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linux 6.7.y support 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 Integrating deboostrap hack directly into build framework instead of having it as extension. better compatibility with host system support for Debian variants too doesn't break on making docker images future proof and auto-obsolete when host systems deboostrap version passes 1.0.128 Jira reference number AR-2004 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Generating Docker images [x] Generating Ubuntu noble Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been…

Description As discussed in https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6835 Deprecate legacy, but only remove from board configs for now. Print a warning, the whole branch is slated for removal. @efectn Please have a look at Opi5, there was some functions in the board config uboot_add_sata_target @amazingfate @igorpecovnik I think it would be best to change the default branch in the vendor kernel repo to the new 6.1-rk3 https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip what do you think? GitHub issue reference: https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6835 Jira reference number AR-2394 How Has This Been Tested? [x] ./compile.sh kernel BOARD=nanopi-r6s BRANCH=legacy BUILD_DESKTOP…

I'd been putting this off for years. Every March, I'd read someone else's embedded world recap, tell myself "next year", and go back to my terminal. This year I actually went and I'm still processing everything I saw. First things first: the teamBefore I talk about any stand or chip, I need to tell you what made this trip different from anything I've done before. There were five of us from the Armbian team at the show: Igor, Werner, Meko, amazingfate, and me. Five people. Four countries. Some of us had worked together for years and never met in person. You know how it is in open-source, you collaborate through GitHub, you argue about patches on the mailing list, you revie…

Join us on June 18 for our low-latency ML video analytics demo on the Ryzen AI Max 300 Series at the AMD Embedded Computing Summit! View the full article

The DEBIX M8391-01 is a compact industrial SBC built around the MediaTek MT8391 (Genio 720) processor, designed for edge AI, computer vision, robotics, and intelligent IoT applications. The SoC’s 9-TOPS NPU enables local AI inference without relying on cloud processing. The board features up to 16GB LPDDR4 memory and up to 64GB eMMC storage, with M.2 PCIe 2.0 NVMe SSD and MicroSD card expansion. It also offers a 4-lane MIPI CSI camera input, MIPI DSI up to 2.5K and eDP 1.4 display interfaces, Gigabit Ethernet with PoE, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, five USB ports, and a 40-pin expansion header. With an industrial operating temperature range (-40°C to 85°C), this credit card-siz…

Description 8822bu would need adjustment for legacy kernels, but we don't need that Jira reference number AR-1179 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test on meson64-legacy [x] Build test on mvebu-legacy [x] Build test on rk322x-legacy [x] Build test on rk35xx-legacy 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

Gaurav Singh, acting as Circuit Valley, has designed an open-source hardware USB 3.0 Type-C industrial camera with three boards: one to capture data through a CMOS sensor, another based on a Lattice Crosslink NX FPGA to handle image processing, and finally, a board equipped with an Infineon FX3 USB 3.0 controller for sending the video data to the host. This design allows the DIY camera to be extremely flexible, as for instance, you could keep the FPGA and USB board, and simply change the sensor board for a better/different camera. A 3D printable enclosure is also provided, and the camera supports C-mount lenses, so the lens can also be easily changed as required. Here’s …

Collaborans will be actively participating in next week's activities with seven talks on topics including Rust build scripts, embedded deep learning on GStreamer, HEVC decoding on mainline Linux, PipeWire and WirePlumber, and more. View the full article

Ozone is Chromium’s next-gen platform abstraction layer for graphics and input. When developing either Ozone itself or an application that uses Ozone, it is often beneficial to be able to run the code on the development machine, which is usually a typical GNU/Linux desktop system, since doing so speeds up the development cycle. View the full article

Description Follow up on #3943, this hack appears to fix Zero's eMMC boot issue when paired with Kingston eMMC module. How Has This Been Tested? This hack has been tested with upstream U-Boot 2022.04 and was confirmed working. View the full article

Description JetHome: u-boot: add bugfix for broken efi code in commit a9bf024b2933bba0e23038892970a18b72dfaeb4 No impact on other boards. Update for https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4112: add JetHub H1 u-boot patch Jira reference number AR-1296 View the full article

Google Research has been working on its own Rust-based operating system called KataOS and designed to secure embedded systems that run Machine Learning (ML) applications. There has been a lot of talk about the Rust programming language in recent times, since it offers about the same level of performance as C programming but helps programmers write more secure code with built-in prevention against buffer overflows for instance. It has gained a lot of traction over the years, and Linux 6.1 will be the first kernel release to include Rust code. Google Research noticed that system security is often treated as a feature that can be added to existing systems either by software …

Deletes a group of 3D programs\settings for DE, which causes DE to be blocked from running with the legacy kernel. Station M2\P2\M3 Jetson Nano View the full article

The LapPi 2.0 is a DIY laptop kit with an acrylic enclosure, a UPS HAT with a 18650 battery holder, and off-the-shelf parts including speakers, a touchscreen display, a Raspberry Pi camera, and a wireless keyboard that’s suitable for the Raspberry Pi 4 and pretty much any other small single board computer from Radxa, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, FriendlyElec, Hardkernel, and others. We’ve seen several Raspberry Pi laptops over the years with the CrowPi L and Pi-Top, and I have to say the LapPi 2.0 is not the most eye-pleasing or sophisticated design, but at least, it’s versatile and not limited to the Raspberry Pi family. LapPi 2.0 kit content and highlights: Display – 7-inch 5-…

Geniatech DS-3566 is a board based on Rockchip RK3566 designed for digital signage applications with a low-profile, multiple video interfaces such as HDMI, LVDS, eDP, and MIPI DSI, and plenty of headers and connectors for expansion. The single board computer ships with up to 8GB RAM, 128GB eMMC flash, and supports Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 5, Bluetooth 4.1, as well as cellular connectivity as an option. Some of the interfaces available through connectors include RS232, RS485, CAN Bus, I2C, SPI, etc… Geniatech DS-3566 specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3566 quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 processor @ 1.8 GHz with Arm Mali-G52 EE GPU, 0.8 TOPS NPU System Memory – 2GB to 8GB LPDDR4 Stor…

AAEON EPIC-ADS7-PUC is an embedded system based on an up to 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700E Alder Lake-S processor and designed for robotics, automation, and healthcare imaging applications. The embedded computer supports up to 32GB DDR5 and two SATA III storage devices, offers three 4K video outputs via HDMI and DisplayPort connectors, one 2.5GbE and three Gigabit Ethernet ports, along with Intel TCC support, up to six USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, two RS232/422/4485 COM ports, and some SKUs support Intel Time Coordinated Computing (TCC) for real-time control. Key Features: SoC – Intel Core Alder Lake-S processor, up to the 12-core (8P+4E) Core i7-12700E processor clocked at up to…

Description Requirement for commit c83b11cf1486ade72cfb92447e9212e654b43d8f so iw command is available on the default images. 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 downstream modules View the full article

Description As per title How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] My changes generate no new warnings 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

cli: introduce rewrite-kernel-patches; fix kernel-patches-to-git; refactor obtain_kernel_git_info_and_makefile() cli: introduce rewrite-kernel-patches; fix kernel-patches-to-git; refactor obtain_kernel_git_info_and_makefile() kernel-patches-to-git wasn't providing the needed KERNEL_GIT_SHA1 for kernel drivers refactor obtain_kernel_git_info_and_makefile() out of artifact_kernel_prepare_version() so we can reuse introduce rewrite-kernel-patches, which is just an alias to kernel-patches-to-git with REWRITE_PATCHES=yes View the full article

Description Commit 562d96128ba6 introduces new variable "BOOT_SOC". This var is used at u-boot post install script, so "BOOT_SOC" must be avaiable on system image. Without this u-boot upgrade on tinkerboard will be completely broken. https://forum.armbian.com/topic/35677-tinkerboard-not-booting-after-updates/ How Has This Been Tested? [x] Add BOOT_SOC=rk3288 to /etc/armbian-release and the issue is fixed. 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 m…

Description The legacy U-Boot can't be built anymore and 4.4 is EOL. As discussed in https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6821#issuecomment-2205234200 I didn't see any kernel or uboot patch folder. If I forgot something related to legacy, please let me know :) GitHub issue reference: https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6821 Jira reference number AR-2392 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 View the full article

Collabora is excited to see Monado at the heart of the new OpenXR runtime for Android XR, a major milestone for Open Source XR interoperability. View the full article

This week saw significant development activity across the Armbian ecosystem, with numerous enhancements to desktop environment support, including the addition of KDE Neon, KDE Plasma, MATE, and i3-wm, as well as improved branding and menu documentation. The desktop module was refactored for greater modularity and YAML-driven configuration, alongside fixes for theming and package removal tracking. Hardware support expanded with new device trees for NanoPC-T6 LTS Plus and Gateway DK, plus initial support for Arduino UNO Q (Qualcomm QRB2210) and additional USB Ethernet drivers. The build system received updates for kernel versions and distribution releases, notably bumping U…

Geekworm, in collaboration with Mcuzone, has launched the UPS Scap 5V5A, a new supercapacitor UPS HAT for the Raspberry Pi 5 designed to keep the Raspberry Pi running long enough (a few seconds to a few minutes) to save data and shut down safely, rather than provide hours of backup power. Available in 100F, 60F, and 22F versions, the HAT has a built-in PD chip that negotiates a true 5V/5A output. This gives the Raspberry Pi 5 enough power to run properly without triggering the low-voltage warnings that can happen with some power supplies. The module connects to the Raspberry Pi 5 through pogo pins to detect power loss and supports I2C for checking voltage and current in r…

Description Update meson64-edge/general-meson-aiu-Fix-HDMI-codec-control-selection.patch patch for Kernel 5.15.7+ Updated for work with this patch: commit 1d29b712efb6ec044547a01cd2cfb69af47a21a9 Author: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> Date: Thu Apr 21 13:38:02 2022 +0100 diff --git a/sound/soc/meson/aiu-codec-ctrl.c b/sound/soc/meson/aiu-codec-ctrl.c index c3ea733fce91..c966fc60dc73 100644 --- a/sound/soc/meson/aiu-codec-ctrl.c +++ b/sound/soc/meson/aiu-codec-ctrl.c @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static int aiu_codec_ctrl_mux_put_enum(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol, snd_soc_dapm_mux_update_power(dapm, kcontrol, mux, e, NULL); - return 0; + return 1; }…

This important milestone is a step forward for the open source driver, as it now certifies Panfrost for use in commercial products containing Mali G52 and paves the way for further conformance submissions on other Mali GPUs. View the full article

Earlier this year I worked on a certain GStreamer plugin that is called “ipcpipeline”. This plugin provides elements that make it possible to interconnect GStreamer pipelines that run in different processes. In this blog post I am going to explain how this plugin works and the reason why you might want to use it in your application. View the full article

Description outdated PHY driver no longer necessary, incompatible with 5.15. RK3328-roc-pc was not adjusted, no board to test. With it transitioned we can eliminate the phy driver patch entirely. 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. Renegade and Rock64 v3 both tested Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings…

PIX NII pocket-sized mini PC features an Intel Pentium N6005 Gemini Jasper Lake processor that should provide a nice upgrade to existing 2.4-inch mini PCs based on Gemini Lake processors such as Larkbox. The tiny computer is slightly larger (2.7×2.6 inch) than the previous 2.4-inch models, but ships with up to 16GB RAM, up to a 1TB NVMe SSD, and offers two 4K-capable HDMI 2.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet & WiFi 6 connectivity, as well as a few USB 3.2 ports, plus a 3.5mm audio jack. PIX NII specifications: SoC – Intel Pentium N6005 quad-core processor @ 2.0GHz / 3.3GHz (Turbo) with Intel UHD graphics; 10W TDP System Memory – 8GB or 16GB DDR4 RAM Storage SATA or NVMe SSD wi…

Copied from #4255 by @hzyitc - added shellfmt and .editorconfig for consistency Description I notice that the first commit of armbian-next contains too many things (armbian-next: huge refactor, shellfmt, codesplit, logging/error handling). It's really hard to find out what changes we do, because we both split /lib/*.sh and change the code in one commit. It will loss the association between master and armbian-next. This PR is just split /lib/*.sh without changing any codes (except the first commit and the remove of source in /lib/main.sh). So users can find out where the codes come and then following the original commit log. If we want to merge armbian-next, this PR ca…

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/24554-armbian-install-fails-due-to-bad-lsblk-argument/#comment-153675 Untested 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] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no ne…

Description If there is a new SSD or harddisk used as destination with just a partition created but not yet formatted with a filesystem, then armbian-install does not provide this partition as a selectable destination. GH reference #4576 Changes made function check_partitions(): remove file system filter on lsblk commands for listing probable target partitions fix typo "Destnation" -> "Destination" fix indentation on if scopes Test results New SSD - just a single partition was created but not yet formatted: Script armbian-install was run on a Cubietruck board: Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a …

Description runs when PR is opened and kernel config is changed it never fails, just making a report adjust run conditions on lint action Jira reference number AR-1457 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested in forked branch 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

ASRock Industrial NUC 1300 BOX and NUCS 1300 BOX series mini PCs are equipped with Intel 13th generation Raptor Lake-P mobile processors up to the Core i7-1360P 12-core hybrid processor with four Performance cores and eight Efficiency cores. Yesterday, we wrote about the ADLINK Express-RLP COM Express module based on Raptor Lake-P embedded or industrial processors, but ASRock decided to use Raptor Lake-P mobile processors in their industrial “fanned embedded box PCs” coupled with up to 64GB DDR5 memory, and featuring high-speed interfaces such as USB4, 2.5GbE, and more. NUCS 1300 BOX Series Two NUCS 1300 Box models are available with either an Intel Core i7-1360P or i5-13…

Description Remove un-needed packages. Jira reference number AR-1516 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build base Gnome desktops: Focal, Jammy, Bookworm, 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 For populating repository we need to obtain all artefacts that are in OCI_TARGET_BASE How Has This Been Tested? [x] Test run in development branch 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 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 net-phy-Support-yt8531c.patch and upstream change for lib/mapple tree for some reason these two changes don't seem to be playing along very well. I am trying to get the reason for it, but so far even after enabling low level debugging, hung task detection, earlyprintk and countless such debugging option, I was not able to get more output from the kernel or to get the kernel into kgdb mode. This merge request is raised as a workaround for fixing the hang issue so that other task depending on the same can be unblocked. Jira reference number…

Description As per subject Jira reference number AR-1800 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Kernel compiles and image builds 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

extensions: image-output-oowow: creates Khadas oowow compatible images extensions: image-output-oowow: creates Khadas oowow compatible images requires KHADAS_OOWOW_BOARD_ID set in board file (see next commit) always produces xz-compressed images, so this automatically disables COMPRESS_OUTPUTIMAGE uses xze script from Khadas, forcing IN and OUT env vars so it's not confused by fd 1 to use, add EXT=image-output-oowow parameter to build to get into oowow: VIM3/VIM3L: download oowow SD card image from Khadas: VIM3: https://dl.khadas.com/products/oowow/system/vim3-oowow-latest-sd.img.gz VIM3L: https://dl.khadas.com/products/oowow/system/vim3l-oowow-latest-sd.img.gz wri…

Description JetHome: Update u-boot: move to 2023.10 remove old eMMC HACK add upstream RFT emmc patches Only JetHub devices should be affected by the change. Jira reference number AR-1879 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] JetHub H1 boot ok [X] JetHub D1+ boot ok 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 warn…

thinkpad-x13s: drop steev's kernel; switch to jhovold's wip/sc8280xp-6.9-rcX thinkpad-x13s: drop steev's kernel; switch to jhovold's wip/sc8280xp-6.9-rcX update .config according to jhovold's defconfig, but keep network filesystems enabled View the full article

Description Shellcheck errors/warnings were: In lib/functions/rootfs/distro-agnostic.sh line 155: display_alert "Adding to extlinux.conf" "fdtoverlays=${DEFAULT_OVERLAYS[@]}" "debug" ^--------------------^ SC2145 (error): Argument mixes string and array. Use * or separate argument. In lib/functions/rootfs/distro-agnostic.sh line 156: echo " fdtoverlays ${DEFAULT_OVERLAYS[@]}" >> "$SDCARD/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf" ^--------------------^ SC2145 (error): Argument mixes string and array. Use * or s…

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Collabora has advanced Monado's accessibility by making the OpenXR runtime supported by Google Cardboard and similar mobile VR viewers so that even more can benefit from OpenXR. View the full article

Weston 15.0 has arrived, bringing a brand new Lua-based shell for fully customizable window management, an experimental Vulkan renderer, and a host of improvements to color handling, media playback, and display performance. View the full article

This week saw significant development activity across the Armbian ecosystem, with numerous enhancements to desktop environment support, including the addition of KDE Neon, KDE Plasma, MATE, and i3-wm, as well as improved branding and menu documentation. The desktop module was refactored for greater modularity and YAML-driven configuration, alongside fixes for theming and package removal tracking. Hardware support expanded with new device trees for NanoPC-T6 LTS Plus and Gateway DK, plus initial support for Arduino UNO Q (Qualcomm QRB2210) and additional USB Ethernet drivers. The build system received updates for kernel versions and distribution releases, notably bumping U…

We have seen ESP32s used for everything from simple IoT devices to AI, audio, and vision projects. But while looking for a new project, I found out about ESP-SDR firmware, which turns the ESP32 into a native Software-Defined Radio (SDR) without additional hardware. This open-source firmware bypasses the ESP32’s fixed-function Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modems and taps directly into the internal ADC signal chain to capture raw I/Q baseband samples. It then sends these samples to a computer over USB or UART, where they can be processed and viewed as a radio spectrum or waterfall display, turning supported ESP32 chips into low-cost software-defined radio receivers without requiring…

GStreamer can be tricky to ship in a constrained device. Thanks to a partnership with Huawei, you can now use gst-build to generate a minimal GStreamer build, tailored to a specific application, or set of applications. Here's how. View the full article

We're headed to France’s southern Occitanie region to attend and sponsor the 6th edition of Capitole du Libre, a weekend dedicated to free and Open Source software! View the full article

MaxLinear has unveiled its first Wi-Fi 7 SoCs with the MxL31712 and the MxL31708 single-chip solutions targeting service provider gateways, Wi-Fi routers, and access points, and delivering more than 70% higher tri-band throughput compared to Wi-Fi 6. The MxL31712 aims at the premium 4×4 tri-band market with a throughput of up to 18.6 Gbps and up to 12 spatial streams, while the MxL31708 will be integrated into mid- to high-range 4×4 dual-band access points and gateways with a throughput of up to 17 Gbps, and up to 8 spatial streams. MaxLinear MxL31712 and MxL31708 share the following features: Single-chip WFA Wi-Fi 7 R1 certifiable Based on IEEE 802.11be (aka WiFi 7 or …

Description We need to pre-install the necessary dependencies if the INSTALL_HEADERS=yes key has been selected. We have to pass the architecture value to the "make" command in the kernel header compilation script. Issues reference number #4589 How Has This Been Tested? This is how the log looks with the debug code enabled: For sunxi64: Unpacking linux-headers-current-sunxi64 (23.02.0-trunk) ... Setting up flex (2.6.4-8build2) ... Setting up libssl-dev:arm64 (3.0.2-0ubuntu1.7) ... Setting up bison (2:3.8.2+dfsg-1build1) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/bison.yacc to provide /usr/bin/yacc (yacc) in auto mode Setting up linux-headers-current-sunxi64 (23.02.0-trunk)…

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Cologone Chip GateMate A1 is an FPGA with 20,480 logic elements best suited for lower-power applications and programmable with an open-source toolchain based on nMigen, Yosys, and other open-source tools. The A1 FPGA also comes with 1,280 Kbit block SRAM, four PLLs, a quad SPI interface up to 100 MHz, a 5Gbps SerDes interface, and the company offers an evaluation board to get started with development. GateMate A1 specifications: CPE Architecture 20,480 programmable elements (CPE) for combinatorial and sequential logic 40,960 Latches / Flip-Flops within programmable elements CPE consists of LUT-tree with 8 inputs Each CPE is configurable as a 2-bit full-adder or 2×2-bit mu…

Description As per subject, move rk322x edge kernel to 6.4 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Image compilation successful [x] Image successfully run on actual device Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

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 Prior to kernel 6.1, Helios 4 displayed ata port activity via 4 built in leds. Due to libata-core.c changes, this functionality has been disabled. I adapted the kernel patches to the 6.1 libata-core code. Jira reference number [AR-9999]: no jira How Has This Been Tested? Teste on real helios 4 hardware. Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] I ran the command 'dd if=/dev/sd* of=/dev/null' to check if the LED assciated with the port blinks. Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] …

Description Infos: PostmarketOS's wiki page: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Xiaomi_Mi_Pad_5_Pro_(xiaomi-elish) Mainline repo for pmos: https://gitlab.com/sm8250-mainline/linux/-/tree/sm8250/v6.4-rc2?ref_type=heads I created a new family qcom-abl to generate abl bootable images. Qcom devices need userspace applications like pd-mapper and qbootctl. I maintain them in a ppa repo for jammy, so only jammy is supported at the moment. Firmwares for this device are in this pr: https://github.com/armbian/firmware/pull/66 Flashing guide can be found here: https://github.com/amazingfate/armbian-xiaomi-elish/wiki/Flashing-Guide How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the test…

Quick fix for PR https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6743, see https://github.com/armbian/build/actions/runs/9520292766/job/26245280729 It's not any-globs-to-all-files, but any-glob-to-all-files. View the full article

Description This adds mainline support for the Radxa Zero 3 (E variant at least) SBC by utilizing kwiboo's patch series for both Linux and U-Boot. How Has This Been Tested? Test device: Zero 3E 2GB [x] build edge [x] boot edge http://paste.armbian.com/osofoyuqun.yaml [x] build vendor [x] boot vendor https://paste.armbian.com/lejunireni.yaml Issues: This PR cannot be merged as it is since I have no idea what I am doing so the kernel patchset lacks proper headers. I had to strip those since the framework did not accept the patch series as they were. I don't know how to fix. Those need to be restored to give proper credit. Source: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/l…

Description introduce common repo so we only add packages once publish via snapshots to increase reliability overwrite packages in case of conflicts add debug logging to file output/debs -> pool/main/ output/debs/$RELEASE -> pool/$RELEASE output/debs/extra/$RELEASE-utils -> pool/$RELEASE-utils output/debs/extra/$RELEASE-desktop -> pool/$RELEASE-desktop How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested with local repository (completes significantly faster) [ ] Full test with stable and beta repository 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-…

Description Maint. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] CI Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Today, we are delighted to announce a growing collaboration with MediaTek which will enable Collabora to introduce, improve, and maintain MediaTek's IoT Edge AI Genio platforms upstream. View the full article

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 v6.12 for our current builds and v6.13 for edge builds, while vendor kernels will remain at their latest versions. We are releasing major upgrade on Rockchip vendor kernel. We focus on providing …

Description The idea is to introduce the possibility to cache downloads from GH runners to lower downstream bandwidth used and increase overall speed. Especially on machines with lots of runner this could save quite some bandwidth while sacrificing disk space. http caching has been tested and seem to work nicely. https caching is a lot more tricky and may be introduced later. This PR has two parts: set apt repository to http instead of https where possible. Packages are signed anyways. Pass various proxy environment variables to docker so it respects those. Doesn't make sense not to pass them since when using PREFER_DOCKER=no and any of these variables are set beforeh…

By resolving critical synchronization bugs in Zink’s Vulkan–OpenGL interop, Faith Ekstrand paved the way for Zink+NVK to become the default OpenGL implementation for Nouveau. View the full article

This week's work centers on release and CI infrastructure, board and U-Boot updates, and build framework hardening. On the release pipeline, asset manifest JSON is now emitted alongside uploads, third-party armbian-images.json sources are merged into the main download index, and dispatch chains were rewired so that build completion fans out cleanly to download-index regeneration and website sync. Ubuntu resolute (26.04) entered the daily build matrix, with corresponding prepare-host adjustments for its qemu-user packaging and a targeted blacklist for boards failing resolute plus GNOME. The new Armbian SDK images are now surfaced on the website and ship preloaded with the …

Hello, today I am going to review the UUNA TEK iAuto, an automatic handwriting machine designed to reproduce physical handwriting using a real pen on real paper. It also supports wireless connectivity, spreadsheet-based mail merge, custom fonts, and font variation features that can make the writing look more natural. The machine can handle paper sizes up to A3 and supports pens with a diameter of up to 18 mm. The UUNA TEK iAuto works with the manufacturer’s free iAuto software, which is available for Windows on both x64 and Arm-based systems, as well as for macOS on Apple M1, M2, M3, and Intel-based Macs. Most of the following review focuses on the machine’s writing capab…

This summer, Christoph Haag and I had the pleasure of taking part in Google Summer of Code as mentors for xrdesktop, the Open Source project bringing the Linux desktop to VR on Valve's SteamVR & Monado. Here's what was accomplished. View the full article

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

STEPFPGA MXO2Core miniature FPGA development board is based on Lattice MXO2-4000 FPGA, and designed for education with an easy-to-use Web IDE, instead of the more traditional tools that can be frustrating to use, and detailed tutorials. The board also comes with a 2-digit segment display, some LEDs, push buttons, and a 4-way DIP switch, as well as two rows of twenty pins for I/O expansion, and a USB Type-C port used for power, programming, or mass storage. STEPFPGA MXO2Core specifications: FPGA – Lattice Semi MachXO2 X02-4000 FPGA with 4320 LUTs Display – 2-digit segment display USB – 1x USB Type-C port for power, programming (UART), and mass storage Expansion – 2x 20-pin…

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 Extension to include fake vcgencmd to non Raspberry Pi builds to allow the Android app Raspi Check to control Armbian boards out of the box. See also https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5100 and https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5095 How Has This Been Tested? Build for Raspberry Pi (not installing the fake vcgencmd, bur failed for another reason on SHA-1) and non-Raspberry Pi boards (installing it) 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 …

uefi-arm64/edge: bump to 6.5.y; rebase all patches vs v6.5(.0); fix Phytium's stmmac patch uefi-arm64/edge: bump to 6.5.y; rebase all patches vs v6.5(.0); fix Phytium's stmmac patch hammer patch driver-phytium-stmmac-acpi.patch use .remove_new due to "net: stmmac: Make stmmac_pltfr_remove() return void" View the full article

patching: if 0 files left to commit after config-filtering, don't commit nor rewrite the patches patching: if 0 files left to commit after config-filtering, don't commit nor rewrite the patches this is mostly useful for Makefile's and DT patches which should end be bare instead of null-patched View the full article

Description rk-35xx-vendor-6.1 minor touches: - move CONFIG_INPUT_RK805_PWRKEY and CONFIG_PINCTRL_RK805 to modules - move CONFIG_BT to module - add rtw89 8852be/ce wifi support via xunlong/linux-orangepi commit-id 96b2d2827a3f1e4719ebdfcac0b2108e8cbae932 see net: wireless: realtek: Sync rtw89 driver from linux6.2 linux-rockchip-rk3588-edge.config minor touches: - move CONFIG_INPUT_RK805_PWRKEY and CONFIG_PINCTRL_RK805 to modules - move CONFIG_BT to module This enables powerkey functionality for orangepi5-plus OOB Jira reference number AR-2360 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relev…

Description enable CONFIG_RTW89_8852BE=m to take advantage of https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/192 GitHub issue reference: https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/192 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] built kernel&image for opi5plus - 8852BE chipset and bluetooth are recognized and working OOB 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

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 PR adds the RT kernel config file for TI devices. If RT_KERNEL=yes is passed as an argument to ./compile.sh, a PREEMPT_RT image is built. 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. Tested this on SK-AM62B. Test 1: boot test: the board successfully booted Test 2: uname -a test: PREEMPT_RT string was present in the output, thus suggesting that its indeed an RT image Test…

This week's work centers on release and CI infrastructure, board and U-Boot updates, and build framework hardening. On the release pipeline, asset manifest JSON is now emitted alongside uploads, third-party armbian-images.json sources are merged into the main download index, and dispatch chains were rewired so that build completion fans out cleanly to download-index regeneration and website sync. Ubuntu resolute (26.04) entered the daily build matrix, with corresponding prepare-host adjustments for its qemu-user packaging and a targeted blacklist for boards failing resolute plus GNOME. The new Armbian SDK images are now surfaced on the website and ship preloaded with the …

AAEON has introduced a new version of its UP Xtreme PTL Edge Panther Lake mini PC with the “Air” variant featuring Frore Systems AirJet solid-state active cooling solution. The company says the AirJet passive cooling technology makes the Panther Lake mini PC 35% thinner, 43% lighter, and capable of operating silently at under 21 dBA. This is mostly achieved by removing the thick (and heavy) heatsink found on the original design. The mini PC still benefits from up to an Intel Core Ultra X7 358H with 180 TOPS of AI performance, a 40-pin GPIO header, two RS-232/422/485 COM ports, and a wide 19 to 36V DC input range. UP Xtreme PTL Edge Air specifications: Intel Core Ultra Ser…

Description In the case when there are more than one pair of brackets, the regular expression removes the names between the extreme pair brackets. And dependencies cannot be installed. Currently, the syntactic analysis of the resulting dependency string is performed correctly by the installation function itself. A regular expression is not needed here. Checklist: [x] Tested by building a new library package View the full article

With an ever-increasing interest in more modern hardware support, and a more reliable kernel that is thoroughly tested, contributions by Collabora's developers continue to help make this a reality for the Linux kernel. View the full article

We're very excited to be sponsoring and speaking at the very first Linux Developer Conference Brazil, taking place on November 11 at the Instituto de Computação in Campinas! View the full article

ORICO has sent me a sample of a USB 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure for review, which was timely as I did not have a fast USB storage option for testing. In this post, I’ll check out the hardware, show how to install an NVMe SSD, and test performance in UP Xtreme i11 mini PC since it happens to come with a USB 4.0 port. ORICO USB 4.0 M.2 SSD enclosure specs and unboxing The exact model I received is the ORICO M234C3-U4 with a Rose Gold aluminum enclosure (107x50x17mm), supporting M.2 M-Key and B+M Key 2230, 2242, 2260, 2280 SSDs (more on that later), and offering up to 40 Gbps through its USB 4.0 port. The device ships with a USB Type-C to USB Type-C/Type-A cable, a thermal pa…

Description Maint. View the full article

Today, we’re giving away the e-con Systems e-CAM20_CURB is a 2.3MP color camera with a global shutter that is designed to work with Raspberry Pi 4 SBC. The camera is based on ON Semiconductor AR0234CS CMOS sensor and supports uncompressed video at 1920 x 1200 (2.3MP) up to 60 fps, 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) up to 65 fps, and 1280 x 720 (HD) up to 120 fps. I just completed the e-CAM20_CURB camera review with Raspberry Pi 4 last weekend and found the video smoothness and quality to be much better than most cameras I’ve tried when there is motion, even in relatively dark scenes, since motion blur and artifacts are reduced. The company provides Yocto Linux and Raspbian/Raspberry …

PiTalk is a 4G cellular connectivity solution based on Quectel EG25-G LTE Cat 4 module intended for M2M and IoT applications, and available either as a Raspberry Pi HAT or as a USB dongle. There’s also a PiTalk 2G HAT, but we’ll focus on the 4G hardware in this article. PiTalk supports data rates up to 150 Mbps downlink and 50 Mbps uplink, integrates GNSS support, and as its name implies you can also make and receive calls, or send/receive SMS messages for the device provide you connect a display, speaker, and microphone to the Raspberry Pi or other host device. PiTalk 4G IoT HAT specifications: Quectel EG25-G 4G LTE cellular module: Cellular 3G and 4G LTE with 2G fallba…

odroidxu4: fix the custom_kernel_config__hack_odroidxu4_firmware() for version hash @belegdol since you're the expert on xu4, is this even needed anymore? It probably works now, but would be nice to get rid of it. Context: that "firmware copy for xu4" was mixed in the middle of kernel compile logic, and was extracted into a kernel config hook; kernel configs are hashed (for caching) and thus need to work even when kernel_work_dir is not set. The hash component has been added. JIRA: AR-1548 View the full article

V600 mini PC is equipped with an Alder Lake processor from Core i5-1240P up to a Core i9-12900H, up to 64GB RAM, and high-speed interfaces such as Thunderbolt 4 and dual 2.5GbE networking. The mini PC also comes with two M.2 NVMe sockets, one PCIe Gen 4, one Gen 3, and support for SATA drives up to 7mm thick, offers three 4K-capable video outputs with HDMI and DisplayPort video interfaces, and several other USB 3.2/2.0 ports. V600 specifications: Alder Lake-P/H SoC (one or the other) Intel Core i7-1260P 4P+8E (16 threads) processor @ 3.40/4.70GHz with Intel Xe graphics; 28W PBP Intel Core i5-1240P 4P+8E (16 threads) processor @ 3.30/4.40GHz with Intel Xe graphics; 28W PBP…

Description Jira reference number AR-1620 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

rpardini's big batch of lib changes from late March/23 (incl AR-1620 and AR-1639) (G) cli: commands: fix artifact aliases, reorder (G) configdump: better logging; insert (still unsupported) array/dict raw value and 2do markers into produced dump JSON (G) config: fix: replace undue export statements with declare -g; shellfmt (G) lib: fix: replace undue export statements with declare -g (G) run shellfmt; remove commented-out; no actual changes (G) distro-agnostic: emit 'info' message before setting root password, otherwise logs are confusing (G) distro-specific: fix installation of fake-ubuntu-advantage-tools (G) desktop/bsp-desktop: add config_dump method; fix artifact_ma…

Description This will fix chrony https://forum.armbian.com/topic/28142-visionfive-2-chrony-doesnt-run-kernel-missing-seccomp Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Not tested View the full article

Taking place at the Prague Congress Centre from June 27 to 30, this new 4-day umbrella event brings multiple conferences, including Automotive Linux Summit (ALS) and Embedded Linux Conference (ELC), all under one roof. View the full article

Description Prior to this patch, adding a user-overlay using the script will add the filename with a space after the user-overlays=, even if there aren't any overlays present. This will result in the following: before adding: user_overlays= after adding: user_overlays= rk3588-i2c0-m1.dts with a space. This patch will add another else branch to handle this, as well as handling any additional spaces present prior. New script does this before adding: user_overlays= or user_overlays= after adding: user_overlays=rk3588-i2c0-m1.dts Adding more overlays works as intended, with a space and the name.dtbo How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran…

meson64/edge: bump to 6.5.y; rebase all patches vs v6.5(.0) meson64/edge: bump to 6.5.y; rebase all patches vs v6.5(.0) drop upstreamed patch meson-dts-add-missing-cache-properties.patch View the full article

initrd: if debugging, don't filter update-initramfs output (errors might be lurking in there) initrd: if debugging, don't filter update-initramfs output (errors might be lurking in there) View the full article

Description This would enable uboot BTRFS support to allow booting from a sole BTRFS root/boot partition. With this feature u-boot.itb file size increase from 826K to 902K. AFAIK this size increase is not an issue given that we have almost 8MB space for uboot before the first partition. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compile [x] Boot rk3318 box with sole BTRFS root partition 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 dep…

Description Sakura Pi RK3308B board adds kernel 6.6 and 6.8 support. #6497 only supports the Sakura Pi RK3308B board running smoothly on kernel 6.2, while encountering a lack of device tree in kernel 6.6 and kernel 6.8. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compiled and tested to boot on kernel 6.6. [x] Compiled and tested to boot on kernel 6.8. 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