[News from Armbian] - Github highlights

This week’s Armbian development saw significant progress across multiple fronts, including expanded hardware support and key software enhancements. Notable additions include support for new boards such as the Radxa E54C and Hardkernel ODROID M1S, as well as the integration of Debian Forky as a CSC target. Kernel updates were prominent, with bumps to versions 6.17 and 6.18, alongside improved configuration management for various devices. Bootloader improvements were made, including enhanced BTRFS support and more reliable local version settings in U-Boot. Several bug fixes addressed build errors and kernel configurations, particularly for IMX8 and Filogic/BPI-R4. The release also featured updates to documentation and board maintenance, ensuring smoother development workflows and broader compatibility.

• add CRYPTROOT_AUTOUNLOCK option and fix CRYPTROOT for uefi builds. by @sashasimkin in armbian/build#8805
• add Debian Forky as CSC target. by @timsurber in armbian/build#8814
• add description for .conf. by @EvilOlaf in armbian/build#8847
• add new board radxa-e54c. by @kamilsaigol in armbian/build#8849
• Add support for Hardkernel ODROID M1S. by @Jojo-A in armbian/build#8846
• change from frank-w's tree to just a git-format-patches from his tree. by @tabrisnet in armbian/build#8850
• filogic/bpi-r4 - fix edge kernel config. by @tabrisnet in armbian/build#8772
• Ghost: use latest version v6. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#692
• grub: don't set CLOUD_INIT_CONFIG_LOCATION. by @rpardini in armbian/build#8852
• IMX8: fix ATF build error (again). by @schmiedelm in armbian/build#8843
• mainline-kernel: bump 6.18 to 6.18-rc3. by @rpardini in armbian/build#8830
• Move kernel config changes from board to kernel config. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8858
• nanopct6(-lts): u-boot: enable BTRFS support. by @rpardini in armbian/build#8856
• odroidm1: u-boot: bump to 2025.10; enable BTRFS support. by @rpardini in armbian/build#8857
• rockchip64: add rk3318-box overlay for T98_RK3318 boards. by @paolosabatino in armbian/build#8848
• rpi maint: bump edge to 6.17.y. by @EvilOlaf in armbian/build#8837
• rpi4b: bump edge to 6.18. by @EvilOlaf in armbian/build#8845
• RPI: Increase UEFISIZE from 256 MiB to 512 MiB. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8842
• thinkpad-x13s: 6.17: .config: NFS_V4_2, ISCSI_TCP, NFSD =m. by @rpardini in armbian/build#8853
• ti: configs: boards: Update maintainer on board configs. by @jonaswood01 in armbian/build#8838
• uboot: set CONFIG_LOCALVERSION more reliably on script/config-enabled uboot sources. by @rpardini in armbian/build#8854
• uboot: uboot-config now prints diff with pre-menuconfig defconfig. by @rpardini in armbian/build#8855

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