Radxa Zero 3 news

[santafe]

Let’s collect all the news bits here!

• Radxa Zero 3E/W devicetree planned to be merged in Linux kernel version 6.11:
  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/171684956150.1783037.13006696175237396238.b4-ty@sntech.de/
  and
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmind/linux-rockchip.git/log/?h=v6.11-armsoc/dts64
  We can expect to get official u-boot mainline support as soon as this gets merged upstream.

• Latest Radxa vendored u-boot sources for Radxa Zero 3W/E:
  version 2024.04: https://github.com/radxa/u-boot/tree/rk3xxx-2024.04 (you supposed to build it yourself, note the branchname, you want to use exactly this one).

• Latest Radxa vendored u-boot binaries for Radxa Zero 3W/E:
  version 2023.10 : https://github.com/radxa-pkg/u-boot-latest/releases (download the biggest deb file, it contains u-boot for all supported boards)

• EDK2 UEFI support got merged upstream:
  https://github.com/jaredmcneill/quartz64_uefi/commit/b5e05c95a1b1216e57e2b132418a10bbf760f80c
  You can find the binaries here: https://github.com/extrowerk/quartz64_uefi/releases/tag/dtb-v6

[hukka]

Radxa Zero 3E/W devicetree planned to be merged in Linux kernel version 6.11

Very good news as I’m hoping for a computer-in-a-keyboard based on the Zero 3W.

[Nenter]

That would be awesome!

Bet you can do some prototype with a bit of 3Dprinting…

[hukka]

Not much to prototype. What I hope for is a low profile hot-swap mechanical keyboard with a 65% ISO layout. …a bit like Keychron k7 but without background lighting. Connecting such a keyboard to a Zero 3W (via bluetooth) should be easy. The only thing left to test, really, is if an aluminium plate would be enough of a heat sink.

A keyboard version of 3W would be perfect as a secondary computer if my primary (a Rock 5B) fails for some reason.

[mariusd_ro]

We can expect to get official u-boot mainline support as soon as this gets merged upstream.

currently worked on github.com/Kwiboo/u-boot-rockchip/commits/rk3xxx-2024.07

[santafe]

Mainline U-Boot support is in progress: https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20240731065048.1199792-1-jonas@kwiboo.se/

[santafe]

Zero 3W/3E support merged in u-boot mainline: https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/06dceeba3d4515ccfbe37b8989ee047a7628aee3

[santafe]

Linux 6.11 just released wich includes mainlin Zero 3E/3W support:

https://lwn.net/Articles/990307/