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Root Commit’s contributions to Linux 6.19 Linux 6.19 is out with 7 contributions from Root Commit: riscv: dts: spacemit: add Ethernet and PDMA to OrangePi RV2 dt-bindings: riscv: spacemit: Add OrangePi R2S board riscv: dts: spacemit: Add OrangePi R2S board device tree dt-bindings: arm: rockchip: merge Asus Tinker and Tinker S dt-bindings: arm: rockchip: Add Asus Tinker Board 3/3S arm64: dts: rockchip: Add Asus Tinker Board 3 and 3S device tree arm64: dts: rockchip: Enable i2c2 on Orange Pi 3B These are mainly Device Tree contributions to support completely new boards in the Linux kernel, such as Asus Tinker Board 3S (arm64) or Orange Pi R2S (riscv), or to expand support for existing boards, here for Orange Pi 3B (arm64) and Orange Pi RV2 (riscv). ...

Introduction Five days ago, I received the Orange Pi RV2 board I ordered. For about 54 EUR / 64 USD (+ shipping), this board has very attractive features, in particular: Top view - Source Orange Pi- 8 GB of LPDDR4X RAM (2 and 4 GB options exist) 8-core K1 64 bit RISC-V CPU 2x Gigabit Ethernet ports 2x M.2 M-Key PCIe2 sockets… great to plug-in PCIe devices, in particular NVME SSDs. 3x USB 3 and 1x USB 2 ports WiFi and Bluetooth 128 Mb SPI flash Micro-SD card and eMMC (not populated) Full-size HDMI Others: 2x MIPI CSI camera interfaces, MIPI DSI display connector, general purpose headers, buttons, jack audio… All this is amazing, and if not for the slower CPU compared to Raspberry Pi 4 (according to reviews I read), this board could be more appealing than the Raspberry Pi 5 itself, which has just one Gigabit Ethernet port, no SPI flash and needs an additional “HAT” to connect just one PCIe device. Raspberry Pi 5 has two HDMI ports though, sadly micro-HDMI ones. ...