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armbian-desktop/aggregation: introduce DESKTOP_COMMON aggregation variant, where arch/config/appgroups are ignored; see #5439 armbian-desktop/aggregation: introduce DESKTOP_COMMON aggregation variant, where arch/config/appgroups are ignored; see #5439 View the full article

mixtile-blade3: enable pci3x4 nvme boot (requires u.2 -> m.2 adapter from blade3 case kit) mixtile-blade3: enable pci3x4 nvme boot (requires u.2 -> m.2 adapter from blade3 case kit) View the full article

odroidm1/orangepi3b: use default (newer) blobs; rewrite patches; bump -rc u-boot to final patch/u-boot/v2024.04: rewrite patches, no changes odroidm1: remove custom blobs, use defaults; bump u-boot 2024.04-rc3 to 2024.04 final orangepi3b: remove custom blobs, use defaults odroidm1: u-boot: rewrite patches, no changes View the full article

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 Context systemd's cloud-init.target and armbian-firstrun.service will be started concurrently (both are wanted by multi-user.target). Both will try to create SSH host keys by default: armbian-firstrun will always delete SSH host keys and then generate new ones cloud-init.target (by default) will always delete SSH host keys and then generate new ones. Problem When one must run armbian-firstrun and cloud-init, there is no deterministic ordering between the 2 files execution and therefore no one can guarantee which will be last to setup OpenSSH host keys. In my current scenario, host keys are explicitly setup in cloud-init and I would expect armbian-firstrun…

As a trusted partner of industry leaders like CLAAS, Ag Leader, and CCI, we are delighted to exhibit for the first time at one of the world’s leading agricultural trade fairs, taking place November 9–15. Meet us at the Digital Farm Center in Hall 21! View the full article

This week's work centers on board support expansion, kernel and U-Boot maintenance, and desktop and CI tooling refinements. On the platform side, the Radxa Cubie A5E received Wi-Fi enablement and a kernel refresh as part of a broader update, while the youyeetoo YY3588 was promoted from CSC to standard support and the YY3568 gained PCIe NVMe functionality. The NanoPi R76S and Rock 5 ITX were both migrated to mainline U-Boot v2026.04, dropping vendor-branch gates, and the Vanxoak HD-RK3506-EVB was added with vendor and board imagery. Kernel hygiene dominated the maintenance work: duplicate OPP labels on the Xiaoxin Pad Pro (sm8250) were corrected, broken UHS-I, xo-clock, SD…

Join us as our 2021 conference schedule gets underway this weekend with the virtual editions of linux.conf.au and MiniDebConf India! Collaborans will be giving talks on recent projects including futex2, and Open Source AI video analytics with Panfrost. View the full article

Like starting a car with the hood open, sometimes you need to run your program with certain analysis tools attached to get a full sense of what is going wrong – or right. View the full article

Description Recent dts overlays broke cpufreq and SDnand support for Rock-PI-S. This patch simply deletes those 2 .dts files board-rockpis-0028-arm64-dts-rk3308-add-opp-1300mhz.patch board-rockpis-0030-disabled-emmc-fix-boot-sdcard.patch How Has This Been Tested? Rebuilt kernel without the two .dts files. Verified that cpufreq and SDnand functions both restored. One open issue is that the currently shipping RK3308B-S SOC silicon is being overvolted by the CPU operating points Armbian is using. I have discussed this in the forum: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/11228-rock-pi-s-rk3308-cpu-is-it-supported-by-anything/page/3/#comment-143389 Fixing this is straightforward…

NanoPi R4SE is a variant of the Rockchip RK3399-powered NanoPi R4S dual Gigabit Ethernet router that adds a 32GB eMMC flash instead of only relying on a microSD card for the operating system. Most of the specifications remain the same with dual GbE, two USB 3.0 ports, but the router is now only offered with 4GB LPDDR4 and there’s no option for only 1GB RAM, and the GPIO and USB 2.0 headers are gone. The listed temperature range also changed from -20°C to 70°C to 0°C to 80°C. NanoPi R4SE specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3399 hexa-core processor with dual-Core Cortex-A72 up to 2.0 GHz, quad-core Cortex-A53 up to 1.5 GHz, Mali-T864 GPU with OpenGL ES1.1/2.0/3.0/3.1, OpenCL,…

Description Patch removal, adding one to make this work. Jira reference number AR-1312 How Has This Been Tested? [x] build on 5.15.y and 5.19.y 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 It was impossible to set IMAGE_TYPE from command-line, thus it was not possible to generate user-built images. The change re-sets IMAGE_TYPE based on the BETA variable only if IMAGE_TYPE hasn't been set previously How Has This Been Tested? Run tests with IMAGE_TYPE set and unset and saw it was set/not-set to the corresponding value 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 …

Changes in the name of patch files. two mandatory fields are used - a digital index that strictly fixes the position of the patch during the overlay process, the last character in the initial state is 0, this will allow you to add new patches to the right place at any time without having to rename all patches. The second required field is the name (nickname) of the user on GIT who added (is responsible for supporting) this patch in the build system. The rest of the patch file name is at the discretion of the person who adds it and it is desirable to have a description of the purpose of the patch. Please note that this name is not synonymous with the one who CREATED the pa…

The EsPiFF board may look like a Raspberry Pi 4 Linux SBC but it is equipped with an ESP32-WROVER WiFi and Bluetooth module together with a Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller that acts as a co-processor. The goal here is to provide a Raspberry Pi 4 replacement for applications that require higher reliability and even 24/7 operation without necessarily needing the processing power and multimedia capabilities of the Broadcom BCM2711 Arm processor found in the Pi or the versatility of a Linux operating system. EsPiFF board specifications: Wireless module – ESP32-WROVER module with dual-core ESP32-D0WDQ6 microcontroller with 2.4 GHz WiFi 4 and Bluetooth, 8 MB PSRAM and 16 MB…

Mount /tmp in docker builder container tmpfs. Makes compilation with ccache in docker builder run faster. Inspired by #4703 View the full article

Description We download some newer gcc but we didn't use it. Since buster is eos, #2403 isn't a issue now. So let use newer gcc. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Build arm [X] Build aarch64 Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstre…

SDMC DV9286 is an 8K TV box for operators running Android 13 TV OS on an Amlogic S928X octa-core Cortex-A76/A55 processor with 4GB to 8GB RAM, WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity, an HDMI 2.1a port, and 8K AV1, H.265, VP9 video decoding support. We had started to see 8K TV boxes based on the Amlogic S928X processor at IBC 2022 last September, but with few details. SDMC DV9286 announcement brings a few more details such as the GPU used in S928X and which version of Android will be used. SDMC DV9286 (preliminary) specifications: SoC – Amlogic S928X octa-core Cortex-A76/A55 processor with Arm Mali-G57 MC2 GPU; 12nm process System Memory – 4GB LPDDR4 (up to 8GB option) Sto…

BLIKVM is an open-source KVM over IP software that helps you manage servers or workstations remotely regardless of the health of the target system, and currently working with Raspberry Pi CM4 hardware, a Raspberry Pi HAT, or a PCIe board, and a new model based on MangoPi’s Allwinner H616 CPU module is coming soon. We’ve previously written about the Raspberry Pi-based PiKVM DIY project, followed by the PiKVM v3 Raspberry Pi HAT from the same project, and now I can see there’s a CM4-based PiKVM V4 that was on Kickstarter last month and raised over $800,000… You’d think this kind of system would be rather a niche market, but there’s even demand to have a similar open-source …

uboot: allow adding/changing uboot CFLAGS with post_config_uboot_target() hook uboot: allow adding/changing uboot CFLAGS with post_config_uboot_target() hook View the full article

Description -- remember its not rockpi 4SE its rock 4SE now that RK3399-T friendly ddr blobs have been added, lets given this a discrete config..... and use mainline uboot with an official uboot defconfig. View the full article

Description Board info: http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/details/Orange-Pi-3B.html Devicetree and uwe5622 driver is in this pr: https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/88 I've written a mainline devicetree but since we are bumping rockchip64-edge to 6.5, I will add it later. 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] legacy build success [x] legacy build boot fine on opi3b 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 …

patching: accept a sha1 in BASE_GIT_TAG (as well as branch or tag) patching: accept a sha1 in BASE_GIT_TAG (as well as branch or tag) just for convenience View the full article

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

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

rockchip64-edge (6.8.y): enable CONFIG_RTW88_PCI and all the RTW88 PCI cards rockchip64-edge (6.8.y): enable CONFIG_RTW88_PCI and all the RTW88 PCI cards needed for the Tinkerboard-2 (8822CE) didn't touch SDIO or USB ones View the full article

As the holidays approach, the Armbian team continues to bring you exciting updates and improvements to make your development experience even better. Whether you’re tinkering with new boards over the festive break or updating your systems for the new year, here’s what’s new this week: Infrastructure and Community Updates New Mirror in Ukraine A new mirror has been kindly provided by Hostiko to improve download availability in the region. Mirror Status Page A new page has been introduced to show the status of Armbian mirrors. Check it out here. If you have capacity to host our files, you are more then welcome! Kernel Updates and Enhancements Kernel Porting to 6.12.y …

Orbbec Persee+ is a 3D depth camera running Linux with AI capabilities thanks to Amlogic A311D hexa-core processor equipped with a 5 TOPS NPU (Neural-network Processing Unit). The Persee+ is designed to help researchers, engineers, and hobbyists implement advanced uses for 3D imaging. Orbbec has been around for several years with the first product we covered here being the Orbbec Persee 3D depth camera running Ubuntu or Android on Rockchip RK3288 processor and unveiled in 2015. Last year, the company introduced the Zora P1 Amlogic A311D development board for Orbbec 3D cameras, so in a way, the Orbbec Persee+ is born from the work done on the Persee camera and Zora P1 over…

5G is often associated with Gigabit speeds when found in mobile handsets or connected laptops, while there’s also 5G LPWA for battery-powered IoT devices. 5G RedCap, which stands for Reduced Capability, offers a middle ground for industrial IoT applications that keep some 5G features such as low latency, low power consumption, enhanced security, and network slicing while limiting the bandwidth to around 85 Mbps. 5G RedCap, also called NR Lite, will be part of 3GPP Release 17 scheduled for later in 2022, and further improved in Rel 18 in 2023. It will be first found in applications currently relying on LTE Cat 1 through Cat 4, and can be considered a light version of the 5…

At the GTK hackfest in London (which accidentally became mostly a Flatpak hackfest) I've mainly been looking into how to make D-Bus work better for app container technologies like Flatpak and Snap. View the full article

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This PR re-adds support for the NanoPi NEO3, we talked about this a while ago. This as a preview, as I want to ask if the changes in this PR would be enough. Successfully built, booted, and rebooted: [x] bullseye current [x] bullseye edge [x] focal current [x] focal edge [x] jammy current [x] jammy edge I am aware that I need to change the web site afterwards. View the full article

Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile platform just a few days ago, but Linaro has just announced that Linux was already upstreamed to the premium mobile SoC featuring a 3.2 GHz Arm Cortex-X3 “Prime” core, four performance cores at up to 2.8 GHz, and three Efficiency cores clocked at up to 2.0 GHz. Most of the work was done by Linaro Engineers Abel Vesa and Neil Armstrong with initial support posted on November 16th on the Linux kernel mailing list, and with the set of patches released so far, it is even possible to boot a minimal AOSP image on a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 development kit shown below which should be manufactured by Lantronix, if history is any guide. Th…

The Storaxa is a multi-purpose device powered by an Intel Celeron N6005 Jasper Lake processor which works as a 5-bay SATA NAS, which also happens to take up to four NVMe SSDs, a 4K media center with HDMI and DisplayPort interfaces, and a WiFi 6 router equipped with four 2.5GbE ports. The solution is fitted with 16GB RAM, comes with four 10 Gbps USB 3.2 ports and two USB 2.0 ports, and runs Proxmox VE to handle both TrueNAS SCALE and OpenWrt for the NAS and router functions respectively. Storaxa specifications: SoC – Intel Celeron N6005 quad-core Jasper Lake processor @ 2.0GHz / 3.3GHz (Turbo) with 32EU Intel UHD graphics @ 450 / 900 MHz (Turbo); 10W TDP System Memory – 16…

XGO 2 is a desktop robot dog using the Raspberry Pi CM4 as its brain, the ESP32 as the motor controller for the four legs and an additional robotic arm that allows the quadruped robot to grab objects. An evolution of the XGO mini robot dog with a Kendryte K210 RISC-V AI processor, the XGO 2 robot offers 12 degrees of freedom and the more powerful Raspberry CM4 model enables faster AI edge computing applications, as well as features such as omnidirectional movement, six-dimensional posture control, posture stability, and multiple motion gaits. The XGO 2 robot dog is offered in two variants – the XGO-Lite 2 and the XGO-Mini 2 – with the following key features and specificat…

VVenC and VVdeC are open-source software H.266/VCC video encoder and decoder respectively that are optimized to use SIMD instructions on x86 (SSE42/SIMDe and AVX2) and Arm, and the decoder runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android. H.266, aka VCC (Versatile Video Coding) video compression standard was adopted in 2020 promising to reduce data requirements by around 50% compared to the previous H.265/HEVC standard at the same visual quality. H.266 should also outperform the royalty-free AV1 video codec. We hadn’t seen news since the announcement, but this may be changing with the Realtek RTD1319D processor unveiled with support for both 4K H.266 and AV1 video decoding last…

Pico Technology has released PicoVNA 5 control software for their vector network analyzers for Windows x86 64-bit, Mac, Linux x86 64-bit, and Raspberry Pi 3 and greater single board computers, superseding the Windows-only PicoVNA 3 software. As a Ubuntu user, I hate it when some hardware tool forces me to install software on Windows when there’s no Linux alternative, so any company that provides cross-platform tools is making the right move. I’m also not quite sure what a “vector network analyzer” (VNA) is, so I’ll first look into the PicoVNA 106 and PicoVNA 108 6/8.5 GHz VNAs from the company. PicoVNA 106/108 vector network analyzers highlights and specifications: Freque…

u-boot-menu: allow avoid using uInitrd, for when the bootloader requires modern initrd.img u-boot-menu: allow avoid using uInitrd, for when the bootloader requires modern initrd.img View the full article

odroidm1: de-infest Petitboot 🔥 use Kwiboo's 2023.10 u-boot; UMS works; bump kernel to 6.5-rcX odroidm1/edge (rk3568-odroid): bump to 6.4.y, update config, rebase patches to 6.4.10 odroidm1/edge (rk3568-odroid): bump to 6.5-rc6; manually fix RK808 breakage in .config; rebase patches add patch to remove Petitboot-mandated MTD partitions this way we have access to the full flash, and can write our own u-boot to it rebase all patches odroidm1/edge (rk3568-odroid): drop 6.3 and 6.4 patches odroidm1: de-infest Petitboot 🔥 use Kwiboo's 2023.10 u-boot; UMS works using Kwiboo's rk3568-2023.10 branch with BINMAN-handled blobs patches (defconfig unless indicated): boot us…

Description There is a 6.1 kernel available from hardkernel: https://forum.odroid.com/viewforum.php?f=225. Start migrating from 5.4 to it. How Has This Been Tested? Not tested yet, just uploading it so that the work does not get lost. 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

dpkg-deb: don't use fakeroot, we're already root; don't add fakeroot dep either dpkg-deb: don't use fakeroot, we're already root; don't add fakeroot dep either dpkg-deb: rename fakeroot_dpkg_deb_build -> dpkg_deb_build View the full article

Description Fix uwe5622 load average. Patch is based on @pyavitz patch from his repository. Bumped Allwinner u-boot to 2024.01 from 2024.01-rc5. And increased kernel log buffer size. 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 and booted on Orange Pi 3 LTS 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 …

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 6.1.83. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Armbian continues to evolve with exciting updates, optimizations, and bug fixes across its ecosystem. Here are the highlights from the past week: Kernel Updates rk35xx-vendor: Updated to the 6.1 rkr4.1 SDK kernel, enhancing compatibility and features for rk35xx boards (commit by @amazingfate). Rockchip: Edge kernel upgraded to 6.12, bringing improved stability and performance (commit by @paolosabatino). Feature Deprecations WireGuard: Removed from the build system (commit by @EvilOlaf). Bug Fixes NanoPi-R6S: Resolved MMC0/MMC1 ordering issues to enhance reliability (commit by @efectn). Documentation Enhancements Added release notes for version 24.11.1 (commit by @…

Greetings, Armbian community! Here's a concise overview of the key developments and improvements merged into our build system this past week. HighlightsExpanded board support: We've added initial support for the DshanPi A1 (RK3576), broadening Armbian's reach to more hardware.Kernel updates: The edge kernel for Raspberry Pi 4B has been updated to 6.16, bringing the latest features and fixes to the platform.Build system robustness: Important adjustments were made to ensure more reliable U-boot source fetching and improved patch application processes.New featuresNew board and variant support:Add support for DshanPi A1 (RK3576) (#8380)Add BPI-M4-Zero to Sunxi64 device tree d…

Abandoned vendor-provided BSP roadblocks can be overcome when mainline Open Source projects like the Linux kernel are integrated directly. Get your upstreamed BSPs from day one. View the full article

A friendlier, faster, snap-free desktop install in armbian-configIf you've installed a desktop environment with armbian-config over the last few months, you may have noticed things feel different: there's a tier you can pick, the browser actually works on every arch, uninstall doesn't take half your system with it, and there's no snap pop-up surprising you on Ubuntu builds. That's not by accident — the desktop submodule has been quietly rebuilt from the ground up. Here's what landed, why we did it, and what it means for you. Pick the desktop you want — at install, and afterThree tiers, instead of one all-or-nothing install: minimal — DE + display manager + a terminal. Abo…

Description switching sunxi to 5.18.y temporally disabling several OOT wireless drivers re-enable AUFS on 5.18.y Jira reference number AR-955 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 downs…

Check out the April issue (#222) of Linux Format magazine for our new monthly column on all things Open Source, including graphics, multimedia and more! View the full article

CANBed M4 development board based on Microchip SAM E51 Cortex-M4 microcontroller and MCP2542FD CAN transceiver provides a more powerful alternative to the CANBed RP2040 with a Raspberry Pi dual-core Cortex-M0+ microcontroller introduced last year. The board supports both CAN 2.0 and CAN FD with a 4-pin terminal block or a DB-9 connector, and offers expansion capabilities though two Grove connectors, and an 18-pin IO header. CANBed M4 specifications: MCU – Microchip ATSAME51G19A Arm Cortex M4 core @ up to 120 MHz with 512KB flash, 192KB RAM CAN Microchip MCP2542FD CAN transceiver with support for CAN 2.0 and CAN FD up to 2+ Mbps Input interface – DB-9 connector or terminal…

Description Here it is also the same patch file, but extracted using the command git format-patch -1 -o View the full article

I first noticed the MediaTek MT7986 WiFi router processor in Linux 5.17 changelog. MT7986 is the codename for MediaTek Filogic 830 quad-core Cortex-A53 processor designed for Wi-Fi 6/6E routers with up to 6 Gbps bandwidth, and two 2.5Gbps Ethernet interfaces. Banana Pi BPI-R3 is a router board based on Filogic 830/MT7986A that offers an upgrade to the company’s Banana Pi BPI-R2 board powered by a MediaTek MT7623A quad-core Cortex-A7 processor or even the Banana Pi BPI-R64 board based on a MediaTek MT7622 dual-core Arm Cortex-A53 SoC. Banana Pi BPI-R3 specifications: SoC – MediaTek MT7986A (Filogic 830) quad-core Arm Cortex A53 processor with hardware acceleration engines …

Description This commit adds support for NanoPi R1S H5 and lights up level lights for r8153 NICs. Also turns off the noise log of the rtl8189es module. How Has This Been Tested? [x] current kernel [x] edge kernel Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Weibu is a B2B company offering total solutions and OEM/ODM services. Their target clients are computer manufacturers like Acer and Hisense as they don’t sell directly to end users. With their products both the specifications and accessories can be customized according to their customer’s requirements. One of their product lines is mini PCs and they have sent a pre-production sample of their N10 design to showcase their capabilities. In this review, I will look at the various options available for the N10 and briefly look at performance running both Windows and Ubuntu. Weibu N10 hardware overview The key selling feature of this mini PC is the wide range of ports suitable …

Bumps ossf/scorecard-action from 2.0.6 to 2.1.0. Release notes Sourced from ossf/scorecard-action's releases. v2.1.0 What's Changed Scorecard version This release uses scorecard v4.10.0. Improvements Docker build workflow by @​naveensrinivasan in ossf/scorecard-action#981 Use root user in distroless to support GitHub Actions by @​spencerschrock in ossf/scorecard-action#994 Disable pull_request_target by @​laurentsimon in ossf/scorecard-action#1031 Documentation Add PAT section explaining risks by @​olivekl in ossf/scorecard-action#1024 Make the badge text easier to copy by @​rajbos in ossf/scorecard-action#1026 New Contributors @​joycebrum made their first contr…

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 U-boot 22.07 is borked on many allwinner devices. Jira reference number AR-1528 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test [ ] Test on hardware Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Texas Instruments AM62A, AM8, and AM69A Arm Cortex-A53 or Cortex-A72 Vision processors come with 2 to 8 CPU cores and deep learning accelerators delivering from 1 TOPS to 32 TOPS for low-power vision and artificial intelligence (AI) processing in applications such as video doorbells, machine vision, and autonomous mobile robots. Three families and a total of 6 parts are available: AM62A3, AM62A3-Q1, AM62A7, and AM62A7-Q1 single to quad-core Cortex-A53 processors support one to two cameras at less than 2W in applications such as video doorbells and smart retail systems. Equipped with a 1TOPS vision processor, the AM62A3 is the cheapest model of the family going for US$12 …

rootfs/image: avoid apt junk leftover by debootstrap; always cleanup apt cache on target Thanks to @amazingfate for raising this in https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5063 - this will save us some 2Tb of storage, not to mention a lot of bandwidth. rootfs: rootfs-create: show a summary of the 20 biggest dirs, right before tarring the rootfs (for debugging) rootfs: rootfs-create: show usage of caches between first and second stages rootfs: rootfs-create: cleanup junk left by debootstrap after second stage rootfs: rootfs-create: always clean apt stuff at the end rename apt_purge_unneeded_packages() to apt_purge_unneeded_packages_and_clean_apt_caches() for clarity imag…

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 5.4.246 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Khadas VIM3/VIM3L u-boot 23.07-rc4 + SPI-NOR/MTD booting support (with old FIP blobs) khadas-vim3: bump u-boot to 2023.07-rc4, add KBI support for easy PCI/USB3 switching this introduces the v2023.07 u-boot patch directory, with the boot-usb-nvme-scsi-first patch rebased add myself as BOARD_MAINTAINER khadas-vim3: introduce SPI-NOR/MTD u-boot build, using old(er) FIP blobs move FIP signing code from meson-g12b.conf's uboot_custom_postprocess() to the board's own post_uboot_custom_postprocess hook fetch a secondary FIP blob repo at a revision with working FIP blobs for SPI (see https://github.com/LibreELEC/amlogic-boot-fip/pull/10) implement post_uboot_custom_postproc…

drivers-harness: add branch to drivers base cache key declare cache_key_base="${KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR}_${LINUXFAMILY}_${BRANCH}" drivers-harness: add branch to drivers base cache key declare cache_key_base="${KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR}_${LINUXFAMILY}_${BRANCH}" this allows for 2 branches with the same version to not interfere with each other View the full article

Description Update for AR-1553: Update symlink names for RS485 Adapters on JetHub D1/D1+. Simple change. Jira reference number AR-1553 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Test A [ ] 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 mo…

2023 was a great year for the Wayland driver for Wine. After several merge requests, many people are now already able to use the latest Wine release to enjoy some of their favorite Windows applications in a completely X11-free environment! View the full article

Collabora's engineers presented six talks over the course of the weekend, with topics including a review of recent improvements to GStreamer, a look at the state of video offloading on the Linux desktop, and more. View the full article

Description Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. GitHub issue reference: Jira reference number [AR-9999] Documentation summary for feature / change Please delete this section if entry to main documentation is not needed. If documentation entry is predicted, please provide key elements for further implementation into main documentation and set label to "Needs Documentation". You are welcome to open a PR to documentation or you can leave following information for technical writer: [ ] short description (copy / paste of PR title) [ ] …

We're proud to announce that Whisper is now available in Hindi! With 2,500 hours of Hindi speech data and innovative techniques like Indic Normalization, this model sets a new benchmark for Hindi ASR. View the full article

Immich is a high-performance, self-hosted photo and video backup solution, ideal for individuals and families seeking an alternative to cloud-based services like Google Photos or iCloud. It offers a private, secure space to store, browse, and share memories without sacrificing modern features or user experience. With Armbian, deploying Immich on single-board computers is easy whether you're using a RockPro64, Raspberry Pi, or Odroid running Armbian. What makes Immich stand out?Immich combines a sleek interface with powerful functionality: Automatic mobile uploads for seamless backupFacial recognition and machine learning search to organize contentMulti-user support for f…

A friendlier, faster, snap-free desktop install in armbian-configIf you've installed a desktop environment with armbian-config over the last few months, you may have noticed things feel different: there's a tier you can pick, the browser actually works on every arch, uninstall doesn't take half your system with it, and there's no snap pop-up surprising you on Ubuntu builds. That's not by accident — the desktop submodule has been quietly rebuilt from the ground up. Here's what landed, why we did it, and what it means for you. Pick the desktop you want — at install, and afterThree tiers, instead of one all-or-nothing install: minimal — DE + display manager + a terminal. Abo…

This week's work centers on kernel 7.2 enablement across out-of-tree drivers, a redesigned armbian-install with expanded boot topologies, and new UEFI cloud ISO delivery alongside board additions. The mainline bump to 7.2-rc6 drove a coordinated pass through wireless and peripheral drivers, with compatibility updates landing for uwe5622, rtl8723ds, rtl8852bs, and radxa-aic8800, plus a broader rewrite of kernel configs and patch sets for the new baseline. Rockchip received targeted fixes including RGA3 upscaling flicker correction, scoped rk3576 HS400 DLL calibration, RK808 clkout cell naming, and a switch to CUBIC congestion control as the default. Additional platform wor…

Tyr’s latest Rust GPU kernel driver work puts GPU memory management in place, from VM binding and GPUVM to GEM-backed buffers and firmware boot, moving key pieces upstream before tackling synchronization next. View the full article

Rockchip RK3566 processor is designed for AIoT applications like NVR systems, but we’ve seen it integrated into mini PCs, TV boxes, and now a gaming handheld with the Anbernic RG503 equipped with a 4.95-inch OLED display. The portable gaming console also includes 1GB LPDDR4 and 16GB storage, plus an optional 64GB microSD card with 4193 games, all the buttons you’d expect from a gaming handheld, plus micro HDMI output for connection to a larger screen. Anbernic RG503 specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3566 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor @ 1.8 GHz with Arm Mali-G52 EE GPU, 0.8 TOPS NPU/AI accelerator System Memory- 1GB LPDDR4 Storage 16GB microSD card Optional 64GB microSD ca…

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The open source Panfrost driver for Arm Mali Midgard and Bifrost GPUs now provides non-conformant OpenGL ES 3.0 on Bifrost and desktop OpenGL 3.1 on Midgard (Mali T760 and newer) and Bifrost, in time for Mesa's first release of 2021. View the full article

Modern CPUs implement a number of technologies that may affect application performance in unpredictable ways. Figuring out what is going wrong with an application can be a hard task, but it can become much easier with the correct analysis tools. View the full article

Description Closing https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/4197 View the full article

Description Run apt update or it will fail to install dependencies. Jira reference number AR-1405 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Manual run View the full article

Bumps cirrus-actions/rebase from 1.7 to 1.8. Release notes Sourced from cirrus-actions/rebase's releases. 1.8 What's Changed docs: Fix errors in the example in README.md (#1) by @​martolini in cirrus-actions/rebase#98 runs-on property missing. by @​dim0627 in cirrus-actions/rebase#102 fix(chore): bugs autosquash always set true by @​adeherysh in cirrus-actions/rebase#103 New Contributors @​martolini made their first contribution in cirrus-actions/rebase#98 @​dim0627 made their first contribution in cirrus-actions/rebase#102 @​adeherysh made their first contribution in cirrus-actions/rebase#103 Full Changelog: https://github.com/cirrus-actions/rebase/compare/1.7...…

Description This address https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4656#issuecomment-1373549295 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 [X] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Closing https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/4871 View the full article

meson64 general asound.state fix; Khadas VIM3/VIM3L asound.state fixes for HDMI audio meson-{sm1|g12a|g12b}: default, but don't override, ASOUND_STATE; this way board-specific asound.state's are honored add logging during actual deployment so we know what is happening khadas-vim3: update asound.state enabling HDMI out khadas-vim3l: update asound.state with correct card name and enable HDMI output View the full article

partitioning: declare global readonly ROOT_PART_UUID for later hooks partitioning: declare global readonly ROOT_PART_UUID for later hooks re-use local root_part_uuid instead of running blkid multiple times View the full article

Description Introduce a driver that leverages the virtual poweroff feature of Trust OS for rk322x that allow Power On with IR remote controller KEY_POWER. It brings the board into suspended state (ie: "virtual poweroff") on shutdown and resumes power when the user pushes KEY_POWER of the remote controller. This is for current 6.1 and edge 6.5 kernels on rk322x family, but it could be possible to extend to other rockchip socs with minor changes. The driver may need some polishing here and there, but it already very usable. To be enabled, it requires the ir-wakeup overlay. How Has This Been Tested? [x] current kernel compiled and tested on live debian bookworm system [x…

Description Debian sid desktops have been failing to build for a while due to a dependency issue with ghostscript-x this package has been abandoned... or mostly abandoned.. see Debian Bug #1022718 Removed package from base desktop package lists... Resolves error message below The following packages have unmet dependencies: ghostscript-x : Depends: ghostscript (= 10.01.2~dfsg-1) but 10.02.1~dfsg-1 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. tested with ./compile.sh build BOARD=pinebook-pro BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=yes \ DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED='3dsupport browsers internet multimedia' DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT=cinnamon \ DE…

Description All ethernet network names start with en, not just e. This is how predictible network interface names work in udev/systemd. :D Commit a57f4e2cf00da902610a6640507797e6eff071e5 already prevents managing other interfaces, for example docker and vpn interfaces (which should not be managed by netplan), but this makes it even less likely to match a wrong interface name. Documentation summary for feature / change I'm guessing the documentation will be automatically generated into here: https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Networking/#default-armbian-configuration ? Please correct me if something needs to be done. How Has This Been Tested? Edited and applied the co…

Description Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project View the full article

A testament to its long standing community interest and devote volunteers, FOSDEM will be celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Join us as we take the stage to discuss BlueZ, GStreamer, Open Source AI models, & more! View the full article

Choosing the right input voltage and ensuring stable power supply for SBCsWhen working with single board computers (SBCs) like those supported by Armbian, one of the most overlooked but critical factors for performance and system reliability is the power supply. Whether you're running a lightweight server, a development environment, or a complex home automation system, power instability can lead to frustrating and difficult-to-diagnose problems. Understanding the correct input voltage and ensuring a stable power supply is essential for the long-term health of your SBC. Why Power Supply Issues Are So CommonUnlike desktop systems that come with regulated internal power supp…

This week's work centers on kernel 7.2 enablement across out-of-tree drivers, a redesigned armbian-install with expanded boot topologies, and new UEFI cloud ISO delivery alongside board additions. The mainline bump to 7.2-rc6 drove a coordinated pass through wireless and peripheral drivers, with compatibility updates landing for uwe5622, rtl8723ds, rtl8852bs, and radxa-aic8800, plus a broader rewrite of kernel configs and patch sets for the new baseline. Rockchip received targeted fixes including RGA3 upscaling flicker correction, scoped rk3576 HS400 DLL calibration, RK808 clkout cell naming, and a switch to CUBIC congestion control as the default. Additional platform wor…

Khadas VIM4 single board computer was first unveiled last October with Amlogic A311D2 octa-core Cortex-A73/A53 processor, 8GB LPDDR4X, but it’s only been launched today, and you can now buy the Khadas VIM4 board for right under $200. It is an upgrade to Khadas VIM3 Pro launched with Amlogiv A311D hexa-core processor a few years ago, and our testing in Android 11 revealed the main benefit may be the upgrade GPU that delivered a 67% boost in 3DMark, but CPU multi-core performance and memory bandwidth will also see some benefits over Amlogic A311D, even against in overclocked systems like ODROID N2+. Here’s a reminder of Khadas VIM4 specifications: SoC – Amlogic A311D2 octa-…

After several months of work, we are excited to announce a first proposal for a Wayland driver for Wine. The proposal is in the form of an RFC, in order to explore how to best move forward with the upstreaming and further development of the driver. View the full article

Once you've setup a virtual machine in QEMU using debootstrap, there are a number of tools available for testing, tracing and debugging, such as Kmemleak for memory leaks, GDB (GNU Debugger), ftrace et dynamic_debug. View the full article

Once upon a time, people tried to avoid STM32 fakes and clones, but in a world where companies are allegedly purchasing washing machines to extract a few unavailable components, people have started to look for alternatives, and last week I wrote about the Geehy APM32 family of STM32 clones. But I had never heard about Flashchip Microelectronics FCM32 microcontrollers, and they are even not that easy to find in search engines, so they must be relatively new. The company appears to make both FCM32F clones and FCM32H derivatives with no direct equivalent STM32 part numbers, a higher clock frequency, and faster flash. For example, the FCMF030F4P6 will match the specifications…

Description As per subject How Has This Been Tested? [x] Built edge kernel deb packages [x] Built current kernel deb packages 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 A change in kernel 5.19.2 causes kernel oops in inno usb2 phy initialization (at least) when there is an usb3 type-c connector device (like fairchild usb3 controller) trying to initialize the usb2 phy. My Orange PI 4 LTS was entering kernel panic when the monitor was brought on by effect of fusb302 kernel module initializing the whole type-c subsystem (display port, usb2 and usb3 phys). This patch removes the init code introduced in 5.19.2 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Produced kernel debs and installed on living Orange PI 4 LTS system Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x…

Description install xfce4-power-manager by default on xfce desktop remove x11 config which is obsolete and prevent dkms functinality remove per board power manager install Jira reference number AR-1186 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested manually in VM [ ] Tested on bare metal 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

WCH CH32V003 is a new ultra cheap RISC-V microcontroller (MCU) clocked at 48 MHz with 2KB SRAM, 16KB flash, and a bunch of interfaces that sells for under 10 cents in quantities. The MCU offers up to eighteen GPIOs, UART, SPI, I2C, an 8-channel 10-bit ADC, and several timers in TSSOP20, QFN20, SOP16, or SOP8 packages, and a small development board is also available. WCH CH32V003 specifications: CPU – 32-bit “RISC-V2A” core up to 48 MHz Memory – 2KB SRAM Storage – 16KB flash Peripherals Up to 18x GPIO with interrupt support 1x USART interface 1x I2C 1x SPI 10-bit ADC up to 8 channels 1-Wire debug interface General purpose DMA controller Timers 16-bit advanced timer 16-bit …

Description Patch Maintenance. 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] Current Build test [ ] Edge Build test To-do: patch adjustement on edge View the full article

Bumps tj-actions/changed-files from 34 to 35. Release notes Sourced from tj-actions/changed-files's releases. v35 Changes in v35.0.1 What's Changed Upgraded to v35 by @​jackton1 in tj-actions/changed-files#886 chore: code cleanup by @​jackton1 in tj-actions/changed-files#887 chore: update test by @​jackton1 in tj-actions/changed-files#888 Full Changelog: https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v35...v35.0.1 Changes in v35.0.0 🔥 🔥 BREAKING CHANGE 🔥 🔥 Removed input max_fetch_depth What's Changed Upgraded to v34.6.2 by @​jackton1 in tj-actions/changed-files#878 fix: fail when the merge base is not found by @​jackton1 in tj-actions/changed-files#879 fix…

Description Lets rather show success percentage instead of binary values. Before: true / false After: % How Has This Been Tested? You see the difference. 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