 0 > /sys/block/mmcblk2boot0/force_ro sleep .50 dd if="bootinfo_emmc.bin" of="/dev/mmcblk2boot0" bs=512 conv=notrunc dd if="FSBL.bin" of="/dev/mmcblk2boot0" bs=512 seek=1 conv=notrunc dd if="FSBL.bin" of="/dev/mmcblk2boot0" bs=512 seek=512 conv=notrunc dd if="fw_dynamic.itb" of="/dev/mmcblk2" bs=512 seek=1280 conv=notrunc dd if="…

Description Add initial support for board Luckfox Nova W. Luckfox Nova W is recently produced board on SoC Rockchip RK3308B: 4 x Cortex-A35 CPU, 512 RAM, 8 GB eMMC. It also has Ethernet, WIFI & BT, USB-A and USB-C ports, soldered microphone. Product page: https://www.luckfox.com/Luckfox-Nova?ci=646 But beware: it is very fresh board, has almost no documentation and only buildroot SDK with kernel 5.10 is available from vendor. Documentation I decided to create separate directory for vendor kernel patches. This kernel must be the same as rk35xx-vendor-6.1, but this SoC is not RK35XX. Used U-Boot is mainline. Instead of DKMS AIC8800 driver I enabled the one from kerne…

M5Stack has just introduced the ToughC5, a rugged, weatherproof outdoor IoT controller built around the ESP32-C5. The device features a bright 2.0-inch capacitive touch IPS display and RS485 connectivity. The ToughC5 is an upgrade to the ESP32-base3d M5Stack TOUGH introduced in 2021, with the upgraded model featuring a more modern ESP32-C5 MCU with dual-band (2.4/5 GHz) Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5 LE, and an IEEE 802.15.4 radio for Zigbee and Thread. Other changes include faster Octal PSRAM, an upgraded RTC chip with a dedicated coin cell backup battery, a passive buzzer replacing the previous 1W speaker, and a custom power management system (M5PM1 + M5IOE1) replacing the AXP192…

MeLE has released a new and updated version of the Quieter mini PC called the Quieter3Q. Like before, it is a passive mini PC but now features the latest low-powered Intel Celeron Jasper Lake CPU and an upgraded PCIe 3.0 x2 M.2 2280 NVMe SSD slot. MeLE has kindly sent one for review and I’ve looked at performance running both Windows and Ubuntu and connecting an eGPU. MeLE Quieter3Q Hardware Overview The MeLE Quieter3Q is physically the same as before consisting of a 131 x 81 x 18.3mm (5.16 x 3.19 x 0.72 inches) rectangular plastic case with a metal base plate. The top half of the case is finely grooved to mimic the fins of a heat spreader but is made of plastic rather th…

With over 350 patches authored and nearly 200 reviewed and tested in multiple subsystems, 2021 was a great year for Linux kernel development at Collabora. Here is a look at some of our achievements during the year. View the full article

Brussels, here we come! We're thrilled to be sponsoring this year's edition of FOSDEM, taking place in just over a week's time (February 3 & 4), at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Come say hello, or catch one of a dozen talks given by Collaborans! View the full article

Description Due to reports of possible corruption in images, we need to implement more checks. Jira reference number AR-1236 How Has This Been Tested? Not working yet. Just POC. 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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MeLE has launched a new range of passive mini PCs known as the ‘Quieter HD Series’ and first in the lineup is the Quieter HD3Q. Not only does this new mini PC address the main criticism of their earlier models by now including dual-channel memory, but it is also slightly larger allowing the ability to add a 2.5” SATA drive, and also has a higher power limit to improve performance. MeLE kindly sent one for review and I’ve looked at performance running both Windows and Ubuntu. MeLE Quieter HD3Q hardware overview The MeLE Quieter HD3Q consists of a 150 x 105 x 37mm (5.91 x 4.13 x 1.46 inches) rectangular plastic case with a metal base plate. Gone are the faux heat spreader f…

Since joining the graphics team at Collabora as a Software Engineering Intern last November, I have implemented several Vulkan API extensions for NVK, an open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware in Mesa. View the full article

Description If its not fixed today, lets revert and debug slowly. This reverts commit bc62c8cd42530f5ec7418775fb7cdc6e2fae5832. View the full article

The Linux Foundation has just announced the full schedule for the Embedded Open Source Summit, which will take place on June 27-30, 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic, as well as virtually starting on June 26. Over 175 sessions, birds of a feather (BoF) tracks, and workshops related to embedded and open-source innovation will be presented at the event itself comprised of six micro conferences: Automotive Linux Summit Europe, Embedded IoT Summit, Embedded Linux Conference, LF Energy Embedded Summit, Safety-Critical Software Summit, and Zephyr Project Developer Summit. Even though I’m not going to attend personally, I’ve gone through the schedule to create my own little virtual…

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

thinkpad-x13s: bump to steev's lenovo-x13s-linux-6.6.y (currently 6.6.0) thinkpad-x13s: bump to steev's lenovo-x13s-linux-6.6.y (currently 6.6.0) View the full article

Description We are using unudhcpd from pmos for usb gadget network dhcp server. But this package is not upstreamed to debian, and it's the only package we use for qcom abl that is not upstreamed, so replace it with dnsmasq. Difference between unudhcpd and dnsmasq: 1, unudhcpd is a very simple dhcp server which only provides one ip address to the client. While dnsmasq will provide different ip address on every usb gadget network connect because the mac address of usb gadget network client always changes. 2, When usbgadget network is disabled by command systemctl status usbgadget-rndis.service, dnsmasq will get stopped. If dnsmasq is not stopped, client won't get address …

Description Ubuntu Noble is not yet in Jammy deboostrap. Lets patch the system with an extensions, so we con't mess up with a framework itself. This will eventually become deprecated anyway. Jira reference number AR-2004 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Manual run ./compile.sh ENABLE_EXTENSIONS="ubuntu-noble" 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

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. TI maintains its own repository of debian packages here. This PR adds this repository in TI images by-default through a new extension. So when the user performs apt update, apt install etc in Armbian images for TI boards, even TI's packages can be installed. Further, the PR also installs a few of TI's packages by-default in its images. Additionally: it also changes TI's U-boot link from git.ti.com to Github. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify yo…

Developed by Zed (M-Abozaid), the esp32-c3-adblock is an open-source, Pi-hole-style DNS ad blocker that runs on a $2 ESP32-C3 microcontroller board/module without requiring PSRAM. It blocks ads and tracking domains across devices on a home or small office network by filtering DNS requests. Instead of storing domain strings in RAM, the project stores them as sorted 40-bit FNV-1a hashes in flash memory and uses binary search to check DNS requests. When a UDP DNS query comes in, the C++ firmware extracts the domain, hashes it (including parent suffixes), and performs a binary search against the flash hash table. If the domain is on the blocklist, the ESP32-C3 returns 0.0.0.0…

The Linux desktop in VR goes headless! Introducing wxrd, a standalone Wayland compositor for xrdesktop based on wlroots, with minimal dependencies. View the full article

The kernelci.org project aims at continuously testing the mainline Linux kernel, from stable branches to linux-next on a variety of platforms. When a revision fails to build or boot, kernel developers get informed via email reports. View the full article

Raspberry Pi Trading announced the Raspberry Pi Pico W board basically based on the same design as the original Raspberry Pi Pico board with RP2040 dual-core Cortex-M0+ microcontroller but adding a wireless module with WiFi 4 and Bluetooth LE 5.2, although the latter is not enabled on the board at this time. The company sent me a sample for review/evaluation, and I’ll focus on the WiFi part since the Raspberry Pi Pico W supports the same MicroPython and C/C++ SDKs as for the Raspberry Pi Pico board plus additional APIs for wireless connectivity. Raspberry Pi Pico W unboxing The board I received was cut from a 480-unit reel, and I also got a one-meter long micro USB to USB…

uefi-(arm64|x86)-edge/5.19: bump to 5.19.y uefi-arm64-edge/5.19: add patch for ACPI enablement of PHYT0004 onboard network card reworked 5.10 version of patch to 5.19, trivial datatype change sent by Dragonbox/Pythium person via @lanefu uefi-(arm64|x86)-edge/5.19: split patch dir from x86, otherwise identical Description This was mostly done and tested together with https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/3941 in terms of builds and tests. View the full article

Description These two kernel features are required for the serial console to be usable in early userspace of an Allwinner H6 based board - ie, the init process. The debian initramfs loads these modules which is fine when things go well, but you won't get any logs from the init script which is problematic for debugging and/or customizing it. This made debugging very challenging as I had no way to get output from the board after the kernel had handed control to init. After this change, the serial console is available and functional by the time init runs, and any logs from init will be output as expected. Note: I've put these changes into the "next" config, but my testing…

Realtek RTD1319D is the first set-top box processor to support H.266 (aka Versatile Video Coding) video compression standard. The new SoC also provides a GPU with 10-bit graphics, support for multiple Conditional Access Systems (CAS), and HDMI 2.1a video output capable of up to 4Kp60 with HDR. One would have thought the royalty-free AV1 video codec might have killed licensed codecs such as H.266, but it’s clearly not the case, since Realtek decided to launch the RTD1319D processor with the new codec, and the primary reason may be because the H.266/VCC codec was added to the DVB specification last February for both 4K (3840×2160) and 8K (7680×4320) resolutions. Realtek RTD…

Description This address https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4189#issuecomment-1279676914 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

The Green Metrics Tool (GMT) is an open-source framework that allows the measurement, comparison, and optimization of the energy consumption of software with the goal of empowering both software engineers and users to make educated decisions about libraries, code snippets, and software in order to save energy along with carbon emissions. While the firmware of battery-powered embedded devices and the OS running on your smartphone are typically optimized for low power consumption in order to extend the battery life, the same can not be said of most software running on SBCs, desktop computers, and servers. But there are still benefits of having power-optimized programs on th…

Description Update u-boot to use 2023.01, which contains fixes to u-boot environment handling How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Test on ebin v5 [ ] Test on ebin v7 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

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

armbian-desktop: remove "Conflicts: gdm3"; some sddm support rootfs-desktop: disable sddm as well as lightdm and gdm3 in desktop_postinstall() lightdm, gdm3 already had this armbian-firstlogin: shellfmt, no changes armbian-firstlogin: better dm detection + add simple no-op sddm support armbian-desktop: remove "Conflicts: gdm3" if you installed gdm3 (even if you don't use it), you lose Armbian wallpapers View the full article

Description Also group all u-boot make environment variables together for easier maintainability Fixes u-boot requiring pyelftools Fixes commit https://github.com/armbian/build/commit/04f619dc06d12449b1315f01bb8fe70003316761 GitHub issue reference: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6799#issuecomment-2196438786 How Has This Been Tested? [x] sudo apt remove python3-pyelftools and then ./compile.sh uboot ARTIFACT_IGNORE_CACHE=yes BOARD=nanopi-r6c BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=trixie [x] ./compile.sh uboot ARTIFACT_IGNORE_CACHE=yes BOARD=radxa-zero3 BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=yes KERNEL_C…

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 …

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

Sipeed has just launched what they claim is the world’s first 10 Gbps USB 3.2 logic analyzer. The SLogic32U3 is the successor to the SLogic16U3 3.2 Gbps logic analyzer launched in 2025. The SLogic32U3 USB-C logic analyzer supports up to 32 channels via four mini HDMI connectors, 350 MHz signal bandwidth, up to 1400 MS/s per channel with four channels, or 200 MS/s per channel with 32 channels, and is offered with an optional ADC module. SLogic32U3 specifications: FPGA – Not mentioned (potentially from GOWIN) Input channels – 32 digital channels via 4x mini HDMI ports, each with 8 channels Sample rates 1400MS/s @ 4 channels 800MS/s @ 8 channels 400MS/s @ 16 channels 200MS/s…

Test build and run View the full article

Description Ditch bash spaghetti code to advance in Github actions. Jira reference number AR-1230 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Hundred times 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

A year of online conferences that began with linux.conf.au will end on a high note next week as Collaborans present three talks at Open Source Summit Japan + Automotive Linux Summit 2021. Join us! View the full article

Widely recognized as the best conference of its kind in Europe, the 2018 edition of FOSDEM promises to be no different, with a jam-packed schedule of over 600 lectures, lightning talks, developer rooms, and more. View the full article

Description Fix typo in boot.cmd for jethub devices Jira reference number AR-1232 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 Cosmetic fix. View the full article

Description This is a followup to #4455 to overcome the BUILD_ONLY empty value "dilemma" for keeping interactive dialog selection of initial BUILD_ONLY values in case nothing was set. In addition to the current state we allow the value "any" for BUILD_ONLY. "any" will have the same logical behavior as empty String By default BUILD_ONLY will be empty String - as is currently If BUILD_ONLY is empty string, we will open interactive dialog with the following pre-defined selection options (close to former KERNEL_ONLY): "u-boot" - "U-Boot only build" "u-boot,kernel" - "U-Boot and Kernel build only" "any" - "Full SD card image build" A mix of "any" with oth…

Description Adds i2c3, pwm1, pwdm2, spi0 and uart1 nodes to rk3568-odroid-m1.dts. Adds patch to remove spi-dev warning Adds patch with support for overlay compilation Adds DTS overlays for spi, uart0, uart1, pwm1, pwm2, pwm9, i2c0 and i2c1 How Has This Been Tested? This was tested with a 4GB M1 board. The [x] SPI0: tested with a SPI OLED display [x] uart0, uart1: loopback test [x] pwm1, pwm2, pwm9: with scope [x] i2c0, i2c1: with scope 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 …

Rack Robotics’ Powercore is an Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) kit that converts your existing 3D printer (or CNC router) into a machine capable of cutting high-precision and detailed metal parts. We’ve already seen 2-in-1 3D printers and laser engravers such as the Creality Ender 3 S1 Pro, but while this type of machine can usually cut plywood or engrave stainless steel, the laser is not powerful enough to cut through aluminum. The Powercore EDM kit changes that by enabling the cutting of aluminum parts up to 4mm thick, although aluminum sheets that are 1mm or thinner are recommended. But before we get into Powercore details, what is Electrical Discharge Machining e…

We’ve received a sample of the Pico:ed V2 board developed by ELECFREAKS and will show how to use it as a replacement for the BBC micro:bit in a project using CircuitPython. We’ve already covered the board in detail with specifications, block diagram, and pinout diagram before, and it’s basically a Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040 board with BBC Micro:bit form factor including a 17×7 Dot Matrix LED display, some buttons, a buzzer, but no wireless connectivity, relying only on USB instead. CircuitPython firmware installation on the Pico:ed V2 board The board supports C/C++, MicroPython, and CircuitPython programming languages, and for this review, we’ve decided to download the Circ…

more of rpardini's GHA & pipeline stuff (early May/23) pipeline: cli: add proper gha- prefix to CLI commands that have something to do with GitHub Actions (thus gha-matrix now, and the new gha-template) stop at the correct places for inventory and targets non-GHA-specific commands handle gha-template first (and return), since it does not really depend on any info/targets/etc batcat the output for show-off pipeline: add output-gha-workflow-template.py utility, for rendering GHA workflow YAML templates with chunks python-tools: add Jinja2. Incredible how we made it this far without it. output-gha-workflow-template: a double-templater, first runs jinja with a custom…

image: sanity check: warn if any deb artifacts' actually-installed version does not match artifact-built version this catches problems with outdated/crazy repos, customize doing wrong things, wrong pinning, etc View the full article

pipeline: debs-to-repo-download is now done in parallel; default cores*2 limited to 16 or PARALLEL_DOWNLOADS_WORKERS pipeline: debs-to-repo-download is now done in parallel; default cores*2 limited to 16 or PARALLEL_DOWNLOADS_WORKERS also avoid log archiving during individual download jobs via SKIP_LOG_ARCHIVE=yes I've tested with PARALLEL_DOWNLOADS_WORKERS=16 and it saturates my gigabit link, ghcr.io is great at reads more than ~16-ish might be too much though 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

In PR6507 the use of cpufrequtils was removed and the functionality put into armbian-hardware-optimization This commit removes the remaining now unused installs of the deprecated cpufrequtils package Changes to be committed: modified: config/cli/bullseye/main/packages modified: config/cli/common/main/packages modified: config/cli/jammy/main/packages Description How Has This Been Tested? [x] jammy cli build 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 View the full article

Description Add some patches to fix the ethernet PHY on orangepi zero2w, includes: drv-pwm-sun50i-h616-enhance-pwm.patch sunxi pwm enhance driver from this commit: linux-orangepi#c68ef342eba3673c7f1f5aa1ab819b06da1f60c6 drv-pwm-sun50i-h616-enhance-pwm.patch sunxi gmac and ac200 phy driver, from this commit: linux-orangepi#97b476246bc79756423cf6c1d4907606c9633d4b Had to change a bit around the exported function and dependency config to make it possible to load as module 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 pro…