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@meljoann_vids aaahhh finally i found this stuff again! so good

Two headaches solved today:
—I patched Linux kernel 6.10.3 so that it doesn't crash i.MX8MPlus on boot any longer, linux-image updates are now back in our repo and available via apt
—AsiaRF M27612-BU3 WiFi cards arrived and they work perfectly at full speed in Pocket Reform with A311D, in the WWAN slot. A solid workaround for the 20-30mbit/s limit and intermittent stalls of the default RTL8822CS wifi on the Banana Pi CM4. I have some Ezurio FlexPIFA antennas on order for future bundling.

@mcc @kellydf somebody should make a fresh wave editor (with modern and scalable UI) for linux indeed

the issue is related to HDMI drivers

PSA MNT Pocket Reform: I have pulled Linux kernel 6.10.3 from our apt repository because it randomly freezes the imx8mplus during boot

rough notes on HDMI audio on A311D (RCM4-BPi) MNT (Pocket) Reform: https://community.mnt.re/t/hdmi-audio-on-a311d-rcm4-bpi/2370

@DenJohn that's certainly an option, but i'm not familiar with edk2 codebase yet in order to customize it

@josch it depends. i personally prefer the HDMI adapter because it made stuff like EDK2 just work :D

Today I replaced bad RP2040s in 47 #MNT #PocketReform keyboards! To do so I had to also desolder 2 Kailh key switches and remove the 4, 5, 6 and 7 key caps for each one.

@bocan it's import vat that they have to pay to the uk govt for importing it

naturally we will use this mcu in upcoming devices

very nice, the hazard3 risc-v core in the new raspberry pi rp2350 mcu is an open source design https://github.com/Wren6991/Hazard3

yesssss, mipi dsi output works on the rk3588, which means we can get rk3588 for pocket reform. the key was to disable vop_mmu. and thanks to heiko stübner for sending me his wip patches so i could compare everything!

the MNT Pocket Reform review by @andypiper made it to HN today. it's interesting to see how our (devices') reputation has developed over the years:
—æsthetically pleasing (nice)
—kinda rough to get into at first/can require some tinkering (a bit of pain!)
—actually not that expensive anymore (maybe inflation helped us here? but certainly upgraded processors/ram and quality of some parts)
thank you for supporting us, it means a lot :3

muting this thread

@CyReVolt not in this case, because reason unknown

made it this far but sadly no further with porting the rockchip dsi2 driver from the vendor kernel, and ran out of time now, so can't continue this work at the moment. so, no rk3588 for pocket reform before the mainline driver is published by heiko

> platform display-subsystem: deferred probe pending: (reason unknown)

earlier i hack-ported rockchip's dsi2 driver from the vendor kernel because noone has WIP code to share (sniff), but only got a cpu stall somewhere after finally probing. then i went home. beastie boys were on the radio (fight for your right to party etc). made me think!

usb-c is the future they said