Armbian for Khadas EDGE (RK3399)

New ver 5.69 20190111 kernel 4.4 and kernel 5.0.0

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@Gouwa @numbqq
You can test the sound performance on 4K TV with the latest Armbian image. I have 4K on TV in the last image no sound. But if I connect EDGE (without changing anything) to Full HD TV (1080p), the sound works. I don’t understand what the reason is for this strange behavior.

Hello @balbes150,

I checked image Armbian_5.69_Rk3399-tv_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.4.154_desktop_20190111.img.xz on a 4K TV, and the sound works well. Does your previous images sound works on a 4K TV?

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Hi @numbqq
Yes, the sound in the old worked. The LE sound also works. I’ll take care of myself.

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Figured out what the reason for the lack of sound, replaced the dtb and it worked. The next version will have the corrected dtb.

By the way, using a media script all videos in the browser, mpv and Gstreamer KODI easily goes to 4K full screen. The desktop interface does not brake even without HW acceleration. RK3399 impresses with its performance, it is a complete replacement for a modern PC (intel i5 loses EDGE for home use). My TV with 4K gives a great picture in Youtube (the only limitation is the Internet channel). :slight_smile:

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New image 20190112 fix sound for my 4K TV.

p/s/
Desktop with a resolution of 4096x2160 + browser from Youtube to full screen = work without brakes, any video is played perfectly in full screen. I am impressed with the possibilities rk3399. I now do not have only good channel in the interent (which would be more than 300Mb/s). Now i’m have to download 4K content first, then watch :slight_smile:

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New image kernel 4.4 and 5.0 20190120.

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New image Armbian 20190306.

New image Armbian 5.77 20190321.

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Built a new Armbian image 5.77 20190331 with PCIe NVME support (added patch and changed dtb which is used by default to edge+Captain version). Module EVO-970 now can be seen immediately in the system and can work with it as with usual drive. The speed of NVME is impressive. :slight_smile:

All components work (WiFi, BT, wired network, sound, etc.). After installing the media script - any video in full screen with any resolution up to 4K. :slight_smile:

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Do you have an idea whether the aforementioned patch (I guess it’s this one) is also needed on other RK3399 devices combined with the EVO 970?

Alas, I am not familiar with other models and can’t say how much it is necessary for them.

Update image ver 5.78 20190412

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New image Armbian 5.82 .

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New image Armbian ver 5.86 .
For version kernel 5.1 NEXT added support for USB sound and WiFi.

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New image Armbian ver 5.88 .

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Hi @balbes150, I thought I’d test out your Armbian-next images (i.e. the ones with modern 5.2-rc kernels) on a new Edge board that’s just turned up. I’ve tested all three of

  • Armbian_5.88_Rk3399-tv_Debian_buster_next_5.2.0-rc4-next-20190613.img
  • Armbian_5.88_Rk3399-tv_Ubuntu_bionic_next_5.2.0-rc4-next-20190613.img
  • Armbian_5.88_Rk3399-tv_Ubuntu_disco_next_5.2.0-rc4-next-20190613.img

They work but the wlan interface doesn’t seem to be detected: iw list, ip link, etc. don’t show it, nothing mentioned in dmesg, unlike say the default_4.4.154 image where it does show up. I also checked the previous

  • Armbian_5.86_Rk3399-tv_Ubuntu_bionic_next_5.1.0-next-20190517.img

where you first mentioned -next support for USB sound and WiFi, in case the latest image had a regression.

I haven’t yet done any debugging on this other than a cursory check to see that the device tree in /proc/device-tree does have something vaguely sensible in wireless-wlan.

Before I dive in too much, I just wanted to check if you’ve seen wlan working on your own board with any these images? It might be an Edge vs Edge-V difference that’s biting me here if so.

Whereas if you haven’t yet had it working yourself, I’ll start by building a new kernel from the for-next branch of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmind/linux-rockchip.git and take it from there.

I use a computer translator and did not understand what WLAN means. Specify what is meant.
Do you know the kernel options that are responsible for this ?

It is the wifi chip support.(Wireless Local Area Network).
But I heard the Khadas Edge V doesn’t have mainline support for the wifi chip yet.
It sounds like he has the Khadas Edge V but not 100% sure.

That’s right: it’s the wireless networking that appears not to work in in any of the Armbian 5.x images which I’ve tested. I’m testing with a standard Edge, not the Edge V; we’re designing our own carrier board but for the moment this is just a bare module.

The relevant driver is present in the 5.x kernel but the device tree needs to be correct too, and the image also needs to contain the firmware blob for the wireless chipset. I’m happy to debug this myself; I expect it’ll just be a device tree issue and will be easy to fix.

But given @balbes150 comment above (“For version kernel 5.1 NEXT added support for USB sound and WiFi”), I wondered if it already worked for you or if you hadn’t yet tried it?