Add board configuration for FriendlyELEC NanoPi R76S, including:
- nanopi-r76s.conf with board parameters and boot settings
- initial kernel / U-Boot patch for device tree and board bring-up
XpressReal(https://xpressreal.io/) is a family of Single Board Computers
developed in collaboration between Fyde Innovations, Radxa and Realtek.
XpressReal T3 is the first product in the family - a small form factor
high performance single board computer powered by the Realtek RTD1619B,
which runs FydeOS/openFyde and Linux!
Now we are adding the awesome Armbian Linux support for XpressReal T3!
This commit introduces some binary files that XpressReal T3 needed:
- firmware/realtek/rtd1619b
These binaries are the firmware for rtd1619b peripherals
(including the audio decoder, video decoder, etc.).
- u-boot-fw.tar.gz
This contains some co-processor firmware,
which needs to be loaded by u-boot in the early stage of boot.
- u-boot-prebuilt.tar.gz
These are hwsettings related files, used for tasks such as DDR initialization.
These files come from the rtd1619b SDK, which has already been open-sourced on our github:
- [firmware](https://github.com/XpressReal/linux-sdk/tree/main/meta-xpressreal/recipes-kernel/linux-firmware/files/rtd1619b)
- [u-boot prebuilts](https://github.com/XpressReal/linux-sdk/tree/main/meta-xpressreal/recipes-bsp/u-boot/files/prebuilt/rtd1619b)
Switch to newer U-Boot since it works reliably and provides upstream
improvements.
Add patch/u-boot/v2025.10 and the generic patch, as BOOTPATCHDIR cannot
be unset (fallback to legacy fails).
BOOT_SCENARIO="binman-atf-mainline" cannot be set here since it applies
globally to the CSC file and would break branch=vendor. Users who want
it can enable it manually.
* feat(board/orangepi5pro): Update U-Boot to v2025.07 for eMMC support
Updated the U-Boot patch from v2024.04 to v2025.07, this change
finally enables booting from eMMC on the Orange Pi 5 Pro.
The device tree source for the board has also been refactored to
support the new U-Boot version and clean up peripheral definitions.
* orangepi5pro: dts: Fix incorrect GRF node name
The GRF node was misspelled as 'sysgrf' instead
of the correct 'sys_grf'.
This commit corrects the phandle to the proper value.
Updated the U-Boot patch from v2024.04 to v2025.07, this change
finally enables booting from eMMC on the Orange Pi 5 Pro.
The device tree source for the board has also been refactored to
support the new U-Boot version and clean up peripheral definitions.
* Add initial support for Orangepi 5 Pro
Tested and Working:
Wireless & Bluetooth
USB 2.0 + USB 3.1
HDMI 2.1
Gigabit Ethernet (PCIe to RJ45 - Need drivers YT6801)
NVMe PCIe 2.0
MicroSD
Audio Controller es8388 - Audio Out
FAN PWM
LEDs PWM
Not Working:
Onboard Microphone
HDMI 2.0 (DP-HDMI - rockchip,rk3588-dp No Driver)
Not Tested:
Camera 1,2
eMMC
* OPi 5 Pro: Ethernet Driver Installation on First Boot
Implemented a simple script to install the driver
during first boot using the installation headers
included in the image. Takes just a few seconds
on first boot.
Disclaimer: Attempted installation in a chroot env but failed.
* fix: Make first-boot Ethernet driver install more robust
The `eth-driver-firstboot.service` would sometimes fail on first boot with a "Resource temporarily unavailable" error. This happened when another process had a lock on `dpkg`.
To fix this, the installation script now waits for any `dpkg` locks to be released before attempting to install the driver package. It also includes a retry mechanism (3 attempts) in case of a transient failure.
This ensures the network driver is successfully installed, providing a better out-of-box experience.
This is tested on a tinkerboard 2s.
The u-boot dts for tb2 contains other fixes, and the major ones are:
- add missing basic gpio-fan node
- usb-c altmode fix, dts part
- aimed at nanopi-r2s and nanopineo3
- impacts:
- boards (re)using 'nanopi-r2s-rk3328_defconfig' (rk3328)
and:
- boards using U-Boot v2022.04 or
- boards using U-Boot v2022.07
- added explicit dependency on python3-setuptools as (at least) U-Boot
v2022.04 and v2022.07 fail building due to missing 'distutils' for
boards that use U-Boot v2022.04 or v2022.07
On v2025.01 and v2025.04 I get the following error
starting USB...
Bus usb@ff500000: dwc3_meson_gxl_get_phys: usb2 ports: 1
probe failed, error -114
No USB controllers found
So revert back to v2024.10 until sorted.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Yavitz <pyavitz@gmail.com>
