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Do they have mainline Linux support?

• johnklos 3y ago
  No idea. I run NetBSD, and in NetBSD, everything has mainline support. No matter - there are many different kinds of Pi out there, and a non-trivial number of them have Linux mainline support, and most are substantially cheaper, better specced, or both. I just got an 8 core, 16 gig Orange Pi 5 for $120. I might've been able to get a 4 gig Pi 4, which has 1/4 the memory, 1/3 the overall performance and lacks NVMe for that price.
• megous 3y ago
  Just Orange Pi brand has like 30 different boards. And Linux kernel has 6 different LTS versions, stable version, and master branch. If you want to ask about mainline support, you can pick the board and just go to whichever Linux kernel version you intend to be using, and check for yourself. Corresponding dts file will be in either one of these directories for 95% of Orange Pi boards (the rest that don't use Rockchip or Allwinner SoCs are better ignored): https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/arch/arm/boot/dts https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/arch/arm/boot... https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/arch/arm64/bo... https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/arch/arm64/bo...
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• packetlost 3y ago
  Orange Pi 5 (RK3588s) and Orange Pi 5 Plus (RK3588) are likely to have mainline kernel support for most peripherals pretty soon, though someone will need to make DTS files for the Orange Pi specifically. The chipset is being added by Collabora: https://gitlab.collabora.com/hardware-enablement/rockchip-3588/notes-for-rockchip-3588/-/blob/main/mainline-status.md https://gitlab.collabora.com/hardware-enablement/rockchip-35...
  • megous 3y ago
    https://xnux.eu/log/088.html https://xnux.eu/log/088.html