Armbian Weekly Leaflet

 First week of April , 2025

This week’s Armbian update delivers a solid mix of wireless driver enhancements, board refinements, and quality-of-life improvements across the build system. Notably, rtw88 and rtw89 drivers are now enabled for kernel 6.12+, and Radxa Zero 3 receives mainline U-Boot and WiFi upgrades. Rock 3A sees multiple U-Boot tweaks, while NanoPi R3S and Odroid M2 benefit from version bumps and cleanup. Whether you’re maintaining a fleet or tweaking a personal project, there’s plenty in here to streamline your next build.

🔧 Kernel & Driver Enhancements

  • rtw88 & rtw89 wireless drivers are now enabled for kernel 6.12+ configs.
    By Igor Pecovnik 🔗
  • RTL8812AU driver updated for kernel 6.14.y thanks to upstream merge.
    By Ricardo Pardini 🔗
  • Reverted hacky RTL8812AU workaround now that upstream is in.
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📦 Board Support Updates

  • Radxa Zero 3
    • WiFi extension now enabled by default.
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    • Upgraded to mainline U-Boot v2025.01.
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  • NanoPi R3S
    • U-Boot bumped to v2025.01 for current.
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    • Board config cleanup.
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  • Rock 3A
    • U-Boot .itb build fixed.
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    • Back-and-forth on code duplication optimizations… but it’s finally clean now.
      Final Fix
  • Odroid M2
    • U-Boot patches updated to v2025.04-rc5.
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    • Cleaned up patch naming and rewrote without functional changes.
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💡 Infrastructure & System Improvements

  • Cloud QCOW2 images now auto-resize filesystem to include 16GB of free space on boot.
    By Igor Pecovnik 🔗
  • NETKIT support added to all kernel builds 6.7+.
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    Docstrings added to netkit for clarity.
    By CodeRabbit AI 🔗
  • Automatic board status synchronization occurred twice this week.
    #1 | #2

🧹 Miscellaneous

  • armbian-leds.conf added for Radxa E20C
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  • Examples removed from hooks for leaner builds
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  • Vendor colors now included in BSP & artifact hashing
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📬 Stay tuned for next week’s highlights!
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