Linux mainline 5.7 just released

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good new new for linux users :wink:

Linux Kernel 5.7 : What’s New?

  1. New ARM Features And Device Support. …
  2. Better HDR/OLED Display Support. …
  3. Improved Linux I/O Interface IO_uring. …
  4. New exFAT Filesystem Driver. …
  5. F2FS And XFS Filesystem Update. …
  6. Zoned Block Device Support In Btrfs. …
  7. Apple USB Fast Charge Support For iOS devices. …
  8. New Sound Hardware Support Update.

linux mainline 5.7 series already included it https://github.com/khadas/fenix

PS: after some tests we can update debian / ubuntu / openwrt - with new kernel

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That is quick.

I will try to build it tonight :smiley:
Please check the name from rc7 to 1

Thank you.

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will be updated soon to 5.7 :wink:

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I see 20 less patches :smiley:
Good work.

Also I think you can merged Edge & Vim Configs and maintain only 1 config file like I do. Maybe it will help ?

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yes same it will soon in fenix !

PS: i have one config and one kernel already for amlogic and rockchip in krescue (khadas-linux-kernel/configs/linux-mainline/defconfig at master · hyphop/khadas-linux-kernel · GitHub)

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Perfect I will use this and build it :smiley:

Thanks.

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this one very light config (optimized for minimal size ) all in modules if possible :wink: special for krescue - maybe its not good for common usage

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my recommendation wait some days - we still try fix missed places and fix bugs :wink: but its already usable !

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Ok no worries.
Will wait for it :wink:

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good news nvme works for VIM3 VIM3L same as for Edge

root@Krescue:/# uname -a
Linux Krescue 5.7.0 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 1 20:48:36 +09 2020 aarch64 GNU/Linux
root@Krescue:/# lspci
01:00.0 Class 0108: 2646:2263
00:00.0 Class 0604: 16c3:abcd
root@Krescue:/# ls /dev/nvme
nvme-fabrics  nvme0n1       nvme0n1p2
nvme0         nvme0n1p1     nvme0n1p3

root@Krescue:/# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"OW11"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:5.18 GHz  Access Point: 10:D0:7A:9A:AB:A4   
          Bit Rate=390 Mb/s   Tx-Power=31 dBm   
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=56/70  Signal level=-54 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

root@Krescue:/# ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 7E:FB:81:2D:33:C8  
          inet addr:172.23.10.244  Bcast:172.23.10.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:5413 (5.2 KiB)  TX bytes:4532 (4.4 KiB)
          Interrupt:7
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Great work @hyphop, looking forward to this, what are the new features by the way :smile:

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I tried nvme on VIM3/PRO and just noted that when writing to nvme frequently noise affects the readability of the screen. When reading from nvme such noise is not there. What could it be? Thanks

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@hyphop what about other PCIE devices?
Is it finally possible to connect dvb-t pcie or something else (gfx card) ?

btw http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-amlogic/2020-May/016641.html

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Is there support for NPU?

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no npu is supported only on 4.9

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why not ? i have test wifi pcie card and nvme ssd disk only and it same pci

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I mean if amlogic npu galcor modules was porter over the 5.7 kernel ?

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Hi @hyphop
Can I build 5.7 now? I hope the patches will work fine now ?

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yes u can try
fenix used already linux mainline 5.7

or there (one defconfig for both soc amlogic + rockchip )

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Building it using the combined defconfig
Here is the build process.

Building on Khadas Vim3. Lets see how long it takes.

UPDATE: Your defconfig is incomplete even for only aml and rk config, Panfrost and lima is missing. Normally I use defconfig and do menuconfig to add the missing but in your I have to define everything all over again so instead I will just use my own.
Thanks. It built fine though.