v8.25 (#6792)

- Quartz64 | The kernel receives a major upgrade to Linux 6.6.3 and we switched to latest unmodified mainline U-Boot 2023.10. Among others changes, this implies a fixed onboard Ethernet MAC address, which was previously changing on every boot.

.github/workflows/quartz64.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     # https://github.com/actions/runner-images
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
-      uboot_branch: 'v2022.07-dietpi'
+      uboot_version: '2023.10'
       CROSS_COMPILE: 'aarch64-linux-gnu-'
       ARCH: 'arm64'
     steps:
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         { python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir -U pip setuptools wheel; python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir -U pyelftools; } &
         { sudo apt-get -q update; sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get --no-install-recommends -qq install make gcc libc6-dev flex bison gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu bc libssl-dev swig; } &
-        { curl -fO "https://gitlab.com/MichaIng/u-boot/-/archive/$uboot_branch/u-boot-$uboot_branch.tar.bz2"; tar xf "u-boot-$uboot_branch.tar.bz2"; rm "u-boot-$uboot_branch.tar.bz2"; } &
+        { curl -fLO "https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/archive/v$uboot_version.tar.gz"; tar xf "v$uboot_version.tar.gz"; rm "v$uboot_version.tar.gz"; } &
         { curl -fO 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/snapshot/linux-rolling-stable.tar.gz'; tar xf linux-rolling-stable.tar.gz; rm linux-rolling-stable.tar.gz; } &
         wait
-        curl -sSfo "u-boot-$uboot_branch/u-boot-spl-ddr.bin" 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JeffyCN/mirrors/ddf03c1/bin/rk35/rk3568_ddr_1560MHz_v1.13.bin' &
-        curl -sSfo "u-boot-$uboot_branch/bl31.elf" 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JeffyCN/mirrors/6186deb/bin/rk35/rk3568_bl31_v1.28.elf' &
+        curl -sSfo "u-boot-$uboot_version/ddr.bin" 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JeffyCN/mirrors/ddf03c1/bin/rk35/rk3568_ddr_1560MHz_v1.13.bin' &
+        curl -sSfo "u-boot-$uboot_version/bl31.elf" 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JeffyCN/mirrors/6186deb/bin/rk35/rk3568_bl31_v1.28.elf' &
         curl -sSfo linux-rolling-stable/arch/arm64/configs/quartz64_defconfig "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER/DietPi/$GITHUB_REF_NAME/.build/images/Quartz64/quartz64_defconfig" &
         rm -Rf firmware-quartz64a/DEBIAN firmware-quartz64a/boot/extlinux firmware-quartz64a/lib/firmware/brcm
         mkdir -p firmware-quartz64a/DEBIAN firmware-quartz64a/boot/extlinux firmware-quartz64a/lib/firmware/brcm
@@ -41,19 +41,22 @@ jobs:
         wait
     - name: Build U-Boot
       run: |
+        export ROCKCHIP_TPL='ddr.bin'
         export BL31='bl31.elf'
-        cd "u-boot-$uboot_branch"
+        cd "u-boot-$uboot_version"
+        # Patch kernel_comp_addr_r being too narrow for our kernel image
+        sed -i 's/kernel_comp_addr_r=0x08000000/kernel_comp_addr_r=0x10000000/' include/configs/rk3568_common.h
         make quartz64-a-rk3566_defconfig
         make -j$(nproc)
         mv u-boot-rockchip.bin ../firmware-quartz64a/boot/u-boot.bin
         make quartz64-b-rk3566_defconfig
         make -j$(nproc)
         mv u-boot-rockchip.bin ../firmware-quartz64b/boot/u-boot.bin
-        make soquartz-rk3566_defconfig
+        make soquartz-cm4-rk3566_defconfig
         make -j$(nproc)
         mv u-boot-rockchip.bin ../firmware-soquartz/boot/u-boot.bin
         cd ..
-        rm -R "u-boot-$uboot_branch"
+        rm -R "u-boot-$uboot_version"
     - name: Build Linux
       run: |
         cd linux-rolling-stable

.update/patches

@@ -1474,21 +1474,8 @@ Patch_8_23()
 
 Patch_8_24()
 {
-	# Quartz64
-	if (( $G_HW_MODEL == 49 ))
-	then
-		for i in quartz64{a,b} soquartz
-		do
-			dpkg --compare-versions "$(dpkg-query -Wf '${Version}' "firmware-$i" 2> /dev/null)" lt-nl 6.5.11-dietpi2 || continue
-			G_DIETPI-NOTIFY 2 "Updating $i kernel and bootloader ..."
-			G_EXEC_OUTPUT=1 G_EXEC curl -fo package.deb "https://dietpi.com/downloads/binaries/firmware-$i.deb"
-			G_EXEC_OUTPUT=1 G_EXEC dpkg -i --force-confdef,confold package.deb
-			G_EXEC rm package.deb
-			break
-		done
-
 	# ROCK 3A: The "rk35xx" kernel packages have been merged into "rockchip64", and "edge-rk35xx" is Linux 6.1.11, older than "current-rockchip64", which is 6.1.50
-	elif (( $G_HW_MODEL == 77 )) && dpkg-query -s 'linux-image-edge-rk35xx' &> /dev/null
+	if (( $G_HW_MODEL == 77 )) && dpkg-query -s 'linux-image-edge-rk35xx' &> /dev/null
 	then
 		G_DIETPI-NOTIFY 2 'Updating ROCK 3A kernel package ...'
 		local apackages=('linux-image-current-rockchip64' 'linux-dtb-current-rockchip64')
@@ -1532,6 +1519,20 @@ Patch_8_24()
 
 Patch_8_25()
 {
+	# Quartz64
+	if (( $G_HW_MODEL == 49 ))
+	then
+		for i in quartz64{a,b} soquartz
+		do
+			dpkg --compare-versions "$(dpkg-query -Wf '${Version}' "firmware-$i" 2> /dev/null)" lt-nl 6.6.3-dietpi1 || continue
+			G_DIETPI-NOTIFY 2 "Updating $i kernel and bootloader ..."
+			G_EXEC_OUTPUT=1 G_EXEC curl -fo package.deb "https://dietpi.com/downloads/binaries/firmware-$i.deb"
+			G_EXEC_OUTPUT=1 G_EXEC dpkg -i --force-confdef,confold package.deb
+			G_EXEC rm package.deb
+			break
+		done
+	fi
+
 	# Software updates and migrations
 	if [[ -f '/boot/dietpi/.installed' ]]
 	then

CHANGELOG.txt

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ New images:
 - Orange Pi 3B
 
 Enhancements:
+- Quartz64 | The kernel receives a major upgrade to Linux 6.6.3 and we switched to latest unmodified mainline U-Boot 2023.10. Among others changes, this implies a fixed onboard Ethernet MAC address, which was previously changing on every boot.
 
 Bug fixes:
 - Proxmox | Now really resolved the issue where the QEMU guest agent was not always installed automatically on first boot.