v2023.10-05.kernel-v5.10.x

Some improvements on top of the kernel v5.10.x

• Switch to Ambian kernel
• New bootloader - u-boot v2023-07-02, get rid of Python2 needed.
• Mali GPU now works on Wayland (sway included), once started, Mali firmware will be loaded.
  • Chromium nix run nixpkgs#chromium -- --ignore-gpu-blocklist --ozone-platform=wayland, check chrome://gpu
  • Firefox MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 nix run nixpkgs#firefox, check about:support
  • Video/Audio work, perf quite good compare to Ubuntu Rockchip, Youtube Video playback ~30% CPU (1080p 60fps on 4K monitor), 50% CPU (4K 30fps on 4K monitor)
• Fix the issue Panfork issue #1 by enable firmware compression support from Kernel config.
  • CONFIG_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS=y
  • CONFIG_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS_XZ=y

Note: Wifi/BT are still not working now.

Bootable with latest kernel 6.5.x, and u-boot v2023.07.02

Bootable image which is built with upstream kernel and bootloader - tested with OPI-5B only.

• Kernel v6.5.3 from NixOS (avoid rebuild kernel all the time - kinda painfull :()
• Using Rock-5A dtb with some overlays - enable sdmmc to be able to boot from SDCard
• U-Boot from upstream, using rock-5b u-boot config (bootable on OPI-5B, not sure about OPI-5)

Which work:

• Ethernet 👯
• eMMC/SDCard

Plan:

• Port missing modules one by one (BT/WIFI,Mali, etc.,) as out of tree (avoid rebuild kernel as much as possible)

Ref: branch v6.5.x

v2023.06-19.kernel-v5.10.x

Installer image

Full Changelog: https://github.com/fb87/nixos-orangepi-5x/commits/v0.1.0