Download only .img.xz on external PC & burn the image on an sdcard & then download all other files on SBC
The following files are located in the mega.nz link
Armbian-unofficial_24.8.0-trunk_Orangepi3b_jammy_legacy_5.10.160_gnome_desktop.img.xz
https://mega.nz/file/BrQjiDzS#EYy_wzhkyZmt1GO6odsiVWEidPBBG6OvVpypUr6t3BY
linux-image-legacy-rockchip-rk356x_1.0.6_arm64_china.deb
https://mega.nz/file/hyoSRbSb#JVlCPjYhWgrWDu0gUVqdMHQD8fxJoKWn85iVLtEPwTE
linux-dtb-legacy-rockchip-rk356x_1.0.6_arm64.deb
https://mega.nz/file/J75HCDTQ#TiJxVCGfIPoS_hIWJoCzpgeKveFz70Gar8n9XHU1-hI
linux-headers-legacy-rockchip-rk356x_1.0.6_arm64.deb
https://mega.nz/file/ZnxE3TjS#hJ_fKoBk9pIiod3r-rclfGVb7JB10Jhgzcv_cu-i0v0
linux-u-boot-legacy-orangepi3b_1.0.6_arm64.deb
https://mega.nz/file/srhyBAwL#sY_qXSP3gTtELTpeKcTah0CZbqFeC92xP-etyNtxWxE
brcm-patchram-plus_0.1.1.tar.gz
https://mega.nz/file/giZ2QCoJ#a6EmzE3vgoyvDGtJtjY4DS9UsfMgzQ4oln2ylYN0XqEAs per kernel.org following are changes to SBC at hardware level
Changes in v2:
- Add DT for v2.1 hw revision, rename initial DT to v1.1:
- Ethernet phy io voltage: 3v3 (v1.1) / 1v8 (v2.1)
- Etherent reset gpios: GPIO3_C2 (v1.1) / GPIO4_C4 (v2.1)
- WiFi/BT: CDW-20U5622 (v1.1) / AP6256 (v2.1)
- Rename led node and move led pinctrl props
- Use regulator-.* nodename for fixed regulators
- Drop rockchip,mic-in-differential prop
- Add cap-mmc-highspeed to sdhci node
- Add no-mmc and no-sd to sdmmc1 nodeLoad correct dtb file by sudo nano /boot/armbianEnv.txt & this is the correct line fdtfile=rockchip/rk3566-orangepi-3b-v2.dtb
Wifi/BT of of v1.1 will not work & all modules related to it must be blacklisted & disabled. These modules start with name sprd*
sudo nano /etc/modules comment out all sprd* entries by adding # in the beginning
Create a new file sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-orangepi3b.conf or edit if already existing.
Contents to be as follows
#blacklist bcmdhd
blacklist sprdwl_ng
blacklist sprdbt_ttyIf there are multiple .conf files use cat * to investigate all file contents
Remove invalid services for BT
sudo systemctl disable sprd-bluetooth.service
sudo apt purge snapd #optionalInstall kernel headers & prerequisites
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libssl-dev python-is-python3 lshw
sudo apt install ./linux-headers-legacy-rockchip-rk356x_1.0.6_arm64.debabove will auto run sudo update-initramfs -u & there can be some missing firmware errors but these are not important as those devices are not on SBC
Now finally reboot sudo reboot
Following are extracts from full output of sudo lshw
*-mmc2
description: MMC Host
physical id: 9
logical name: mmc2
*-device
description: SDIO Device
physical id: 1
bus info: mmc@2:0001
serial: 0
capabilities: sdio
*-interface:0
product: 43455
vendor: Broadcom
physical id: 1
bus info: mmc@2:0001:1
logical name: mmc2:0001:1
*-interface:1
product: 43455
vendor: Broadcom
physical id: 2
bus info: mmc@2:0001:2
logical name: mmc2:0001:2
*-bt
description: BlueTooth interface
product: 43455
vendor: Broadcom
physical id: 3
bus info: mmc@2:0001:3
logical name: mmc2:0001:3
capabilities: wireless bluetooth
configuration: wireless=BlueTooth
*-network:1
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 11
logical name: wlan0
serial: 54:78:c9:0e:17:ae
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl driverversion=0 ip=192.168.1.23 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
So wifi is using Broadcom's wl driver popular in Debian distros. While bt is detected at hardware level but is not working!
hciconfig command returns nothing meaning there is no BT controller available to OS
AP6256 module BT firmware are discussed at SUNXI-OrangePI_3
For WiFi, you'll need a fw_bcm43456c5_ag.bin firmware file and nvram.txt configuration that can be found in the Xulongs's repository for H6:
https://github.com/orangepi-xunlong/OrangePiH6_external/tree/master/ap6256
Mainline brcmfmac driver expects the firmware and nvram at the following paths relative to the firmware directory:
brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio.bin
brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio.txt
For Bluetooth 5.0, you'll need a BCM4345C5.hcd firmware file that can be found in the Xulongs's repository for H6:
https://github.com/orangepi-xunlong/OrangePiH6_external/tree/master/ap6256
The driver expects the firmware at the following path relative to the firmware directory:
brcm/BCM4345C5.hcdLuckily the Armbian included firmware already have required file /lib/firmware/BCM4345C5.hcd
This tutorial at sunplus.atlassian.net defines procedure to initiate gpio attached BT AP6256 module. It indicates an exec file needed for process named brcm_patchram_plus also it shows that serial port address is needed where module is physically attached to SBC e.g /dev/ttyS4
In the above links brcm-patchram-plus_0.1.1.tar.gz file contains a single .c file which must be compiled using SBC compilers
tar -xvf brcm-patchram-plus_0.1.1.tar.gz
cd brcm-patchram-plus-0.1.1
# you can use wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fredldotme/brcm-patchram-plus/master/brcm_patchram_plus.c
gcc brcm_patchram_plus.c -o brcm_patchram_plus
sudo mv brcm_patchram_plus /usr/binNow we need an autorun service, located here at github.orangepi-xunlong
cd /lib/systemd/system/
sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/orangepi-xunlong/orangepi-build/55155f1d73cca3cf6bf42a03d7d16df2b14e8014/external/packages/bsp/sunxi/ap6256-bluetooth.service
sudo systemctl enable ap6256-bluetooth.serviceObserve this line
ExecStart=/usr/bin/brcm_patchram_plus -d --enable_hci --no2bytes --tosleep 200000 --baudrate 1500000 --patchram /lib/firmware/BCM4345C5.hcd /dev/ttyS1You have the brcm_patchram_plus file in /usr/bin you have firmware /lib/firmware/BCM4345C5.hcd
Ensure this serial port address /dev/ttyS1 is available
~$ ls /dev
ashmem full iio:device0 mmcblk1 rga tty11 tty27 tty42 tty58 vcs vcsu1
autofs fuse initctl mmcblk1p1 rk_cec tty12 tty28 tty43 tty59 vcs1 vcsu2
block gpiochip0 input mpp_service rtc tty13 tty29 tty44 tty6 vcs2 vcsu3
bsg gpiochip1 kmsg mqueue rtc0 tty14 tty3 tty45 tty60 vcs3 vcsu4
btrfs-control gpiochip2 kvm mtd0 sda tty15 tty30 tty46 tty61 vcs4 vcsu5
bus gpiochip3 log mtd0ro sda1 tty16 tty31 tty47 tty62 vcs5 vcsu6
cec0 gpiochip4 loop0 mtdblock0 sg0 tty17 tty32 tty48 tty63 vcs6 vcsu7
char gpiochip5 loop1 net shm tty18 tty33 tty49 tty7 vcs7 vhci
console hdmi_hdcp1x loop2 null snd tty19 tty34 tty5 tty8 vcsa video-dec0
cpu_dma_latency hidraw0 loop3 port stderr tty2 tty35 tty50 tty9 vcsa1 video-enc0
crypto hidraw1 loop4 ppp stdin tty20 tty36 tty51 ttyFIQ0 vcsa2 watchdog
cuse hidraw2 loop5 ptmx stdout tty21 tty37 tty52 ttyS1 vcsa3 watchdog0
disk hugepages loop6 ptp0 sw_sync tty22 tty38 tty53 ubi_ctrl vcsa4 zero
dma_heap hwrng loop7 pts tty tty23 tty39 tty54 uhid vcsa5 zram0
dri i2c-0 loop-control ram0 tty0 tty24 tty4 tty55 uinput vcsa6 zram1
fb0 i2c-1 mapper random tty1 tty25 tty40 tty56 urandom vcsa7
fd i2c-6 mem rfkill tty10 tty26 tty41 tty57 usb vcsuIf you observe github contents there is also a file ap6256-wifi.service but I have not used it because even without it wifi is stable
Now finally reboot sudo reboot. After reboot this should be available
$ hciconfig
hci0: Type: Primary Bus: UART
BD Address: 54:78:C9:0E:17:AF ACL MTU: 1021:8 SCO MTU: 64:1
UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
RX bytes:969 acl:0 sco:0 events:75 errors:0
TX bytes:5526 acl:0 sco:0 commands:75 errors:0
https://www.reddit.com/r/OrangePI/comments/1f4ib0y/orangepi3b_v21_perfect_image_with_wayland_vpu_gpu/
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