Understanding Kernel

[nilo85]

Hello, I have not done kernel hacking for some years (2.4 was the stable last time I touched it and was a LFS / Gentoo nerd)

I suffer from #606 that stops me from using the Opi5+ for my project, and as running foreign binaries is a no go for me, even if I got it running with "vendor ubuntu", I can't use that, so I am starting to investigate what is the state of the kernel.

Main kernel for use here is found here: https://github.com/Joshua-Riek/linux-rockchip
then we have a kernel called mainline here https://github.com/Joshua-Riek/linux

I see the mainline has quite some commits ahead of Linus mirror, so I suspect it is not a mainline at all? is it mainline + patching in rockchip stuff?

What about the linux-rockchip ? I realized the kernel provided by orangepi is some sort of android monster.

I guess what I am asking for is general guidance how to navigate the current jungle, so that I can target any efforts I put on troubleshooting the issue I have, so if anyone could help me sort out the state of the kernels and or context / background I think that could help anyone who wants to involve in this project.

Kind regards
NIklas

[stevepringle]

The current state of mainline kernel support for the rk3588 can be seen here:-mainline-status.md · main · hardware-enablement / Rockchip RK3588 upstream enablement efforts / Notes for Rockchip 3588 · GitLabgitlab.collabora.comIf you want to experiment with the mainline kernel, the collabora version with all the support to date is here:-hardware-enablement / Rockchip RK3588 upstream enablement efforts / linux · GitLabgitlab.collabora.comRegards,SteveSent from my iPadOn 20 Apr 2024, at 09:57, Niklas Lönn ***@***.***> wrote: Hello, I have not done kernel hacking for some years (2.4 was the stable last time I touched it and was a LFS / Gentoo nerd) I suffer from #606 that stops me from using the Opi5+ for my project, and as running foreign binaries is a no go for me, even if I got it running with "vendor ubuntu", I can't use that, so I am starting to investigate what is the state of the kernel. Main kernel for use here is found here: https://github.com/Joshua-Riek/linux-rockchip then we have a kernel called mainline here https://github.com/Joshua-Riek/linux I see the mainline has quite some commits ahead of Linus mirror, so I suspect it is not a mainline at all? is it mainline + patching in rockchip stuff? What about the linux-rockchip ? I realized the kernel provided by orangepi is some sort of android monster. I guess what I am asking for is general guidance how to navigate the current jungle, so that I can target any efforts I put on troubleshooting the issue I have, so if anyone could help me sort out the state of the kernels and or context / background I think that could help anyone who wants to involve in this project. Kind regards NIklas —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[nilo85]

@stevepringle ow, awesome little project with nice todolists, sounds like your mainline is close to support what I need so I will try it out and see if I am capable an/or has time to do some kernel hacking coming days.