June 3Jun 3 I'm using Armbian Orange Pi 5 Plus based on Debian 13 with vendor kernel v26.2.1 for Orange Pi 5 Plus running Armbian Linux 6.1.115-vendor-rk35xx I'm thinking about switching to Armbian based on Debian 13 with kernel current 6.18.33 because 6.1.115 is an old one => current the kernel is more recent Is that a good idea to swith to vendor kernel to current ? How can I do this ? Edited June 3Jun 3 by Rdlop
June 3Jun 3 Solution Hi, 23 minutes ago, Rdlop said: Is that a good idea to swith to vendor kernel to current ? It depends on what you want to do with your device. You should check this sheet if the features you depend on are actually available in mainline linux: https://gitlab.collabora.com/hardware-enablement/rockchip-3588/notes-for-rockchip-3588/-/blob/main/mainline-status.md Also take note that you may run into trouble booting when switching kernels. The reason is that vendor kernel images may (I don't know for this particular board) also come with (from guts feel from the stoneage) 2017 vendor uboot which may have issues booting an up to date mainline kernel. Fixing can be a bit of a pain if you don't have a second arm64 device which you could plug your microsd (via usb adapter for example) into, chroot into and fix this.
June 3Jun 3 Author Hi, I'm using it at the moment as a containers server, thanks for link. I not that changing kernel may run in trouble, so I still keep the 6.1.115 and wait for update. Thanks for your help Regards
September 2Sep 2 The new 6.18.44-current-rockchip64 kernel is working for me, but I'm not doing anything at all exotic on the system. It's just my home media server.
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