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Description Enabling Armbian Live patch within build framework by default was not a good idea. Moving it to extensions so we can use it only when making images for Armbian OS. Jira reference number AR-1984 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Make image, boot and see if it works Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Enables spi flash on Rock-5b Recreated as a patch based on discussion in #6137 will take me some time to setup and do the big-boy pants stuff to submit to mainline but I'll def work on it. View the full article

Backported 6.7.y to 6.1.y. Included fixups for 6.1, 6.6, 6.7 and added 6.8. 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 Closing https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6773 Jira reference number AR-2382 How Has This Been Tested? [x] When netplan random mac defs are present, device (Odroid M1) does not get IP Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Why thermal management is non-negotiable for modern SBCsBy Michael Robinson As Western Europe endures severe summer conditions with climate monitors at the Copernicus Climate Change Service reporting unprecedented regional heatwaves and extreme highs stretching across the continent ambient indoor conditions are testing the limits of self-hosted edge hardware. In unconditioned workspaces, home server racks, and industrial enclosures, rising ambient air temperatures erode the thermal headroom that single-board computers (SBCs) rely on. Modern System-on-Chips (SoCs) such as the Rockchip RK3588, Allwinner, and Broadcom platforms integrate high-performance CPUs, GPUs, and neur…

Toshiba and Mikroelektronika have launched the Clicker 4 for TMPM4K development board equipped with Toshiba M4K Arm Cortex-M4 microcontroller for motor control, as well as four mikroBUS sockets for MikroE Click expansion boards. The Clicker 4 for TMPM4K board is also fitted with an on-board CMSIS-DAP compliant Debug Unit based on Toshiba’s TMPM067 MCU, extension connectors, JTAG/SWD debug ports, LED indicators and push buttons, and works best with Clicker 4 Inverter Shield with six MOSFETs for motor driving, a 48V switching power supply, and a 5V regulated power source that can power the M4K board. Clicker 4 for TMPM4K specifications: MCU – Toshiba TMPM4KNFYAFG 32-bit Arm…

A move to GitLab. A switch to the powerful Meson build system. A fast and reliable CI system implemented. The GStreamer community has been busy, bringing a bevy of enhancements to 1.18. Here's a look at the key contributions by Collaborans. View the full article

In the last two articles we talked about how Explicit Fencing can help the graphics pipeline in general and what happened on the effort to upstream the Android Sync Framework. Now on the third and final post of this series we will go through the Explicit Fencing implementation on DRM and other elements of the graphics stack. View the full article

Is RISC-X next? Bao Yungang, a professor and scientist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the secretary-general of the China RISC-V Alliance, has suggested RISC-V related standard specifications can be bifurcated into a new RISC-X standard independently developed in China for the “Belt and Road” countries. The world has become more complicated with new sanctions imposed nearly every week, and those include not only primary sanctions but also secondary sanctions where non-sanctioned countries engaged in business or partnership with sanctioned countries may be penalized too. This has been around for years, for example, I had to sign a document in 2019 saying I would not…

Innodisk, better known for its industrial storage solutions and embedded peripherals, has recently announced a shift towards the AI industry, and the first products for this market are three USB 2.0 camera modules with 1920×1080 resolution. All three camera modules are fixed focus. Innodisk EV2U-RMR2 offers HDR support, the EV2U-SGR1 is more compact, offers wider angles, and is optimized for low light conditions, while the EV2U-RMR1 supports HDR in a longer, but much thinner and narrower form factor and is equipped with an M5 lens, instead of an M12 lens for the other models. Innodisk EV2U-RMR2 camera module specifications: Resolution – 1920×1080 @ 30fps Sensor Size – 1/4…

Description Affected: Orangepi 3 LTS and Zero 2 Jira reference number AR-1396 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Opizero2 red led light up at once 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 This could either be merged into GH-4421 or later into a followup PR. I personally would like it to get it merged already now, since it simplifies the coding and the maintainability in future. The changes are pretty obvious. build-tasks.sh: added functions: build_task_is_enabled() build_task_one_of_is_enabled() build_task_each_of_is_enabled() updated existing build task filter logic to use function build_task_is_enabled config-prepare.sh, prepare-host.sh: replaced existing build task filter logic to use function build_task_is_enabled View the full article

Description Add armbian patches to EDGE 6.1 Switch CURRENT to v5.15.84 Checklist: [x] Test build sunxi [x] Test build sunxi64 View the full article

Description This is needed for any PMIC driver. All i2c transfers on pm_power_off must be atomic. Otherwise we have something like that: [ 4309.560651] reboot: Power down [ 4309.563779] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 4309.568399] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h:41 i2c_smbus_xfer+0xa3/0xa8 [ 4309.576502] No atomic I2C transfer handler for 'i2c-0' [ 4309.581637] Modules linked in: stm32f0_pmic(OE) xt_connmark nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_mark nft_counter xt_comment xt_addrtype nft_compat nf_tables nfnetlink wireguard curve25519_neon libchacha20poly1305 chacha_neon poly1305_arm libcurve25519_generic ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel sunrpc…

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Description second round of migrating the board configuration tweaks to the board configuration files. This round needs some attention, the expansion of the script logic resulted in a lot of boards getting firmwares/etc that may or may not make sense. This isn't a change from the status quo, but it was probably wrong to begin with. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly …

Description Move lsof package to minimal images as its needed for armbian-install View the full article

Description After today's complete stall of primary Ubuntu infrastructure I switched to mirrors in order to rebuild caches. First problem is that often mirrors for amd64 and others are placed on different locations. This part is covered but it fails for riscv64 architecture. In order to cover that too, its better to have more generic variable CUSTOM_UBUNTU_MIRROR_PORTS and have everything that is not amd64 there. By quick research - if mirror hosts arm64 it also hosts risv64 and vice versa. Second problem - if caches are re-generated with 3rd party mirrors, release lists remain with those values. How to approach to that problem? We want that - at least our builds - are a…

Description https://forum.armbian.com/topic/28197-pinecube-error-fdt-image-overlaps-os-image/ Attempt to implement suggested fix to allow pinecube booting. Basically the new bootenv file is a copy from sunxi.txt with an additional line. If there is a better way to implement this feel free to adjust as needed. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build on arm64 using artifacts [x] Build on arm64 without artifacts [ ] Boot test not possible due to lack of hw 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 ch…

meson64 edge 6.4: bump from 6.4-rc5 tag to linux-6.4.y branch meson64 edge 6.4: bump from 6.4-rc5 tag to linux-6.4.y branch rebase one patch View the full article

khadas-vim4: add modprobe config to avoid kernel panic during ISP firmware loading khadas-vim4: add modprobe config to avoid kernel panic during ISP firmware loading See https://armbian.atlassian.net/browse/AR-1801?focusedCommentId=11995 View the full article

Description Some patches are modified to get applied to kernel 6.6. Add a new patch 0026-Enable-non-coherent-dst-bufs-for-Venus-V4L2-driver.patch from Justin Green so that chromium will have better performace. 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] Kernel build success for xiaomi-elish [x] Kerne boots fine on xiaomi-elish 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 …

Collabora's deep involvement with the MediaTek community continued to shine this week with the release of Linux 6.13, which saw multiple improvements land for MediaTek SoCs. View the full article

Welcome to the latest Armbian Newsletter: your source for the latest developments, community highlights, and behind-the-scenes updates from the world of open-source ARM and RISC-V computing. The upcoming Armbian release 26.08 will be based on Linux 6.18 LTS, giving users the benefits of a long-term support kernel with improved hardware compatibility, security updates, and ongoing upstream maintenance. This provides a solid foundation for future development while keeping systems stable and reliable. SPONSORED …

We’ve just written about the Notkia phone repurposing Nokia 168x phones with a new PCB featuring an Ingenic X1000E MIPS processor running mainline Linux, but it turns out the developer (Reimu NotMoe, CTO of SudoMaker) has also designed the X1501 Pico SoM, a tiny 16×16 system-on-module equipped with Ingenic X1501 MIPS system-in-package (SiP). The module can be that small because the single-core 1GHz Ingenic 1501 SiP embeds 8MB LPDDR, as well as apparently a 16Mbit NOR flash that stores stripped-down versions of U-boot and the Linux kernel, plus a minimal, busybox-based rootfs. X1501 Pico system-on-module specifications: SoC – Ingenic X1501 MIPS32r2 processor @ 1GHz, a MIPS…

GStreamer relies on various 2D font rendering and layout libraries such as Pango and Cairo to generate text for the Pango plugin, which contains elements such as textoverlay. Here's how to add the Pango plugin to a gst-build installation on Windows. View the full article

Last month I gave a short talk about the Chamelium board from the ChromeOS team, a board that is getting more and more usage outside of Google as it can help you automate the testing of your display (and not only!) code and hardware. View the full article

This is just imported from the old configurator code, and slapped into a module in 10 minutes. There's duplicated code and I should focus on a better folder architecture before writing new modules. Still, this is done and should show you can "just convert function into a module in 10 minutes" or something. Signed-off-by: Myy Miouyouyou myy@miouyouyou.fr View the full article

Description Jira reference number AR-1294 How Has This Been Tested? [ ] CI Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

…indicate the installation occurs on host not in container. 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? removed uuid package, ran ./compile.sh docker-shell RELEASE=jammy BOARD=rockpro64 BRANCH=edge output was [ .... ] Updating and installing basic packages on host [ uuid uuid-runtime ] Selecting previously unselected package uuid. (Reading database ... 391502 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../uuid_1.6.2-1.5build7_amd64.deb ... Unpacki…

LilyGO has launched a new ESP32-S3 WiFi & BLE camera board with the T-Camera S3 also featuring a small display, a PIR motion sensor, and a microphone, as well as an optional plastic shell. The T-Camera S3 is an evolution of the TTGO T-Camera ESP32 board introduced in 2019 with many of the same features, but the ESP32 microcontroller has been replaced with an ESP32-S3 microcontroller with vector extensions that makes it suitable for machine learning and computer vision applications. The new board also comes with a larger 16 MB SPI flash, more I/Os, and a few other small changes. T-Camera S3 specifications: ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 wireless module SoC – ESP32-S3FN16R8 dual-cor…

See ./lib/functions/rootfs/distro-specific.sh View the full article

rockchip64/edge/6.3: rebase/rewrite patches against v6.3.1; do archeology for mbox-less patches; materialize overwrites After the work done by @amazingfate on #5140 it is now viable to rebase all rockchip64 edge patches. This "admits" all the overwrites (full replacement) as actual patches -- it does not change the contents. materialized overwrites: add-board-helios64.patch add-board-orangepi-r1-plus.patch add-driver-for-Motorcomm-YT85xx+PHYs.patch add-board-rk3328-roc-pc.patch Special attention: wifi-4003-uwe5622-adjust-for-rockchip.patch @paolosabatino this patch is done on top of the wifi drivers patches exclusively, and fails to apply on a pure mainline tree.…

Looking back, it's amazing how much has happened in NVK in just the last 7 months. If development continues at this crazy pace, we may be looking at a pretty decent driver before too much longer. View the full article

rockpro64: bump ATF to lts-2.8.8 rockpro64: bump ATF to lts-2.8.8 View the full article

Description thead: add edge kernel support How Has This Been Tested? [x] Successfully built. [x] System startup (EMMC). 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

We need to slow down to HS200 for stable emmc. Add tsadc node for temp sensor. Add power off fix from mail list Description How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] ./compile.sh kernel BOARD=rock-5b BRANCH=edge DEB_COMPRESS=xz KERNEL_GIT=shallow [x] emmc is stable, cpu temp is shown from command sensors, and command poweroff is working. 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 correspondin…

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 6.6.31. 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

it is alone in 6.8 dir :) View the full article

Bumps setuptools from 70.2.0 to 70.3.0. Changelog Sourced from setuptools's changelog. v70.3.0 Features Support for loading distutils from the standard library is now deprecated, including use of SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib and importing distutils before importing setuptools. (#4137) Bugfixes pypa/distutils#268 Commits 356e9a0 Bump version: 70.2.0 → 70.3.0 822280b Merge pull request #4463 from pypa/bugfix/distutils-34f9518ef c4e64c1 Add news fragment. b01183c Merge https://github.com/pypa/distutils into bugfix/distutils-34f9518ef e221581 Merge pull request pypa/distutils#267 from msys2-contrib/customize_compiler_m... 34f9518 Merge pull request #4410 from p…

Welcome to the latest Armbian Newsletter: your source for the latest developments, community highlights, and behind-the-scenes updates from the world of open-source ARM and RISC-V computing. The upcoming Armbian release 26.08 will be based on Linux 6.18 LTS, giving users the benefits of a long-term support kernel with improved hardware compatibility, security updates, and ongoing upstream maintenance. This provides a solid foundation for future development while keeping systems stable and reliable. SPONSORED …

In this second part of this blog post series on Linux kernel initcalls, we'll go deeper into implementation, with a look at the colorful __device_initcall() macro, the rootfs initcall, and how modules can be executed. View the full article

A look at the fundamentals of building and booting a kernel in QEMU using debootstrap, so you have the needed infrastructure to test your kernel changes in QEMU. View the full article

Banana Pi is better known for its Arm Linux boards, but the company’s Banana Pi BPI-Leaf-S3 board features Espressif ESP32-S3 dual-core WiFi & BLE AI processor, with compatibility with ESP32-S3-DevKitC-1 minus a built-in USB to TTL chip, and added support for battery and an I2C connector. Banana Pi Leaf (BPI-Leaf-S3) specifications: Wireless MCU – Espressif Systems ESP32-S3 dual-core Tensilica LX7 @ up to 240 MHz with vector instructions for AI acceleration, 512KB RAM, wireless connectivity Storage/Memory – 8MB flash, 2MB SPRAM Connectivity via ESP32-S3 2.4 GHz 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 4 with 40 MHz bandwidth support Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5.0 and Mesh connectivity with…

Description Maint. Jira reference number AR-1343 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build and boot CURRENT [x] Build and boot EDGE View the full article

RAKwireless joined CNX Software’s Giveaway Week last year with the WisBlock Kit 2 LoRa-based GPS Tracker with Solar Panel, and the company is back for Giveaway Week 2022 with the RAK Developer Kit (Air Quality Kit) with LoRaWAN connectivity. The kit includes everything to get started to build an indoor air quality monitor and send the air quality information over LoRaWAN to the cloud/LoRaWAN server. It notably comes with a WisGate gateway and a Wisblock Node with an indoor enclosure. The kit contents and main specifications are as follows: RAK7246 WisGate Developer D0 with: Raspberry Pi Zero W board with Broadcom BCM2835 ARM11 processor @ 1GHz, 512MB RAM Storage – 16GB Mi…

SiFive HiFive Pro P550 RISC-C motherboard based on Intel “Horse Creek” quad-core SiFive Performance P550 processor will launch this summer with 16GB DDR5 memory, two PCIe expansion slots, Gigabit Ethernet networking, USB 3.x ports, and on-board graphics. Intel Horse Creek platform was first revealed when SiFive unveiled the SiFive Performance P550 64-bit RISC-core with Cortex-A75 class performance in June 2021. The companies then demonstrated an internal Intel Horse Creek board with 8GB DDR5 and PCIe Gen5 at the Intel Innovation 2022 Developer Conference last October, and it looks like the 7nm RISC-V processor will finally be available to developers this summer with the l…

Description Rockchip has released legacy kernel 5.10 supporting rk3568, and friendlyarm has been using it on nanopi5: https://github.com/friendlyarm/kernel-rockchip/tree/nanopi5-v5.10.y_opt/. I did tried the legacy kernel that rk3588 uses on rk3568 board but failed to boot with pcie devices. So although this friendlyarm kernel is mostly the same as the legacy kernel rk3588 uses, it is still the best supported 5.10 kernel for rk3568. Since we have patch board-rock3a-Add-DT-link-for-backward-compatibility.patch, we can use the default device tree file rockchip/rk3568-rock-3a.dtb same as the edge kernel. Device tree file is from radxa's legacy 4.19 kernel repo modified wit…

NanoPi R6S is both a mini PC and a router based on Rockchip RK3588S processor. I received some samples in November and started the NanoPi R6S review with OpenWrt/FriendlyWrt quickly testing the 2.5GbE interfaces and routing with iperf3, and it worked pretty well. But using a system with an octa-core Cortex-A76/A55 processor and 8GB RAM as an OpenWrt router only feels like a waste of resources, so I wanted to install a more versatile operating system – Ubuntu 22.04 – for further testing. My struggles installing Ubuntu 22.04 on NanoPi R6S FriendlyELEC provides various images on the Wiki either booting from an SD card, installing from a MicroSD to the eMMC flash (aka eFlashe…

Rockchip demonstrated the Rockchip RK3528 TV box SoC at Mobile World Congress 2023, and the first Android 13 TV boxes based on the processors are now showing up for sale starting with the LEMFO X88Pro 13 TV box. The device comes with up to 4GB RAM and 64GB storage, supports up to 8Kp25 video decoding, features Fast Ethernet and WiFi 6 networking, as well as a few USB ports, and possibly optical S/PDIF audio output. LEMFO X88Pro 13 (preliminary) specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3528 CPU – Quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor GPU – Arm Mali-450 GPU VPU H.265/HEVC up to 8Kp25 H.264/AVC, VP9 up to 4Kp60 VP8, MPEG-1 MPEG-2, MPEG-4, VC1 up to 1080p60 System Memory / Storage conf…

include (clean/real) apt lists and xapian cache in built images (not in rootfs cache) include (clean/real) apt lists in built images; update xapian index during image build, not rootfs; don't leave junk in the rootfs cache revert #5139 Revert "Apt lists is needed for synpatic index generation" - This reverts commit 63e9bd3baad4f6faa8e6e6f6c82e46716b89acf7 - this actually only left junk in rootfs cache for the future to find Now when building images, at the end: Notice how "53" lists where copied (from host-side cache) into the image, and then updated & cleaned, resulting in "32" lists at the end. This is a clean, junk-free, and updated apt lists. On top of…

This second installment explores the Rust libraries Collabora developed to decode video and how these libraries are used within the ARCVM codec stack to eventually replace CrosVM's dependency on the Chrome codec stack through libvda. View the full article

Description Hinlink HT2 CPU：RK3528A RAM：2G EMMC：32G 1x RJ45 Gigabit LAN port 1x HDMI 2.0 1x USB 3.0 1x USB 2.0 1x SD Card 1x Wireless module 1x TypeC PD power port 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 HT2 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…

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 Hinlink H88K mainline support with: [x] one HDMI port output like other rk3588 boards such as rock5b(middle HDMI port ) [x] two 2.5G RTL8125 ethernet [x] usb A ports [x] audio jack output [x] m.2 E slot wifi [x] HS200 emmc [x] TF card copied from rock5b should work, not tested How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] ./compile.sh BOARD=hinlink-h88k BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=yes BUILD_MINIMAL=no COMPRESS_OUTPUTIMAGE=sha,gpg,xz DEB_COMPRESS=xz DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED='3dsupport desktop_tools editors multimedia office remote_desktop' DESK…

Description Fixing compilation due to broken patch. @paolosabatino This reverts commit 7c062f7daeca83e19b050b8e7ac6bf6aa6635693. How Has This Been Tested? Need testing. Assume upstream is tacking the same things? 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

Our commitment to open source extends beyond contributing code. We are dedicated to upholding the highest standards of license compliance throughout our development processes. View the full article

Introducing an accurate and light-weight deep network for video super-resolution upscaling, running on a completely open source software stack using Panfrost, the free and open-source graphics driver for Mali GPUs. View the full article

Linux Kernel 4.9 was released this week and once more Collabora developers took part on the kernel development cycle. This time we contributed 36 patches by 11 different developers, our highest number of single contributors in a kernel release ever. Remember that in the previous release we had our highest number total contributions. View the full article

Refactor orangepi-r1plus-lts dts Remove redundant node and remove Nanopi dependencies Moved Nanopi nodes to orangepi-r1plus-lts dts Renamed patch to match other rockchip64 boards Jira reference number AR-1255 How Has This Been Tested? Tested on orangepi-r1plus-lts Bidirectional iperf tests on both lan0 and eth0 produced expected results 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…

Rakwireless Wisblock modular IoT prototyping system will get new modules about once every quarter and the latest Wisblock Summer 2022 event brings some RAK190xx base boards and power modules to support various power sources from solar panels to PoE, two IP65-rated “Unify” enclosures, as well as four new Wisblock sensor modules. Wisblock RAK190XX base boards and power modules The company has launched three base boards designed to take one of the five Wisblock power modules: RAK19009 – A small (47×30 mm) base board with only 2 sensor slots. RAK19010 – The “standard” base board with 4 sensor slots and 1 I/O slot RAK19011 – Version of the Dual IO base board with a power slot…

Innodisk, better known for its embedded storage and memory chips, had announced its intention to turn to the AI market earlier and started with the launch of USB camera modules last month, but the company has gone a step (or two, or three) further with the introduction of the EXMU-X261 FPGA machine vision platform. The EXMU-X261 is powered by an AMD Xilink Kria K26 system-on-module and features HDMI 1.4 video output, Gigabit Ethernet, four USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports for the cameras and other peripherals, as well as two M.2 sockets and a terminal block for expansion. EXMU-X261 specifications: System-on-module – AMD Xilinx Kria K26 FPGA module powered by a Zynq UltraScale+ XCK26 F…

Description Lets try to fix it, then we retire this image as maintainer has too little time to check it at each release cycle. View the full article

Description of changes by commit Fix variable $root_partition_device to be a device path - as it is intended to be. Otherwise at least this line would fail: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/8cc5b2664c8e49e252e5d383b983b8601440d8e7/packages/bsp/common/usr/sbin/armbian-install#L539 root_partition_device is all time equal to root_partition_device_name, since the lsblk does not list device path names rather than just the device (end-)name. Fixed to get e.g.: root_partition_device=/dev/mmcblk0 root_partition_device_name=mmcblk0 commit: d7cf33ae3ce9850d4b9e0f9edb4ec7595fb2220a Fix determination and usage of variable $sduuid Issue: The last grep filter in the follow…

Description As per Jira description: Base changes on it rather than “clean sheet” to avoid further divergence with time. Jira reference number AR-1439 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Device tree compilation has been tested [ ] Run on Nanopi R2S [ ] Run on Nanopi R4S Note: could not test on real devices because I don't have any; the resulting dtbs should be exactly as they were before. 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 …

Description Remove PGP signing from the script as its done in GHA. Also remove generating .current control file as its obsolete in this design. Also remove rootfs-cache alias as we are anyway making action script from scratch. Nobody else uses this. View the full article

Latronics has just unveiled two new System-in-Packages (SiP) with the entry-level Open-Q 2290CS SIP based on Qualcomm QCS2290 quad-core Cortex-A53 processor designed for industrial IoT applications and safety vehicle equipment control, and the pin-compatible, mid-range Open-Q 4290CS SIP based on Qualcomm QCS4290 octa-core Kryo 260 CPU for applications requiring artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities. The Open-Q 2290CS module comes with 2GB LPDDR4, 16GB eMMC flash, WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, while the Open-Q 4290CS module is equipped with up to 6GB LPDDR4, up to 256GB eMMC flash., and Wi-Fi 5 with some Wi-Fi 6 features (TWT & 8SS), and Bl…

Dear Armbian Community, We have some exciting updates to share with you! Firstly, we are thrilled to announce that we have successfully raised 5000 EUR for upgrading our CI servers. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all of you who participated in this fundraiser and for your continued support. Despite this success, our project still remains underfinanced, and we rely on your support to keep Armbian going. We also have some technical updates to share. FriendlyElec has sent us a sample of the NanoPi R6C, another RK3588S board that’s worth checking out. It comes with an M.2 slot and one less NIC compared to the R6S variant, and Armbian is available for bot…

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

Description Added myself as the maintainer for nanopiduo2 and changed it from csc to conf Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

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Description Fix incorrect data read sometimes in last 4kb of compressed files on btrfs. In my case only last 2560 bytes of dtb file was broken, so the only issue was warnings in dmesg on boot. Well, last 2560 of vmlinuz was also broken, but fortunately there was only '\0' bytes, so system was functional and this problem was unnoticed. Patch taken from upstream uboot: https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/b1d3013d024086c042dbae4ddd99db56bb55b5e7 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Boot from zstd compressed btrfs partition [x] Check uboot loaded kernel sha1sum in uboot console Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-…

See how Tyr moves beyond MCU firmware boot to build the group, queue, VM, submission, and completion paths needed to run real Vulkan workloads on Mali CSF GPUs. View the full article

Method from uboot Odroid C2 fix, same problem same workaround. Description On linux 5.15 the new ethernet chip can not be resetted properly. The workaround from uboot Odroid C2 is tested able to fix this. The commit updates the existing patch. https://forum.armbian.com/topic/19846-orange-pi3-lts/page/10/#comment-141243 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 ethernet with modified dtb 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, particular…

The lineup of great virtual conferences continues this week with the 2020 edition of X.Org Developer's Conference (XDC), the leading event for developers working on all things Open graphics, including the Linux kernel, Mesa, DRM, Wayland and X11. View the full article

Some exciting news today as GStreamer launches its redesigned documentation site, complete with dynamic navigation, search function and new tutorials. This new iteration is powered by HotDoc, a tool created by Collabora's Mathieu Duponchelle! View the full article

Powered by an AMD Athlon Silver 3050e dual-core processor, Topton N1 (aka TP-N1) NAS comes with two SATA bays for 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drives, as well as four gigabit Ethernet ports. The system can support up to 32GB RAM, relies on M.2 SSD storage for the OS, and can provide up to 40TB of data storage through the two SATA bays. It is also equipped with an HDMI output port, several USB 3.x/2.0 ports, as well as a 3.5mm audio jack. Topton N1 specifications: SoC – AMD Athlon Silver 3050e dual-core/quad-thread processor @ 1.4 / 2.8 GHz (Turbo) with Radeon Vega 3 graphics @ 1 GHz; TDP: 6W System Memory – Up to 32GB DDR4-2400 RAM via two SO-DIMM slots Storage M.2 2280 socket fo…

Arduino boards have traditionally been programmed with C-like language in the Arduino IDE, but with the Arduino Lab for MicroPython, Arduino added MicroPython to several official Arduino boards. In the words of the Arduino Team, “not an official product yet, an experimental tool”, but I would not be surprised if it becomes an official IDE eventually as the company collaborated with Damien George, the creator of MicroPython, to port the official the virtual machine to a number of Arduino products, and Murilo Polese to develop the Arduino Lab for MicroPython cross-platform IDE for MicroPython. The IDE looks familiar… Oh yes, I see it now, it’s basically the Arduino IDE, b…

Description It wasn't possible to use overlays out-of-the-box because of they didn't have same prefix as Armbian's overlay prefix. Now they have valid names and it's possible to use them without extra effort. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Checked overlays on OPi5 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

Amlogic S928X Cortex-A76/A55 will soon power some 8K TV boxes running Android TV from SDMC and others, and we now have detailed specifications as a “Quick Reference Manual” dropped in my inbox last night. While like most Amlogic processors, the S928X is designed for TV boxes, the penta-core SoC may end up in affordable yet powerful single board computers with features such as HDMI 2.1a, Gigabit Ethernet, PCIe 2.0 or USB 3.0. Amlogic S928X specifications: CPU sub-system 1x Arm Cortex-A76 core and 4x Arm Cortex-A55 cores in big.LITTLE configuration NEON and Crypto extensions Private L2 cache and unified system L3 cache Build-in RISC-V core for system control processing GPUs…

Addressing the need for reliable hardware testing for RISC-V adoption, the RISE Project and Collabora added two RISC-V boards to Collabora's LAVA testing lab. View the full article

This week's cycle emphasizes broad U-Boot modernization, new board and SoC enablement, and kernel and wireless driver consolidation. A large-scale U-Boot bump moves sunxi 32-bit and 64-bit targets from v2024.01 to v2026.07-rc4, with follow-on updates for self-pinned H616/H618 boards (Zero2W, Zero3, Longan Pi 3H), Mixtile Edge2, NanoPi R5S (now patch-less), and the Youyeetoo YY3588 switching to mainline v2026.04. The imx6 line (UDOO, Cubox-i) was modernized to U-Boot v2026.07 with legacy 6.12, current 6.18, and edge 7.1 kernels. Related toolchain work fixes ODROID-C1, ODROID-XU4, Recore, and X96Q builds under Trixie's GCC 14, and resolves errexit failures on Rockchip SPI b…

Since you can’t always rely on single board computer (SBC) vendors to provide a case to match your needs, some went the DIY route. William Tarreau designed some laser-cut enclosures with Inkscape for various SBCs, while hominoids went a step further by developing the “SBC Case Builder” tool to automatically generate various types of 3D printable enclosures using OpenSCAD. William designed five similar enclosures for Khadas VIM3/VIM3L, FriendlyELEC NanoPi Fire3, SolidRun Clearfog Base networking SBC, Libre Computer AML-S805X-AC (aka “La Frite”), and AAEON UP Board. All cases are available in Inkscape SVG format, and William accepts contributions for other boards. You’ll ne…

PipeWire continues to evolve with the recent integration of libcamera, a library to support complex cameras. In this blog post, I'll explain why libcamera exists, what it does, and how we integrated it in PipeWire. View the full article

Our ongoing work on improving WebKitGTK+ performance brought us to take a closer look as to why GTK+ was experiencing significant speed issues when used with Wayland and HiDPI screens, revealing the root cause to be within the lower level toolkit. View the full article

Adventures in NIR-land: the past, the present, and what's lies ahead for the native NIR back-end for Mesa's R600 driver. View the full article

NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano system-on-module (SoM) is an update to the Jetson Nano entry-level Edge AI and robotics module that delivers up to 40 TOPS of AI performance, meaning it’s up to 80 times faster than the original module. The new SoM features an hexa-core Arm Cortex-A78AE processor, an up to 1024-core NVIDIA Ampere architecture GPU with 32 Tensor cores, up to 8GB RAM, and the same 260-pin SO-DIMM connector found in the Jetson Orin NX modules. Two versions are offered with the following specifications: That means the Jetson Orin family has now six modules ranging from 20 TOPS to 275 TOPS. There’s no specific development kit for the Jetson Orin Nano SoM since it can be…

MeLE has launched a new ‘stick’ mini PC called the PCG02 Pro. It comes in two models featuring either a mobile Gemini Lake Refresh or a Jasper Lake processor. Both models appear physically similar however the memory, WiFi, Bluetooth, and USB ports differ plus only the lower-powered model includes an M.2 NVMe or SATA slot. MeLE kindly sent both models for review and I’ve looked at the performance running both Windows and Ubuntu. MeLE PCG02 Pro hardware overview The MeLE PCG02 Pro physically consists of a 146 x 61 x 20mm (5.75 x 2.40 x 0.79 inches) rectangular plastic case that ‘wraps’ around a plastic inner frame. The outside of the case has a knurled or cross-hatched patt…

DshanMCU Pitaya Lite is an MCU development board based on yet another STM32 alternative: MindMotion MM32 Arm Cortex-M3 microcontroller that is said to be compatible with STM32. The MCU can be clocked at up to 120 MHz, embeds 128KB SRAM, 512KB flash, and the board offers two USB Type-C ports for USB and DAP debugging, a MicroSD card slot, a few buttons, I/Os are routed via through holes as well as a mini PCIe connector that can be used to connect a display. Pitaya Lite specifications: MCU – MindMotion Microelectronics MM32F3273G8P Arm Cortex-M3 microcontroller @ 96MHz (standard) to 120MHz (max) with 128KB SRAM, 512kB Flash; LQFP100 package Storage – MicroSD card Display – …

Description Most chips support 2.2GHZ as maximum freq. Needs some voltage overclock to get 2.35-2.4GHz speeds. Looks like 50 mV enough to get this speeds. Note: Doesn't have much performance improvement. It provides better performance to disable DMC and changing governors. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested on OPi 5. Seems stable 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 publis…

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

Description enable BTRFS and virtiofs on midstream kernel. View the full article

Description For Onecloud: Resort DTS node Fix slow ethernet uplink Update GPIO descriptions Corrent eMMC DTS node Enable USB0 OTG mode How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build and run Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [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

Description When we try to install a new kernel. All files under /boot will be removed. This PR will keep them until the special version kernel was removed. How Has This Been Tested? Need to be tested on other devices. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [X] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

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 Last time when I update hdmi driver patches, I drooped this commit from collabora because it will break the system. Now I add it back with other necessary patches. Now hdmi should support more display modes. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] ./compile.sh kernel BOARD=rock-5b BRANCH=edge DEB_COMPRESS=xz KERNEL_GIT=shallow [x] HDMI works on rock5b. I don't have monitors with resolution like 1440p to test, but this will not break current status. Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [x] My code follows the style gui…

Honoring outstanding innovations in the field of embedded system technologies, the annual Embedded Award ceremony will be taking place next week at Embedded World 2024 in Nuremberg. View the full article

Description Minor fixes: limit creation of git-sources.json file to following commands - targets, debs-to-repo-json, gha-matrix and gha-workflow Solve slowness when building Ubuntu Noble images. Fixes #6531 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Tested Ubuntu noble rootfs creation speed improvement using ./compile.sh BOARD=khadas-vim4 BRANCH=legacy KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no BUILD_MINIMAL=yes RELEASE=noble ARTIFACT_IGNORE_CACHE=yes rootfs. It reduced build time from 26 minutes down to only 8 minutes. Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant…

BitNet-style ternary brings LLM inference to ExecuTorch via its Vulkan backend, enabling much smaller, bandwidth-efficient models with portable GPU execution on edge devices. Presented at PyTorch Conference Europe 2026. View the full article

u-blox has introduced what could be the world’s smallest GNSS module with the 4.5×4.5mm u-blox MIA-M10 miniature module supporting GPS, BeiDou, Galileo, and GLONASS satellite navigation systems. The MIA-M10 is said to be about half the size of competing products and has been specially designed for size-constrained battery-powered asset tracking devices, as well as space-constrained industrial sensors and consumer goods. The company also claims its power-save modes can double the battery life by balancing position accuracy and power consumption. u-blox MIA-M10 GNSS module specifications: GNSS – BeiDou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS / QZSS Number of concurrent GNSS – 4 Oscillators …