Template:RK3399-UpdateLog

1 2024-11-12

• Improved ramdisk and eflasher for more flexibility and reliability when installing the system on external storage

2 2024-10-16

2.1 Linux System

• Updated Debian bullseye system to linux-5.10-gen-rkr8 (updated mpp/xserver/rkaiq/gsteamer-rockchip/rga2/libv4l-rkmpp software packages)
• Updated rockchip hardware-related software packages in Ubuntu focal desktop system (same as Debian bullseye)
• Upgraded Chromium to the latest version
• Updated FriendlyWrt to openwrt-23.05.05 version

2.2 Others

• Eflasher supports selecting the target storage device, allowing installation of the Linux system root partition on M.2 hard drive or USB flash drive (still require eMMC/TF card boot)
• Eflasher can customize kernel boot parameters through configuration files
• Updated ramdisk to support btrfs file system (firmware with btrfs can be packaged using sd-fuse_rk3399)
• Updated ramdisk to improve file system repair compatibility

3 2024-05-11

3.1 Debian11 Desktop

• Synchronized the Debian version to linux-5.10-gen-rkr7.1
• Updated base libraries libmali, mpp, rga2, npu, gstreamer, etc., to new versions
• Updated web browser Chromium to a new version

3.2 Ubuntu Focal Desktop

• Added support for multiple languages (including Chinese)
• Fixed an issue where connecting a display after boot could result in no display
• Updated base libraries libmali, mpp, rga2, npu, gstreamer, etc., to new versions

3.3 Others

• sd-fuse_rk3399 supports packaging firmware on the arm64 platform

4 2024-04-21

4.1 OpenMediaVault

• Update to 7.0.5-1
• Update to Debian12

5 2024-03-15

5.1 Ubuntu focal desktop

• Fix the bluetooth issue

6 2024-01-31

6.1 Debian/Ubuntu/FriendlyCore/Buildroot

• Add adb support

7 2023-12-01

7.1 FriendlyWrt

• Update to kernel 6.1.63
• Update to openwrt-23.05.2

8 2023-10-31

8.1 Add a new system

• Add NAS system OpenMediaVault, base on Debian 11 with kernel 6.1

8.2 Debian Core/FriendlyCore-Lite-Core

• Update to kernel 6.1

8.3 FriendlyWrt

• Update to kernel 6.1
• Update to openwrt-23.05

9 2023-07-01

9.1 Debian11

• Update to the latest Rockchip sdk version, improve xserver and video playback performance
• Fix some known issues

10 2023-05-26

10.1 FriendlyWrt

• Updated v22.03 to openwrt-22.03.5
• Updated v21.02 to openwrt-21.02.7

11 2023-05-21

11.1 Debian11:

• Update to Rockchip sdk version linux-5.10-gen-rkr4
• Switch desktop to LXDE

12 2023-04-26

12.1 FriendlyWrt：

• Upgrade v22.03 to openwrt-22.03.4
• Upgrade v21.02 to openwrt-21.02.6

13 2023-02-10

13.1 Added Debian11

There are three versions:

• Debian11 Core: Command-line only
• Debian11 Minimal: With Xfce desktop, lite version
• Debian11 Desktop: With Xfce desktop, full version

14 2023-01-09

14.1 FriendlyCore：

• optimized the systemd service

15 2022-12-04

15.1 FriendlyWrt：

• Fix the issue that the storage space cannot be expanded
• Improve stability of the eMMC Tools

16 2022-09-06

16.1 FriendlyWrt：

• Improved eMMC read performance of NanoPi-R4SE
• Added Fullcone NAT support
• upgrade to 22.03.0
• Fix NanoPC-T4 eMMC stability issue

17 2022-08-19

17.1 Lubuntu/Android8/FriendlyDesktop：

• Add support for 7" screen HD703E
• Fixed FriendlyDesktop not booting from eMMC

17.2 Buildroot：

• Fix the issue of Som-RK3399 not loading WiFi module automatically

18 2022-08-03

18.1 FriendlyWrt：

• Upgrade FriendlyWrt to the latest version 22.03-rc6
• Fixed the problem that the R4S/R4SE may not recognize the pcie device (lan port) after a soft reboot (small probability)
• Fixed the issue where the R4SE status led did not reflect the burn progress when burning the system to eMMC
• Firewall settings adjustment: single-port devices (e.g. NanoPi-T4/NanoPi-M4) are set to allow WAN inbound traffic by default for easy web configuration, while multi-port devices are still denied WAN inbound traffic by default
• Updated FriendlyWrt firmware with 4.19 kernel to match FriendlyWrt 21.02 docker with 5.15 kernel

19 2022-07-27

19.1 FriendlyWrt:

• Beta version 22.03-rc3 is available, you can choose according to your package requirements, stable version 21.02.3 is recommended.
• Both docker and non-docker versions are available, all features are the same except for docker.
• Improved compatibility issues with third-party packages
• Added support for "Soft Factory Reset" function
• Added web-based tool eMMC-Tools, support install FriendlyElec and some third party firmware to eMMC, besides raw-image also support rockchip package format firmware
• Other details: default timezone setting to Shanghai, new NAS category menu, remove lcd2usb, improve security settings, tune sysctl parameters, fix docker firewall settings, etc.
• Add support for new hardware model: NanoPi-R4SE

20 2022-07-04

20.1 Debian 10(buster) Desktop (New)

• Uses LXDE as default desktop
• Pre-installed mpv, smplayer and chromium brower
• Supports hardware acceleration

21 2021-12-02

• Fixed the issue that some sd cards would cause the reboot command and watchdog not work (updated uboot v2017.09)

22 2021-10-29

22.1 FriendlyWrt：

• FriendlyWrt has been updated to the official stable version 21.02.1, features are basically the same as 19.07.5, support docker, usb wifi, etc.

22.2 Friendlycore-Focal

• Updated rockchip's video encoding/decoding (mpp) support
• Updated camera support, integrated rkisp_3A_server, after running it camera preview can use v4l2src directly, usage examples are as follows:

     rkisp_3A_server --mmedia /dev/media0 &
     gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video1 io-mode=4 ! \
       video/x-raw,format=NV12,width=1280,height=720,framerate=30/1 ! queue ! kmssink

• Fix the issue that gst-camera.sh previews HDMI IN with errors

23 2021-08-31

23.1 FriendlyWrt：

• Upgraded kernel to 5.10.60
• Add a high-speed 5G USB WiFi support, the network card model is Comfast CF-WU782AC V2, the chip model is MediaTek MT7662
• Improved USB WiFi compatibility
• Improved PWM fan support, fan controlled by kernel drive, temperature control support（Please search for "PWM fans" on the R4S WiKi page for details)
• Improved stability on first boot (previous version, bpfilter error occurred in some cases on first boot)

24 2021-03-11

24.1 FriendlyWrt：

• Update FriendlyWrt's kernel to 5.10

25 2020-12-24

25.1 FriendlyWrt:

• FriendlyWrt has been updated to the official stable version 19.07.5

26 2020-12-17

26.1 FriendlyWrt:

1) FriendlyWrt provides two versions, using 4.19 kernel and 5.4 kernel, 5.4 is for R4S, other models please use 4.19 version
2) Improve the compatibility of the software package

26.2 FriendlyCore/FriendlyDesktop:

Update wiringPi to support more pins

27 2020-10-27

• Add new OS: FriendlyCore 20.04：

1) Linux kernel version: 4.19.111
2) Base on Ubuntu 20.04, keep the original features of FriendlyCore such as Qt5, OpenCV, WiringPi, etc. ffmpeg/mpv is not currently supported
3) U-Boot version: 2017.09
4) Integrate Rockchip's latest GPU, video codec, and Camera support

28 2020-09-27

28.1 Android 10:

• Add Supported for A/B (Seamless) System Update

29 2020-09-16

• Android 10：

1) Update SDK to Rockchip android-10.0-mid-rkr9
2) HDMI enable more resolution options
3) Fix the problem of no display on DisplayPort
4) Update the Bluetooth firmware to fix the issue that the NanoPi M4B cannot enable Bluetooth
5) Fix the logo display issue

• FriendlyCore/FriendlyDesktop：

1) Update the Bluetooth firmware and fix the issue that the Bluetooth firmware was not successfully loaded
2) Update bcmdhd driver to 1.579.77.41.22
3) Fixed the issue that the permissions of the /tmp/ directory were modified to read-only

30 2020-08-17

1) Optimized the steps and stability of installing the system through typc-c. AndroidTool and configuration files are preset for each system's compressed package, and there is no need to manually load files (Note: When changing the OS type in EMMC, you still need to wipe In addition to Flash, then burn the new OS);
2) Fixed the issue that the FriendlyWrt serial port could not be logged in;

31 2020-07-10

• Android 10：

1) Enable HDMI IN audio input and headphone port audio output by default for SOM-RK3399
2) Added support for 2 USB cameras to work together, Camera application can switch the front/rear camera preview
3) Pre-installed browser Chrome and input method Gboard

32 2020-06-23

• Add new OS: Android 10, the main features are as follows:

1) base on android-10.0-mid-rkr8：
- AOSP: android-10.0.0_r32
- Linux version 4.19.111
- U-Boot 2017.09
2) Support MIPI-CSI camera and USB camera
3) Support HDMI IN video input
4) Built-in Google Play
5) Built-in Lightning Browser
6) Enabled dynamic partitions
7) Built-in FriendlyThings demo
8) Built-in Quectel EC20 driver
9) Support RC-100 infrared remote control
10) Provides Settings to automatically hide navigation bars
11) Update tools:AndroidTool_Release_v2.71.zip,Linux_Upgrade_Tool_v1.49.zip

• Android8：

Provides Settings to automatically hide navigation bars

33 2020-03-24

1) Update Android8.1_SDK to Rockchip official version v8.32_20200218
2) Upgrade OpenCV to 4.2
3) Upgrade OpenWrt to 19.07.1
4) DDR loader updated to 1.24, support multiple frequency set points
5) Improved camera driver stability
6) Optimization of kernel stability

34 2019-12-27

• FriendlyCore/FriendlyDesktop：

1) Pre-installed wiringPi for python3, non-root users can access hardware resources such as gpio
2) Fixed virtual env permissions for pi user
3) Fixed /tmp directory permissions
4) Updated kernel configuration, improved docker compatibility

• FriendlyWrt：

Upgrade to OpenWrt r19-snapshot 64bit, support Docker CE

• eflasher：

1) Supports flashing only some files, such as updating only the kernel and uboot in emmc
2) Added gui option to disable overlay filesystem
3) Add command line parameters to achieve one-click installation without interaction
4) Fix the issue that the same mac address will appear on different devices after backup and restore image
5) UI interface can now be configured with title, hide interface menus and buttons

35 2019-09-26

• FriendlyCore/FriendlyDesktop：

Fix Qt5 demo touch screen related issue

36 2019-09-03

• Android 8.1：

1) Upgrade Android8.1_SDK to Rockchip v8.20_20190801 (Kernel: 4.4.167)
2) Increase the recording volume by 15dB
3) Fixed an issue where some HDMI display scales were not displayed correctly
4) USB Host: Enable DWC3's AutoRetry feature to improve the stability of some USB3.0 industrial cameras

• FriendlyCore/FriendlyDesktop：

1) Merge the official kernel update and upgrade the kernel to 4.4.179
2) USB Host: Enable DWC3's AutoRetry feature to improve the stability of some USB3.0 industrial cameras
3) Fixed HDMI IN issue

• Buildroot：

1) Upgrade Buildroot's version to Rockchip_v2.2.0_20190628
2) Merge the official kernel update and upgrade the kernel to 4.4.179
3) Fix bluetooth issue

37 2019-07-18

• FriendlyCore/FriendlyDesktop/Lubuntu：

1) Modify SDIO's maximum frequency to 150M to improve Wi-Fi performance
2) Fixed some unrecognized problems with NVMe M.2 SSDs, improving compatibility

• Android 8

1) Modify SDIO's maximum frequency to 150M to improve Wi-Fi performance
2) Bluetooth BLE enabled

38 2019-06-25

Linux(Ubuntu 16.04/18.04) uses OverlayFS to enhance filesystem stability.

39 2019-05-23

• Ubuntu 18.04(FriendlyCore, FriendlyDesktop)：

1) Fix the Pulseaudio issue
2) Fix the Bluetooth issue

40 2019-05-11

• Android 8.1:

1) Added support for PWM fan, support fan speed control
2) Add SSD support (Note: SSD partition needs to be ext4 format)

• FriendlyCore, FriendlyDesktop:

1) Kernel version updated to v4.4.167
2) the isp driver of the camera is upgraded from cif_isp10 to rk_isp1, supporting dual mipi cameras to work at the same time
3) OpenCV is upgraded to the latest version 4.1, supporting dual mipi camera and USB camera (logitech C920)
4) 4G network support is added to the Linux system (module: Quectel EC20)
5) Add Aanopc-t4 PWM fan support

• EFlasher system:

1) Reduced file system size
2) The network configuration is changed from DHCP to static IP address (192.168.1.231)

41 2019-03-08

• Add Buildroot project：

Add Buildroot Linux system, based on Rockchip original RK3399 Linux SDK, project open source, please refer to the details：Buildroot

• Android 8.1 update is as follows:

1) Optimized LCD and HDMI screen rotation settings, support for command line operations (command: wm rotation 90)
2) Fix the problem that the microphone cannot sound after forcing the audio output to the headphones

• FriendlyCore, FriendlyDesktop, Lubuntu is updated as follows:

1) Kernel version updated to v4.4.154
2) Docker support
3) Kernel configuration items are optimized to enable more features and device drivers
4) Fixed an issue where USB WiFi could not be used
5) Fix the stability problem of ISP camera

42 2018-12-19

• Android 8.1 update is as follows:

1) Update the AOSP source version to Android8.1-SDK v5.00-20181109
2) Add HDMI resolution and HDMI overscan setting UI
3) Add audio output settings, you can set the default output to headphones or HDMI
4) Add OV13850 and wide dynamic OV4689 camera support

• FriendlyCore is updated as follows:

1) Added OV13850 and wide dynamic OV4689 camera support
2) Added ffmpeg support, provides static libraries and header files, supports 4K hardware decoding (does not support hardware encoding)
3) Added mpv player, supports 4K hardware decoding

• FriendlyDesktop is updated as follows:

1) Added OV13850 and wide dynamic OV4689 camera support
2) Add Chrome-browser browser, support web page 1080P hardware decoding, support WebGL
3) Added ffmpeg support, provides static libraries and header files, supports 4K hardware decoding (does not support hardware encoding)
4) Fix the volume adjustment Issue
5) Set the audio output channel to HDMI by default (can be modified by /etc/pulse/default.pa)
6) Optimize the local player, associated with the mp4 file
7) Automatically enable swap partitioning for NEO4
8) Fix the issue of hostapd related issues
9) Adjust DPMS settings, turn off automatic sleep by default

• Lubuntu updated as follows:

1) Added OV13850 and wide dynamic OV4689 camera support
2) Add Chrome-browser browser, support web page 1080P hardware decoding, support WebGL
3) Set the audio output channel to HDMI by default (can be modified by /etc/asound.conf)
4) Optimize the local hard disk player, associated with the local mp4 file, double-click the local video to start the local hard disk player playback (only mp4 files are supported)
5) Fixed some issues regarding the package error reported in the previous version
6) Adjust DPMS settings, turn off automatic sleep by default

43 2018-11-12

• Android 8.1 update is as follows:

1) Add support for USB-C display
2) Add support for 4G network, the model number of the support module is: Quectel EC20
3) Add Android hardware access library FriendlyThing for programming various hardware resources under Android, such as Uart, SPI, I2C, GPIO, etc.
4) Optimize kernel configuration to improve PCIe performance, and connect NVME SSD will have a large performance improvement
5) Integrate the Google Play app store
6) Improve the underlying support of the camera so that it can automatically adapt to vertical screen (HD702E) and landscape (HDMI)
7) Fix the problem that the partition table is abnormal when Android8 is connected to NVME SSD and Android8 cannot be started.

• Android 7.1 update is as follows:

1) Add support for 4G network, the model number of the support module is: Quectel EC20
2) Add Android hardware access library FriendlyThing for programming various hardware resources under Android, such as Uart, SPI, I2C, GPIO, etc.
3) Optimize kernel configuration to improve PCIe performance, and connect NVME SSD will have a large performance improvement
4) Improve the underlying support of the camera so that it can automatically adapt to vertical screen (HD702E) and landscape (HDMI)
5) Fix the problem that the partition table is abnormal when Android8 is connected to NVME SSD and Android8 cannot be started.

• FriendlyCore and FriendlyDesktop are updated as follows:

1) Added support for OV13850 camera, provides gsteamer plugin to support ISP
2) Add WiringPi support for C language programming to access hardware resources such as GPIO
3) Added WiringPi-Python support for Python programming access to hardware resources such as GPIO
4) Optimize kernel configuration to improve PCIe performance, and connect NVME SSD will have a large performance improvement

44 2018-09-21

• Added support for an eDP screen
• Linux has enabled PCI-E to Sata function (AHCI SATA support)
• SquashFS under Linux enables LZO/XZ/ZSTD compression support

45 2018-09-05

• Add new OS: Android 8.1, the main features are as follows:

1) Support 2 CAM1320 (OV13850) at the same time, you can choose to switch between before and after camera use
2) Support USB camera (1 way, can not be used simultaneously with CAM1320)
3) Support AndroidNN GPU acceleration solution, which provides general acceleration support for AI related applications developed with AndroidNN API
4) Integrate the Tensorflow Lite item identification demo provided by Rockchip: TfLiteCameraDemo (connect CAM1320 or USB camera before starting)
5) Integrated Lightning is the default browser application (Note: Android official does not provide Browser application by default)
6) Support RC-100 infrared remote control, support pull-down notification bar, screen capture
7) Support Android full disk encryption function, system partition has Verity enabled, when using adb, adb root; adb disable-verity command disable Verity
8) Support MTP function, after connecting Type-C, you can enter Settings -> Connected devices -> USB to select the corresponding function
9) Upgrade the kernel version to 4.4.126
10) Update the AOSP source to the version android-8.1.0_r41 and update the August security patch

• FriendlyCore adds Qt dual camera sample program: the example is located in /opt/dual-camera directory, run by run.sh (two USB cameras must be connected before starting, it is recommended to use Logitech C270 or Logitech C922 camera)
  
• FriendlyDesktop defaults to HDMI resolution of 1080P