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<remo> 👋 ..I have SDMC DV8040 Amlogic s805 android box .. it has 1GB RAM & 8GB ROM ...it currently runs a custom made vendors android 9 ....I want to install armbian to it ... I followed lots of YouTube tutorials ..it doesn't worked ..I flashed Armbian to a SD card used memory usb card reader ..but it doesn't boot with it ... I was able to get UART she'll and kind of uboot in it ...but I have no idea how to install ...help me ..& sorry for
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<Tonymac32> I think the forums might be the only hope, we don't have any TV box folks in here really
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<Tonymac32> The core team really only handles single board computers
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<narmstrong> If you used an Armbian it’s panfrost, Meson is the platform code name and the name of the display driver
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<Winford> Can you try to load Armbian from a usb thumb drive instead of trying sd with a usb card reader? Not that I have any experience with that device - just a suggestion of something to try…
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<remo> I saw after loading armbian ... Uenv and some .dtb files were renamed.. I think problem might be there ..but I don't have any idea why it should be changed
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<remo> I saw after loading armbian ... Uenv and some .dtb files were renamed.. I think problem might be there ..but I don't have any idea why it should be changed...or I have done it wrong..I want correct way to do it ..but couldn't find one
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<Winford> I have no idea about that… sounds like Tonymac32 is right, posting in the forums might be your best bet.
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<remo> I asked ..but nobody replied 😐
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<Winford> It could take some time before the right person sees it…
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<Winford> I’m not sure if that is the same model as yours exactly…
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<Juju.> Ok thanks, but say if I am using armbian mean I use Panfrost is a general true with all AmLogic SoC only or a general true including arm the board with mali graphics ? (I see RK3588 boards now using 5.10 kernel, more recent but is it the true 5.10 kernel or the Rockship kernel with blob in it...)
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<narmstrong> I dont think Armbian ships the Mali blob on any platforms, anyway on all Amlogic SoCs it’s either Lima, Panfrost or software rendering, no Mali blob
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<Juju.> True, I forget this old Lima for some allwinner with Mali 400.
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<narmstrong> It’s also Lima for S905 & S905x SoCs
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<Juju.> My SbC comparative if it can be util for some people
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<Juju.> When I watch again this video from @MicroLinux (Salva) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLUstGlIzRA I start to think Armbian use the blobby kernel for RK3588 variants. Salva did you have info on Armbian for RK3588 ?
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<MicroLinux (Salva)> Armbian use legacy rockchip linix 5.10, yes.
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<MicroLinux (Salva)> We were very lucky to have a mesa hack implementation for that rockchip kernel, but that didn't last
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<MicroLinux (Salva)> Since next release of rk linux panfork will not work
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<MicroLinux (Salva)> So, I will just not upgrade, since it's the same rk linux at the end
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<MicroLinux (Salva)> On mainline, we will have true panfrost, but we are going to loose everything else
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<MicroLinux (Salva)> So, VPU decoding/encoding.. and the rest of the hw features too probably, no idea how the pci mainline support stands on rk3588
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<MicroLinux (Salva)> Ohh here we are on armbian amlogic..
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<MicroLinux (Salva)> We were very lucky to have a mesa hack implementation for that rockchip kernel, but that didn't last (due to some drama I won't talk about)
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<Juju.> Thanks for the confirmation, it pay to watch videos of you and NicoD haha
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<MicroLinux (Salva)> I am planning to use dual boot on rk3588 for the near future since those two worlds will have his pros and cons. Mainline for the games, legacy for desktop/productivity
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<rpardini> Dudeeeeess... this is **AMLOGIC** channel please move 😉
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<Juju.> Panfork mesa (tutorial on armbian dowload page) add GPU acceleration (OpenGL 3) if I understand so you whant to dualboot Armbian with Panfork on one side and armbian without installing Panfork on the other side ?
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<Juju.> Sorry
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<Juju.> The discution became with AmLogic GPU support and move to a move general conversation about Panfrost support with all the board