Mainline Linux Image 5.3.10 for NanoPi A64

Kernel 5.3.10 for NanoPi A64

Mainline Kernel 5.3.10 with minor improvements

Limitations

• HEVC 10-bit
• 4K

i2c

Attached is the file nanopi-a64.dtb_5.3.10 with i2c enabled.
copy the file to /boot/ and you are able to use i2c1 (PH2 and PH3)

install

    dpkg -i linux-image-5.3.10_1.0-4.deb

Mainline Linux Image 5.3.8 for NanoPi A64

Mainline Linux Image 5.3.8

Some fixes and now you are able to run KODI 18.3 and 19.

• Limitations
  HEC 10bit
  4K

Install

Type in shell:

    sudo dpkg -i linux-image-5.3.8_1.0-3.deb

Mainline Linux Image 5.3.1 for NanoPi A64

Kernel 5.3.1

Experimental and not fully tested = no KODI

• Backup your data (sd card)

• install with

   sudo dpkg -i linux-image-5.3.1_1.0-2.deb
  

Mainline Linux Image 5.3.0-rc4 for NanoPi A64

Mainline Linux Image 5.3.0-rc4 for NanoPi A64

Woriking:

• DVFS
• Thermal
• hdmi-sound
• IR

To be tested:

• i2c
• ov5640
• spi

Mainline Linux Image 5.2.0-rc6 for NanoPi A64

BROKEN!

go for the 5.3.0-rc4 instead of this

• Ready to run Kodi
• hdmi-sound
• camera
• linux-cedrus
• mali

Install

Install running in the shell:

sudo dpkg -i linux-image-5.2.0_1.0-1.deb

Kodi 18.3 RC1 Kernel 4.20.17 NanoPi A64 IMG

nanopi-a64-kodi.img.7z

Kodi 18.3 RC on NanoPi A64 with some fixes for:

• H265
• H264 minor fixes

Unzip and Burn SD CARD with etcher or win32diskimager

Credentials: ubuntu/ubuntu

MD5
ad8ecc7e5663d23cd9fb20447a43059b sd_3gb.img

Resize the SD CARD (run from nanoPi A64):

• copy resize_rootfs.sh to ../home/ubuntu/ , login to the board and:

   sudo chmod +x ./resize_rootfs.sh
   sudo ./resize_rootfs.sh
  

KODI addons (/addons):

ls addons/
plugin.video.youtube-6.4.1.zip

Kodi 18.3 RC1 Kernel 4.20.17 NanoPi A64

Kodi 18.3 RC1 on NanoPi A4

Basic instructions to flash firmware to SD CARD

• You need a Linux box or your board running linux

• You need a good SD CARD reader/writer (External SD CARD Reader are known to NOT be reliable).

You can plug and SDHC reader/writer on the USB port of your board and proceed with the instructions below:

Get a trusted brand for the SD CARD

insert your SD CARD into SDHC reader/writer:

check which device is your SD CARD, type in shell:

 dmesg | tail

An output of USB SDHC reader/writer card

 [47484.133274]  sdc: sdc1 sdc2
 [47488.681276] EXT4-fs (sdc1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
 [47488.955328] EXT4-fs (sdc2): mounted filesystem without journal. Opts: (null)

An output of internal SDHC reader/writer card (laptop or notebook for example)

 [ 2024.720656] mmc0: new SDHC card at address 59b4
 [ 2024.759743] mmcblk0: mmc0:59b4 SDU1  7.52 GiB 
 [ 2024.759889]  mmcblk0: p1 p2
 [ 2025.140282] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
 [ 2025.222858] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): mounted filesystem without journal

Your device will be in the form of /dev/sdX where X is your sd card letter (b,c,d...) or /dev/mmcblkY where Y is your device number (0,1,2...)

• Install:

  sudo chmod +x flash_sdcard_a64_kodi.sh
  sudo flash_sdcard_a64_kodi.sh /dev/sdc (or /dev/sdb .. )

• Configuration after the first boot

  credentials: ubuntu / ubuntu

  update /etc/resolv.conf to your DNS search output

  cat /etc/resolv.conf

  Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
  DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
  nameserver 127.0.1.1
  search 192.168.254.254 <= here

• Wifi
  You need to configure the Wifi in order to connect to your AP.
  Edit the file /etc/network/interfaces and add/change and uncomment the parameters for your AP

  allow-hotplug wlan0
  iface wlan0 inet dhcp
  wpa-ssid "foxy"
  wpa-psk "1234567890"
  #address 192.168.254.55
  #netmask 255.255.0.0
  #gateway 192.168.254.254
  #dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
  ####wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

  Disable power saving on compatible chipsets (prevents SSH/connection dropouts over WiFi)

  #wireless-mode Managed
  #wireless-power off

• IR
  You need to configure the IR to work with Kodi (create a configuration file).