Armbian Development Report: Continued Progress and Community Momentum

Over the past two weeks, the Armbian project has made steady and meaningful progress across core infrastructure, board support, and kernel development. From bootloader improvements to expanded hardware compatibility, our contributors continue to push the platform forward. This update highlights recent technical advancements, bug fixes, and community contributions that help power the Armbian ecosystem.

 

Highlights

• Pcduino2/3 Gain HDMI and Display Fixes
  HDMI output is now supported, and a regression affecting display output on Pcduino2 and Pcduino3 boards has been resolved.
  #8341

• Key Bootloader and Memory Enhancements
  Updates include a boot fix for Inovato Quadra, u-boot bumps for Banana Pi Zero3 and 2W, and the addition of 1.5GB memory support.
  #8334

• Enhanced Repository Security
  Improvements include a new signing key, dual signing support, and better GPG key handling via APA.
  #8323, #8320, #8316

• Improved TI Board Support
  Texas Instruments boards now benefit from a custom Debian repo, pre-installed packages, and a Real-Time (RT) kernel config option.
  #8305, #8280

• Meson64 Security Boost
  Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR) is now enabled by default to improve runtime security.
  #8354

New Features

• Add rtl8723ds Bluetooth support to Gateway GZ80x

• Add HDMI support for Pcduino2/3 and fix sun4i-drm regression

• TI: Add Debian repo and default packages

• TI: Add Real-Time kernel config for current

Bug Fixes

• Fix Odroid-C4 I2C overlays (6.15 kernel)

• Fix I2C overlays for Odroid-C4

• Fix WAN interface naming on Nanopi R6/R5 (Netplan rules)

• Fix DP alt mode on some rk3399 boards (6.15 kernel)

Improvements

• Enable KASLR in Meson64 config

• Enable USB serial on PocketBeagle2

• Add GPIO names to Rock-5C DTS

• Update u-boot and fix Bluetooth on BPI-M4-Zero

• Align Rock-5B-Plus edge kernel (6.16) with upstream

• Allwinner: Bump current to 6.12.35 and edge to 6.15.4

• Re-enable xradio wireless driver for Allwinner 64-bit

• Bootloader/memory improvements for multiple boards

• Update SpacemiT kernel to 6.6.95

• Remove WiFi patches (merged upstream in 6.16)

• Refactor Rockchip64 patches

• Bump Rockchip64 edge to 6.16-rc3

• Enable Ethernet & USB serial modules on Beagle boards

• Add new GPG signing key

• Support dual signing of repos

• APA: Handle GPG key installation

• Update TM16xx driver for Rockchip64 edge

 Community Contributions

• @veduco

• @pyavitz

• @Ayush1325

• @EvilOlaf

• @Ryzer58

• @HeyMeco

• @igorpecovnik

• @amazingfate

• @paolosabatino

• @jsuhaas22

• @hyx0329

• @leggewie

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