Mainline Linux Debian from Collabora

#1

Collabora added UFS image support for Nio-12-L

https://gitlab.collabora.com/mediatek/aiot/debian-image-recipes has the download files and guide how to flash via fastboot (way easier and reliable than genio-flash).

As of 14.03.2025:

  • [x] HDMI working
    – For >HD resolutions via HDMI (My TV could negotiate 4k30 (60 should be possible to with the HW, my 1440P monitor is caped at 1024x768)
  • [x] WiFi working
  • [x] GPU via Panfrost
  • [x] VPU Encode / Decode when this is merged
  • [x] SD-Card working in Linux & U-Boot
  • [] USB-C not working at all

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#2

Bootloader is only needed to get flashed once, so armbian can package a rootfs only image to get flashed by fastboot.
And the image format is Android sparse image: https://gitlab.collabora.com/mediatek/aiot/debian-image-recipes/-/blob/main/build-debian-image.yaml?ref_type=heads#L86

#3

Exactly, that was why I asked how to set the sector size for images in the armbian discord. I wanted to make the device config for the builder

#4

@meco thanks for details and benchhmark, this is quite impressive speed for built in memory :slight_smile:

#5

It’s good to have UFS even if it is just UFS 2.1 (the speeds lineup with the spec too)

#6

fastboot can do that on the fly (no additional args needed) when images have not been ran through img2simg. For SD-Card it runs of a normal image.