29 Sep 06:42

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Weekly digest

This week’s Armbian development saw significant enhancements across board support, kernel modules, and build infrastructure. Notable updates include new compatibility for Qualcomm serial and CDC MBIM devices, the introduction of the qcs6490 family and Radxa Dragon Q6A board, and expanded support for Realtek WiFi chips on Linux 6.17.y. Several board configurations were overhauled, including Orange Pi 5 and NanoPi M5, while u-boot and opensbi components received important version bumps. Kernel module compression and comprehensive iptables/nftables builds were enabled, and upstream releases saw improved upgrade paths. Additionally, multiple bug fixes and deprecation notices were addressed, further refining the platform’s stability and usability.

Add support for Qualcomm serial (qcserial) and CDC MBIM (cdc_mbim) XpressReal-T3. by @aalaei in armbian/build#8663
AR-2758 : fix libwmf0.2-7-gtk bad name. by @Eyolon in armbian/build#8669
armbian build machinery - allow kernel module compression.. by @tabrisnet in armbian/build#8560
armbian build machinery - force all iptables/nftables to be built. by @tabrisnet in armbian/build#8661
Armbian-zram-config mkfs detecion gets empty string. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8672
board configs sync - netfilter-modules + make oldconfig. by @tabrisnet in armbian/build#8678
Bump 32bit rockchip boards u-boot to v2025.10-rc5. by @paolosabatino in armbian/build#8674
Drop broken link to u-boot subfolder. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8688
Improve information on HA deprecation. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#667
Introduce new family qcs6490 and new board radxa dragon q6a. by @amazingfate in armbian/build#8668
orangepi5: overhaul board config, update mainline uboot. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8681
ORAS tools parameter deprecation: since v1.3 verbosity is by default. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8680
Realtek 8189ES & FS compatibility with Linux 6.17.y. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8677
rockchip rk3566: h96-TVbox: Include i2c Led Pins into dts. by @hqnicolas in armbian/build#8666
rockchip64: update tm16xx driver from kernel mailing list. by @paolosabatino in armbian/build#8679
rockchip: Add NanoPi M5 board support to edge kernel. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#8684
SM8550: drop patches that have been upstreamed. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8675
SpacemiT: Update opensbi and u-boot to TAG v2.2.7. by @pyavitz in armbian/build#8657
uefi-loong64-6.16: add revert patches to fix xe driver. by @amazingfate in armbian/build#8685
Upstream releases: update release upgrade paths. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8569
[bugfix] Update binutils version checks in atf.sh. by @chainsx in armbian/build#8583

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22 Sep 06:41

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Weekly Digest

Add AM62P Starter Kit Support. by @Grippy98 in armbian/build#8624
Add DT overlay to operate RK3308 OTG USB port in Host mode. by @brentr in armbian/build#8642
add initial support of NanoPi M5. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#8651
add new board radxa-cm4-io. by @amazingfate in armbian/build#8604
Add rk3506 support and introduce new board armsom forge1. by @amazingfate in armbian/build#8619
add support for Bananapi M5 Pro board. by @efectn in armbian/build#8640
Bump mainline kernels to rc5 and disable 8189es. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8650
extensions: add gxlimg and amlogic-fip-blobs. by @retro98boy in armbian/build#8626
fix(build): eliminate the error message when no extensions found in a folder in building. by @diverger in armbian/build#8656
IMX8 kernel 6.12.y: remove obsolete patch. by @schmiedelm in armbian/build#8648
kernel: split build and install into two steps. by @amazingfate in armbian/build#8617
Khadas VIM4: Update and Fixup U-Boot. by @pyavitz in armbian/build#8631
Radxa-e52c. Device NIC port rename to match device labels and network LED config via radxa-e52c.conf. by @schwar3kat in armbian/build#8633
rockchip64: current: fix some rk3588 boards stuck in initramfs stage. by @efectn in armbian/build#8612
rockchip: only install ap6330-initramfs-firmware hook when armbian firmware is installed. by @amazingfate in armbian/build#8618
sakurapi-rk3308b: add high speed conf for emmc and ufs for tf slot. by @LXY1226 in armbian/build#8653
SMART AM40: U-Boot: fix DWC DRD could not find phy and thus crashed. by @retro98boy in armbian/build#8635
sun55iw3: move patches to archive/sunxi-dev-6.16 folder. by @The-going in armbian/build#8641
sunxi 6.12: Switching to v6.12.47. by @The-going in armbian/build#8643
sunxi-6.16:. by @The-going in armbian/build#8655
uefi-loong64-6.16: add patch to enable xe driver build. by @amazingfate in armbian/build#8646
Update rockchip 32 bit edge kernel to 6.17. by @paolosabatino in armbian/build#8649
xpressreal-t3: Load modules for HW video decoding/encoding. by @wei633 in armbian/build#8590

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15 Sep 06:41

igorpecovnik

v25.11.0-trunk.190

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Weekly Digest

add NanoPi R76S support for edge kernel builds. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#8609
armsom-sige5: add edge kernel support. by @amazingfate in armbian/build#8585
blobs: rk3576: update BL31 to v1.20 and DDR to v1.09. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#8596
board: armsom-sige5: fix typo in KERNEL_TARGET variable. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#8599
BSP: fix incorrect logging for USB Gadget script. by @leggewie in armbian/build#8601
Fix broken GitHub Action: Add Label When Approved. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8620
Implement label removal on PR approval. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8629
IMX8 kernel 6.12.y: fix to latest known version that compiles. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8616
JetHome: update links and references for JetHome resources. by @adeepn in armbian/build#8610
kenrel makefile: use Makefile url from ghproxy github repo for mainli…. by @amazingfate in armbian/build#8597
PR review labeler: extract PR number from commit ID. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8627
Re-Enable BeagleY As Supported and fix Wifi. by @Grippy98 in armbian/build#8625
Remove multiple labels on approve and adjust dependabot labels. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8636
rk3576: update DDR_BLOB to v1.08. by @amazingfate in armbian/build#8600
rockchip64-edge: Add RK3576 thermal sensor support with OTP trim. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#8614
rtl8852bs: update to latest main branch commit. by @amazingfate in armbian/build#8595
rtw88: extend SDIO RF path fix to kernel 6.16. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#8608
uboot: set mainline uboot source with mirror. by @amazingfate in armbian/build#8598

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08 Sep 06:40

igorpecovnik

v25.11.0-trunk.150

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Weekly Digest

Add Armbian support for NanoPi R76S. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#8586
Add best practices for system upgrades. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#676
Add Radxa Rock 4D and Rockchip UFS support. by @HeyMeco in armbian/build#8570
Add support for XpressReal T3. by @wei633 in armbian/build#8557
allow BTRFS to be built as module. by @tabrisnet in armbian/build#8561
armsom-sige5: let uboot use its own dtb for pd negotiation. by @amazingfate in armbian/build#8584
Documentation: Adjust size in the menu. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#673
Fix, improve and enable distribution upgrade routines. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#669
Fixes regression of failing 10Mbit built-in Ethernet in Rockpi S. by @chillymattster in armbian/build#8575
Hardening docs for Unstable Upgrades. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#675
Hardening of stable release upgrades. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#674
patch: rtw88: sdio: fix incorrect RF path detection when MAC is powered off. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#8587
Rename keys for distribution upgrade. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#671
rockchip64-6.16: update rkvdec driver with HEVC, VDPU38X support. by @amazingfate in armbian/build#8574
track input nice value, propagate to docker. by @tabrisnet in armbian/build#8582

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01 Sep 06:44

igorpecovnik

v25.11.0-trunk.113

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v25.11.0-trunk.113

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Weekly Digest

board: nanopct6: split and refactor patches for rockchip-6.12. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#8550
config/desktop: point sid links to trixie instead of bookworm. by @leggewie in armbian/build#8559
Extension: UFS for image generation pipeline. by @HeyMeco in armbian/build#8474
Fix minor typo in sun8i-h616-fixup.scr to correct PH and PI port parse. by @YaoFei509 in armbian/build#8543
lib / kernel-make.sh: drop undefined make_filter call. Closes #8529. by @leggewie in armbian/build#8549
meson64: bump kernel to 6.16. by @retro98boy in armbian/build#8562
patch/kernel: update docs URI in a number of overlay READMEs. by @leggewie in armbian/build#8552
Radxa Zero 3: fix bluetooth, for edge & current, switch to u-boot master. by @twwn in armbian/build#8511
realtek led patch update. by @retro98boy in armbian/build#8563
rockchip64: fix compilation issues for kernel 6.12. by @SuperKali in armbian/build#8554
Set `Work in progress` label for maintainers synhronization. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8551
sunxi-6.12: Switching to v6.12.43. by @The-going in armbian/build#8541
Update current cb1-overlay.patch. by @YaoFei509 in armbian/build#8546
Update logo that is b/w compatible. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8553
Update rockchip v4l2 related patches due to upstream changes. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8555
When updating u-boot on Rockchip64 to NVMe, script fails. by @StephanStS in armbian/build#8556

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25 Aug 06:44

igorpecovnik

v25.11.0-trunk.77

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Weekly Digest

Add gpg as armbian-config package dependency. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#658
BPI-R4/filogic - kernel drivers into modules. by @tabrisnet in armbian/build#8528
config / BPi M2+: change order of preferred kernels. by @leggewie in armbian/build#8524
config / families: drop collabora kernel for RK3588 (#7381). by @leggewie in armbian/build#8532
Drop CONFIG_CAN_TI_HECC module as it fails to compile. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8527
Drop CONFIG_CAN_TI_HECC module as it fails to compile. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8534
fix BPI-R4/filogic SFP support. by @tabrisnet in armbian/build#8517
fix(jellyfin): expose MPP/RGA, setup permissions, rectify purge script. by @debloper in armbian/configng#661
Fixing breakage of sunxi64 edge. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8516
Home Assistant: Expand requirement to whole Debian. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#660
K3: enable APA by default for Texas Instruments K3 family SBC. by @leggewie in armbian/build#8331
motd: fix another alignment issue. by @leggewie in armbian/build#8533
nanopi-m6: add YX35 lcd support to edge kernel. by @efectn in armbian/build#8512
Override LOCALIPADD with localhost in documentation generation. by @Copilot in armbian/configng#657
pad double digits in odroidxu4-6.6 patch with a leading zero (#8520). by @leggewie in armbian/build#8522
patch: drop rk3399-fix-pci-lanes.patch from 6.16 kernel. by @leggewie in armbian/build#8526
Qualcomm Robotics RB5: temporally disable daily builds. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/build#8535
switch `kde-neon` to stable, switch support to csc. by @EvilOlaf in armbian/build#8519
Unit tests: PreClean Docker containers and images. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#650
Update odroidxu4-current to 6.6.102. by @leggewie in armbian/build#8523
Update TI k3.conf to use new official GitHub mirrors. by @Grippy98 in armbian/build#8530
Use systemd function and not wrapped on. by @igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#659
Workaround for gigabit ethernet on some rockchip SoCs on edge kernel. by @paolosabatino in armbian/build#8515

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What's was changed in past week?

adding myself as maintainer on the pinebook a64 by @Qvy-png in a7f9180 armbian/build
Implement innosilicon phy usb3 driver for rk3328 by @paolosabatino in 9e30758 armbian/build
extensions: standardize apt-get option placement & separate package arguments in APA by @leggewie in bc79acb armbian/build
extensions: fix minor spelling mistake in APA by @leggewie in 2e9c5a9 armbian/build
extensions: remove *.inactive sources snippet from APA by @leggewie in 5d88567 armbian/build
extensions: make handling of INSTALL_RECOMMENDS in APA more robust by @leggewie in e3dfa51 armbian/build
add recursion when umounting /sys by @EvilOlaf in 33d4b2c armbian/build
config/desktop: update gnome-bluetooth pkg in noble and trixie (#8501) by @leggewie in 4f8fdbc armbian/build
tools: Bump SHELLCHECK_VERSION from 0.10.0 to 0.11.0 by @igorpecovnik in e6448a2 armbian/build
tools: Bump SHELLCHECK_VERSION from 0.10.0 to 0.11.0 by @igorpecovnik in a1c49e4 armbian/build
Enable lte_em05 as a module (closes: #8504) by @rafayahmed317 in 214fd20 armbian/build
Update radxa-cubie-a5e.csc by @juanesf in c1ea893 armbian/build

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17 Aug 15:55

igorpecovnik

v25.8.1

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v25.8.1

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What’s Changed

🛠️ General Fixes & Improvements

Fix - Package apt-xapian-index missing on Trixie by @Grippy98 in #8202
Fix and improve Armbian GH Action by @igorpecovnik in #8201
partitioning: fix compressed BTRFS creation by @alex3d in #8200
Allwinner: replace bc with awk in temperature check by @igorpecovnik in #8205
Work if no customize-image.sh present by @iav in #8222
grub: ensure tty0 console if others used by @rpardini in #8247
artifacts: force fsync() before caching by @rpardini in #8242
rootfs-to-image: drop --sparse (too slow) by @rpardini in #8249
docker: speed up extension checks by @rpardini in #8248
kernel-debs: retry make clean with logs by @rpardini in #8241
Signing key: keep symlink to old location by @igorpecovnik in #8282
motd: fix login screen alignment by @leggewie in #8322
README cleanup, update logo, declutter by @igorpecovnik in #8391
Plymouth: update boot logo by @igorpecovnik in #8381
fix firstlogin password creation on sid by @amazingfate in #8415
gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi: install conditionally by @leggewie in #8401
Don’t copy id_ecdsa if not needed by @gbrdead in #8446
minor spelling mistakes by @leggewie in #8450
APA extension: small fixes by @leggewie in #8509

📦 Packaging & Repositories

Trixie: drop non-existing packages by @igorpecovnik in #8279
Bullseye: drop backports repo (gone) by @igorpecovnik in #8437
Debian: drop security repo from package lists by @igorpecovnik in #8444
Debian Trixie: declare supported by @igorpecovnik in #8470
Wireless drivers: bump commit hash, mark deprecated by @igorpecovnik in #8408
kernel-debs: use dynamic kernel image names by @amazingfate in #8451
Improve WiFi support for sun50iw1 family by @leggewie in #8467
drop apt-xapian-index and pavumeter from desktops by @leggewie in #8356
update plasma-workspace pkgs for RB5 by @leggewie in #8357
config/desktop: disable mate-sntray-plugin on Trixie by @leggewie in #8491
config/desktop: update gnome-bluetooth in Noble/Trixie by @leggewie in #8502
Preparation for HTTP proxy caching by @EvilOlaf in #8281

🔑 Repository Signing & Security

Add dual signing support by @igorpecovnik in #8320
Add new repository key by @igorpecovnik in #8323

⚙️ Kernel Updates

mvebu: bump EDGE kernel to 6.12 by @igorpecovnik in #8193
sunxi 6.12: switch to v6.12.30 by @The-going in #8233
sunxi-6.15: bump EDGE to v6.15 by @The-going in #8270
Allwinner: bump current to 6.12.35 & edge to 6.15.4 by @igorpecovnik in #8337
rockchip64: bump edge to 6.16-rc3 by @EvilOlaf in #8328
mainline-kernel: bump 6.16 → released by @amazingfate in #8443
uefi-arm64: bump to 6.16 by @amazingfate in #8453
rockchip edge: bump to 6.16 by @paolosabatino in #8435
rpi4b: bump edge to 6.16 by @EvilOlaf in #8390
BPI-F3: update linux-6.6.95 → 99 by @pyavitz in #8411
SpacemiT: linux-6.6.93 → 95 by @pyavitz in #8333
odroidxu4: bump to 6.6.93 → 100 by @belegdol in #8277, #8442
Bump rockchip32 edge kernel to 6.15 by @paolosabatino in #8262
Bump imx6, mvebu, xu4 kernels, mark wdk2023 EoS by @igorpecovnik in #8410

🚀 Bootloader / U-Boot & ATF

khadas-edge2: fix u-boot by @efectn in #8220
Gateway GZ80x: switch back to u-boot v2024.10 by @pyavitz in #8216
nanopct6(-lts): bump u-boot to v2025.04 final by @rpardini in #8239
odroidhc4: u-boot v2025.04, unify configs by @rpardini in #8244
mixtible-blade3: revert to radxa u-boot v2024.03 by @rpardini in #8243
khadas-vim3: bump u-boot v2025.04 final by @rpardini in #8238
nanopct6(-lts): switch to mainline ATF + u-boot for current by @rpardini in #8219
tinkerboard-2: bump u-boot v2025.04 by @hyx0329 in #8268
quartz64a: bump u-boot to v2025.04 final by @rpardini in #8250
BananaPi BPI-M4-Zero: bump u-boot v2025.01 & v2025.07 by @pyavitz in #8339, #8434
orangepi5pro: bump u-boot v2025.07 (eMMC) by @c127dev in #8417
MBa8MPxL: bump u-boot to v2024.04 by @schmiedelm in #8291
station-m3: update u-boot patches by @chainsx in #8424
lckfb-taishanpi: update u-boot patches by @chainsx in #8428
rock-4se: binman boot with mainline ATF by @jclds139 in #8449